Korean Entertainment has become more prevalent in recent years among young generations. Korean dramas and movies are very famous in Asian countries and globally too. After the 2019 Oscar-winning film, Parasite, Korean movies began to gain more popularity. Since then, many dramas and entertainment shows have gained recognition, including the Squid Games, the 2021 hit series. The year 2022 has already produced a plethora of fantastic films. The top ten Korean movies which you should watch in 2022 are.
1. Love And Leashes (2022)
Love and Leashes is a South Korean romantic comedy film based on the webtoon Moral Sense. The film is about Ji-hoo, who has a perfect life but a secret BDSM desire, and Ji-woo, a team member of Public relations who finds out his secret. These two coworkers enter into a contractual relationship as a master and slave. The film is filled with comedy but has some cute and emotional moments.
2. Yaksha: Ruthless Operation (2022)
Yaksha: Ruthless Operation is a South Korean spy action, thriller, mystery, and crime-based film. The film is about Kang-In, who leads an espionage agency black ops team in Shenyang, China. He is a fierce ghost who harasses or kills people and is a cold-blooded man. Ji-Hoon is a prosecutor in the who gets demoted to China, where he tries to investigate the Black Team and to discover what is the mission behind the case.
3. Reincarnation Love (2022)
Reincarnation Love is a six-minute romantic comedy and time travel short film. The story is about how a single-blind can get repeated if something goes wrong during the date by using a mobile application. It shows the first meeting of Jeon Sang Tae goes on a blind date as a substitute for his friend and finds his destiny girl Kim Hwa Ni. His first date gets ruined by him getting drunk, so he decides that he wants to go on a date with her again using the application.
4. Blue Birthday: The Movie (2022)
The Blue Birthday is a mystery, thriller, romance, and fantasy film. It has Yeri and Yang Hong Seok. Han Rin revisits the past through mysterious photos left by her first love Ji Seon Jun who died on her birthday ten years ago. He has resolved to confess to his childhood friend but takes his own life. She works at an abandoned pet shelter, and on the 10th anniversary of the incident, she finds some photos that Seon Jun left behind. Ha Rin gets sad seeing those images and tries to burn them but suddenly realizes she returns to the day the picture is taken. The camera has eight photographs, and she has only eight chances left to discover what happened and try to save him from dying.
5. The Policeman’s Lineage (2022)
The Policeman’s Lineage is a South Korean crime and mystery film based on the Japanese Novel Blood of the Policeman. The story is about two cops, Choi Min Jae and Park Kang Yoon, who have different methods and compete against each other for justice and truth. They both form teams to investigate a case that turns the police force upside down. During the investigation process against his leader, Min Jae discovers many questions and unknown facts, which he tries to solve.
6. Broker (2022)
Broker is a South Korean slice-of-life drama. The story depicts how people abandon their children, and on the other hand, some people embark on the journey to bring these abandoned children to meet new and suitable parents. It revolves around characters associated with baby boxes which allow infants to get dropped off anonymously to be taken care of by others. When Sang Hyun makes special deals with the new parents of the baby that he left in the box, he refers to himself as a broker. In the film, everyone encounters some special emotional moments along the way.
7. Color Rush 2 (Movie) (2022)
Color rush 2 is a romance BL drama film. It is the sequel to Color Rush 1, which came out in 2020. The film revolves around the mono and probes, the main character Choi Yeon Woo is a high school student, and mono (a person who sees the world only in dull and lifeless black and white color). Every mono has a soulmate who allows the mono to see the colors in the world. He finds his probe Yeon Woo, but he suddenly disappears with his mother. Along the way, he meets more mono and learns about their difficulties and hardships. He tries to find Yeon Woo and his mother and solve mysteries.
8. The Girl On A Bulldozer (2022)
The Girl on a Bulldozer is a South Korean film starring Park Hyuk-Kwon, Kim Hye-Yoon, and Oh Man-Seok. The film portrays how cruel and ugly society can be to a girl named Hye Young, who is responsible for her younger brother. A 19-year-old digs into the hidden truth behind her father's sudden car accident and tries to protect her home and her brother. She is fierce, violent, and intense, with tattoos all over her arms. All she is trying to find is the truth and living everyday life like everyone else.
9. Behind Cut (2022)
Behind Cut is a romantic BL drama movie of the year 2022. The drama is about the fashion industry in which Ki-Jin is a fashion design student who wants to become a world-famous clothing designer. Yeong-Woo is a part-time delivery worker. Jin doesn’t have his dream model, but then he finds Yeong-Woo, and they both work towards their dreams and fall in love. Things get complicated when lead model Lee Bin arrives, and things get complicated as he starts to have a crush on Ki Jin.
10. The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
he Witch: Part2. The Other one is a mystery and horror drama. It is the sequel to the first part, The Witch: The Subversion. The story is about a mysterious girl Goo Ja Yoon with superpowers who escapes a prison like a science laboratory. She tries to evade anyone who tries to catch her. Many mysteries are hidden in the story.
