Deceit. Lying. Snaking their way into your home. All indicators of someone wanting to betray you and steal your life to make it their own.
Here are five Korean backstabby movies that will make you second guess who you invite into your home.
Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
1. The Housemaid (1960)
What’s It About: Kim Dong-Sik is a pianist and works at a factory of primarily female employees. He is extremely popular among the woman due to his good looks. He offers piano lessons to earn extra money help his overworked pregnant wife from working too much at a sewing machine factory. Dong-Sik asks his wife’s best friend for a recommendation for a housemaid to help around the house. She brings in Myung-Sook, a cleaner at the factory. Soon Myung-Sook begins to show strange behavior while working in the house.
Starring: Lee Eun-Sim, Ju Jeung-Ryu, Kim Jin-Kyu
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Watch The Trailer Here:
2. The Taste Of Money
What’s It About: Just outside of Seoul lives one of the country’s wealthiest family. Yoon is the president of a company. His wife Baek Geum-OK is the daughter of the wealthiest man that Yoon married for power and prestigue. Together the two have two children. One day Geum-OK catches her husband having an affair on her CCTV and decides to get revenge. She has own affair with Joo Young-Jak, Yoon’s private secretary. Soon desires, love, hatred, sex and murder surround the family. Who will survive the torrent of pain coming their way?
Starring: Kim Kang-Woo, Youn Yuh-Jung, Kim Hyo-Jin
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Sling TV
Watch The Trailer Here:
3. The Handmaiden
What’s It About: Count Fujiwara is a con man. He has a plan to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko. He wants to marry her and then have her committed to steal her inheritance. He hires a pickpocket named Sook-Hee to become Lady Hideko’s maid and encourage her to marry Count Fujiwara. The plan seems to go accordingly until Sook-Hee and Lady Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Starring: Kim Tae-Ri, Kim Min-Hee, Ha Jung-Woo
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Vudu
Watch The Trailer Here:
4. The Housemaid (2010)
What’s It About: A remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Eun-Yi is hired as an au pair for Hae-Ra who is pregnant with twins, and her rich husband Hoon. Her primary tasks is to care for the young daughter, Nami. Nami and Eun-Yi soon being to bond. All the while, Hoon is secretly flirty with Eun-Yi. Soon the two begin to have an affair. Miss Cho the other live in maid catches the two having an affair. Eun-Yi finds herself against women with wealth, power, and no conscience.
Starring: Jeon Do-Yeon, Lee Jung-Jae, Seo Woo
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Google Play Movies & TV
Watch The Trailer Here:
5. Happy End
What’s It About: Choi Bo-Ra is a successful business woman. She is married to Seo Min-Ki and has an infant. Seo Min-Ki loses his job one day and Bo-Ra is now the primary breadwinner. Min-Ki is feeling uneasy after not being able to find a job and suspects his wife is up to something. He spends his days gather evidence against his wife.
Starring: Jeon Do-Yeon, Ju Jin-Mo, Choi Min-Sik
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Vudu
Watch The Trailer Here:
