Movies Like Mandala

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Painted Fire

2002·2h·★ 7.1·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

The Taebaek Mountains

1994·2h 44m·★ 6.9·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

Low Life

2004·1h 45m·★ 6.0·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

Sopyonje

1993·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

Chunhyang

2000·2h 17m·★ 7.1·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

Beyond the Years

2007·1h 46m·★ 6.6·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

General's Son

1990·1h 48m·★ 6.4·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

General's Son 2

1991·1h 43m·★ 5.8·Im Kwon-taek

2 shared crewDir. Im Kwon-taekDP: Jung Il-sung

The Surrogate Womb

1987·1h 34m·★ 7.1·Im Kwon-taek

Both star Bang Hee & Yoon Yang-haDir. Im Kwon-taek

Come Come Come Upward

1989·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Im Kwon-taek

Both star Jeon Moo-song & Yoon Yang-haDir. Im Kwon-taek

Silmido

2003·2h 15m·★ 7.0·Kang Woo-suk

TMDB recommendsStarring Ahn Sung-ki

Crocodile

1996·1h 42m·★ 6.5·Kim Ki-duk

TMDB recommendsStarring Jeon Moo-song

Christmas in August

1998·1h 37m·★ 7.5·Hur Jin-ho

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Welcome to Dongmakgol

2005·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Bae Jong

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Time Limit

1957·1h 37m·★ 7.3·Karl Malden

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Hot Young Bloods

2014·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Lee Yeon-woo

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Black Money

2019·1h 53m·★ 6.2·Chung Ji-young

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The Steel Helmet

1951·1h 25m·★ 7.4·Samuel Fuller

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Tidal Wave

2009·2h·★ 5.5·JK Youn

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The Fortress

2017·2h 20m·★ 6.8·Hwang Dong-hyuk

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How Good Is Mandala?

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