List of Korean War films

See also: List of documentary films about the Korean War

This is a list of feature films (excluding documentaries) either partially or wholly based on events in the Korean War, arranged by country of production.

South Korea

• Piagol (피아골), 1955
• Five Marines (오인의 해병), 1961
• The Marines Who Never Returned (돌아오지 않는 해병), 1963
• Red Scarf (빨간 마후라), 1963
• Flame in the Valley (산불), 1967
• Soldiers Without Fault (죄없는 병사들), 1989
• Nambugun (남부군), 1990
• Silver Stallion (은마는 오지 않는다), 1991
• Spring in My Hometown (아름다운 시절), 1998
• The Last Witness (흑수선), 2001
• Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (태극기 휘날리며), 2004
• Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골), 2005
• A Little Pond (작은 연못), 2009
• 71: Into the Fire (포화 속으로), 2010
• In Love and War (적과의 동침), 2011
• The Front Line (고지전), 2011
• Ode to My Father (국제시장), 2014
• Northern Limit Line (연평해전), 2015
• The Long Way Home (서부전선), 2015
• Operation Chromite (인천상륙작전), 2016
• Swing Kids (스윙키즈), 2018
• The Battle of Jangsari (장사리: 잊혀진 영웅들), 2019

North Korea

• Unsung Heroes (1978–1981)
• Wolmi Island (1982)
• From 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. (1990)

United States

• The Steel Helmet, 1951
• Fixed Bayonets!, 1951
• A Yank in Korea, 1951
• Korea Patrol, 1951
• I Want You, 1951
• Tokyo File 212, 1951
• Submarine Command, 1951
• Japanese War Bride, 1952
• Mr. Walkie Talkie, 1952
• Retreat, Hell!, 1952
• One Minute to Zero, 1952
• Battle Zone, 1952
• Flat Top, 1952
• Battle Circus, 1953
• Flight Nurse, 1953
• Combat Squad, 1953
• Sabre Jet, 1953
• The Glory Brigade, 1953
• Mission Over Korea, 1953
• Sky Commando, 1953
• Take the High Ground!, 1953
• Cease Fire, 1953
• The Bamboo Prison, 1954
• Prisoner of War, 1954
• Dragonfly Squadron, 1954
• Men of the Fighting Lady, 1954
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri, 1954
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 1955
• Air Strike, 1955
• The McConnell Story, 1955
• Hell's Horizon, 1955
• Target Zero, 1955
• Hold Back the Night, 1956
• The Rack, 1956
• Men in War, 1957
• Battle Hymn, 1957
• Sayonara, 1957
• Time Limit, 1957
• Tank Battalion, 1958
• The Hunters, 1958
• Battle Flame, 1959
• Pork Chop Hill, 1959
• Operation Dames, 1959
• All the Young Men, 1960
• Cry for Happy, 1961
• Marines, Let's Go, 1961
• Sniper's Ridge, 1961
• The Manchurian Candidate, 1962
• The Nun and the Sergeant, 1962
• War Hunt, 1962
• The Hook, 1963
• War Is Hell, 1963
• The Young and The Brave, 1963
• Iron Angel, 1964
• No Man's Land, 1964
• Sergeant Ryker, 1968 (originally broadcast on television as "The Case Against Paul Ryker", a 1963 two-part episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre)
• M*A*S*H, 1970
• The Reluctant Heroes, 1971
• MacArthur, 1977
• Inchon 1981 (joint US-ROK production)
• For The Boys, 1991
• Devotion, 2022

China

• Battle on Shangganling Mountain (上甘岭), 1956
• Power Fighter in Vast Sky, 1976
• Assembly, 2005
• My War, 2016
• The Sacrifice, 2020
• The Battle at Lake Changjin, 2021
• The Battle at Lake Changjin II, 2022
• Sniper, 2022

Philippines

• Korea, 1986

Netherlands

• Field of honour (Het veld van eer), 1986 (Dutch/South Korean Co-Production)

Turkey

• Ayla: The Daughter of War, 2017

United Kingdom

• A Hill in Korea, 1956
• Queen and Country, 2014

References

• Lentz, Robert J. (2003). Korean War Filmography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1046-0. OCLC 50630520.