Movies like The Handmaiden
12 films like The Handmaiden (2016), Decision to Leave, Lady Vengeance, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with The Handmaiden: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
2016 · 145 min · Drama, Romance, Thriller. In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her ...
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Decision to Leave
Also directed by Park Chan-wookA detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
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Lady Vengeance
Also directed by Park Chan-wookAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Also directed by Park Chan-wookA girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
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The Housemaid
Also drama and thrillerA man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.
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1987: When the Day Comes
Also drama and thrillerIn 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.
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No Other Choice
Also directed by Park Chan-wookAfter being fired, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Also directed by Park Chan-wookA recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
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Uprising
Also dramaIn the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together, one the master and one the servant, reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.
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The Spy Gone North
Also stars Cho Jin-woongIn the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
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Little Forest
Also dramaA young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.
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Believer
Also stars Cho Jin-woongA police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.
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Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time
Also stars Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woongOn the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
