1. New World (Film)
New World is a South Korean crime gangster film written and directed by Park Hoon-jeong and starring Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min, and Lee Jung-jae. The film tells a story of conspiracy and betrayal that takes place between the police, gangsters, and gang bosses. The film was released in South Korea on February 21, 2013. "New World" is more about showing the gangster world, although it reflects the life of the gangsters, and it is extremely attractive and uninhibited to show their charming and uninhibited side. The character structure has traces to follow, deeply influenced by Hong Kong films, black and white, good and evil are not opposed. There are flying cars with psychological warfare, step by step, pursuing wonderful stories and commercial entertainment.
2. Yellow Sea (film)
"Yellow Sea" is a Korean action film written and directed by Luo Hongjin and starring Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jeong-woo and Cho Sung-ha. The film tells the story of a man who smuggles to South Korea to become a killer in order to escape his debt and another killer who hunts down the man. The film was released in South Korea on December 22, 2010. The film won the Best Picture at the 47th Korea Baeksang Arts Awards and the Best Picture nomination at the 48th Korea Film Grand Bell Awards. In order to better portray the character, Ha Jeong-woo did not cut his hair, grow a beard, and lose weight during the 300-day shooting period, while another lead actor, Kim Yoon-seok, was just the opposite, in order to meet the needs of the role, he quickly gained 8kg in a short period of time.
3. Despicable Streets (Film)
Despicable Street is a 2006 South Korean gangster film directed and written by Yoo Ha and starring Cho In-sung, Chun Ho-jin, Nam Min, and Lee Bo-young. It was released in South Korea on June 15, 2006. The film tells the story of Bing Dou, who was born in a slum and took care of his widowed mother and two younger sisters in the family, accepted the instructions of Chairman Huang to "repair the procurator", thus seizing a perfect opportunity to turn over, but because of a momentary mistake caused by a crisis. Despicable Streets continues the violent character of Korean cinema: violence and life, violence and love, violence and friendship.
4. Friends (Movie)
Friends is a drama film directed by Guo Hyun-taek and starring Jang Dong-kin, Liu Wusheng, Seo Tae-ho, Kim Fu-kyung, and Chu Hyun, and was released in South Korea on March 31, 2001. It tells the story of Junshuo, who has lost his father, who finally quits poisoning and regains his strength. He succeeded his father as leader of the organization. Due to conflicts within the group, Joon-sook and Dong-soo begin to become estranged. Dong-so betrays Joon-sook's organization and joins a new organization that has been divided due to contradictions. After the new president took office, tougher measures were taken to curb crime, and the leaders of various organizations were arrested, so there was a story of competition for survival among the organizations.
5. The War against Crime (Film)
War on Crime: The Heyday of the Bad Guys is a South Korean crime film directed by Yoon Jong-bin and starring Choi Min-sik, Ha Jeong-woo, Ma Dong-seok, Cho Jin-woong, Ko Do-won, and Kim Sung-jun. Set in 1990 when then-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo issued a 10.13 declaration "War on Crime and Violence," the film tells the story of the bloody and violent events that took place in the Busan police at the time in the process of sweeping away criminal forces. The film was released in South Korea on February 2, 2012.
6. The Great Genealogy (Movie)
The Great Genealogy is a drama film directed by Jang Jin and starring Jeong Jae-yong and Jeong Joon-ho. It tells that everyone knows that jeolphs of the legendary "sword handle" in the underground kingdom of JeollaNam Province, Zhicheng has a hardcore brother Zhu Zhong, who has been acquainted since childhood. They grew up together, entered the underworld together, and were born and died together through countless ups and downs. And this time, because the organization targeted Dr. Cui, who was engaged in drug manufacturing, ordered Zhicheng to kill people and cross the goods, did not want the East Window incident, Zhicheng did not even frown a shoulder to carry all the crimes, Lang Bell was imprisoned. Whoever told them to eat the bowl of rice in the underworld did things according to a story of righteousness.
7. Sunflower (film)
Sunflower is an emotional film directed by Kang Seok-bum and starring Kim Lai-won, Kim Hae-sook and Heo Yi-jae, which was released in South Korea on November 23, 2006. The film tells the story of Tae-sik, a legendary man in a gangster organization, who wakes up after ten years of prison life and starts a new life with his mother and daughter who have been helping him at the Sunflower Hotel. The film stars Kim Lai-won's excellent performance, through which he finally surpassed the true color and unchangeable performance in many movies, giving fresh vitality to the role of the violent young Tae-sik who longs to be loved and desire to atone for his sins.
8. Lonely Agent (film)
LoneLy Agent is a South Korean action drama film directed by Lee Jung-fan and starring Won Bin and Kim Sai-lun. The film tells the story of a man who lives an isolated life, and after the only girl who can open her heart is kidnapped, the protagonist will stop at nothing to save her. The film was released in South Korea on August 4, 2010. The film won many awards such as the Korea Daejong Award, the Blue Dragon Award, and the Baeksang Art Award, and was the highest-grossing film in South Korea in 2010. The film is hailed as the Korean version of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", and Yuan Bin's outstanding performance has also fascinated countless female audiences throughout Korea.
9. Elegant World (Film)
"Elegant World" is a black comedy film directed by Han Jae-lin and co-starring Song Kang-ho, Park Ji-young, Oh Dae-so and others. The film was released in South Korea on April 5, 2007. The film is mainly about a middle-level character in a gangster gang who has the same family as ordinary people and dreams of living an "elegant" life with his family, so he begins to plot a "big thing" to prove his story. Playing the role of the male protagonist's wife "Mei Ling" in the film is South Korean TV star Park Ji-young, which is her screen debut.
10. Sunrise City (Film)
Sunrise City is a drama film directed by Kim Joo-so and starring Lee Jung-jae. It was released on December 30, 1998. The film has an autobiographical nature that shows the life of director Kim Yoon-so himself in his youth, and through the depiction of his peers born in 1974, lee jeong-jae and Jung Woo-sung playing the third-rate boxer Do-taek and the investigation office employee Hongji, portraying the protagonist's obsession with dreams, a desperate but unwilling life that easily resonates with Korean audiences of the same generation. The film won the Best Actor Award at the 1999 Green Dragon Film Festival, the Script Award at the Kim Sang-so, the Samsan Baeksang Art Awards, and the Most Popular Actor Award Lee Jeong-jae.