Been watching South Korean action movies/shows, they are pretty good

I was pretty scared about the kpop industry and similar things, seeing documentaries and interview such as those taken by Asian Boss and similar youtube channels/websites.. to be fair ç_ç
but that's not my musical genre I think, and reading your thread I'm discovering more and more how much I am ignorant about this world. I don't know almost anything about all those movies, and I should watch them since I watched so many Chinese and Japanese movies in the past years and especially when I was a teenager, I really loved that cinema. thank you for the suggestions, I'll try to get more information about the whole s. korean entertainment industry..
the main thing that has always kept me a bit far from south korea is the kpop phenomenom of these last 4-5 years.. it's not just a musical thing, it's just electronic pop most of the times with girls and boys dancing and it's not my genre, but it seems that everyone's crazy about that even here in europe and I'd love instead to take a look as you were writing at other kinds of entertainment - action movies, historical shows.. but I keep on encountering guys excited about kpop so I never really went deep into korean's entertainment industry =P

Train to Busan is great, and also the only thing I've watched from all the above. I'm gonna try and check out the rest soon.
Thanks for the recommendations! :)

Old Boy
Memories of Murder
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

I only read about it in my newspaper: Burning -

one of the best movies of all time

(Warning German): Source Article

Korean cinema is among the best, I haven't tried any tv show though.

Some movies I'd recommend:
Memories of Murder
The Man from Nowhere
3-Iron
The Wailing
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
A Bittersweet Life
Castaway on the Moon

Some like Castaway on the Moon or 3-Iron are kind of special and won't suit everyone. Certainly no simple action flicks.

IRIS + Athena: Goddess of War (Spin off) + IRIS 2
Time between dog and wolf
City Hunter
Secret Garden
Rooftop Prince
Sorry, I Love You

And I stop here, there's a lot more good kdramas.

You should definitely watch Train to Busan! Watched it like two years ago, really enjoyed it. I think I even cried or teared up once or few times during it. Kingdom came out more recently and oh boy, it was crazy. The pacing & cinematography in this one is great too.

Might check out the other two as well, so thanks for sharing them on here ~

A suggestion to for you is 'I Saw The Devil'. Less action, a bit more story focused. But still its fighting/action segments are intense and brutal. The antagonist is a disgusting offender/murderer, so it's good to see him get beaten up lol. Though I still gotta finish watching this one actually, but it's worth giving a try if you have time.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWgp1bqVwE
Not on Netflix unfortunately (here in the U.S. at least)

Another one suggestion (not Korean, but still Indonesian/Asian) is 'The Raid' movie.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Q7KnXpNOg
Also not on Netflix unfortunately (here in the U.S. at least)

I streamed most of these on 'illegal' free movie websites haha, so if the Netflix option doesn't work out, hopefully you're able to watch them somewhere else ~

Park Chan-wook's movies are great. Oldboy is really good, and The Handmaiden is amazing.

Big fan of Choi Min-Sik

the way he can portray an evil guy i like it.

I would suggest watching a lot of his movies if you like dark themes
Old Boy
I Saw the devil
Nameless Gangster: Rules of time to mention a few

Lots of good recommendations here. I would add, just about anything by Chan-wook Park or Joon-ho Bong would be worth your time, though not all classify as action films.

Just saw Revenger last night. While it's very light on plot and doesn't make much sense, the fight scenes are outstanding (think The Raid or Man form Nowhere) and there are a lot of them.

Not action, but just for fun, I'd throw in The Quiet Family - a very dark comedy that you might appreciate as your getting into Korean movies.

I don't watch tv shows that much, I can recommend you some films: The Man From Nowhere, Berlin Files, My Sassy Girl, Fighter in the Wind, The City of Violence, Moss (2010), The Good the Bad the Weird, Moby Dick (2011), The Chaser (2008), Memories of Murder (2003), Midnight Runners (2017), Oldboy (2001), 4th Period Mystery (2009), Troubleshooter (2010), The Suspect (2013), Private Eye (2009), Silk (2006).

The Handmaiden. Can't recommend it enough.

A few good ones that haven't yet been mentioned (not all action movies):

• Joint Security Area
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
• Lady Vengeance
• New World
• Crying Fist
• The Thieves
• Masquerade
• Breathless

The Host, and as others have mentioned, I saw the Devil, Oldboy and the Handmaiden. All are excellent.

I'm almost completely clueless when it comes to South Korean movies aside from usual suspects, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho and Kim Ki-duk, and some other hits like Burning. The last one I've watched was the recent Cannes winner, Parasite. Definitely not an action movie though.

but but but
there's NO netflix in my country....

Train to Busan also has an animated prequel called Seoul Station.

Few others:

My Way
I Saw the Devil
The Battleship Island
The Chaser
War of the Arrows
Memoir of a Murderer

Netflix?
There are many North Korean nonfiction documentaries.
That's not fiction, it's real.
You can see.
It's funny and you can see it.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80100869
https://www.netflix.com/title/80097376

We exist in reality, not fiction.
However, reality is something that most people do not want to see as much as possible.
We seek "happy depiction" for ourselves.
But what do you get?
Nonfiction documentaries should have something to gain.

When you get bored with such things, it's a fun game time. :D

I would have suggested The Host but I see somebody has already done that and you've seen it. I don't have a lot of experience with Korean film but it does seem to have similarities with some Japanese film from similar times, so unless you're specifically focussed on the Korean aspect of it such as language, you might find a lot to entertain you from Japan. If you prefer the blockbuster stuff over the festival art films and landmark cinematography like those from Akira Kurosawa, you might like to check out Japanese films like Battle Royale (2000) (which totally didn't inspire The Hunger Games) or Death Note (2006) (which is a far better adaptation than the 2017 American version).

Haven't seen these mentioned.

Daeho

The Admiral

seems that rampant isn't active in my country, because i can't watch it.

Montage
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2969522/reference

I've seen maybe one or two, but can't remember specifically.
But I've watched a few foreign films that were great.
With Hollywood mainly focusing on blowing up everything in site with The Rock at the helm, I started finding different source of movies with more meaning and realism (if possible). India movies are also a great source.

Train To Busan is a really good movie!

And I love Park Chan-Wook, you have to see the Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance).