A master of intensely emotional human dramas, director Lee Chang-dong is a leading light of contemporary Korean cinema, and his place on the international stage was cemented by his stirring and unpredictable work examining grief and deliverance. An effortless mix of light and uncompromising darkness, Secret Sunshine is the story of a widowed piano teacher who moves with her young son from Seoul to her late husband's provincial hometown for a fresh...

The animated prequel to the box office record-breaker Train to Busan, and the latest from director Yeon Sang-ho, SEOUL STATION follows a man sleeping in a train station who becomes a catalyst for the pandemonium in downtown Seoul: a zombie apocalypse. The rapidly-spreading infection propels an authentic family drama, drawing mordant parallels to real-world social horrors.

In Bong Joon-ho’s directorial debut, a couple is driven to distraction by a yapping dog located in their apartment complex. Determined to relieve their annoyance, they take extreme action against his tormentor.

During a state visit to Japan the Korean president gets involved in a heated debate with the Japanese prime minister over the origins of kimchi, with the latter boldly claiming that kimchi was originally from Japan, thus an original Japanese dish. This does not please the Korean president, so he vows to market the dish to the world as the originator. Upon his return to Korea, he announces a national "Kimchi Contest" to reaffirm its position as a Korean...

A powerful, Cannes award-winning drama about a mother whose life is forever changed by a shocking murder.

The first ever feature-length film from South Korea to gain theatrical distribution in the USA, WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST? has received acclaim from critics and audiences around the world for decades. A film of remarkable power and beauty, the story follows a trio of monks in a remote mountain monastery as they grapple with the mystery of enlightenment. The oldest among them, a storied Zen master, wishes to make the ceremony of his upcoming...

A young woman returning to her old school to visit her professor also runs into her old boyfriend and her senior, each of whom has a past with her

In the corner of a small café, Areum sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an old man tries to rekindle a flame with a younger woman, a narcissistic filmmaker works to put together his next project—all while Areum types. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what’s been written? As the dramas inside the...

Se-yeon, who has devoted her entire life to her family as a mother and a wife, suddenly learns she is terminally ill. Knowing she has only 3 more months to live, Seyeon is determined to live for herself more than ever and decides to find her first love back in high school. She asks her husband the absurd task of helping her find her first love. Stunned as ever, her stubborn husband, Jin-bong, reluctantly joins her search. Throughout their journey...

Four years after South Korea’s decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN, a former soldier returns to the peninsula on a secret mission. When his team encounters survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails.