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


Bring the Soul: The Movie
2019 · 1h 45m · KR
A glimpse into K-pop group BTS’ world away from the stage, featuring intimate group discussions alongside spectacular concert performances from their world tour.


Burn the Stage: The Movie
2018 · 1h 25m · KR
Burn the Stage: the Movie is the first movie from BTS, going behind-the-scenes of the BTS WINGS TOUR to reveal the full story of the band’s meteoric rise to fame. This unmissable film provides an intimate look at what happens when the most successful global boy band of all time breaks down barriers and invades the mainstream music scene. Exclusive tour footage and brand-new one-on-one interviews with BTS members give fans an unprecedented glimpse into their lives and an opportunity for everyone to celebrate together worldwide.


BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
2026 · 1h 6m · UK
BTS is back. The iconic group returns to the stage for a live reunion concert to perform legendary hits and unveil brand-new tracks.


Secret: Untold Melody
2025 · 1h 44m · KR
A promising pianist in a slump has a chance meeting with a young woman playing mysterious music, and the encounter forces him to make a once-in-a-lifetime choice.


Miss Granny
2014 · 2h 4m · KR
An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth.


Wish You
2021 · 1h 42m · KR
Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other's lives.


BTS: THE RETURN
2026 · 1h 33m · US
They're back! BTS gathers in LA to record their album "Arirang" in this documentary offering unprecedented access to the band as they enter a new era.


BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
2020 · 1h 19m · US
Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.


The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009 · 1h 17m · US
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon, as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan.


Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · 2h 26m · KR
Featuring the global K-Pop sensation Stray Kids and a live performance from their record-breaking world tour, alongside exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and intimate interviews with the band, Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience is an epic concert film that gives fans both a spectacular front-row seat and unique access to their favourite band.


Wild Sing
2026 · 1h 48m · KR
Twenty years after a scandal tears apart a popular 2000s K‑pop trio, the three reunite for a one-off gig — if they can overcome one snag after another.


BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
2019 · 1h 53m · KR
Shot at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul during the BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself’ to celebrate the seven members of the global boyband and their unprecedented international phenomenon.


j-hope IN THE BOX
2023 · 1h 25m · KR
For 200 days, the daily life of artist j-hope is captured. From his production of solo album "Jack in the Box" and listening party, this documentary follows him all the way to his debut on the stage of "Lollapalooza."


Choir of God
2025 · 1h 51m · KR
North Korea, facing international sanctions, seeks assistance from a Hungarian NGO to build churches in Pyongyang as a way to bypass the sanctions. The NGO proposes organizing a revival meeting with international Choir organizations, leading the Ministry of 5 Securities to apprehend believers. The "Victory Orchestra," a replacement ensemble, is actually composed of underground Choir members. As they sing hymns openly for the first time, their true identity as underground believers is revealed, creating moments of laughter, tears, and emotion.


SKZFLIX (ROCK-STAR)
2023 · 11m · KR
A group of aspiring filmmakers decided to join the school's annual Multiverse Short-Film Festival. When Minho bagged the starring role, both expected and unexpected relationships were built along the way.


White: Melody of Death
2011 · 1h 46m · KR
When each member of Pink Dolls falls into a horrible accident, Eunju realizes that their hit song "White" is cursed and attempts to reveal the secret.


Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Bang
2022 · 46m
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Sunset in My Hometown
2018 · 2h 3m · KR
On the day that underground rapper Hak-soo fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. But he finds out that it was his father's plot to bring him to Byeon-san. To top it all, he is suspected as a phishing scam criminal and locked up in this small, boring suburb.


Forte
2026 · 1h 18m · KR
Young composer Yeonji lands her dream job at the prestigious and isolated Forte Studio that soon reveals itself as an unsettling work environment because of the eerie atmosphere around there and odd behaviors from her colleagues and boss. But Yeonji’s fierce ambition doesn’t allow her to give up and, when she realizes that her boss uses her as a mere ghostwriter, the competitive spirit between the two arises until it escalates into a matter of life and death.


Butterfly Effect
2023 · 1h 34m · KR
A story of aspiring artist who try to 'make it' in the cut throat K-pop industry. After witnessing her twin sister Haeyeon's death, Juyeon had a long list of failures in her music career- Her chances of debut were held back and cancelled every time, her title song was 'stolen' and was given to a popular girl group in her agency, "Yayaya", and she was struggling to 'make it' in a harsh music scene where only kpop idols take the spotlight. When Yayaya betrays their agency CEO, he turns to Juyeon and offers her a chance to start a new group. So she decides to re-assemble her old band 'Butterfly Effect' for one last shot. Starring Hallyu star Hong Soo-ah and former K-pop idol Yoon Sung-mo.


BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
2022 · 2h 10m · KR
Purple colors the city of Los Angeles, as BTS brings their "Permission to Dance" concert to SoFi Stadium for the first time in two years. In a stadium radiating anticipation and cheer, splendid performances from "On" to "Permission to Dance" glorify the stage that now comes to life on screen. Be united once again by the power of music.


IU CONCERT : THE WINNING
2025 · 2h 4m · KR
The Icon of Firsts: The glistening record of the 100th performance. Relive IU and UAENA's electrifying energy as they light up Seoul World Cup Stadium with unforgettable performances of masterpieces like 'Love wins all', 'Holssi', 'Shopper', 'Celebrity', 'Last Fantasy'. Witness the spectacular drone show that illuminated the Sangam night sky! The final chapter of The Winning journey comes to life on screen!


BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas
2023 · 1h 43m · KR
Join RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook in this special cinematic cut, re-edited and remixed for the big screen. Watch new close-up angles and a whole new view of the entire concert, BTS Yet To Come in Busan. Featuring hit songs from across the group's career, including "Dynamite," "Butter" and “IDOL," plus the first concert performance of "Run BTS" from the group’s latest album Proof.


Midnight Sun
2025 · 1h 49m · KR
A seventeen-year-old girl with sun allergy lives a sheltered life. One night, she ventures out to play guitar, and she meets a guy she admires. As they develop a romance, she hides her condition from him, creating tension in their budding relationship.


HELLO, RUDOLPH
2024 · 11m · KR
A heartwarming story delivered by the New Santa.


Waikiki Brothers
2001 · 1h 49m · KR
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members to continue on the road. The band ends up at the lead singer's hometown, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s, but the return home is filled with reservations of previous and past disappointments, a lost love, unemployment and tragedy.


Slide Strum Mute
2026 · 59m · KR
Woo-jin spirals into obsession and a cursed timeline after playing a broken guitar received from a mysterious stranger.


Harmony
2010 · 1h 55m · KR
Jeong-hye gives a birth to a baby boy in the prison. Her and other inmates create a women's choir to compete in the national choir contest, to meet and greet their families and loving ones.


Life Is Beautiful
2022 · 2h 2m · KR
Suddenly learning she is terminally ill, Se-yeon asks her husband, Jin-bong the absurd task of helping her find her first love, and he unwillingly joins her search. Along their journey, Se-yeon and Jin-bong are reminded of the most glittering, beautiful moments of their lives.


The Fox Family
2006 · 1h 41m · KR
The Kumiho family circus in town -- and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case with their strange remarks about humans and their initial performances, cavalcades of dismemberment and torrents of blood which terrify the local kids. Pretty soon, a dour, downbeat cop is on the tail of the plucky, bumbling Kumihos. Or rather, tails -- “kumiho” is the word for the fox spirits of Korean mythology, and this clan from Nam Mountain near Seoul, temporarily disguised as people thanks to a magic spell, must eat human livers during a brief, once-in-a-millennium lunar eclipse to shed their foxy nature and assume permanent human form. When the sleazy reprobate on the run from mobsters stumbles into their eerie household, he soon finds himself a little too enthusiastically involved in their scheming after human flesh—and involved with the sexy elder-sister fox spirit as well!


SUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023 · 1h 21m · KR
SUGA of the world-renowned group, BTS, works on a new album. He embarks on a journey to find his story to tell through music, while interacting with artists from various cities around the world.


Fiction and Other Realities
2020 · 1h 30m · KR
Bobby, a Korean-American singer-songwriter who tries to find himself in a country his parents originally immigrated from. Featuring the music of singer-songwriter Big Phony, this music centered film takes us on a search for love and self-identity.


Mr. Idol
2011 · 1h 53m · KR
It's hard being a Korean popstar! For every Gangnam Style, there are a hundred flameouts. K-Pop sensation Jay Park stars in this musical romp about a sassy music executive on her quest to resurrect a disgraced boy band against all odds.


TWICELAND
2018 · 1h 49m · KR
This first big-screen film from beloved Korean girl group Twice shows their 'Twiceland Zone 2: Fantasy Park' world tour performance as well as some behind-the-scenes footage.


My Paparotti
2013 · 2h 7m · KR
This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.


Peafowl
2024 · 1h 55m · KR
A transgender woman has cut ties with her family and hometown. She is compelled to go back, however, to perform a traditional memorial drum dance for her father to fulfill the conditions of his will and get her inheritance.


Astro - Stargazer: Astroscope
2022 · 1h 59m · KR
The 3rd ASTROAD to Seoul 'STARGAZER' is ASTRO’s first concert in over three years. Each member is filled with excitement and anticipation at the thought of reuniting with AROHA, but preparing for a live concert amidst busy schedules doesn’t prove easy. Like a dark night sky kissed by starlight, will ASTRO chase away the darkness and greet the welcoming wave of AROHA violet? Intimate interviews and an honest look behind-the-scenes are captured alongside ASTRO’S concert performance in


Pinkfong & Baby Shark's Space Adventure
2019 · 1h 6m · KR
Follow PinkFong and Baby Shark’s space journey as they visit mysterious planets to help find the special star for PinkFong!


MAMAMOO: My Con the Movie
2023 · 2h 4m · KR
Join K-pop's vocal powerhouse as they embark on their first world tour. Idols Solar, Moon Byul, Whee In, and Hwa Sa invite you on their journey. Witness their captivating vocals and dynamic performances, then delve into their personal and heartfelt stories like never before, offering a rare glimpse behind the scenes. Beginning with the MAMAMOO WORLD TOUR "MY CON" - SEOUL, the group's story unfolds.


Big Bang Made - The Movie
2016 · 1h 54m · KR
In April 2015, Big Bang made a comeback after a three-year hiatus, and their Made World Tour ended with a great success drawing 1.5 million people. The movie follows Big Bang from the beginning till the end of their world tour in a documentary format to give up close and personal view of their 340 days journey in the tour as they perform in 32 cities in 13 countries. The movie will be a collection of the five singers off guard in their natural state having fun on-stage during the concerts, the behind-the-scenes videos of made concerts and albums, backstage and offstage. The film also included interviews with each member.
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.
Music films cover concert documentaries, biopics, and musicals — anything where performance drives the picture. The genre lives or dies on whether the filmmaking can match the energy of the sound.