Best Korean Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Korean Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 18 titles in category code 11283. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. No Mercy (2010)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 2h 03m. A preeminent forensic pathologist on the verge of retirement takes one final case when the dismembered body of a young woman turns up in a local river.
2. Save the Green Planet! (2005)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2005, 1h 56m. Believing that aliens in human form are systematically destroying the planet and all humankind, Byung-gu sets out to capture an alien leader and force him to confess.
3. Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 2h 20m. A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea.
4. The Terror Live (2013)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 1h 38m. An anonymous caller to a radio station threatens to blow up a bridge, and could change reporter Young-hwa Yoon's life forever.
5. Perfect Number (2012)
Rated 6.9/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 58m. When a mild-mannered high school teacher overhears his neighbor trying to defend herself against her abusive ex, he decides to help her.
6. Helpless (2012)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 55m. When a woman disappears at a rest stop shortly before her wedding, her fiancé embarks on a quest to find her, only to uncover some shocking details.
7. Blood Rain (2006)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 59m. In 19th-century Korea, a special inspector is dispatched to investigate a fire on a remote island, where he stumbles upon a series of macabre murders.
8. Confession (2014)
Rated 6.6/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 53m. When three childhood friends become embroiled in an insurance scam that goes awry, their loyalty to each other is tested.
9. Murder, Take One (2005)
Rated 6.4/10 on IMDb, from 2005, 1h 58m. A homicide turns into reality television when a prosecutor interrogates the suspect in front of TV cameras for the entire nation to watch.
10. The Classified File (2015)
Rated 6.4/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 1h 47m. A fortune-teller and a veteran detective are the last hope for a mother in Busan who's desperate to find her kidnapped daughter.