Movies Like Return to Seoul (2022)

Return to Seoul is a 2022 drama film from Davy Chou with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Philomena and What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Drama

Philomena

2013

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

7.3

MagicScore

What to Expect When You're Expecting

2012

Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.

6.0

MagicScore

Twinsters

2015

Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth.

7.3

MagicScore

October Baby

2011

A beautiful and naive college freshman discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.

6.4

MagicScore

The Wedding Banquet

2025

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

7.0

MagicScore

Nancy

2018

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.

5.8

MagicScore

Blue Bayou

2021

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

7.5

MagicScore

Allied

2016

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

6.8

MagicScore

Documenteur

1981

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Marguerite

2015

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Tokyo Shaking

2021

March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its scope. Among them, Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank, has to face this nuclear crisis. Torn apart between fol- lowing the company’s instructions and going back to her husband and children who are still in Hong Kong, she will find herself defending honor and given word, despite the pervading terror and chaos.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker

2010

France's darling comedian came back in force on the boards in the fall of 2009 with this hour and a half show, inspired by her experience of motherhood and her daily life as a young mother .

7.2

MagicScore

#13

Mr. Bean's Holiday

2007

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Sister of the Groom

2020

Audrey attempts to stop her brother from marrying a young French woman during their rescheduled wedding weekend in the Hamptons, which happens to be the same weekend she turns 40.

5.1

MagicScore

#15

The Best of Youth

2003

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

8.1

MagicScore

#16

Still Walking

2008

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

The Celebration

1998

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a shocking secret.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

The Farewell

2019

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

The Coffee Table

2023

Jesus and María are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Return to Seoul?

The top films similar to Return to Seoul by MovieMagicScore are Philomena (7.3), What to Expect When You're Expecting (6.0), Twinsters (7.3). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Return to Seoul worth watching?

Return to Seoul holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 455 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Return to Seoul?

Return to Seoul (2022) is a drama film directed by Davy Chou, starring Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han.

Where can I find more recommendations like Return to Seoul?

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

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About movies like Return to Seoul

This ranked list pairs Return to Seoul (2022), a drama film from Davy Chou, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Park Ji-Min 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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