A24's film "Minari" follows a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari" has won the 78th Golden Globe Awards Foreign Language Award as well as the 2020 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Starring Steven Yeun, Han Ye Ri, Youn Yuh Jung, Alan Kim, and Noel Kate Cho, this critically acclaimed 2020 film is becoming an international sensation. Make sure to check out your favorite stars from "Minari" in Viki's curated collection of dramas and movies now.

If You Loved Minari

At the same table in a café in Seoul, four different women meet four different people to hold some difficult conversations that provide a glimpse into their complicated lives.

Yoo Jin (Jung Yu Mi) is a famous actress who is contacted by her former boyfriend, Chang Suk (Jung Joon Won), and asked to meet up again at a café. As Chang Suk tries to get Yoo Jin to admit that they were “more than just friends,” Yoo Jin begins to wonder what his ulterior motive is for wanting to reconnect with her.

Kyung Jin (Jung Eun Chae) reconnects with Min Ho (Jeon Sung Woo), an aimless man who suddenly vanished after she slept with him a long time ago. Min Ho has returned from a long trip to India but offers no explanation for his behavior in the past.

Eun Hee (Han Ye Ri) meets with Sook Hee (Kim Hye Ok) with an usual proposition. Eun Hee wants to hire Sook Hee to portray her mother at Eun Hee’s upcoming wedding. 

Hye Kyung (Im Soo Jung) is preparing for her upcoming wedding. But she meets with her ex-boyfriend, Woon Chul (Yeon Woo Jin), to suggest that they have a final fling before she ties the knot.

“The Table” is a 2017 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Jong Kwan.

The Table

Is blood thicker than water? Kim Eun Hee (Han Ye Ri), is about to find out. 

She is the middle child in a family that is slowly starting to drift apart.

Her older sister is a former patent attorney, and her younger brother is a sensitive soul. And although her father is hard-working, he is often distant – an attitude that has her mother poised to begin a new chapter in her life.

While she pines for intimacy, Kim Eun Hee keeps her feelings hidden from her family. Instead, she prefers to confide in her close male college friend Park Chan Hyuk (Kim Ji Suk) – a man who has become more like a brother to her than any of her real siblings.

And it is to him that she turns for love advice as she looks to return to the dating scene after a long absence.

But what happens when events take a turn? Could the family pull together in time to weather the storm? And when the going gets tough, will it be Kim Eun Hee’s family or her friends who step up to the plate?

“My Unfamiliar Family” is a 2020 South Korean drama series directed by Kwon Young Il.

My Unfamiliar Family

𐐪𐑂 The Kindred Team 𐐪𐑂

The frivolous prince of South Korea gets involved with the strongest North Korean special force officer at the World Officer Championship! Lee Jae Ha, the South Korean Prince, loves goofing around and has no interest in state affairs at all. Kim Hang Ah, the first female drill sergeant of the North Korean special force, dreams of finding her Mr. Right and getting married to him. Army officers from 16 countries gather for the World Officer Championship, and South and North Korea enter as one team for the first time. There, Hang Ah and Jae Ha get to share a room, but their start as a team doesn\u2019t seem smooth at all.

The King 2 Hearts

The King's Lovers Team

MBC every 1

What could be more therapeutic than a furry friend? Hyun Jong Hyun (Yoo Seung Ho) is an aspiring webtoon writer whose ideas keep getting rejected by companies because he narrowly, stubbornly focuses on scenarios that are of interest only to him. He is emotionally cut off from everyone and is only interested in himself. On a rainy day, Jong Hyun comes across a stray cat, Bok Gil (Han Ye Ri), and he takes the cat home with him. Bok Gil is an overweight, old cat, but she was quite the cat’s meow in her day. She was once sexy and desirable – but the advent of age and the extra pounds from overeating have contributed to her losing her once girlish figure and energy. With Jong Hyun, Bok Gil is happy to have a new butler in her life who serves her three meals and day and plays with her on command. But as Jong Hyun and Bok Gil gradually open up to each other, they become a source of comfort and warmth for each other. In order to support Bok Gil, Jong Hyun has no choice but to go work part-time at Naeil Bookstore until he can establish his career as a webtoon writer. Oh Na Woo (Jo Hye Jung), a photography student who is taking a break from her studies and working part-time at a café, is drawn to both Jong Hyun and Bok Gil. “Imaginary Cat” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Lee Hyun Joo. It is based on the webcomic “Sangsanggoyangi” written by Kim Gyung.

Imaginary Cat

The Alley Cat Team

Jung Man (Bae Sung Woo) is a straight-living office worker who is down on his luck. He has already been declared bankrupt, and despite the fact that both he and his wife are working, they are now struggling to make ends meet.

They have to care for his mother, whose health is deteriorating, as well as his daughter, whose application for a student loan has just been turned down.

One fateful day, he comes across an abandoned designer bag in a sauna locker. He takes a look inside and is shocked to discover that it is stuffed to the brim with banknotes.

Not sure what to do, he takes it to a storage room while he decides what to do with his discovery.

