By Vlad Zakh · October 13, 2025
South Korea’s horror-thrillers rarely settle for one scare mechanism, mixing zombies, cults, serial killers and plain home-invasion dread in films that commit fully to being upsetting. Svaha has a pastor investigating a cult and finding something far stranger than fraud, Confession of Murder has a killer publishing a memoir about crimes he was never convicted of, and Mother sends a woman to clear her son herself. The Chaser, The Man from Nowhere, Thirst, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Call and Train to Busan: Peninsula round out the list.
01 A pastor investigating a cult uncovers something far stranger than fraud.
Directed by Jang Jae-hyun · 2h 02m
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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02 A woman on an old telephone accidentally connects with a killer twenty years in the past.
Directed by Lee Chung-hyun · 1h 52m · Rated NR
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Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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03 A serial killer publishes a memoir bragging about crimes he was never convicted of.
Directed by Jung Byung-gil · 1h 59m
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04 A mother investigates her son's murder charge herself when the police give up too quickly.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 2h 09m · Rated R
45 wins & 49 nominations
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05 A reclusive pawnshop owner turns out to have a very violent, very specific skill set.
Directed by Lee Jeong-beom · 1h 59m · Rated R
19 wins & 18 nominations
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06 Two sisters come home to a cold stepmother and a house that clearly isn't right.
Directed by Kim Jee-woon · 1h 55m · Rated R
23 wins & 12 nominations
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07 A priest turned vampire tries to keep his faith while giving in to new appetites.
Directed by Park Chan-wook · 2h 14m · Rated R
18 wins & 21 nominations
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08 A wrongly imprisoned woman engineers an elaborate revenge on her release.
Directed by Park Chan-wook · 1h 55m · Rated R
13 wins & 19 nominations
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09 A pimp hunting a missing girl realises he's tracking an active serial killer.
Directed by Na Hong-jin · 2h 05m · Rated NR
29 wins & 27 nominations
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10 A follow-up that trades the original's train setting for a wasteland four years after the outbreak.
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho · 1h 56m · Rated NR
8 wins & 20 nominations
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