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- DirectorTae-won KimPark Kyung-JinJohn H. LeeStarsJung Woo-sungSon Ye-jinBaek Jong-hakA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.9
- DirectorSuh-Goon LeeStarsRyu Seung-ryongLee Yo-wonLee Dong-wookThe Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and its elusive creator. Producer/presenter Choi Yu-jin smells a scoop when he learns that the last request of mass murderer and famed fugitive Kim Jong-gu before he was executed in February 2009 was for a bowl of dwinjang jjigae (beancurd stew). Choi discovers Kim was arrested at the tiny Sanjang Restaurant in a mountain pine forest outside Seoul, while eating a bowl of dwinjang jjigae so delicious that it reduced him to a state of pure bliss. Choi discovers that the soup was made not by the restaurant's owner but by a mysterious young woman, Jang Hye-jin, who turned up one day with a suitcase and was taken in by the owner. Choi becomes obsessed with finding Jang, who's since disappeared, and tracing her precise ingredients and preparation method.8
- DirectorKwon Hyeong-jinStarsSong Yun-ahKim Hyang-giKim Myoung-gukSingle mother Ko-woon is diagnosed with terminal cancer. She then prepares her daughter So-ra to live without her. As her condition worsens, So-ra finds out about the cancer and tries to fulfill her mother's wishes one by one, in secret.6
- DirectorAndrew LauStarsJun Ji-hyunJung Woo-sungLee Sung-jaeAbout a tragic love triangle story involving young painter Hye-young, Interpol detective Jeong Woo, and professional hitman Park Yi.6
- DirectorKwon-tae AhnStarsShin Ha-kyunWon BinKim Hae-sookThe younger brother, Jong-hyeon (Won Bin) is a good-looking, class-A fighter. The older brother, Seong-hyeon (Shin Ha-gyun) is unbelievably tender and pure, a class-A student. They've been fighting, nearly non-stop for 17 years. Trouble began when their mother (Kim Hae-suk) favored Seong-hyeon over his younger brother. Round 2 began when both brothers fell for the same girl, the most beautiful girl in the neighborhood, Mi-ryeong (Lee Bo-yeong). When the long-simmering emotions finally explode and a huge fight breaks out, Seong-hyeon tells his younger brother something he had never been able to say before: "Jong-hyeon, would you call me hyeong just once? I've never heard it before from you..." "Hyeong" - the word that younger Korea brothers call their older brothers. And yet Jong-hyeon has never said it to his brother.7
- DirectorYong-hwa KimStarsJu Jin-moKim Ah-jungSung Dong-ilA talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.7
- DirectorJong-kwan KwonStarsJung Woo-sungLim Soo-jungCha Tae-hyunThis film follows the lives of four very different couples as they deal with love, loss and life in these romantic, loosely interconnected tales.7
- DirectorWon Tae-yeonStarsKwon Sang-wooLee Bo-youngLee Beom-su"K" loves Cream but has terminal cancer so he keeps his love for her secret and tries to find a mate for her before he dies so she will not be alone after he dies.7
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsJang Dong-gunWon BinLee Eun-juWhen 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.10 "best of the list"
- DirectorLee Jeong-beomStarsWon BinKim Sae-ronKim Tae-hoonA quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.9
- DirectorYun-su JeonStarsCha Tae-hyunSong Hye-kyoSong Chang-uiBeautiful student Su-Eun prevents her fellow student Su-Ho to drown in the ocean. Su-Ho however, does not know who saved him, until Su-Eun tells him after a while. The love between them starts to grow, seemingly infinite. But then something terrible happens.4
- DirectorYoon SunghyunStarsLee Je-HoonPark Jeong-minSeo Jun-yeongThree best friends, Ki-tae, Dong-yoon, and Hee-june; they thought their friendship would last forever. A few tiny cracks of distrust start to develop among these best friends. Ki-tae and Hee-june are suddenly filled with misunderstanding and hated, and Ki-tae starts to use violence against Hee-june. When Dong-yoon finds out about Ki-tae's behavior toward Hee-june, he tries to stop Ki-tae but fails. Instead, what started out as little doubts, push these three boys into the point of no return.9
- DirectorJae-geun YoonStarsYunjin KimPark Hae-ilJeong Da-hyeOne middle aged women is admitted to the hospital in a coma. Yeon-hee, who has been searching for a heart to transplant to her daughter, who has critical heart disease, is begging middle aged women's gangster son, Whee-do, by giving him a fortune. But when the reasons for Whee-do's mom are revealed one by one, Yeon-hee, who became desperate, is teaming up with dangerous people...8
- DirectorIn-ho HwangStarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-kiPark Chul-minA magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.6.5
- DirectorSong Il-gonStarsSo Ji-seobHan Hyo-jooKang Shin-ilA love story centered on ex-boxer Chul-min and a blind telemarketer Jung-hwa.7
- DirectorJeong-kwon KimStarsCha Tae-hyunHa Ji-WonJo Ah-raA mentally challenged man trying to keep his mother's only wish alive at any cost while trying to reconcile with his first and only real crush.8
- DirectorYoon-Chul JungStarsCho Seung-wooKim Mi-sookLee Ki-youngAn autistic boy discovers he has a talent for running and with the help of the mother participates in a major marathon.8
- DirectorHo-joon KimStarsKim Rae-wonMoon Geun-youngAhn Sun-yeongA teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.7
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsCha Tae-hyunJun Ji-hyunIn-mun KimA young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.7
- DirectorYong-gyun KimStarsCho Seung-wooSoo AeSophie BroustalA Joseon dynasty bounty hunter becomes the body guard of the queen he secretly loves.7
- DirectorSang Man KimStarsSoo AeYoo Ji-taeMa Dong-seokSun-young, a popular radio host, decides to quit her job to take care of her ill-daughter. But, the last day of her job turns nightmarish when a murderer takes her family hostage.8.5
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guMoon So-riAhn Nae-sangAn irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.8
- DirectorJin JangStarsShin Hyeon-junShin Ha-kyunWon BinFour unlikely assassins genuinely care about their customers and victims, meanwhile a prosecutor is on their trail.7
very funny and entertaining - DirectorJung Doo HongKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunShin Min-aKim Yeong-cheolThings go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.7
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsNam-mi KangJeong-nam ChoiHye-Sook GoAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.9