Best South Korean adventure movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch adventure films from South Korea, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Train to Busan

    Train to Busan 2016

    When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

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  • Poster for Peninsula

    Peninsula 2020

    A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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  • Poster for Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

    Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds 2017

    Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

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  • Poster for Badland Hunters

    Badland Hunters 2024

    After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

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  • Poster for The Good, the Bad, the Weird

    The Good, the Bad, the Weird 2008

    The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

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  • Poster for Alienoid

    Alienoid 2022

    Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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  • Poster for Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

    Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs 2019

    Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

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  • Poster for The Roundup

    The Roundup 2022

    The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.

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  • Poster for Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days 2018

    As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

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  • Poster for Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

    Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War 2004

    When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

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  • Poster for Concrete Utopia

    Concrete Utopia 2023

    The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.

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  • Poster for Ashfall

    Ashfall 2019

    A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

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  • Poster for Alienoid: Return to the Future

    Alienoid: Return to the Future 2024

    Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.

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  • Poster for Project Silence

    Project Silence 2024

    Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.

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  • Poster for The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure

    The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure 2022

    A gutsy crew of Joseon pirates and bandits battle stormy waters, puzzling clues and militant rivals in search of royal gold lost at sea.

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  • Poster for The Moon

    The Moon 2023

    In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.

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  • Poster for The Pirates

    The Pirates 2014

    At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

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  • Poster for The Tiger

    The Tiger 2015

    In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.

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  • Poster for The King of Kings

    The King of Kings 2025

    Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.

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  • Poster for Woochi: The Demon Slayer

    Woochi: The Demon Slayer 2009

    Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

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  • Poster for Shiri

    Shiri 1999

    North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.

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  • Poster for Aachi and Ssipak

    Aachi and Ssipak 2006

    Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have engineered a way to use human excrement as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also act as a laxative. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading these bars in the black market.

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  • Poster for Collectors

    Collectors 2020

    To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.

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  • Poster for Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox

    Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox 2007

    After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.

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  • Poster for Shadowless Sword

    Shadowless Sword 2005

    927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunging the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family's dark fate. Still loyal to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army's greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive, non-stop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they fight to reclaim the fallen throne.

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  • Poster for Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

    Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild 2011

    Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.

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  • Poster for Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain

    Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain 2019

    Speckles, a ferocious tarbosaurus and his young son junior, mourning the loss of their family in an epic battle, roam the lands in search of food, adventure and peace. Under the watchful eye of his dad, Junior is growing up healthy and strong, but with an overconfidence thanks to his young age. After one encounter results in Junior being kidnapped, Speckles embarks on an adventure to the ends of earth to find his son. Encountering friend and foe, ally and enemy, Speckles will stop at nothing and will take on all corners to save his offspring.

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  • Poster for Running Man

    Running Man 2013

    A man who wrongly accused as a murderer know nothing but just running from everyone who want to catch him. Can he reveal the truth before things getting worst?

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  • Poster for The Huntresses

    The Huntresses 2014

    Set in the Joseon Period, three beautiful musketeers fight against a powerful group who tries to overturn the royal family and gain absolute power. The leader of the Beautiful Three Musketeers is Jin-ok, a smart and righteous woman. Hong-dan is the only married woman among the three women. Ga-bi is the youngest among the musketeers and excels at fighting.

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  • Poster for Speckles: The Tarbosaurus

    Speckles: The Tarbosaurus 2012

    The story is set 70 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Korean Peninsula the same way they ruled the rest of the earth. Spotty is a curious and playful Tarbosaurus child, and along with his mother and siblings, he lives happily in the forest. One day the cunning One-eye, an older Tyrannosaur looking for a new home, attacks Spotty’s herd and separates Spotty from his family. Alone, he befriends another lost girl Tarbosaur who becomes his friend and constant companion for two decades and the mother of his own children. But Spotty’s troubles with One-eye are not over, and revenge, death, fear, and sadness are all in Spotty’s future―as is happiness and hope.

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  • Poster for The Himalayas

    The Himalayas 2015

    Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Um Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.

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  • Poster for The King's Case Note

    The King's Case Note 2017

    A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

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  • Poster for Iris: The Movie

    Iris: The Movie 2010

    Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a nuclear terrorist attack, they are forced to make their final decision and Seunghee's formidable secret is revealed.

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  • Poster for A Dog's Courage

    A Dog's Courage 2019

    Abandoned by his owners, a feisty and playful dog joins a pack of strays and embarks on a journey filled with fun and life lessons in their pursuit to find a new and loving home.

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  • Poster for Warriors of the Dawn

    Warriors of the Dawn 2017

    A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.

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  • Poster for Chaw

    Chaw 2009

    A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.

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  • Poster for The Divine Weapon

    The Divine Weapon 2008

    During the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon presented an obstacle to territorial expansion. To protect themselves from war, King Sejong develops a secret weapon to defend their territory and take back their land and supremacy.

