Korean Movies & K-Dramas Released in September 2026

Crime · Drama · Korean

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

Drama · Korean

15-year-old Young-sun, abandoned by her adoptive parents and left with nowhere to go, temporarily stays at the home of Sua, whom she met as a tennis training partner. Young-sun, wanting to stay at Sua's house for a long time, tries hard to become part of the family, but Sua and her family find Young-sun burdensome.

Drama · Korean

Drama · Music · Korean

A one-of-a-kind classic taxi carries passengers with seemingly ordinary lives but extraordinary stories, each journey accompanied by a song of their choosing.

Drama · Korean

A-jung, a bedroom artist, finally lands a part-time job as a picture book instructor at a local community center, but her class is put at risk of cancellation as soon as it begins because of a student named Hyun-jun.

Drama · Korean

Unable to accept her lover's suicide, a woman refuses to believe he is gone. She dismembers his body and insists he was murdered. Yet the world remains haunted by his presence. As she forms a strange communion with his scattered body, fragments of their shared past resurface. Reality, memory, and dreams gradually dissolve into one another, blurring the boundaries between grief and truth.

Drama · Romance · Korean

A boy has died. On the final day of his brief life, the story traces not only his fading memories but also those of Mujin, the teacher who held him dear.

Drama · Music · Korean

Musician Pi has lost the story he once wanted to convey through his songs. With the core of his creativity gone, he drifts without direction. Heo-su, who loves mathematics, devotes himself to his research while extolling its beauty. He dreams of Paris, a city where mathematics coexists with history and the arts. Recognizing the extraordinary potential of both individuals, Lee harbors an ambitious vision: to build a multidisciplinary cultural and arts collective around them and orchestrate something on a grand scale.

Animation · Drama · Fantasy · Korean

A boy named Gon was on the verge of death when gills grew on his body, allowing him to breathe again. Kang-ha and his grandpa rescue Gon. They grow into a peculiar family together. Kang-ha persecutes Gon who cut off from the world, but he send Gon out into the world to protect him. Like Gon's name which the same one as a fantasy bird that goes thousands of miles a day.

Drama · Korean

A wife diagnosed with a condition that stops her from cooking! Cooking for the first time in his life is hard enough... But penalty points if it tastes bad, and 10 points mean DIVORCE?!

Action · Thriller · Adventure · Korean

In the near future of South Korea, where it became lawless due to an economic crisis, a new authoritarian government implements the "Permanent Exile Law" to easily control the country. According to this law, death row inmates are permanently exiled to a detention center, the Purgatory, built in abandoned nuclear power plants. With a degree of self-governance granted by the government, the Purgatory gradually reaches a point where it is beyond external control, leaving the government struggling to find a solution. Yu-seong, a police officer who became a death row inmate due to the revenge for his daughter and wife, is offered a deal by the Director of NIS. Now Yu-seong must eliminate the Purgatory Boss, the king of the center, in exchange for possible pardon.

Drama · Korean

Hye-ja, who is struggling with her job in Seoul, dreams of moving up from a semi-basement flat to a studio apartment. Working at an insurance company's call center, she faces challenges at work due to her rough dialect and fiery personality. To borrow money for the move, Hye-ja travels to Busan to see her mother, but no matter how hard she knocks on the door, her mother does not answer.

Drama · Korean

Hwanhee wanders around looking for something. Her journey becomes a story, then she ends up losing the story.

Documentary · Korean

Animation · Family · Adventure · Korean

The last rhino of his kind forms an unlikely bond with a penguin born from an abandoned egg. Together, they set out on a heartwarming journey toward the ocean.

Documentary · Korean

Witnesses 2026 presents two short documentaries produced by Newstapa. Defiance: The Refusal to Kill traces the legacy of state violence committed under South Korea's first martial law after the 1948 Yeosu–Suncheon Uprising. Through the memories and belongings of survivors and bereaved families, it restores a forgotten history. Living with Invisible People follows Yuseon, who spends her days drawing the "invisible people" that haunt her small room, accusing, threatening, and gradually consuming her everyday life.

Romance · Drama · Korean

The most honest and bold story about love and breakup.

Drama · Comedy · Korean

A story about what happens when Seon-wu, the CEO of a fashion company who is more passionate than anyone when it comes to work, hires Ki-ho, who has a wealth of life experience, as a silver intern.

Drama · Korean

Welding engineer Cheol-taek is diagnosed with terminal cancer one day. This news begins to affect not only his only daughter Jeong-mi, who works as a bit-part actress, but also the lives of Hyun-sook, who had effectively divorced Cheol-taek and was enjoying retirement after finishing her career as a civil servant; Ok-nam, Hyun-sook's mother approaching her nineties; Cheol-taek's older brother Kwan-taek; and Kwan-taek's grandson Dong-min.