However, a number of other individuals soon learn the secret of this mysterious bag – and plan to get their hands on it. These include a brothel madam named Yeon Hee (Jeon Do Yeon) and a customs agent named Tae Young (Jung Woo Sung), who needs to pay off a debt to a dangerous loan shark.

“Beasts Clawing at Straws” is a 2020 South Korean movie directed by Kim Yong Hoon.

Beasts Clawing at Straws

Ye Ri (Han Ye Ri) is a Chinese woman who grew up without her father, who once enjoyed a brief fling with her mother.

She decides to visit her father, in South Korea, but this proves to be an ill-fated decision: Shortly after she arrives, he becomes sick and is eventually paralyzed.

Left with no choice in the matter, she must stay and take care of him. In order to make ends meet, she takes a job running a local bar. This is quite a fall from grace for Ye Ri, who is highly educated, and spends her time on high-minded pursuits, including poetry.

The bar’s male patrons have developed a fixation on her, however. These include Ik Joon (Yang Ik Joon), a potty-mouthed, scruffy ruffian, landlord Jong Bin (Yoon Jong Bin), and Jung Bum (Park Jung Bum), a defector from North Korea.

Although on friendly terms with one another, all three vie for her affections – but can any of these lowly suitors win Ye Ri’s heart?

“A Quiet Dream” is a 2016 South Korean movie that was directed by Zhang Lu.

A Quiet Dream

Dreamer Team

Scam a thousand dollars, and you are a thief. If the amount becomes a billion, you are a financier. Break a small promise, you become a conman. If you betray the trust of millions of people, you are a politician. If the law cannot punish those who have wronged thousands of lives, what can we do about it? In a society without righteousness, there needs to be a drastic measure taken in order to catch the bad guys. An eye for an eye, and a conman for a conman. Oh Ha Ra, a young prosecutor, meets a man who looks exactly like her senior prosecutor, Baek Joon Soo. While looking for a double to replace Joon Soo, she meets an unordinary man named Sa Do Chan. Do Chan, a genius conman, puts his skills to use in order to catch the bad guys who know their ways around the law.

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 ⚖️ ✨ King Peacock Team ✨ ⚖️

Adopted by an American family when he was just a boy, Mark (Ma Dong Seok) hasn’t stepped foot on Korean soil for 30 years. A former arm wrestling champion, he has been supporting himself by working as a bouncer at bars and as a security guard at various big-box stores. Tired of feeling lonely and unfulfilled, Mark allows an old friend of his, Jin Ki (Kwon Yool), to convince him to participate in an upcoming arm wrestling tournament in South Korea. With the promise of an easy victory and the address of the mother who abandoned him all those years ago, Mark finds himself on a plane headed home.

Upon arrival, Jin Ki holds true to his world, giving Mark his biological mother’s address. But Mark isn’t sure he’s ready for this particular meeting. Eventually Mark musters up the courage to visit his mother, only to find that she passed away several years ago. Gone though she may be, Mark soon finds that he’s not entirely without family. Meeting a step-sister he never knew he had, Mark is warmly accepted by the widowed Soo Jin (Han Ye Ri) and her adorable children, Joon Hyung (Choi Seung Hoon) and Joon Hee (Ock Ye Rin).

As Mark spends more time with his sister and her children, he finds the bitter loneliness of his old life slowly melting away. With the support of his new family, Mark prepares for the upcoming tournament, determined to leave an indelible mark on the world of professional arm wrestling.

An endearing story of love and determination, “Champion” is a 2018 sports comedy film directed by Kim Yong Wan.

Champion

We are the Champions 

One man is on a mission to avenge the death of his family members.

Dolmuchi (Ha Jung Woo) is a butcher, which is considered the lowest class, in the Joseon Dynasty. In a society where a person’s status is purely determined by his or her birth, Jo Yoon (Kang Dong Won) is born into a wealthy family. But because his mother was a concubine, Jo Yoon’s illegitimacy gives him no standing in society or his family.

Jo Yoon hires Dolmuchi to kill the pregnant wife of his dead stepbrother so that he can become a legitimate heir, but when Dolmuchi is not able to go through with the killing, Jo Yoon has Dolmuchi’s family killed instead.

The devastated Dolmuchi takes on the name Dochi and joins Ttaeng Choo (Lee Kyung Young) and Dae Ho (Lee Sung Min) in a band of outlaws known as Kundo. The bandits go after wealthy tyrants who prey on the poor by stealing from the rich and giving back to the poor. But can Dochi avenge his family’s death when he comes face-to-face with Jo Yoon again?

“Kundo: Age of the Rampant” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Yoon Jong Bin.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

The Time Outlaws

MBC, KOCOWA

Woo Ri, an intelligent 9-year-old girl, never knew her father's name. She stands by her deaf mother's side with Young Gyu, a not-so-smart man who falls in love with her mother, and Ma Ru, his son. A man who hopes to inherit his grandfather's company running by his stepfather named Dong Joo meets Woo Ri years later. He teaches her how to play the piano. In a world of uncertainties, the two now learn to listen to each other's hearts while plotting revenge against Dong Joo's stepfather.

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