Over the past decade, Korean films have broken out in the U.S., from "To Busan" and "Parasite" to "Burning" and "Decision to Travel," and Netflix is offering its largest Korean film lineup to date, including a highly anticipated action film and a feature-length documentary on the early career of Pon Joon-ho. lineup of films. Here's a look at the Korean films coming to U.S. theaters and streaming platforms this year. (If you're looking for Netflix's best Korean films or the best Korean films of 2022 that have already been released, we have those guides, too.)

Directed by Yong Sang-ho (Train to Busan, Hellbound), this dystopian thriller is set in the 22nd century, when climate change has made the Earth uninhabitable. Amidst the devastation, a war breaks out between survivors in the only human shelter. The only way to win and end the war is to clone the legendary mercenary JUNG_E, played by Kim Hyun-joo, into an immortal robot.

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Adapted from the Japanese film "Stolen ID," this thriller is every tech-obsessed woman's worst nightmare. One day on her way home from work, Nami (Be Melodramatic's Jung Woo Hee) loses her smartphone and returns it with spyware installed on it by Jun-yeong (Run On's Im Siwan). The stranger begins tracking her daily routine and soon approaches her while hiding his true identity. At the same time that Nami's mundane routine begins to go haywire, Ji-man (Kim Hee-won), Joon-young's father and a detective, finds traces of his son at a crime scene.

First aired: February 17 on Netflix

A group of prisoners attempt to escape from prison on a cargo ship, and the situation escalates into a riot. Led by serial killer Park Jang-du (Seo In-guk), the guards and criminals must fight their way through the chaos and avoid being killed by a mysterious monster lurking underground. The cast includes Jang Dong-yun of "The Story of Noctu", Park Ho-sang of "True Beauty", and Jeong So-min of "Alchemy of the Soul".

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This acclaimed drama film will finally be released next month after a year of festival screenings. The film follows 25-year-old Freddy (Park Jimin), who returns to his native Korea for the first time since being raised as an adopted child in France. What begins as an impulsive trip to visit a friend becomes an unexpected journey in search of his real parents in a country he barely knows.

Premieres February 17 in limited release

Boksun, the protagonist of this action thriller, leads a double life. Played by "Crash Course in Romance" star Jung Do-young, she is both the mother of a teenage daughter and a legendary professional hitman with a 100% success rate. Bok-soon is caught between "a mission to kill someone and a mission to raise someone else," and when she refuses to accept one assignment, she is thrown into a kill-or-be-killed confrontation. The cast includes Sol Kyung-gu of "Yaksha Ruthless Operation," Aesom of "Taxi Driver," and Koo Gyo-hwan of "D.P.

Premiere: undecided on Netflix

A sequel to the 2018 hit crime-action film Believer, Believer 2 reprises its stellar cast, led by Cho Jin-woong (Signal) and Cha Seung-won (Our Blues).Believer 2 stars Detective Won Ho (Cho) teams up with Brian (Cha) and other gangsters to continue their mission to track down Mr. Lee, the head of Asia's largest drug cartel. Han Hyo-joo (Happiness and W) will also join the sequel as Big Knife, another shady character who knows Mr. Lee's true identity.

Premiere: undecided on Netflix

Money Heist: Korea (opens in new tab) Stars Jung Jung Soo and Kim Ji Hoon reprise their roles in this revenge-themed action thriller. Ok-joo (Jung) is a former bodyguard who is friends with ballerina Min-hee (Park Yurim of "Drive My Car"). When Ok-joo receives a request from Min-hee, he tries to take revenge on the mysterious man Choi (Kim) on behalf of his friend.

Premiere: TBD on Netflix

This biopic is based on the true story of the careers of Go master Cho Heung-hyun (played by Lee Byung-hun of The Squid Game) and his student and rival, Lee Chang-ho (played by Yoo Ah-in of Hellbound). Lee Chang-ho, a Grand Slam winner, takes on an apprentice when Chang-ho is only 10 years old, and Chang-ho works tirelessly to surpass his expert master; their rivalry is later settled in a once-in-a-generation game played at a time when Go was more popular than the World Cup. (For those who don't know, Go is the game of black and white stones that also appeared in "Glory" (open in new tab) and the first "Knives Out.")

Premiere: TBD on Netflix

Netflix is dipping its toe into the world of Korean documentaries this year. Director Pon Joon-ho made his first 22-minute stop-motion short film, Looking For Paradise, when he was a college student in the early 1990s. The film was screened for ten members of the cinephile club Yellow Door on Christmas Day 1992, but has never been shown since. Yellow Door follows director Lee Hyo-kre's journey to find the previously unreleased film.

Premiere: TBD on Netflix

The action film stars Hyun Bin (Crash Landing on You), Hwang Jung Min (Narco-Saints), and Kang Ki-young (The Unconventional Lawyer Woo) in an all-star cast. 2007 actual incident. Based on an actual incident that occurred in 2007, the film depicts the rescue of a Korean tourist taken hostage by a terrorist group in Afghanistan. Jae-ho (Hwang), a skilled negotiator, struggles with diplomacy and joins forces with special agent Tae-shik (Hyun) to rescue the hostages as time ticks down.

Premiere: This new zombie horror film takes place in the upscale Gangnam district of Seoul. The cast includes Ji Il-s and T-ARA member Park Ji-young.

Premiere: undecided