north korean defector movies

My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024)
7.353 / 10

Romance, Drama

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

The Suspect (2013)
6.903 / 10

Action, Thriller

Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the...

The Net (2016)
7.4 / 10

Drama

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

Beyond Utopia (2023)
7.92 / 10

Documentary, History

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

In Our Prime (2022)
8 / 10

Drama

Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North...

Propaganda (2013)
8.048 / 10

Documentary

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean...

One Summer Night (2016)
6.8 / 10

Drama

In the winter of 2013, Yong-jun and Jae-sung, a member of the Korean People’s Army, are caught having sex by a superior. After that, Yong-jun...

Fist & Furious (2019)
7.154 / 10

Action, Crime

Looking for a new interesting story, VJ reporter Guk-hyun is fascinated with a story of a former detective Gi-man, living a life with a blade in his...

Over the Border (2006)
6 / 10

Drama

After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to...

Poongsan (2011)
6.3 / 10

Action, Drama, Romance

Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When...

Dance Town (2011)
6.2 / 10

Drama

A North Korean refugee, Jung-Nim, is trying to find a new life in South Korea, with people suspecting that she is a spy.

Stateless Things (2012)
5.3 / 10

Drama

Jun, a young man of North Korean origin who had illegally emigrated to South Korea, works in a gas station. After protecting a colleague, Sun-hee, a...

Beautiful Days (2018)
6.9 / 10

Drama

At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He...

Apostle (2014)
4 / 10

Drama

In a small North Korean village near the border of China, there are believers who get together in an underground church, away from the eyes of the...

Crossing (2008)
7 / 10

Drama

Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme...

A Tour Guide (2023)
5 / 10

Drama

Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as...

Mrs. B., a North Korean Woman (2017)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Portrait of Mrs. B., a tough charismatic North Korean woman who smuggles between North Korea, China and South Korea. With the money she gets, she...

The Journals of Musan (2010)
6.4 / 10

Drama

North Korean defector Seung-chul is a refugee living on the harsh edges of Seoul. Bewildered by exploitative employers and cynical urbanites, he’s...

Until We Meet (1999)
0 / 10

Drama

I Am Sun Mu (2015)
6.1 / 10

Animation, Documentary

Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and...