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    Korean Action Movies

    The 40 most popular korean action movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Colony
    TMDB4.0

    Colony

    2026 · 2h 3m

    country: South Korea

    Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

    Hope
    TMDB3.7

    Hope

    2026 · 2h 37m

    country: South Korea

    In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

    Train to Busan
    TMDB3.9
    FF4.0

    Train to Busan

    2016 · 1h 58m

    country: South Korea

    When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

    Snowpiercer
    TMDB3.5

    Snowpiercer

    2013 · 2h 7m

    country: South Korea

    In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

    Ninja Assassin
    TMDB3.4
    FF2.0

    Ninja Assassin

    2009 · 1h 39m

    country: United States

    Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

    The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
    TMDB3.9

    The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

    2019 · 1h 50m

    country: South Korea

    After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

    The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
    TMDB3.7

    The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

    2022 · 2h 17m

    country: South Korea

    A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.

    The Roundup
    TMDB3.7

    The Roundup

    2022 · 1h 46m

    country: South Korea

    The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.

    The Roundup: No Way Out
    TMDB3.6

    The Roundup: No Way Out

    2023 · 1h 45m

    country: South Korea

    Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

    Humint
    TMDB3.7

    Humint

    2026 · 2h

    country: South Korea

    A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

    Peninsula
    TMDB3.4

    Peninsula

    2020 · 1h 56m

    country: South Korea

    A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

    The Legendary Lighter
    TMDB3.3

    The Legendary Lighter

    2019 · 1h 49m

    country: South Korea

    A man who used to be called Lighter cleans up his act from his days as a gangster and struggles to start over.

    The Roundup: Punishment
    TMDB3.6

    The Roundup: Punishment

    2024 · 1h 49m

    country: South Korea

    'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.

    The Man from Nowhere
    TMDB3.9
    FF4.0

    The Man from Nowhere

    2010 · 1h 59m

    country: South Korea

    A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

    The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
    TMDB3.4

    The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep

    2025 · 1h 32m

    country: Poland

    When human sailors are attacked by mysterious creatures of the deep, only one person can stop the war between land and sea: the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia.

    Alienoid
    TMDB3.5

    Alienoid

    2022 · 2h 22m

    country: South Korea

    Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

    Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
    TMDB3.5

    Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

    2025 · 2h

    country: South Korea

    Kim Dok-ja, an ordinary man in his 20s, is the only reader of an obscure web novel titled "Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse". After having read the last chapter, the novel suddenly becomes reality, and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok appears before Kim. As the only person who knows how to survive in this world, Kim and his companions strive to save the world by writing his own, new ending.

    Badland Hunters
    TMDB3.4

    Badland Hunters

    2024 · 1h 47m

    country: South Korea

    After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

    Ballerina
    TMDB3.5

    Ballerina

    2023 · 1h 33m

    country: South Korea

    Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    TMDB3.7

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    2002 · 2h 9m

    country: South Korea

    A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

    Project Wolf Hunting
    TMDB3.2

    Project Wolf Hunting

    2022 · 2h 2m

    country: South Korea

    While under heavily armed guard, the dangerous convicts aboard a cargo ship unite in a coordinated escape attempt that soon escalates into a bloody, all-out riot. But as the fugitives continue their brutal campaign of terror, they soon discover that not even the most vicious among them is safe from the horror they unknowingly unleashed from the darkness below deck.

    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
    TMDB4.0

    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    2018 · 2h 6m

    country: Hong Kong

    Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

    Hijack 1971
    TMDB3.4

    Hijack 1971

    2024 · 1h 40m

    country: South Korea

    In the year 1971, former Korean Air Force fighter pilot Tae-In (Ha Jung-Woo) works as a pilot for a commercial airline. He faces a crisis inside a hijacked flight with the passengers, including Yong-Dae (Yeo Jin-Goo), and his crew members, including Captain Kyu-Sik (Sung Dong-Il) and Flight Attendant Ok-Soon (Chae Soo-Bin).

    The Outlaws
    TMDB3.8

    The Outlaws

    2017 · 2h 1m

    country: South Korea

    In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

    Officer Black Belt
    TMDB3.8

    Officer Black Belt

    2024 · 1h 48m

    country: South Korea

    A talented martial artist who can't walk past a person in need unites with a probation officer to fight and prevent crime as a martial arts officer.

    Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
    TMDB4.0

    Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

    2017 · 2h 19m

    country: South Korea

    Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

    A Taxi Driver
    TMDB4.0

    A Taxi Driver

    2017 · 2h 18m

    country: South Korea

    May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

    #Alive
    TMDB3.6

    #Alive

    2020 · 1h 38m

    country: South Korea

    As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

    Husbands in Action
    TMDB3.7

    Husbands in Action

    2026 · 1h 50m

    country: South Korea

    A detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?

    Brave Citizen
    TMDB3.8

    Brave Citizen

    2023 · 1h 52m

    country: South Korea

    An expelled boxing champion, who now is a high-school teacher, witnesses intolerable violence and throws her first punch to build justice against it, while putting on a mask.

    Ashfall
    TMDB3.4

    Ashfall

    2019 · 2h 8m

    country: South Korea

    A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

    Emergency Declaration
    TMDB3.7

    Emergency Declaration

    2022 · 2h 20m

    country: South Korea

    While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

    The Chaser
    TMDB3.9

    The Chaser

    2008 · 2h 5m

    country: South Korea

    Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
    TMDB4.0

    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

    2018 · 2h 21m

    country: South Korea

    As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

    Holy Night: Demon Hunters
    TMDB3.5

    Holy Night: Demon Hunters

    2025 · 1h 32m

    country: South Korea

    When a devil-worshipping criminal network plunges Seoul into chaos, the police turn to Holy Night—a trio of supernatural demon hunters—to restore order and defeat the rising evil.

    Hunt
    TMDB3.4

    Hunt

    2022 · 2h 11m

    country: South Korea

    After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

    Confidential Assignment 2: International
    TMDB3.5

    Confidential Assignment 2: International

    2022 · 2h 9m

    country: South Korea

    Follows Rim Chul-ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin-tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to get back on the investigation team after a mistake landed him in the cyber crime department.

    Project Silence
    TMDB3.4

    Project Silence

    2024 · 1h 36m

    country: South Korea

    Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.

    Mantis
    TMDB3.2

    Mantis

    2025 · 1h 53m

    country: South Korea

    The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?

    12.12: The Day
    TMDB3.8

    12.12: The Day

    2023 · 2h 22m

    country: South Korea

    After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

    About Korean Action Movies

    Korean cinema

    South Korean cinema spent the 2000s building a reputation for genre films that refuse to stay in their lane — thrillers that turn into family dramas, revenge stories with slapstick. Parasite's Best Picture win in 2020 confirmed what festival audiences had known for two decades.

    Action

    Action cinema runs from the stunt-driven spectacle of Hollywood blockbusters to the choreographed precision of Hong Kong and Korean thrillers. The best of it treats physical performance as storytelling — chases, fights, and set pieces that reveal character rather than pause for it.

    In this list

    Years covered
    2002–2026
    Best reviewed
    Colony (8.1)
    Often also
    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    Common questions

    What are the best Korean action movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Colony, Hope, and Train to Busan. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Korean action movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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