Best movies like Jamsil
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A young woman in her 20s, Chae Meehee, visits middle-aged Cho Sungsook and insists that they were once childhood best friends. Though Cho Sungsook has never seen Chae Meehee before, they become closer at Meehee’s insistence. Their pasts cross paths as though they were traveling through time.
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Confession
Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Their relationship is forever changed after Hyun-tae's mother asks In-chul to commit insurance fraud by destroying her arcade.
Night Hunter
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
Girlfriends
A young woman suspects her new boyfriend of infidelity and discovers that he actually has two other girlfriends. She meets the other women and the three of them become best friends.
Promising Young Woman
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
The Tunnel
Ki-Chul drives his friends out to a resort situated by an abandoned coal mine. His father owns the resort. When they get there, they cross paths with a spooky man who warns them about the coal mine. Later, the friends find themselves in a desperate situation and enter the tunnels of the abandoned coal mine. Will they ever see the light of day again?
Last Night in Rozzie
When a New York lawyer returns to his Boston hometown to reunite his dying friend with his young son, he is forced to finally confront a childhood trauma.
Past Lives
Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Beyond the Call
Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.
Broadway Musketeers
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
Iron Cross
Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his son Ronnie years after turning his back on him for rejecting a promising career in the NYPD and marrying a local artist, Anna. No sooner does Joseph attempt to heal the rift with Ronnie then he swears that living in the apartment above, under the false name of Shrager, is the now aging SS Commander who slaughtered his entire family during World War II. With little hope of seeing him stand trial, Joseph talks Ronnie into exacting justice - and vengeance - and together they set out to kill him.
Fatal Memories
Fact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood playmates by him.
The Fatal Encounter
Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.
Morning Star
In time of war, a man must survive to make a journey to fulfill a promise made and discover the truth. After a terrible battle, a man sees his great friend perish, leaving him one request – that he visit the king, father of the deceased, to give him the news of his death. Tied promise on his deathbed friend, the warrior part for the meeting with the monarch, an old man and convalescent, who lost his only heir. The king demands that the warrior’s serve, but the man is tired of war and want a place to live in peace. When the warrior goes in search of tranquility, his path crosses that of a beautiful young woman, chased by soldiers. He saves her and discovers she is a witch. With the Inquisition coming to the kingdom and a new love in his chest, the warrior must regain their weapons to prevent more blood from the people he loves spill.
The Influence
To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout time.
The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave
Hari and Duri are a sister and brother living in the Shinbi apartment complex, which is more than a hundred years old. Living with them is a 102-year-old goblin named Shinbi. One day, they find a secret cave hidden in the woods. Swept up by the power of the cave, they’re taken 22 years into the past, to 1996.
A Unique Movie
Ep.01 My wife's healing Yumi and Hyun-tae are on a journey of reconciliation overnight to overcome bourgeoisie. Eating dinner together I'm going to join the couple who stayed in the next room. Jae-yong informs Lee Hyun-tae that he can overcome boredom ... Ep.02 Soap Scent Eun-su, who was tired of her boyfriend, told a Chinese housekeeper I am at a glance, and both of them cross over the lines I should not cross ... EP.03 Singularity Family The family of Sehun, who is reconciled with other family members, enjoys each other's private life in the evening. Sehun went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and witnessed a scene he could not imagine Sehun himself confesses his family to the absurd fact ...
Bringing Up Bobby
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.
20 Once Again
A visit to the photographer's returns the physical looks of a 70-year-old grandmother back to her 20s. Things get even stranger when his grandson asks her to join his band, and his best friend begins to fall for her.
Michael Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story
Documentary about the relationship between singer Michael Jackson and his chimpanzee Bubbles. This revealing documentary talks to those who witnessed the relationship first hand, including Michael's sister La Toya, and explores the complex psychology behind Jackson's devotion to his chimp and other animals. It also highlights the path Bubbles' life took once he hit adolescence and Michael could no longer care for him, to where he is now more than 20 years later. The documentary also reunites La Toya Jackson with Bubbles after more than 20 years apart.
Game of Love
Follows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious woman arrives and befriends Vivien, much to Roy’s displeasure. Tensions build and lines are crossed as secrets from Roy’s past force the couple to face aspects of their relationship they did not know existed.
A Nashville Christmas Carol
A workaholic television producer receives a visit from her recently deceased mentor, who warns her that her current path leads to a dark future.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Travis's tight social group of friends and lovers splits apart when his childhood friend, O'Brien becomes severely mentally ill. Now alone, the characters go their separate ways: Travis helps crowd-fund a socialist revolution in Mexico, O'Brien succumbs to mania and becomes a satirical Youtube celebrity, Kate seeks stability in online dating, and Lox embarks on his first indie rock tour. Their lives continue to cross paths and reconnect through the internet.
A French Woman
Mira in her late 40's has been living in Paris for around 20 years. Having just divorced her French husband, she decides to visit Korea, and meets her old friends Young-eun and Sung-woo. While having a cheerful time in the bar, Mira goes to the toilet and after she returns, time is reversed back to 19 years ago. It is the day of Mira’s farewell party, before she left to France.
Excavator
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.
Who's That Knocking At My Door?
There are five lonely souls: Je-hwi, who hides himself from the world. Jang-hui, who is obsessed with certificates of qualification; Byeong-cheol, who believes that he has a fatal disease; and the lovers, Pyo and Romi. One day, a woman who committed suicide suddenly appears before them.
The Night Owl
A blind acupuncturist, who strangely, is able to see normally at night, and happens to witness the death of the crown prince.
Happy Camp
A man returns to the childhood town where his brother was abducted 20 years earlier.
Mom's Friend 4
Min Jung's husband has been traveling for 300 days and she feels lonely. When her friend Chung Hee moves in next door, Min Jung often visits her house, during which she keeps meeting Jae Ho, Jung Hee's son. After having an impulsive affair with Jae Ho, Min Jung tries to forget about it, saying, "It was a mistake," but she keeps remembering his young body.
Young Mother 4
Woo-jin, who is a repeater of college entrance exam, and Taek-sik's friend, Kang-hee come and visit Woo-jin's hometown on a small island. Woo-jin's mom, Hyeon-sook operates a small sashimi restaurant and a bed and breakfast to make a living on the island. Although Hyeon-sook has sex with Bong-seong, she rejects his proposals. One day, Woo-jin is terribly shocked to accidentally see his mom Hyeon-sook and Bong-seong having sex.
The Cabin
When a couple visit a remote cabin and cross paths with a compulsive liar, their vacation takes a dramatic turn for the worse.