All Korean movies from 1999
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1. Peppermint Candy (1999)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Yeo-jin, Moon So-ri, Se-beom Park
Votes: 10,808
2. Shiri (1999)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Yunjin Kim, Song Kang-ho
Votes: 8,574 | Gross: $0.10M
3. Tell Me Something (1999)
R | 118 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Lieutenant Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
Director: Yun-hyeon Jang | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Jang Hang-seon, Yum Jung-ah
Votes: 3,140
4. The Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
116 min | Drama, Romance
Hong-yun is a high school girl in a little mountain village who falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her ... See full summary »
Director: Young-jae Lee | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Dae-yeon, Jeon Do-yeon, Park Gun
Votes: 1,075
5. Attack the Gas Station (1999)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Crime
Four disaffected youths rob a gas station but find their plans complicated and sidetracked before the night is through.
Director: Sang-Jin Kim | Stars: Lee Sung-jae, Yu Oh-seong, Kang Seong-jin, Yoo Ji-tae
Votes: 4,543
6. Nowhere to Hide (1999)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Ahn Sung-ki, Jang Dong-Gun, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 2,214 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Phantom: The Submarine (1999)
110 min | Action, Thriller
Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
Director: Byung-chun Min | Stars: Choi Min-soo, Jung Woo-sung, Sol Kyung-gu, Byeon-chul Min
Votes: 495
8. The Ring Virus (1999)
Not Rated | 108 min | Horror
After the mysterious death of her niece and other three teenagers on the same hour and with the symptoms of heart attack, the journalist Sun-ju decides to investigate their last moments. ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-bin Kim | Stars: Shin Eun-kyung, Seung-Hyun Lee, Jung Jin-young, Kim Chang-wan
Votes: 2,437
9. Reptile 2001 (1999)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
It's been asleep for two hundred million years. Now it been awakened by aliens from another galaxy. The aliens are using Yonggary to destroy mankind.
Director: Hyung-rae Shim | Stars: Richard Livingston, Harrison Young, D.J. Robbins, Brad Sergi
Votes: 1,937
10. Memento Mori (1999)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance, Drama
In this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.
Directors: Kyu-dong Min, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Park Yejin, Lee Yeong-jin, Jong-hak Baek
Votes: 3,605
11. Yellow Hair (1999)
83 min | Drama
The lives of 3 runaways become entangled in the darkside of the nightclub scene in Seoul.
Director: Yu-min Kim | Stars: Lee Jae-un, Ki-yeon Kim, Hyeong-chul Kim
Votes: 187
12. Hwaiteu ballenta-in (1999)
101 min | Romance
A teen girl, Jeong-min, stays with her grandpa and helps in his bookstore. A young bird store owning man with a broken heart sends off a pigeon with a letter that arrives at the now adult Jeong-min.
Director: Yun-ho Yang | Stars: Shin-yang Park, Jun Ji-hyun, Jeon Moo-song, Se Jun Kim
Votes: 505
14. Making Sundried Red Peppers (2000)
Red peppers spread out on a mat under the open sky - it is a typical scene around Korea each autumn. The preparation of this important spice in Korean cuisine is a traditional one; it is also a task reserved for women.
Director: Hee-sun Jang
15. Mayonnaise (1999)
114 min | Drama
A 30-something housewife considers her childish mom a nuisance in her life. But even the most unlike mothers and daughters have inevitable semblances.
Director: In-ho Yun | Stars: Jin-shil Choi, Kim Hye-ja, Seong-gyeom Kim, Eun-a Kwon
Votes: 30
16. City of the Rising Sun (1998)
108 min | Crime, Drama
This is about two young men who want to find the meaning of their lives. Do Chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-Gi, a ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Sung-su | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Lee Jung-jae, Han Go-eun, Lee Beom-su
Votes: 408
17. Doctor K (1999)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Mysterious intern neurosurgeon Dr. Kang saves three young patients, even though the surgeries should not have saved the patients. Chief physician Dr. Lee becomes skeptical of the results so... See full summary »
Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hye-su, Cha In-pyo, Seo Tae-hwa
Votes: 107
18. Saeneun pyegoksuneul keruinda (1999)
106 min | Drama
Director: Soo-il Jeon | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, So-hie Kim
Votes: 29
19. Jilju (1999)
106 min | Drama
Ba-ram, Seung-hyun, Sun-woo and Sang-jin are a group of young Koreans that spend all their time chasing their dreams. Ba-ram is the leader of a rock band and for her there isn't nothing but... See full summary »
Director: Sang-in Lee | Stars: Lee Min-woo, Sang-a Nam, Seung-Hyeon Kim, Nam-ho Song
Votes: 14
20. Route 7 (1999)
105 min
Director: Do-won Seok | Stars: Do-hun Ahn, Park Kwang-su, Jin-yeong Woo, Ae-jin Jeong
21. The Spy (1999)
105 min | Comedy
Director: Jin Jang | Stars: Yu Oh-seong, Park In-hwan, Shin Ha-kyun, Jeong Gyu-su
Votes: 152
22. Pyojeul (1999)
103 min | Thriller
Prison inmate, Kang Yoo Jin, kills a guard on patrol and escapes from prison. The police declare a state-of-emergency and set off on a desperate pursuit of Kang who steals into the city to ... See full summary »
Director: Sam-yuk Yoon | Stars: Jang Dong-jik, Lee Jin-woo, Su-jin Kim, Po-dong Nam
Votes: 16
23. A Century's End (1999)
102 min | Comedy
An intricately put together story that brings to the screen Korea's most sensitive issues. Through the lives of various Seoulites, the film features an unfettered look into Korea's modern ... See full summary »
Director: Neung-han Song | Stars: Kim Kap-su, Lee Jae-un, Cha Seung-won, Lee Ho-jae
Votes: 100
24. Rainbow Trout (1999)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
A group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit a friend in the hills. Their true nature begins to reveal itself: love hidden but ... See full summary »
Director: Jong-won Park | Stars: Kang Soo-youn, In-sung Hwang, Sol Kyung-gu, Lee Hang-na
Votes: 99
25. Love (1999)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A would be marathon runner falls in love with a orphan girl from Korea.
Director: Jang Soo Lee | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Ko So-young, Jean Carol, Lee Beom-su
Votes: 163
26. The Uprising (1999)
100 min | Drama
In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting ... See full summary »
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Shim Eun-ha, Lee Jung-jae, Gye-nam Myeong, Frédéric Andrau
Votes: 126
27. Happy End (1999)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
Director: Jung Ji-woo | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Jeon Do-yeon, Ju Jin-mo, Mi-seon Hwang
Votes: 2,116
28. Calla (1999)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Seon-woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to a nearby florist's where he meets Ji-hee. He falls in love with her at first sight... See full summary »
Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Song Seung-heon, Kim Hee-seon, Choi Cheol-ho, Kim Hae-gon
Votes: 183
29. Yeonpung yeonga (1999)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman from Seoul comes to Jeju Island and meets a lonely tour guide.
Director: Dae-yeong Park | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Ko So-young, Na-na Han, Han Jae-seok
Votes: 163
30. Bukkyeong banjeom (1999)
95 min | Drama
Han-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.
Director: Ui-Seok Kim | Stars: Seok-hun Kim, Se-bin Myeong, Shin Goo, Jun Jeong
Votes: 57
31. Mannal daeggaji (1999)
94 min | Drama
Three elderly men are contacted by the South Korean Bureau of Investigation. A North Korean soldier had deserted to the South and one of these three may be his father, however he has no ... See full summary »
Director: Moon-jin Cho | Stars: Dae-kun Lee, Yong-won Jo, In-mun Kim, Taek-jo Yang
32. Gumyeong (1999)
94 min | Drama
A surgeon, "I" finds himself lying in a strange place with amnesia. A voice recording of a former patient and lover reveals disturbing accounts of his conduct. His recollection brings back ... See full summary »
Director: Kuk-hyeong Kim | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Min Kim, Seo Hyeon-jin, Eun-jin Park
Votes: 15
33. Eolgul (1999)
93 min | Drama
A poor girl marries into a wealthy family, but after the birth of her first child, she discovers that she is unhappy in her marriage and is forced to make a series of difficult decisions.
Director: Shin Seung-soo | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Ha-ryong Lim, Jin-a Jeon, Hwa-seong Kim
Votes: 9
34. Daenseudaenseu (1999)
90 min | Drama, Musical
A young med student is irresistably drawn into the world of a dance troupe after witnessing the beautiful grace of one of its female members. After his initiation, he must cope with the ... See full summary »
Director: Seong-wook Moon | Stars: In-yeong Hwang, Yang Dong-kun, Ju Jin-mo, Won-seong Ju
Votes: 52
35. Samyangdong jeongyukjeom (1999)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The shy owner of a butcher's shop falls in love with Shin Hye, the owner of a jewelry shop and the object of desire of every man in the marketplace. He works up the nerve to propose to her ... See full summary »
Director: Jeong-gyun Shin | Stars: Choi Cheol-ho, Kyeong-mi Na, Park Kyeong-hwan, Tae-jun Kang
Votes: 14
36. Sanjeon sujeon (1999)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Im-seo Gu | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Kang Seong-jin, Gye-nam Myeong, Park In-hwan
Votes: 18
37. A+ salm (1999)
82 min | Drama
A man struggles with his responsibities to his father and his desire for true love.
Director: Kil-chae Jeong | Stars: Hwang Soo-Jung, Kim Myung-gon, Hye-soo Shin, Kwon Hae-hyo
Votes: 14
38. Jiguyongsa vectorman: Satanjegukui daeyeokseub (1999)
79 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
One thousand years ago, Venus was attacked and the civilization there was destroyed by the Empire for its natural resources. Princess Ledia escaped to Earth carrying the means to create and... See full summary »
Director: Seong-deok Choi | Stars: Dong-gyu Kim, Seong-su Kim, Jae-hie Ham, Jung-hwi Jo
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