15 Movies Like The Concubine

Loved The Concubine? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Parasite
#1

Parasite

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Obsessed
#2

Obsessed

A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

The Handmaiden
#3

The Handmaiden

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Humint
#4

Humint

A 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.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

A Tale of Legendary Libido
#5

A Tale of Legendary Libido

A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Buddy's Mom
#6

Buddy's Mom

20-year-old Kyeong-soo is a man who's full of assumptions. He learned about sex from Internet porn, but nothing about the real thing. He's only had crushes and has never even kissed before. He got embarrassed when he confessed his feelings to Ji-yeon, his crush. He comforted himself from the shame with Japanese girls in his room with his right hand. One day, he has a fight with his father and remembers his friend Baek-hyeon had invited him over to Gangwon-do. There he falls in love with his friends' mother.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

The King's Warden
#7

The King's Warden

In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, humble headman Heung-do hears a rumor that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he eagerly submits a petition to host one—unaware that his guest is none other than the fallen monarch, deposed boy-king Danjong.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Oldboy
#8

Oldboy

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Hope
#9

Hope

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Memories of Murder
#10

Memories of Murder

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

The Treacherous
#11

The Treacherous

The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Concubine.

Deep Water
#12

Deep Water

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Concubine.

Love Lesson
#13

Love Lesson

Korea's most popular song writer Hee-soo runs into a nineteen-year-old boy in the elevator. Hee-soo is inspired by a new song watching him shake at her figure. She starts to tell him about women under the excuse that she's teaching him music. They fall for each other but things get complicated when her life teacher, Joon-ho who taught her about life and music comes back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

Scarlet Innocence
#14

Scarlet Innocence

A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.

20th Century Girl
#15

20th Century Girl

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Concubine.