Best South Korean family movies

Thicker Than Water (2015)

A mother with a vampire son tries to get him fresh blood everyday. One day, there’s no blood to be found...

Lightning Atom (1971)

The story of a young boy who uses his electric super powers to help the innocent.

Golden Iron Man (1968)

Kkoedol and the Bear play in the stars and end up on a crescent moon sailboat that takes them to a glass castle where rabbits live. While enjoying a festival in the castle, they meet the Golden Iron Man, who emits a mysterious light, and set out to save the Star of Hope, which has been captured by Satan.

Super Nova (2021)

Kidong is an exploration crew member of ASA (not NASA), aka Asia Space Administration. He leaves ASA to raise his daughter, Kyujin, after his wife and colleague, Sunho, dies during childbirth. One day, he has a mysterious experience meeting Sunho from a different dimension and decides to go back to space to search for her. He boards the secret spacecraft, Super Nova, based on the blueprints left behind by Sunho.

Thunderhawk From Outer Space (1986)

Thunderhawk 5 - New Machine Thunderhawk (1988)

Thunderhawk 4 - Mobilization Of Thunder-V (1987)

The King: The Story of King David (2001)

One of the greatest heroes of the Bible, King David of Israel has stood as a beacon of strength through the ages. Long before Jesus Christ was born, the ancient Kingdom of Israel was ruled by David. This wonderfully animated story depicts the hardships, battles (including the young David's legendary face-off with giant Goliath) and love lost and recaptured during the eventful life of Israel's most honored king.

Heungbu and Nolbu (1967)

This film whose main characters are marionettes deals with the old Korean folktale "Heungbu and Nolbu." Greedy elder brother Nolbu kicks his good-natured brother Heungbu out of home and takes all the inheritance from their father. Poor but good man Heungbu one day cures a swallow's broken leg and frees it to fly away. Next year, the swallow comes to Heungbu's and gives him a gourd seed. He plants the seed and split it in fall. A huge amount of gold, silver and gems come out of the gourd, and he becomes rich over a night. Nolbu gets green with envy of him.

Empress Esther (1996)

Hello, My Cat (2019)

The Omnibus movie is composed of 4 episodes about human beings and cats. #1 episode is woman's love and parting story, being told by cat’s perspective. #2 episode is father's story who is realized the meaning of family through the cat. #3 episode is a fantastic challenge of ballet girl who wants to live with a cat. #4 episode is about a grandfather trying to pay the debt to cat instead of his dead wife.

Kongjwi and Patjwi (1978)

Kongjui, who had been living alone with her father, welcomes a stepmother and a stepsister called Patchui into her life. When her father is out, the stepmother and Patchui make her do all the housework and the stepmother believes all of Patchui's lies and beats Kongjui mercilessly. When talks of marriage between Kongjui and the son of a respectable family come out one day, the stepmother does everything in her power to get Patchui married to the young man. Unaware of her stepmother's plans, Kongjui runs into the young man in the woods and the two fall in love.

The Way Home (2002)

This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

Marathon (2005)

Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one thought his son could achieve. With the help of a coach in exile, she trains him to become a marathon runner.

Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2019)

Chul-soo is a man with an intellectual disability. One day, Chul-soo finds out that a young girl, Saet-byul, who is in hospital is his daughter. And soon, Saet-byul sneaks out of the hospital and travels by herself to a faraway city for her friend's birthday. As Chul-soo accompanies Saet-byul's journey, friendship develops between the two.

A Long Visit (2010)

Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.

How to Steal a Dog (2014)

Ji-so, a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plan to steals wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.

The Wonder Years (2007)

A 13 year old girl who lives with her widowed mother in a town in Korea. Somewhat withdrawn and living in dreams, her main dream is that her real mother is a famous pop singer. Soo-ah falls in with a delinquent schoolgirl, and after a tense argument with her mother, blurts out that she is not her real mother. She runs away on a train to Seoul to see her "real mother" at a concert and be with her.

My Heart Puppy (2023)

Min-soo is about to get married when his fiancée suddenly admits that she is allergic to dogs. Now the guy's best friend, the golden retriever Rooney, needs a new family. With the help of his cousin and social media, Min-soo starts looking for a new home for Rooney.

Daddy's back (2016)

Father's Love (2011)

Portrait of a Family (0)

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

When I Turned Nine (2004)

Yeo-min is a matured and thoughtful 9 year old boy who lives in a small mountain village. Even at his young age, he has too many things to take care of. First, he has to protect his friends from the neighborhood bully Black Bird and keep peace in his neighborhood. Second, he must share his lunch with his best friend Ki-jong who lives alone with his sister. And, third, he has to sell ice cream bars after school to save enough money to buy a pair of sunglasses for his mother who injured her eye while working at a factory.

Children of Heaven (2012)

A temporary teacher Yu-jin is ordered by the principal to guide problematic students in extracurricular club activities. His intention is to prevent them from committing accidents at the outside after school. Indeed, can their musical come out to the world?

A Family (2004)

A pickpocket Jeong-eun comes back home after being in prison for 2 years. Her family consists of her father, Joo-suk, who lost one of his eyesight and 8-year-old brother. Joo-suk loves his daughter but he is very reluctant to show it. Joo-suk is worried about Jeong-eun being close with the local gangster - Chang-won and makes a deal with him that ends in tragedy?

Glove (2011)

Star baseball player and national hero Sang-nam finds his career in jeopardy when he gets involved in a drunken brawl. His promoter, Charles, advises him to volunteer his time somewhere sympathetic to improve his public image. The place: a school for the deaf. The service: coaching its baseball team.

The House of Us (2019)

A girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.

The Last Blossom (2011)

Middle aged housewife Kim In-Hee's mother-in-law has Alzheimer's disease, her physician husband is always tired and indifferent to her needs and her children has become wayward. For her family, Kim In-Hee has devoted her life as a daughter-in-law, wife and mother. Kim In-Hee then learns that she has terminal cancer and is dying. The mother accepts her fate and sets up the most beautiful goodbye to her family.

Mothers (2018)

The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband’s teenage son by herself.

Dad for Rent (2014)

A unemployed father, due to his laziness, is supported by his wife. Their daughter decides to put their lazy dad up for rent on a secondhand site.