The South Korea drama and films are well known for exploring narratives that regularly challenge conventional wisdom. In addition, Korean time-travel films include some of the most complex narratives available, drawing viewers in repeatedly.
Here are few recommendations.
1. The Call
The movie’s plot centers on two ladies who, though living in different eras, are connected by a phone call. An antique phone at Seo Yeon’s childhood home in 1999 and 2019 unexpectedly create a bond between them. Seo Yeon learns that changing the past might have unimaginable and horrifying effects on the present.
2. A Day
The story revolves around renowned surgeon Jun Young, who finds himself trapped in a time loop and forced to again witness his daughter’s terrible demise. Together with a paramedic who is caught in the same cycle, they work to solve the puzzle and end the unending cycle.
3. Will You Be There?
A medical drama centers on Soo Hyun, a surgeon who discovers ten miraculous tablets that provide him time travel abilities. He tries to save the love of his life, who passed away thirty years ago, by using these drugs to travel to his former self.
4. Time Renegades
When two men’s lives, one from 1983 and the other from 2015, intertwine because they have a dream in common. A detective from the current day and a high school teacher from the 1980s collaborate over time to save the ladies they love from an unknown fate.
5. The Phone
Go Dong Ho is given the opportunity to stop his wife from being killed thanks to a phone call that ties him to the past. In addition to racing against time to alter history, he has to figure out the evil scheme that led to her demise.
6. AM 11:00
The story revolves around a scientist working on a research involving a time machine, who manages to leap forward 24 hours into the future. Nevertheless, he finds his coworkers dead and the institution in ruins when he arrives. He has to figure out what happened and how to stop the coming tragedy in a race against time.
7. Heaven’s Soldiers
The humorous action movie centers on soldiers from North and South Korea who, following an odd cosmic event, find themselves thrust back in time to the Joseon Dynasty in the 16th century.
8. Il Mare
In the romantic fantasy movie Il Mare, two people who live two years apart still stay in touch via an enigmatic mailbox at a lakeside home. They try to close the time difference between them and develop a strong bond through letter exchanges.
9. Young Gun in the Time
The narrative centers on Young Gun, a private investigator who comes onto an odd case involving a time traveler. When he investigates the mystery further, he finds an odd equipment that gives him time travel capabilities.
