gwangju uprising movies

A Taxi Driver (2017)
8.071 / 10

Action, Drama, History

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a...

Peppermint Candy (2000)
7.498 / 10

Drama

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose...

26 Years (2012)
6.918 / 10

Drama, Thriller

26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement....

May 18 (2007)
6.8 / 10

Drama, History

The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and...

A Petal (1996)
7 / 10

Drama

A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the...

The Old Garden (2006)
6.6 / 10

Drama, Romance

Activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the...

Excavator (2017)
7.6 / 10

Drama

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic...

1980: The Unforgettable Day (2024)
1 / 10

Drama

A stormy story that comes into Hwapyeong Spot, a place of life with the hopes of three family members, in Gwangju in May 1980.

The Confessions of May in the Wilderness (2020)
8.5 / 10

Drama, Documentary

The movie is a compilation of the movie "Wilderness" in which a member of the airborne unit who killed a girl during the Gwangju Democratization...

Scout (2007)
7.1 / 10

Comedy

1980, Kwang-ju is fired up about a genius pitcher, a senior in high school. Ho-chang takes confident strides across the field making his way by...

In the Name of the Son (2021)
6 / 10

Thriller, Drama

Chae-geun is a driver for hire with manic depression. He often talks to his son who is studying in the States and tells him he would keep his...

Good Light, Good Air (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

The title Good Light, Good Air is oddly paradoxical. Keenly working at the point where his artistic identity and persistent attention on modern...

The Hinzpeter Story (2018)
8 / 10

Documentary

In May of 1980, the city is locked down and phone lines are dead because of protests and struggles in demand of democracy. Just when Gwangju was...

The March for the Lost (2018)
4 / 10

Drama

This is the story of a father who died mysteriously in May of 1980, a mother who lives in the shadows with a bullet in her head and not being able to...

Kim-Gun (2019)
8 / 10

Documentary

KIM-GUN searches for the whereabouts of a young man whose identity has sparked a national controversy over the 1980 May 18 Gwangju Uprising. Starting...

Oh! Dreamland (1989)
0 / 10

Drama, History

After the Gwangju Democratization Movement is terminated by brute force, Jong Soo runs from the authorities and goes to Dongducheon in search of Tae...

The Song of Resurrection (1990)
0 / 10

Drama

Cheol-gi who dreams of a society that embraces justice begins classes at a night school. There he learns about political and social contradictions...

May Story (2010)
7 / 10

The South Korean city of Gwangju, will commemorate the May 18th 1980 uprising in style. They will stage a grand re-enactment of the scenes of the May...

Gwangju Video: The Missing (2020)
1 / 10

Documentary

There are people whose lives have been shaken by the 'Gwangju Video'. On May of 1980, the course of their lives changed in front of a huge wave of...

No Name Stars (2011)
0 / 10

Documentary

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratization Movement. Though the country commemorates the event as the official historical...