Drama · Thriller · Korean

Novelist Ji-man moves to a quiet village with his wife Soo-yeong, but he soon spirals into a dangerous obsession as suspicious clues about her surface. Following an irreversible tragedy, his supposedly dead wife mysteriously reappears, shattering his entire perception of reality. This gripping Korean psychological thriller will keep you guessing until the final second: is what he believes the truth, or a lie?

Drama · Romance · Korean

Jin has never left the island where she was born, with no road to the mainland, where the sea sets the rhythm of everyday life and everyone is bound to one another. When Dujae, her childhood friend, returns for his grandmother's funeral and stays on in her empty house, Jin finds small excuses to visit, and little by little, seeing him becomes part of her daily routine. As the summer unfolds, the island she thought she knew starts to feel unfamiliar, its known faces and places quietly shifting into something new. For the first time, Jin sees the island, and herself, differently. But summer, like everything else on the island, will not stay.

Horror · Mystery · Korean

Tae-pyeong, Yoon-chae and their friends embark on a journey to Bali, captivated by its mystical landscapes. Their local guide, Nova, explains the significance of the upcoming Nyepi Day — Bali's sacred Day of Silence, when all forms of eating, pleasure, travel and even lights must cease. While exploring the island, Tae-pyeong accidentally breaks a mysterious urn, triggering a series of strange and terrifying events that soon force them to violate the sacred rules of Nyepi Day against their will. As reality warps around them, Tae-pyeong begins to realize that a far more sinister force is at play — one that may not let them leave the island alive.

Music · Korean

On the night a crimson moon rises, ENHYPEN come face to face with the one destiny they have long awaited: ENGENE. Breaking the rules of the vampire world, they choose love and run away, only to face the same cruel fate again and again. Even with danger closing in as sharp as a “Knife,” the words they say to comfort each other, “Big Girls Don't Cry,” lead them into a forbidden love called “CRIMINAL LOVE.” What ending awaits this love, sealed in blood?

Music · Korean

Back after almost two years, NCT 127's fifth tour, NCT 127 5TH TOUR ‘NEO CITY : SEOUL - THE REDLINE’, is coming live to cinemas! Experience the explosive energy, world-class performances, and electrifying atmosphere of KSPO DOME brought to life on the big screen with immersive sound. NCTzens, join us for the spectacular kickoff of 'THE REDLINE'!

Drama · Korean

A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires.

Crime · Drama · Korean

Jang Taeyoung, who believes he has everything after building a successful online casino business, loses it all to his former best friend and namesake, Park Taeyoung. The two reunite on the international poker circuit for a high-stakes battle of revenge.

Drama · Crime · Thriller · Korean

In 1974, a shooting shocks South Korea. Detective Cheol-gu, who witnesses the attack, Jae-hwan, the city desk editor whose coverage is suppressed, and Young-il, a rookie reporter, begin to dig beneath the cover-up. As their pursuit of the truth deepens, they come to confront forces meant to remain unseen.

Horror · Mystery · Korean

Music · Korean

Drama · Korean

Ji-Eun, a 23-year-old primary school teacher in Korea, is very dynamic and committed, but her professional life is turned upside down by an unexpected request from a pupil’s mother.

Documentary · Korean

Hong Sang-soo's short film made for the 64th edition of the New York Film Festival.

Action · Fantasy · Comedy · Korean

Despite unwavering support from his best friend Young-ha and the unwavering support of his younger sister Ye-rin, job seeker Seok Hwan just can't seem to land a job, repeatedly failing interviews. One night, after yet another disastrous interview, he returns home only to be attacked by a group of strangers and killed. But 72 hours after his death, Seok Hwan suddenly opens his eyes as if nothing happened. He soon discovers that he possesses a special ability: no matter how many times he dies, he comes back to life. But there's little time to process his extraordinary new power before a mysterious figure known as Black, who has discovered Hwan's existence, begins hunting him down. Yet with each resurrection, Seok Hwan grows stronger, unleashing powers beyond anything he could have imagined!

Drama · Korean

Unable to continue caring for their mother, who is suffering from dementia, a family embarks on one final trip together. During the journey, a long-buried family secret quietly surfaces, forever changing their understanding of one another.

Thriller · Horror · Mystery · Korean

Young composer Yeonji lands her dream job at the prestigious and isolated Forte Studio that soon reveals itself as an unsettling work environment because of the eerie atmosphere around there and odd behaviors from her colleagues and boss. But Yeonji’s fierce ambition doesn’t allow her to give up and, when she realizes that her boss uses her as a mere ghostwriter, the competitive spirit between the two arises until it escalates into a matter of life and death.