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  • Poster for The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave

    The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave 2018

    Hari and Duri are a sister and brother living in the Shinbi apartment complex, which is more than a hundred years old. Living with them is a 102-year-old goblin named Shinbi. One day, they find a secret cave hidden in the woods. Swept up by the power of the cave, they’re taken 22 years into the past, to 1996.

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  • Poster for Sword In The Moon

    Sword In The Moon 2003

    Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of putting an end to the carnage.

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  • Poster for Heartsping : Teenieping of Love

    Heartsping : Teenieping of Love 2024

    Princess Romi of the Emotions Kingdom goes on a magical journey to save the Teenieping creature that she believes is her soulmate.

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  • Poster for Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time 2008

    The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and jazz singer who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities.

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  • Poster for Pororo to the Cookie Castle

    Pororo to the Cookie Castle 2004

    It's a freezing winter morning and Christmas is just around the corner. Pororo the penguin and his beloved friends return from the woods where they have cut a Christmas tree, ready to celebrate the festivity. They’ve just finished decorating the tree, when they receive a shocking message directly from Santa Claus! Santa caught a bad cold, and he can’t bring his special Xmas glaze to the Candy Castle, where under the oversight of King Cream Puff the cookies for children all over the world are made. A Christmas without cookies will be quite sad! Pororo and his friends decide to protect the Christmas spirit, and they leave for Santa Claus village to pick up the Christmas glaze and carry it to the Candy Castle. But along the way, they met their old acquaintance: the wicked Witch of Winter who aims to steal the precious glaze and use it for her nasty schemes. Will our heroes be able to carry out their important missions and save Christmas?

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  • Poster for The Accidental Gangster

    The Accidental Gangster 2008

    Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest man in the land until she is snatched away by her rightful owner.He vows to get her back, but alone he is no match for Man-deuk.

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  • Poster for S.I.U.

    S.I.U. 2011

    Sung-Bum is a hot-tempered detective who relies on his intuition to crack cases. He rarely comes across a case that he cannot solve. The body of a police officer is then discovered in a burned out car near an abandoned building. Drugs are also found near the dead officer. To catch the killer the police department sets up a special investigation unit for the case. Sung-Bum takes part in the investigation. Ho-Ryong is a young, confident man who works as a criminal profiler. He trained with the F.B.I. in the United States. Ho-Ryong is also assigned to the special investigation unit. Ho-Ryong relies on evidence rather than instinct. Detective Sung-Bum takes an immediate dislike for Ho-Ryong.

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  • Poster for The Scam

    The Scam 2009

    Hyun-soo is a skillful individual stock investor, so-called ‘ant’. One day, he cashes in up seventy thousand dollars through stock trading and this jackpot gets him implicated in a $60 million stock manipulation by scam artists from various fields. With a huge pot of money before their eyes, the scam seems to be perfectly unfolding. But another scam is emerging underneath team as the scammers chase each other and are being chased at the end.

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  • Poster for Never to Lose

    Never to Lose 2005

    “Never to Lose” concerns the men of Homicide Unit 3, who are in dire straits at the moment. While Unit 3’s cops are full of ambition and talent, they never seem to crack a case. The team is comprised of Detective Koh, a 15 year veteran, Detective Kim (Min-jun Kim), a rookie eager to make a name for himself, Detective Koh, a married man who spends more time on the job than with his wife, and Detective Ryung ( Sang-mi Nam ), who can’t get taken seriously by her peers because she’s a woman. While at a party with his girlfriend, Kim happens upon information about a drug deal that could get the team the respect they’ve been looking for. But what the team gets into turns out to be not just a big drug bust, but a case that makes Homicide Unit 3 the target of the largest drug lord in Korea .

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  • Poster for Hearty Paws 2

    Hearty Paws 2 2010

    When loveable Labrador Maeumee has a set of puppies, Dong-Wook's grades start to suffer. Because of this, Dong-Wook's mother decides to get rid of Maeumee and the puppies. The dogs then stay at a relative's video shop until the animals can be placed into an animal training center. Meanwhile, two unscrupulous jewel thieves come into the video store and spots the little puppies. Hyeok-Pil decides to steal the littlest puppy to use as a runner to transport diamonds. Maeumee spots the two men taking away her young puppy and goes after the thieves! Can Maeumee save her puppy? Will Dong-Wook ever get to see Maeumee and the puppies again?

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  • Poster for Hammerboy

    Hammerboy 2003

    Mangchi is a young boy with few problems and an easy disposition. Living on a building in the middle of the sea, he flies around on his little flying bike looking for adventures and longs for the day when he's finally an adult. So, when a princess named Poplar is being chased by two fighter planes, he rescues her. Little does he know that he will be pulled away from the city he has lived all his life, and dragged by Poplar into an adventure smack dab in between two countries at war and the evil plans of Moonk, usurper to Poplar's throne, who seeks world domination.

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  • Poster for Hail to Hell

    Hail to Hell 2023

    Na-mi and Sun-woo, the outcasts in school, plan to commit suicide instead of going to the school trip. On the moment of success, they find out that the girl, Chae-lin, who made their lives miserable is living a new happy life in Seoul. So, they decide to make revenge before ending their lives. However, when they finally spot Chae-lin, they see a good-hearted girl in front of them which makes their plans go awry.

