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- DirectorHong-sik KangStarsChan JiYe-bong MunHak ParkThe first full-length North Korean film portrays the glorious revolution of patriots and low-class farmers against the oppression of landlords and Japanese imperialists.
- DirectorChong-sik MinStarsYe-bong MunHak Park
- DirectorYong-Gyu YoonStarsSe-Yong KimYe-bong MunSeung-min Nam"Boy Partisans", one of the first Korean films to be shot during the war, tells the story of a group of teenagers who decide to form a Partisan unit after the Americans temporarily take over cities liberated by the Communists.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsNam HwangWoong KimJeong-suk MoonHwang Nam gets drunk and intends to spend the night with the prostitute, Min-ja. However she ends up telling him the story of her life as a 'comfort woman'--the term used for women forced to become sex slaves by foreign soldiers. Nam becomes so touched by her story that he gives her all his money. He then leaves her so he can think of a way to improve the lives of people like Min-ja.
- DirectorSang-in CheonStarsHyo Gyong DzoChan JiDal-won KimThe film tells the story of the heroic deeds of the Korean People's Army soldiers fighting for the independence and freedom of their homeland.
- DirectorHong-sik KangStarsHomyeong ChaeIl JeonChan JiThe main character of the film, Man-sik Kim, is a fighter of the Korean People's Army. Through his bravery and resourcefulness in battle, he crushed the enemy's air superiority and dealt a crushing blow to the enemy.
- DirectorDong-min JeonStarsHak ParkWoon-Bong JeonSeung-min NamThe film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went behind enemy lines.
- DirectorSang-in CheonDong-min JeonStarsUn-bong ChoeChuryeon SongEun-bae KimThe film tells about the life and struggle of the Korean peasants living on the Phundekber plain, near the 38th parallel, against the Americans and the Lisinman people. The film is set in 1950.
- DirectorYong-Gyu YoonStarsHak Su KimHyo Gyong DzoUn-bong Choe
- DirectorOh Byung-hoStarsWon Jun YuWoo-young KimBu-suk ChoeThe action takes place against the backdrop of the Korean War. An anti-American film about the tragic fate of the Korean priest Hak-shin Choi, whose family disintegrates and dies during the difficult years of the American occupation.
- DirectorIk-gyu ChoeA revolutionary novel, film, and opera created in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) about the mass killings during the long period of the Japanese occupation of Korea.
- DirectorIk-gyu ChoeHak ParkStarsChon Sob HanYong Hui HongRen Rin KimThe country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.
- DirectorRyu Ho-sonHak-lim KoStarsRyong-rin KimJung-hwa KimWoon-mo JungThe film follows Yu Rim, a Korean expatriate in the United Kingdom working as a journalist, who is ordered by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to proceed to Seoul and gather intelligence on the United States Forces Korea.
- DirectorChoi Eun-hieShin Sang-okStarsKim Jun-sikHye-sung RyangKim Yoon-hongBased on a play called "Bloody Conference" (allegedly written by Kim Il-sung). A dramatized retelling of the Hague Secret Emissary Affair from the perspective of Yi Jun, a Korean prosecutor and diplomat.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsSon Hui ChangChoi Eun-hie
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsTom SelleckCynthia RhodesGene SimmonsIn the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
- A Korean animation about a group of children saving the galaxy.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsSon Hui ChangHam Gi SopJong-uk RiIn 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 may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he returns the property to the people, an old blacksmith is imprisoned and starved to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster- Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like creature that eats iron. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and fights with the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsUn Hui ChoeSet in Gando in the 1930s, a family hides a wealthy Chinese-Korean merchant while the father is killed in a fight between the Japanese police and Chinese bandits. The wife believes the communists are the cause of her husband's death.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hie
- DirectorKil-in KimShin Sang-okStarsKye-Sung ChanSon Hui ChangSun-bu ChoeThe illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast societal differences. Then ninjas arrive.
- DirectorKi Mo JungEung Suk KimStarsSung Chol ChaYong Chol ChoePong Ho HanA group of elite soldiers is sent across the border to South Korea to destroy a military base. The soldiers are well aware of the inherent suicide nature of their mission, but are happy to risk it all for the benefit of their Great Leader.
- DirectorChoi Eun-hieKyun Soon JoShin Sang-okStarsRyung Jo KimMi Ran OhYeon Ock SongIn a humble rural village, a man aspires of leaving his home behind and moving to the prosperous city, while his lover wishes to stay and transform the town into an ideal and harmonious community.
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie EscourrouAn evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsFrank ZagarinoMark GregoryRomano KristoffTerrorists are making genetic experiments on kidnapped girls. Professor Larson, dreams of creating a master race to rule the world. Scientific organizations in Asia and Europe hire a group of mercenaries who are tasked to kill them.
- DirectorJong-pal JonStarsRyon Hwa KimYong Suk KimRyon-gu NamA North Korean romantic comedy that involves martial arts.
- DirectorChun-Song KimStarsKim Duk-samRi Yong HoWoon-mo JungNorth Korean "Titanic" depicts Koreans' journey back home after Japan's 1945 defeat. The overloaded ship is sabotaged by Japanese to explode, threatening passengers' lives and dreams of returning to their homeland.
- DirectorKwang-il JonChang-bom RimStarsRi Yong HoGyong-hi Ri
- StarsJeffery BowmanClinton LeuppMicah McCainA television program that goes behind-the-scenes at the luxurious Parker Palm Springs hotel.
- DirectorPhyo KwangStarsChang-su Choe
- DirectorPhyo KwangStarsChang-su ChoeRi Yong HoRyon Hwa Kim
- DirectorJong-pal JonStarsUn-mo JongUn-yong KimYun-su RiAlthough an initial match-making attempt between Pyongho and Saebyol through their grandparents is unsuccessful, the two are brought together by fate to participate in the Pyongyang spring fashion show.
- DirectorNelson ShinA young princess makes a drastic decision in order to save her father's eyesight.
- DirectorPhyo KwangChil-min MaengStarsRyeong-hun RiYeong-Chun CholCheon-Yeol Kim"Taek" and "Kyon", children of the two Masters who founded the school of martial arts "Taek-kyon", must keep the school manual away from the hands of the Japanese occupiers (early 20th century) and entrust it to Priest "Jiham" according to the will of their fathers. The two lovers, who have not seen each other since childhood due to the travel of "Taek" to Seol, meet in the cave where the manual is hidden and plan to defend the manual until the last drop of blood. The students of the school, known as the "Pyongyang Nalpharam"(pronounced Nal-Pa-Rem)shall help them in this path, but the Japanese also want to seize the manual very badly; as they want to destroy it so that their school of "Judo" remains unrivaled in Asia.
- DirectorIn Hak JangStarsMi-hyang PakJin-mi KimCheol KimA student experiences different conflicts as she works toward being a scientist.
- DirectorNicholas BonnerAnja DaelemansGwang Hun KimStarsJong-sim HanChung-guk PakRi Yong HoA female coal miner in communist Korea aspires to be an acrobat in a circus.
- DirectorRi Yun-Ho KiHa YongRi Jong A, the heroine, is a girl in her late teens who has just finished a senior middle school. Going on an errand for her mother who was a colleague of Un Jong's parents before their death-they were model workers at the Chollima Steel Complex-she begins to visit the home of the orphaned children. Un Jong's family kept a book titled The Story of Our Home which describes dreams and happy life of the parents and children. Based on a story about the maiden mother loved by all people across the country, particularly respected by the young people, the film received the Best Film award, at the 15th Pyongyang International Film Festival held in 2016, when the heroine was given the Best Actress of Feature Film award.