Which of these K-Films will you stan for at the annual Kmmunity K’tizens’ Choice Awards?
Whether you feel like grabbing a bucket of popcorn or going full mukbang with your favorite K-food, sit back, relax, and get ready to binge-watch these K-Films exclusively brought to you by Globe Kmmunity through UPSTREAM in partnership with GMovies.
Best believe that you should take notes and book these premiere dates on your calendars because these are K-Films that you would not want to miss:
“The Battleship Island” (April 22 to July 21)
Follow oppa Song-Joong Ki in this 2017 period action film set in Hashima, Japan where 400 Korean detainees suffer through slavery and eventually attempt an epic escape from the island.
“Bring Me Home” (May 9 to August 13)
In this drama-thriller film, Lee Young-Ae is a mother on a mission. After relentlessly searching for his son that went missing six years ago, Jung-yeon (Lee) follows a tip she received which brings to an eerie fishing village.
“Okay Madam” (May 22 to August 27)
Mi Young (Uhm Jung Hwa), kkwabaegi shop owner, devoted wife, and caring mother, is pretty much content with her simple life when her husband Seok Hwan (Park Sung Woong) comes home with an exciting all-expense paid trip for the family. What’s meant to be a fun family vacation takes a turn for the worst when the plane they ride is hijacked by terrorists in this comedy-action film. Will this family let this setback ruin their family trip?
“You Drive Me Crazy” (May 29 to August 28)
Kim Seon-ho stars in this 2-episode series as Kim Rae-wan, an artist who develops feelings for his best friend of 8 years, Han Eun-sung (Lee Yoo-yung). Who knows, you might have been a Good Boy bias all along.
“Little Forest” (June 5 to September 10)
Hye Won (Kim Tae-Ri) goes on a much-needed break from the city and goes back to her hometown in the countryside after what seemed like one wrong step after another. On a path to heal emotionally, she gets by with reconnecting to her roots, with old friends, nature, and food.
“A Day” (June 20 to September 24)
Kim Joon-Young (Kim Myung-Min) wakes up one morning to witness the death of his neglected daughter, Eun-Jung (Jo Eun-Hyung). Since that unfortunate day, he finds himself waking up to the same day over and over again with attempts to save Eun-Jung ends in failure all the time.
“Secret Zoo” (July 3 to October )
This comedy film based on a webtoon called “I Bully You” follows attorney-at-law Tae Soo played by An Jae-Hong. He tries to outsmart the law firm he works for that challenged him to rebuild and reopen a failing zoo with no animals by having the zookeepers dress up as animals.
“Beauty Water” (July 17 to October 22)
Can Yae-Ji handle the frightening consequences of being beautiful? The only animated film in this list, this horror-thriller exposes the dark side of resorting and depending on “beauty water” — a magical cosmetic solution that alters one’s overall outside appearance in a quest to be physically perfect.