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  • Poster for Running Man

    Running Man 2018

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  • Poster for Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl 2016

    I will call you! So you better answer your phone! In the year 2020, a homestay is being conducted for male and female teenagers in preparation for a union between North Korea and South Korea. North Korean girl Ha-jin goes to South Korean boy Woo-yeong's house to homestay. Woo-yeong starts to bully Ha-jin who has taken his room, but alas! First love has found its way to these children. Woo-yeong runs away to Seoul with Ha-jin to help her meet her father.

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  • Poster for Project 577

    Project 577 2012

    Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.

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  • Poster for Pororo: Dinosaur Island Adventure

    Pororo: Dinosaur Island Adventure 2017

    An unidentified airship crashed in a peaceful little Porong Porong forest. Pororo and his friends find a little dinosaur 'Alo', which sleeps in an egg-shaped airship that crashed in the forest. When they opened the lid of the airship, the little dinosaur ‘Alo’ awakened. But he can not remember anything other than his own name. Eddy repairs the airship that Alo rides on, and as soon as he powers on, the airships that start working swallow Crong and Alo and disappear from the sky. Can Pororo and his friends save their friends and dinosaurs and go back to home?

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  • Poster for The Righteous Thief

    The Righteous Thief 2009

    Hong Mu-Hyeok is a quiet high school music teacher with a secret. His family descends from the notorious Hong Gil-Dong, a Robin Hood styled thief. He has targeted Lee Jeong-Min, a ruthless ...

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  • Poster for The Super Ninja

    The Super Ninja 1984

    John, a police officer is framed and drugs are found in his home. He is arrested and brutally interrogated. Using his skills as a ninja, he escapes and uncover a plot to steal his girlfriend's father's life work. He travels to China to face the 5 Element Ninjas and rescue his girlfriend.

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  • Poster for The Desperate Chase

    The Desperate Chase 2024

    A desperate hunt by a detective and a scammer who team up to uncover the truth of their own.

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  • Poster for The Octonauts Season 4: Sea Monster Trouble

    The Octonauts Season 4: Sea Monster Trouble 2017

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  • Poster for My Friend Bernard

    My Friend Bernard 2007

    Sam is a shy boy who is afraid of almost everything until he meets a polar bear named Bernard who takes him on an epic adventure across the world to help him lose his fears.

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  • Poster for Dachimawa Lee

    Dachimawa Lee 2008

    Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

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  • Poster for Lost in the Moonlight

    Lost in the Moonlight 2016

    13 year-old girl Hyunjuli participates in a children’s Korean traditional play rehearsal in Changdeokgung Palace and accidentally falls into another world – the Moonlit Palace. The Moonlit Palace is a fantasy world of mysterious spirits and gods, where a dragon or talking mushrooms are nothing out of ordinary. Meeting new friends, Mr. Squirrel and the warrior Won, Hyunjuli explores this strange yet wonderful world to find a way back home. However, due to the trick of the Blossom Lady, who tries to rule this Moonlit World, Hyunjuli and friends fall into trouble. Will Hyunjuli be able to help her new friends to save their world and return home safely?

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  • Poster for A Little Dinosaur Dooly - The Adventure of Ice Planet

    A Little Dinosaur Dooly - The Adventure of Ice Planet 1996

    An amazing adventure of Dooly, a baby dinosaur and his friends looking for Doolys mom! Can Dooly find his mom?

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  • Poster for The Haunted House: The Sky Ghost VS Jormungandr

    The Haunted House: The Sky Ghost VS Jormungandr 2019

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  • Poster for Treasure Map

    Treasure Map 2020

    "Treasure Map" is a pre-debut variety show of the K-pop boy group TREASURE. In this show, the members complete various challenges for fun and to strengthen their bonds with each other. Some episodes also focus on their daily lives with vlogs and such.

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  • Poster for Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku

    Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku 1990

    The young warrior Son Ogong (Son Goku) goes on a outrageous quest to acquire seven magical orbs, along the way beating up evil persons who want to steal the orbs for their own ends.

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  • Poster for Ghost Sweepers

    Ghost Sweepers 2012

    Chan-young, a young journalist, is sent to investigate a village which has supposedly been possessed by demons. The incidents taking place have been so strange and terrifying that local shamans and other religious leaders have simply given up, abandoning the town. But upon her arrival, Chan-young discovers that an all-star team of supernaturally-inclined heroes has assembled to rid the village of evil. This team includes Mr. PARK the exorcist, Shi-min the monk, Wol-gwang the clairvoyant, Seung-hee the tarot master, and Seok-hyeon, an engineer. Chan-young follows the heroes as they prepare for an epic battle against the village’s evil forces.

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  • Poster for The Legend of Gingko

    The Legend of Gingko 2000

    Caught in between an ethnic war, Bee struggles between love and death.

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