Job. Work. Employment. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a place you go to everyday to earn money to live. Sometimes you get your dream job and everything is great. While other times, you are literally in a living nightmare at your place of employment and can’t wait to escape the chaos at the end of the day. Hopefully you can find a good work/life balance and not let work stress burn you out.
Here are six movies that will make you say, “I’m taking a personal day” after watching them.
Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
1. Office
What’s It About: Kim Byong-Gook is a family man. He works as a section chief at his company job. One day, Kim Byong-Gook kills his entire family and disappears. Detective Jong-Hoon is investigating the case and is struggling to get any information from Byong-Gook’s former colleagues. Expect Lee Mi-Rae. She was very close to Kim Byong-Gook. The detective seems to think she is hiding something from him. He decides to check CCTV, believing Byong-Gook is hiding somewhere in the building. Will the detectives instincts prove to be right or will Kim Byong-Gook continue his killing spree?
Starring: Go Ah-Sung, Kim Eui-Sung, Bae Seong-Woo
Where To Watch: Tubi, The Roku Channel
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2. Midnight FM
What’s It About: Working on her final radio program, popular late-night radio host, Ko Sun-Young receives a call from a man named Han Dong-Soo, who claims to be her fan. Ko Sun-Young doesn’t know that Han Dong-Soo has been inspired by the movie Taxi Driver and is currently going around town killing pimps and drug dealers. He is upset that Sun-Young is retiring and taking her daughter to America for treatment. Han Dong-Soo decides to break into Ko Sun-Young’s apartment and take her family hostage. He demands that Sun-Young retool her final broadcast to his specifications. Will Sun-Young be able to rescue her daughter from the clutches of a crazed man living in a morbid fantasy world?
Starring: Soo Ae, Yoo Ji-Tae, Ma Donk-Seok
Where To Watch: Vudu
Watch The Trailer Here:
3. On The Line
What’s It About: Former detective Seo-Joon has just become the victim of a phishing scam. Working as the head of operations at a Busan construction site, Seo-Joon along with his family and colleagues loses everything. Enraged, Seo-Joon decides to take revenge on the scammers. He tracks down the organization and gets a job inside of the call center. There he meets Pro Kwak, the head of planning for the phishing scams. Seo-Joon soon realizes he has a monumental task ahead of him in order to recover his money.
Starring: Byun Yo-Han, Kim Mu-Yeol, Won A-Jin
Where To Watch: Currently Unavailable For Streaming In U.S.
Watch The Trailer Here:
4. The Unjust
What’s It About: South Koreans are currently being terrorized by the murders of children. The police have continually failed to capture the killer. The cops begin to feel pressure from all sides, and shoot a possible suspect. This leads to bad publicity for the police department for fears of shooting the wrong person and the real serial killer is still at large. Police Captain Choi Cheol-Gi gets assigned a special case. Find a new suspect and get a promotion and the dismissal of an internal investigation currently going against him. Choi enlists the help of gangster Jang Suk-Gu to frame a new possible suspect as the serial killer. Will Choi be able to keep his dirty deeds a secret or will be exposed as a fraud?
Starring: Ryoo Seung-Bum, Hwang Jung-Min, Yoo Hae-Jin
Where To Watch: Netflix
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5. Haunters
What’s It About: Im Kyu-Nam just lost his job at a scrapmetal yard. He finds a new job at a small pawn shop called Utopia. He is immediately drawn to the family atmosphere of the shop owner Jung-Sik and his daughter Young-Sook. Cho In is a man with an incredible secret power. He can seize control of people’s minds and force them to do his bidding. Cho In discovered this skill as a young boy and used it to stop his abusive father. One day he meets his match. Cho In goes inside of Utopia with the intent to rob the place and meets Kyu-Nam. He realizes he has no influence over Kyu-Nam’s mind whatsoever. Kyu-Nam fights Cho In and in the process Cho In kills the shop owner. Kyu-Nam plans to avenge his boss’s death and enlists the help of his friends as he tries to end to the dangerous mind-controlling Cho In’s malicious schemes.
Starring: Gang Dong-Won, Go Soo, Jung Eun-Chae
Where To Watch: Tubi, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Prime Video
Watch The Trailer Here:
6. 24 Hours To Die
What’s It About: Chul-Min is a simple truck driver that transport liquor, vegetables and other necessities. When his daughter gets diagnosed with a heart disease, Chul-Min scramble to borrow the money from his friends to pay for the operation but cannot raise all of the money he needs. He tries his luck at a gambling house and loses everything. While at the gambling house, Chul-Min enters the wrong room and witnesses a gang boss stabbing several victims to death in a murderous rage. Chul-Min’s friend begs for his life and the gang boss sends Chul-Min away with a truck full of dead bodies to dispose. While driving he listens to the radio about a serial killer that is being escorted to a mental facility. On a back road, Chul-Min pulls over to complete his task and gets flagged down by a policeman and orders him to drive to the exact province he is driving to. Soon Chul-Min’s starts to unravel who his real passenger is and that’s when the real nightmare begins.
Starring: Yoo Hae-Jin, Jin Goo, Choi Gyo-Sik
Where To Watch: You Tube
Watch The Trailer Here:
