Movies Like Pandora

If you liked Pandora (2016), a thriller and drama movie directed by Park Jung-woo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Badland Hunters (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.
2
The Chaser (2008)
★ 7.8/10Also thriller and action
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished…
3
Night in Paradise (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and action
An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo…
4
12.12: The Day (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thriller
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander…
5
Assassination (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings…
6
Hard Hit (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also action and drama
On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.
7
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also action and drama
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
8
Hijack 1971 (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
In the year 1971, former Korean Air Force fighter pilot Tae-In (Ha Jung-Woo) works as a pilot for a commercial airline. He faces a crisis inside a hijacked flight with the passengers, including Yong-Dae (Yeo Jin-Goo)…
9
Memories of Murder (2003)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and thriller
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to…
10
Escape (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also action and drama
After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally…
11
The Tower (2012)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
Tower Sky, a luxurious building complex, has organised a lavish Christmas party for its VIP guests. However, things go awry when a fire breaks out and thousands of lives are endangered.
12
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…
13
Asura: The City of Madness (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
14
V.I.P. (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and action
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down…
15
Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
16
Believer 2 (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and action
A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.
17
Gangnam Blues (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
Jong-dae and Yong-ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.
18
The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
19
Friend (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also action and drama
Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path.
20
The Man Standing Next (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.