Topic: Korean War

Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Korean War. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.


Losses and Gains

1966 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Ko Young Nam

Cast Choi Mu-ryong · Kim Ji-mee · Shin Sung-il

Plot A man aids the North Korean army during the Korean War and then tries to flee to the north upon its conclusion.

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Heartbreak Ridge

1955 · Documentary · 90 min. · France

Direction Jacques Dupont

Plot Garcet, a young French officer just out of military school, joins the French Batallion of the United Nations Forces fighting in Korea. He is disappointed at first as he is...

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Battle Flame

1959 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Scott Brady · Elaine Edwards · Robert Blake · Wayne Heffley

Plot During Korean war Marine officer is in love with nurse who is engaged to another soldier. Finally the nurse realises that she loves the marine.

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On the 38th Parallel

1960 · Movie · 73 min. · China

Direction Shi Wenchi

Cast Boling Wang · Liang Zhang · Xing Jitian

Plot Set in the Korean War, the South sends tow spies to collect information from the North during the negotiation. Both are caught.

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Beat Back

1956 · Movie · 80 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Nam Hwang · Park No-sik · Choe Bong · Heo Jang-kang

Plot A dramatization of the life of Korean war hero, Kim Man-sul.

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Field of Honor

1986 · Movie · 95 min. · Netherlands

Direction Dae-hie Kim · Hans Scheepmaker

Cast Everett McGill · Ron Brandsteder · Bart Römer · Anis de Jong

Plot Korea 1951: After a Chinese attack Dutch mercenary sergeant De Koning is left alone by his army. While trying to survive, he meets a woman who is attempting to save...

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The Martyrs

1965 · Movie · 124 min. · South Korea

Direction Yu Hyun-mok

Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Nam Kung-won · Jang Dong-hwi · Hwang Jung-seun

Plot A group of ministers are captured by the North during the Korean War. Only two return home alive. Those two come to doubt the existence of God in reflecting on...

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Prisoner of War

1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Marton

Cast Ronald Reagan · Steve Forrest · Dewey Martin · Oskar Homolka

Plot An American army officer, troubled by reports of brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW camps. He parachutes behind enemy lines and infiltrates a group of G.I.s being...

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The DMZ: Demilitarized Zone

1965 · Movie · 62 min. · South Korea

Direction Park Sang-ho

Cast Mi-ryeong Jo · Nam Kung-won · Ju Bin-a · Lee Yeong-kwan

Plot Long thought to be lost, the 1965 war classic The DMZ was rediscovered in 2005 and through the efforts of the Korean Film Archive, the seminal film now comes to...

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The 12th Suspect

2019 · Movie · 103 min. · South Korea

Direction Ko Myoung-sung

Cast Kim Sang-Kyung · Park Sun-Young · Kim Dong-young

Plot Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, "The 12th Suspect" follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and...

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At 13 Years Old

1974 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Shin Sang-ok

Cast Shin Sung-il · Kim Jeong-hun · Ha-yeong Na

Plot Lt Kang leads an attack on a village that has been occupied by the North Korean soldiers during the beginning of the Korean War. Kim Hong-kil, a teenager, at first...

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Hold Back the Night

1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Payne · Chuck Connors · Peter Graves · Mona Freeman

Plot A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.

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Underwater Warrior

1958 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Marton

Cast Dan Dailey · James Gregory · Ross Martin · Raymond Bailey

Plot Based upon the life of Commander Francic D. Fane (USNR), _UnderWater Warrior_ follows the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit from its inception near the end of World...

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Sky Commando

1953 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Fred F. Sears

Cast Dan Duryea · Frances Gifford · Mike Connors · Michael Fox

Plot Colonel Ed Wyatt (Dan Duryea) is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee (Mike Connors as Touch Connors), and Jo McWethy...

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The Blue Peter

1955 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Wolf Rilla

Cast Kieron Moore · Sarah Lawson · Greta Gynt · Mervyn Johns

Plot The title is derived from the flag of England's Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey, Wales: Mike Merriworth, a Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after...

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Captured

1959 · Movie · 64 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Krish

Cast Wilfrid Brambell · Ray Brooks · Alan Dobie · Mark Eden

Plot Never commercially released before and previously only shown to a highly restricted audience of top military brass from the Ministry of Defence, Captured (1959) is a stunning POW drama and...

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Fire & Fury (Battle of Eagles)

1976 · Movie · 125 min. · South Korea

Direction Ko Young Nam

Cast Ha Myeong-jung · Nam Kung-won · Mun Oh-jang

Plot A South Korean air force commander trapped in the North receives help from the daughter of the enemy commander.

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Rainy Days

1979 · Movie · 114 min. · South Korea

Direction Yu Hyun-mok

Cast Lee Dae-kun · Hwang Jung-seun · Kim Seok-hun · Kim Shin-jae

Plot During the Korean War in early 1950s, mother’s family comes and stays at Dong-man’s house. His uncle on father’s side is a North Korean partisan and the uncle on mother’s...

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Strange Intruder

1956 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Irving Rapper

Cast Edmund Purdom · Ida Lupino · Mimi Gibson · Eric Anderson

Plot During the Korean War, a soldier promises his dying buddy that he'll look after the man's family when he gets home. He winds up getting more than he bargained for.

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The Secret of Wonsan

1976 · Movie · 115 min. · South Korea

Direction Tae-ho Seol

Cast Nam Kung-won · Fred Hills · Park Am · Kim Hee-ra

Plot Dozens of people begin dying daily in the city of Wonsan shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. Fearing a plague, the United Nations asks that the situation be...

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