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


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.


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 Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group of animal friends need to band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.


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 King of Kings
2025 · 1h 42m
country: South Korea
Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.


The Great Flood
2025 · 1h 47m
country: South Korea
When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape — and the future of humanity — on the line.


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
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
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.


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.


Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019 · 1h 32m
country: South Korea
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.


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.


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.


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.


The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
2022 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
A gutsy crew of Joseon pirates and bandits battle stormy waters, puzzling clues and militant rivals in search of royal gold lost at sea.


Alienoid: Return to the Future
2024 · 2h 2m
country: South Korea
Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.


The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.


Hi-Five
2025 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
In the dead of night, a body donated for organ transplants mysteriously disintegrates into ashes. Soon after, five recipients, given a heart, corneas, lungs, liver, and kidneys, begin to develop supernatural powers. A teenage girl gains immense strength, a hipster manipulates electromagnetic waves, a novelist summons powerful gusts, a factory manager can heal others, and a woman discovers a strange, still-unidentified ability. Together, they form a reluctant but heroic team known as "HI-FIVE." But they aren't the only ones transformed. A cult leader who received the donor’s pancreas gains the terrifying power to drain life energy and sets his sights on stealing the abilities of HI-FIVE to achieve godlike domination.


Fire and Ice
1983 · 1h 22m
country: United States
The villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire village was destroyed by ice. When Nekron's underlings kidnap the beautiful Princess Teegra, Larn sets out to rescue her, assisted by the fierce and enigmatic Darkwolf.


Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004 · 2h 28m
country: South Korea
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.


JUNG_E
2023 · 1h 38m
country: South Korea
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.


The Moon
2023 · 2h 9m
country: South Korea
In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.


Spark: A Space Tail
2016 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
Teenage monkey Spark and his friends, Chunk and Vix, are on a mission to regain Planet Bana - a kingdom overtaken by the evil overlord Zhong.


The Scam
2009 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
Hyun-soo is a skillful individual stock investor, so-called ‘ant’. One day, he cashes in up seventy thousand dollars through stock trading and this jackpot gets him implicated in a $60 million stock manipulation by scam artists from various fields. With a huge pot of money before their eyes, the scam seems to be perfectly unfolding. But another scam is emerging underneath team as the scammers chase each other and are being chased at the end.


The Tiger
2015 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.


The Pirates
2014 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?


Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain
2019 · 1h 30m
country: South Korea
Speckles, a ferocious tarbosaurus and his young son junior, mourning the loss of their family in an epic battle, roam the lands in search of food, adventure and peace. Under the watchful eye of his dad, Junior is growing up healthy and strong, but with an overconfidence thanks to his young age. After one encounter results in Junior being kidnapped, Speckles embarks on an adventure to the ends of earth to find his son. Encountering friend and foe, ally and enemy, Speckles will stop at nothing and will take on all corners to save his offspring.


Super Wings: Maximum Speed
2023 · 1h 29m
country: China
In a world where toys have become unpopular, villain Billy Willy sets up a terrifying plot to kidnap YouTubers and blow them into space. One million YouTuber Da-in goes out to find Billy Willy with fastest aircraft Sky to save her kidnapped mother! Can Sky save the Earth with Maximum Speed?


The First Ride
2025 · 1h 57m
country: South Korea
Four lifelong friends—Tae-jeong, Do-jin, Yeon-min, and Geum-bok—dreamed of an epic trip abroad, but life got in the way. Years later, older but not necessarily wiser, they finally embark on their long-overdue journey. Planned as a carefree getaway, however, the trip derails into a whirlwind of unexpected chaos, hilariously absurd detours, and buried emotions resurfacing. As they stumble through misadventures, their first ride together turns into a spectacular journey—one for the ages.


Woochi: The Demon Slayer
2009 · 2h 16m
country: South Korea
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.


Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild
2011 · 1h 33m
country: South Korea
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.


Speckles: The Tarbosaurus
2012 · 1h 28m
country: South Korea
The story is set 70 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Korean Peninsula the same way they ruled the rest of the earth. Spotty is a curious and playful Tarbosaurus child, and along with his mother and siblings, he lives happily in the forest. One day the cunning One-eye, an older Tyrannosaur looking for a new home, attacks Spotty’s herd and separates Spotty from his family. Alone, he befriends another lost girl Tarbosaur who becomes his friend and constant companion for two decades and the mother of his own children. But Spotty’s troubles with One-eye are not over, and revenge, death, fear, and sadness are all in Spotty’s future―as is happiness and hope.


Shiri
1999 · 2h 5m
country: South Korea
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.


Garfield's Fun Fest
2008 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Garfield's 29-year winning streak in the annual Fun Fest talent competition is threatened by a dashing new entrant, Ramone, who possesses great charm. Concerned about losing his touch, Garfield goes on a quest to seek Freddy Frog's mythical pond, where it is said that anyone who drinks from it is certain to be funny.


Your Letter
2025 · 1h 36m
country: South Korea
After summer vacation, So-ri transfers to a new school and finds an anonymous letter in her desk drawer with an introduction to the school and a clue to finding the next letter. "If you want to keep reading, find my second letter!" While following the clues in the letters and searching all over the school like on a treasure hunt, So-ri keeps running into a same-aged student named Dong-soon. So-ri and Dong-soon quickly become friends as they search for the letters together. As she finds one letter after another, the special connection continues, and So-ri's curiosity grows for the mysterious sender. "I want to find the last letter and thank you in person."


Shadowless Sword
2005 · 1h 57m
country: China
927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunging the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family's dark fate. Still loyal to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army's greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive, non-stop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they fight to reclaim the fallen throne.


Heartsping : Teenieping of Love
2024 · 1h 26m
country: South Korea
In order to find her ideal partner, Heartsping, Romi went deep into the mysterious and dangerous magic forest. She was fearless, determined, and brave, and worked with her partners to successfully solve this misunderstanding and rescue Heartsping, who was in a crisis. Heartsping was finally captured by Romi's extraordinary courage and kind heart. Impressed, and teamed up with Romi.


The Restless
2006 · 1h 42m
country: South Korea
After Yi-gwak, a demon hunter, loses his beloved Yon-hwa, he enters a realm that has only spirits. He meets her there, but she has no memory of him.


Chaw
2009 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.


The Accidental Gangster
2008 · 1h 43m
country: Hong Kong
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest man in the land until she is snatched away by her rightful owner.He vows to get her back, but alone he is no match for Man-deuk.
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.
Adventure films are built on journey and discovery: lost worlds, long voyages, and heroes far from home. The genre overlaps heavily with fantasy and action, but its engine is always forward motion into unfamiliar territory.