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1. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Thriller
Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
Votes: 292,363 | Gross: $98.93M
2. Red Dawn (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, War
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
Director: Dan Bradley | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck
Votes: 80,566 | Gross: $44.81M
3. Salt (2010)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 330,119 | Gross: $118.31M
4. The Pacifier (2005)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett
Votes: 100,929 | Gross: $113.09M
5. Carter (2022)
TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Thriller
Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him "Carter"?
Director: Jung Byung-gil | Stars: Joo Won, Kim Bo-Min, Lee Sung-jae, Camilla Belle
Votes: 9,868
6. Bullet to Beijing (1995 TV Movie)
R | 122 min | Action, Thriller
Retired British spy Harry Palmer is called back into service to prevent North Korea from getting its hands on a deadly virus called "The Red Death".
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Anatoly Kulbitsky, Shaughan Seymour, Michael Caine, Corinna Richards
Votes: 1,820
7. The Spy Gone North (2018)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Thriller
In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong, Ju Ji-hoon
Votes: 6,195 | Gross: $0.50M
8. Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)
TV-14 | 125 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
Director: Hyeon Na | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Park Hae-soo, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yang Dong-kun
Votes: 4,587
9. The Steel Helmet (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Drama, War
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards
Votes: 4,737
10. Detonator II: Night Watch (1995 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
Rembrandt's Night Watch returns to Amsterdam fake. UN agents Mike and Sabrina investigate there and in Hong Kong - stumbling on N.Korean special bombs aimed at the West's communication.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Alexandra Paul, William Devane, Michael Shannon
Votes: 1,779
11. Pulgasari (1985)
95 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he... See full summary »
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Son Hui Chang, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri
Votes: 1,334
12. The Eleventh Hour (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Thriller
Action film about a N.Korean general's vendetta against a U.S. team of special ops soldiers who are on a mission to free Japanese political prisoners.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Matthew Reese, Jennifer Klekas, K. Danor Gerald, David Nibley
Votes: 906
13. Stateless Things (2011)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Jun (Paul Lee) is an illegal immigrant from North Korea, working in a gas station under an exploitative and abusive boss. Hyeon (Yeom Hyunjoon) is the kept boy of a married businessman, who... See full summary »
Director: Kim Kyung-mook | Stars: Paul Lee, Hyun-Joon Yeom, Kim Sae-byeok, Hyeong-gook Im
Votes: 177
14. Dalam-iwa Goseumdochi (1977–2012)
TV-14 | Animation, War
Two teenagers (Geumsaegi and Juldarami) fight against an evil army.
Stars: Jun Kim, ShockingRotom, Won Jeong Suk, Lim Bok Hee
Votes: 163
15. The Real Bruce Lee (1977)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
He's back. An early Bruce Lee film found in the Chinese archives, which introduces the "new sensation" Ryong Keo and Bruce Li - the complete fury of martial arts as never before.
Directors: Shi-hyeon Kim, Jim Markovic | Stars: Bruce Lee, Bruce Li, Ryong Keo, Hwang-ki Baek
Votes: 351
16. Cheon gun (2005)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a historically altered Korea, by 2005 the North and South Korean governments have secretly joined forces to create a nuclear warhead.
Director: Joon-ki Min | Stars: Kim Byeong-chun, Ma Dong-seok, Kil Eun-sung, Kong Hyo-jin
Votes: 617
17. The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
About an agent who is undercover in a foreign country while his wife has no idea what he does for a living.
Director: Lee Seung-joon | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Daniel Henney, Han Yeri
Votes: 743
18. Target Zero (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, War
Set during the Korean War, a unit of American soldiers, together with three British tank crew, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson, Richard Stapley
Votes: 423
19. Marine Battleground (1963)
88 min | Drama, War
A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.
Director: Lee Man-hee | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Pat Yi, Youngson Chon, Dong-hwi Jang
Votes: 144
20. If You Were Me 2 (2006)
112 min | Drama
Directors: Jin Jang, Jung Ji-woo, Dong-won Kim, Kyung-hee Park, Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Jeong Eun-hye, Kong Ho-seok, On Joo-Wan, Doo-hong Jung
Votes: 62
21. War of Art (2019)
102 min | Documentary
Artists from across the Western world visit North Korea to take part in a "cultural exchange" - with varying degrees of success and failure.
Director: Tommy Gulliksen | Stars: Matthias Scherwenikas, Cathie Boyd, Chol-Hak Ham, Kyong-Chol Kim
Votes: 113
22. The Translator (I)
Drama, History, Thriller | Announced
Based on the true life story of Kim Soo-im who was caught between a love affair with a North Korean spy and an American colonel, when South Korea was beginning their historical split from ... See full summary »
23. Raiders of the Hidden Donald Trump Fetish Doll (2018)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
An independent movie director in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign fends off a variety of malevolent individuals who seek to steal his ultimate crowdfunding perk - a Donald Trump fetish doll.
Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Angel Connell, Paul Taft, Kermens Atwood, Corey Wells
Votes: 27
24. Strike Night (2017)
75 min | Drama
A glacial winter night. Kim undertakes by foot the last miles of a journey that started in North Korea. He's going to Marie's house but gets lost on the way.
Director: Yoann Jean-Charles | Stars: François-Marie Nivon, Zoé Besmond de Senneville, Bénédicte Allard, Julie Guio
Votes: 17
27.
Alias (2001–2006)
Episode:
Crossings
(2004)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Jack contacts a mysterious woman, that of former KGB agent Katya Derevko, Irina's older sister, to help him free Sydney and Vaughn, whose plane has crashed inside North Korea while seeking ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 466
28.
JAG (1995–2005)
Episode:
The Bridge at Kang So Ri
(2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Korea during the Korean War 23 Koreans died due to gunfire by US soldiers. The civilian press in the USA has refreshed accusations of an unjustified massacre. Harm, Mac, and others fly to Seoul to investigate; a hijacking interferes.
Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson
Votes: 145
29.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Jerusalem Duality
(2008)
TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance
Sheldon decides to give up his work and focus on other tasks when a 15-year-old prodigy joins the university, so the other guys come up with a plan to get rid of him.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,593
30.
InSecurity (2011)
Episode:
Spies on Ice
(2011)
Comedy
Peter and Alex pose as parents of a kid at hockey tryouts as they try to distract a hockey dad/North Korean spy suspected of treason.
Director: Robert de Lint | Stars: Natalie Lisinska, William deVry, Rémy Girard, Matthew MacFadzean
Votes: 46
31.
Epic Rap Battles of History (2010– )
Episode:
Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs. Kim Jong-il
(2011)
TV-14 | 3 min | Short, Comedy, History
Professional wrestlers Hulk Hogan and Macho Man rap battle against the North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Il.
Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Lloyd Ahlquist, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Peter Shukoff
Votes: 143
32.
Cogito (2016– )
Episode:
What is a Cult?
(2020)
17 min | Documentary, History
Here is everything you wanted to know about cults without actually joining one including: How to recognize a cult by the behavior of its leader. How normal, ordinary people become part of a... See full summary »
Stars: Domhnall Cogito, Marian Keymas
33.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Communists Take Power, with Michael Malice
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Michael Malice
34.
Your Welcome (2017– )
Andy Ngo
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Malice, Andy Ngo
35.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Why Feminism Is One of the Deadliest and Most Destructive Forces in Human History
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
37.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Trump Drives Democrats Up a Wall
(2018 Podcast Episode)
48 min | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Cory Booker, Luis Gutierrez, Joe Kennedy III