Movies Like The Front Line (2011)

The Front Line is a 2011 action, drama, war film from Jang Hoon with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War and Propaganda.

Action Drama War

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

2004

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

8.0

MagicScore

Propaganda

2013

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.

8.1

MagicScore

Joint Security Area

2000

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

7.8

MagicScore

The Long Way Home

2015

Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.

6.9

MagicScore

Operation Chromite

2016

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

5.9

MagicScore

A Melody to Remember

2016

Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.

8.3

MagicScore

Welcome to Dongmakgol

2005

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.

7.4

MagicScore

Humint

2026

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.

7.4

MagicScore

As One

2012

A unified team representing the two Koreas competed at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships. It was the first such sport team since the division of the Korean peninsula. The unified team won the group competition event, beating the front runner, China.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Ode to My Father

2014

Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Pulgasari

1985

In feudal Korea, a group of starving villagers grow weary of the orders handed down to them by their controlling king and set out to use a deadly monster under their control to push his armies back.

5.5

MagicScore

#12

MAS*H

1970

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Battle of Jangsari

2019

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship. (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.)

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Pork Chop Hill

1959

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Indignation

2016

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Queen & Country

2014

In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Going All the Way

1997

Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.

4.5

MagicScore

#18

12.12: The Day

2023

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by DefenseSecurity Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Escape

2024

After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Silmido

2003

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Front Line?

The top films similar to The Front Line by MovieMagicScore are Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (8.0), Propaganda (8.1), Joint Security Area (7.8). Each shares action/drama/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Front Line worth watching?

The Front Line holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 191 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Front Line?

The Front Line (2011) is a action, drama, war film directed by Jang Hoon, starring Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Lee Je-hoon.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Front Line?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more action recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Front Line

This ranked list pairs The Front Line (2011), a action and drama and war film from Jang Hoon, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Shin Ha-kyun take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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Movies Like The Front Line (2011)

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Propaganda

Joint Security Area

The Long Way Home

Operation Chromite

A Melody to Remember

Welcome to Dongmakgol

Humint

As One

Ode to My Father

Pulgasari

M*A*S*H

Battle of Jangsari

Pork Chop Hill

Indignation

Queen & Country

Going All the Way

12.12: The Day

Escape

Silmido

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