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Korean films that reached Netflix’s global Top 10 over the last six months, ranked by views worldwide. These are the films your Korean is most likely to be quoted from.

  1. HumintIMDb rating 6.4 out of 1018.7M views2026ThrillerCrimeA South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
  2. Husbands in ActionIMDb rating 6.2 out of 1014.6M views2026CrimeActionA detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?
  3. Wonderful NightmareIMDb rating 7.1 out of 104.1M views2015FantasyComedyWhen a woman dies after a mistake by personalities in the afterlife, she needs to exist as a different woman for a while.
  4. BTS: THE RETURNIMDb rating 7.8 out of 103.3M views2026DocumentaryMusicFollows BTS as they reunite in Los Angeles after completing military service, confronting how to begin again, honor their past, and move forward together as they return to making music.
  5. Wild Sing3.0M views2026MusicComedyTwenty years after a scandal tears apart a popular 2000s K‑pop trio, the three reunite for a one-off gig — if they can overcome one snag after another.
  6. Run to the West1.1M views2025FantasyActionAn action movie of people trapped in the middle between the world and the afterlife, and the grim reapers who seek to destroy their souls.
  7. Number One1.1M views2026FantasyDramaEighteen-year-old Ha-min suddenly begins to see the number "365" every time he eats his mother's homemade meal—and the number drops with each bite. Believing it to be a countdown to his mother's death, he distances himself from her and her cooking. Years later, still haunted by the number, Ha-min lives cautiously, preparing for the worst. Just as he begins to find peace with his girlfriend Ryeo-eun, an unexpected truth turns his world upside down.

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Source: Netflix Global Top 10 (tudum.com/top10). Netflix publishes this data publicly; we reformat it and add the country count. We are not affiliated with Netflix. Posters and descriptions by JustWatch.