If you are a fan of action-packed movies, here are some recommendations that you can start your day with. From high-octane thrillers to intense martial arts films, these movies will keep you on the edge of your seat and will leave you breathless. So, if you are ready for some action and to sizzle up your boring life, below are the top 10 Korean action movies that you can watch on Amazon Prime.
1. Train To Busan
Train To Busan is a South Korean action horror film that was released in 2016. It stars Gong Yoo, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Sohee, and Jung Yu-mi. The story revolves around an investment manager and his daughter who are on a train to Busan to celebrate her birthday and meet his wife. However, their journey takes a terrifying turn when they get stuck in the middle of a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
2. Smugglers
Smugglers is a South Korean action crime film starring Go Min-si, Zo In-sung, Kim Hye-soo, Park Jeong-min, and Yum Jung-ah. It has one season. It was released in 2023. It is a story about two women. They unexpectedly got caught up in a high-stakes smuggling scheme. Will they be able to relieve themselves or fall into debt more? Watch the movie to see where their fate ends.
3. The Roundup: No Way Out
The Roundup: No Way Out is a South Korean crime action film starring Ma Dong-seok, Lee Joon-hyuk, Bae Noo-ri, and Munetaka Aoki. It was released in 2023. It is a story about a detective. Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, he joins a new squad to investigate a murder case. He soon starts to dig deeper when he finds out the case involves a synthetic drug and a gang of thugs.
4. The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is a south Korean action crime film starring Ma Dong-seok, Kim Sung-kyu, Lee Eun-saem, and Kim Mu-yeol. It has one season. It was released in 2019. It is a story about a gangster and a cop. They decided to work together as a team to find a serial killer. But things doesn’t turn out they way they wanted it to be and it is not easy they way it looks like.
5. The Last Princess
The Last Princess is a South Korean action thriller film starring Son Ye-jin, Hae il Park, Kim So-hyun, Ra Mi-ran, and Kim Jae-wook. It has one season. It was released in 2016. It is a story about the last princess of Korea's royal family. She was forced to move to Japan when Japan conquered Korea. She misses Korea and tries to return with the help of her childhood friend.
6. The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion
The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion is a South Korean action mystery film starring Kim Da-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Jo Min-su, and Jo Min-su. It was released in 2018. It is a story about a young girl. She lives peacefully with her adoptive parents until she showcases her special talent to the world and an army of powerful men from her mysterious past attempt to track her down.
7. Special Agent
Special Agent is a South Korean action thriller film starring Lee Jae-yoon, Song Min-kyung, and Jeong-hwan Kong. It was released in 2020. It is a story about an agent of the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea. He is forced to join a mission by threats to his daughter’s life. He has to eliminate all the VIPs who are participating in the operation to develop weapons of mass destruction in North Korea.
8. Doctor Prisoner
Doctor Prisoner is a South Korean television medical drama series starring Namkoong Min and Kim Ji-Eun. It was released in 2019. It has one season. It is a story about a doctor fired after being accused of malpractice. He moves to a prison medical ward where he plans with other prisoners to seek revenge against his former employees.
9. Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a South Korean romantic television series starring Lee Jong-suk and Park Shin-hye. It was released in 2014. It has one season. It is a story about a young man whose family is torn apart from him because of some tragic incident that happened in the past by a news channel. His friend has Pinocchio syndrome, which means she can’t lie even if she wants to and ends up hiccupping whenever she tells a lie. She helps him fight against them for justice and take revenge on all those people who destroyed him and his family.
10. I Saw The Devil
I Saw the Devil is a South Korean action thriller film starring Kim Jee-woon, Choi Min-sik, Lee Byung-hun, and Oh San Ha. It was released in 2010. It is a story about an agent. When his pregnant wife is murdered, a secret service agent sets out to seek revenge. He identifies the killer and forces him to swallow a GPS-tracking capsule.
