Menu
© 2026 The Couch Critic
Browse 239 movies from Korean Academy of Film Arts
Mar 2026
Seonduk Arts High school sets a “moral distance rule”, forbidding physical contact between boys and girls. The school recommends Byeonchan and Seohyun, who have been meeting for 700 days, to transfer to another school because of this rule.
Oct 2016
A poor boy and his sister live in a basement apartment. One day, strangers enter their house and threaten them.
May 2009
In a recession-battered Seoul, a young man in the dodgy relocation business must deal with loan sharks and aggrieved parties owed large sums by his vanished entrepreneur mother. Director Kim Joong-hyun gradually turns up the heat and watches his characters boil in this intelligent and nuanced feature debut.
Oct 2011
High school student Yun-ji harbors a secret romance with her homeroom teacher, which results in a pregnancy. When the teacher abruptly disappears, Yun-ji decides to end the pregnancy. To buy illegal abortion pils, she leaves school early. Meanwhile, Kyung-sun discovers that her savings have vanished and sets out to track her down.
Sep 2025
One sleepless night, Ji-ae walks about the apartment hallway when she hears a cat meowing. The next day, Su-young from next door visits Ji-ae apologizing for her cat yowling at night. A few days later, Ji-ae finds the next door cat in the lobby. Su-young asks Ji-ae to put her cat back in her house and gives Ji-ae the passcode to her house.
Nov 2015
Jeong-ju lives a wasted life of alcohol and cigarettes after losing her son. One day Min-gu, a man recently released from prison appears in front of Jeong-ju. Seeing him, Jeong-ju is reminded of the events from twelve years ago, bringing back her forgotten guilt.
Dec 2019
Yeo Ju works in a call center giving counseling to those who suffer from the hardships of life. One day, she is kidnapped by a middle-aged man who tells her of the impending apocalypse, and asks her to join him. He doesn’t strike her as dangerous or the sort that would harm her. Piece by piece, a past buried 20 years ago, reveals its secrets… KAFA presents a story of hope and despair.
Jul 2014
A poor couple is about to have a plausible date for their 3rd anniversary. However, their plans to go shopping and go to an amusement park start to deviate little by little.
Oct 2018
Jun 2020
A trans man documentarist named Joo-wan has been filming the bereaved families who keep vigil at a joint memorial altar built on a wasteland. But the altar is about to be removed due to the construction of a new apartment. On the night before the day of removal, Joo-wan’s brother Tae-hee comes and tell him their father died. Joo-wan meets his family after 7 years.
Nov 2025
Jungmin is a successful adult comics author. But he harbors a secret. He is a virgin, and his comics are based on fantasies. To write and draw authentic comics, he asks his assistant to sleep with him.
Jan 2017
Gwang-sik wants to understand Hye-ri’s true feelings when she says she needs time. He comes across the “Mind Hole,” a portal that lets him enter another person's mind, and he struggles to find and solve the issues inside.
Jul 2024
In a society where witches are hated, Yeongeun has been living in hiding from the outside world with her daughter Roo, who is actually a plant-like monster born from her mother’s creation. Sadly, she decides to undo her daughter’s curse, but Roo ultimately decides to fulfill her true destiny. They go on a personal and emotional journey in which they’ll find a new land, where Roo will take root as a tree.
Jul 2025
Da-bin, who dreams of a normal high school life, helps his younger sister Eun-seo, who is deaf in one ear, get to and from school every day. When he learns that his family may have to move far away for Eun-seo, he applies for an exchange program, hoping to take one last trip with his girlfriend. But when he starts working at a motel to cover the costs, he finds himself drifting further away from his plan.
Feb 2026
A girl who loves swimming meets a boy with webbed feet and falls in love with him. Over time, the girl gets conflicted between cheering for the boy as a promising swimmer and keeping herself from an inferiority complex. Eventually, the girl breaks up with him and loses her chance at love.
May 2025