Movies Like Special Agent

If you liked Special Agent (2020), a action and drama movie directed by Sin Jae-myeong, 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
Secret Reunion (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a South Korean agent in search for revenge.
2
Typhoon (2005)
★ 6/10Also action
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.
3
Humint (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also action and drama
A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
4
V.I.P. (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also 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…
5
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also action
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
6
Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
7
Remember (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also action and drama
Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
8
Fighter in the Wind (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also action and drama
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country…
9
Assassination (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also action and drama
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…
10
Trigger Point (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also action
Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.
11
Commitment (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also action and drama
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.
12
Decibel (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
A former Naval officer with a dark past must face off against an insurgent with a sound sensitive bomb.
13
Crying Fist (2005)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and action
Tae-sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang-hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
14
The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also action
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
15
Iris: The Movie (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also action
Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are…
16
Phantom Detective (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also action and drama
Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
17
A Better Tomorrow (2010)
★ 6/10Also drama and action
An idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.
18
Hunt (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply…
19
The Berlin File (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also action
When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.
20
Silmido (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also action and drama
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of…