2021 rapidly into the second half of the year, South Korea in recent years not only Korean dramas, the film circle also continues to shine, such as Korean movies "Parasitic High", "I'm just a taxi", in Taiwan have a good box office performance, recently South Korean OTT platform Seezn opened "2021 first half of the popular Korean movie" TOP7, won the 13 consecutive days box office champion "Cai English is not afraid", Lee Dixun "Tomb Robber League" are super recommended, the following popular Korean movies are recommended to everyone!
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP7: "Dishes in English Are Not Afraid"
Ranked seventh in the Korean movie "Vegetable English is not afraid", officially released in 2020, by the actors Gao Xing, Lee Su, Park Hye-so three people, the perfect interpretation of the small characters gather infinite power, blood boiling exciting plot, in the South Korean box office won the 13 consecutive days of champion throne, even in South Korea can be said to be zero negative evaluation of the film, is definitely a must-see workplace comedy this year!
Image source: Stills of "Dish English Is Not Afraid"
The time background is specially set for south Korean women in the inferior position in 1995, three workplace birds report to the company every day, do chores, deal with relatively insignificant small things, because only high school graduates and have been at the bottom of the workplace, each with professional strength, they work together to expose the story of the unhealthy trend committed by the company.
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP6: "Three Sisters"
"Three Sisters" content drama as its name, describing the family story between the three sisters, in the seemingly harmonious, problem-free relationship, they in order to meet the standards of the outside world, and hide the true thoughts of the heart, in the layers of split plot development, successfully unravel the past can not be stated knots, ultra-realistic plot touched countless drama fans.
Image source: Stills from "Three Sisters"
Through their meticulous acting skills, the three veteran actors Ofe Moon Su-ri, Kim Sun-young and Jang Yoon-joo perfectly interpreted the various roles in the play, why do the three sisters who reunite again because of their father's birthday want their parents to apologize to themselves?
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP5: "Today Decided I Love You"
Valentine's Day's first must-see movie is it! The Korean film "Today Decide I Love You" is a love movie starring 8 big celebrity actors such as Liu Yinna, Yoo Yan-seok, and Xiuying, telling the story of 4 different couples, but before the New Year, they encountered a turning point in their lives, and jointly supported and overcame difficulties. And Taiwan also rushed to release on the white Valentine's Day full of pink bubbles, which can be said to be quite appropriate!
Image credit: Stills from "Today Decided I Love You"
"Today I Decide I Love You" is composed of "Liu Yanxi & Li Yuanxi", "King Kong Yu & Liu Yinna", "Li Donghui & Chen Turing", "Xiuying & Liu Taiwu", such a luxurious lineup can not be watched, and each pair of looks are super high, I don't know which pair of CP everyone likes the most?
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP4: "Zishan Fish Recipe"
The movie "Zishan Fish Spectrum" is directed by Li Junyi, director of "Suyuan" and "The King's Man", which just broke through 200 million at the box office, and at that time beat the same film "Godzilla vs King Kong", with a unique literary ink black and white tone, winning the attention of the public. Telling the sincere friendship between the scholar Ding Ruoquan and Zhang Changda Fisherman, and meticulously portraying the realistic history and character emotions, it is basically a work of art in the film industry.
Image source: Stills from "Zishan Fish Spectrum"
Not only is the picture composition super beautiful, the characters are chanting poems and delicate emotional expressions, so that the audience is super into the drama and trapped in the situation, it is no wonder that they can win the fourth place in the first half of 2021!
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP3: "Wiretap Action"
Directed by the director of the tear-jerking film "The Gift of Room 7", the touching work tells the story of a presidential candidate who has just returned to China, who is suspected of colluding with North Korea, so he is placed under house arrest by the National Intelligence Agency, regarded as a loyal and patriotic intelligence bureau agent, and is ordered to disguise himself as a kind neighbor next door, but in fact watches over him all the time, and gradually reveals the secret in the process.
Image source: Stills from Operation Wiretapping
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP2: "Tomb Robber Alliance"
God Reversed Movie +1 again! This Korean movie is co-starred by "I Am a Relic Sorter" Lee Di Hoon, "Minute and Second Coin Race" Cho Woo-jin, "Confession" Shin Hye Sun, the three of them joined forces to rob Korea's major ancient cultural relics, staged an impossible mission, the funny plot has no cold field, and launched a thrilling and laughing tomb robbery adventure!
Image source: Stills from "The Tomb Raider Alliance"
In order to make the whole movie more realistic, even the sewers, tunnels and secret rooms are perfectly restored! And Li Dixun, who plays the "tomb robber genius", challenges the humorous and cunning, full of ghosts and comedic roles, abandons the image of the usual little words, and becomes a noisy conversation box in the movie, many hilarious plots in the play, plus super strength Kasi also came to help, how can you miss!
Korean Net Voted "Popular Korean Movies in the First Half of 2021" TOP1: "Land of Dreams"
The winner of this ranking should not be underestimated, and "Dream Land", which was also nominated for 6 Oscars, is set in the 1980s and adapted from the true story of director Zheng Lishuo, telling the story of a Korean family with an American dream, who originally dreamed of a seemingly glamorous life, but lived a hard life in the process of embarking on a dream.
Image credit: Stills from "Dreamland"
"National Grandma" Yin Ruzhen also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress with her brilliant performance in the movie, super tear-jerking realistic plot, and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, which is definitely a must-see Korean movie this year!