# List of South Korean films of 2016

This is a list of South Korean films that received a domestic theatrical release in 2016.

## Box office

The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2016, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest-grossing films released in 2016 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1 | Train to Busan | Next Entertainment World | $75,780,595 |
| 2 | A Violent Prosecutor | Showbox | $62,877,452 |
| 3 | The Age of Shadows | Warner Bros. Korea | $49,825,226 |
| 4 | Master | CJ Entertainment | $47,209,949 |
| 5 | Tunnel | Showbox | $46,783,792 |
| 6 | Luck Key | Showbox | $45,901,702 |
| 7 | The Wailing | 20th Century Fox Korea | $45,429,217 |
| 8 | Operation Chromite | CJ Entertainment | $44,817,631 |
| 9 | The Last Princess | Lotte Cultureworks | $36,104,430 |
| 10 | The Handmaiden | CJ Entertainment | $31,755,748 |

## Released

| Released | English title | Korean title | Director | Cast |
| 7 January | Chasing | 잡아야 산다 | Oh In-chul | Kim Seung-woo, Kim Jung-tae, Hyuk |
| 7 January | Don't Forget me | 나를 잊지 말아요 | Lee Yoon-jung | Jung Woo-sung, Kim Ha-neul |
| 14 January | Like A French Film | 프랑스 영화처럼 | Shin Yeon-shik | Lee Young-ran, Jeon Ji-yoon, Kim Da-som |
| 14 January | Mood of the Day | 그날의 분위기 | Jo Kyu-jang | Moon Chae-won, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jo Jae-yoon, Kim Seul-gi |
| 21 January | A Melody to Remember | 오빠 생각 | Lee Han | Im Si-wan, Go Ah-sung |
| 21 January | Half | 하프 | Kim Se-yeon | Ahn Yong-joon, Jung Yoo-seok, |
| 27 January | Sori: Voice From The Heart | 로봇, 소리 | Lee Ho-jae | Lee Sung-min, Lee Hee-joon, Honey Lee |
| 28 January | A Korean in Paris | 파리의 한국남자 | Jeon Soo-il | Cho Jae-hyun |
| 28 January | Stay With Me | 울보 | Lee Jin-woo | |
| 4 February | A Violent Prosecutor | 검사외전 | Lee Il-hyung | Hwang Jung-min, Kang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min |
| 4 February | Bad Guys Always Die | 나쁜놈은 반드시 죽는다 | Sun Hao | Son Ye-jin, Chen Bolin |
| 11 February | Malice | 멜리스 | Kim Yong-woon | Hong Soo-ah |
| 11 February | The Lightning Man's Secret | 번개맨 | Cho Keun-hyun | Jung Hyun-jin, Luna |
| 17 February | Like for Likes | 좋아해줘 | Park Hyun-jin | Lee Mi-yeon, Choi Ji-woo, Yoo Ah-in |
| 18 February | Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet | 동주 | Lee Joon-ik | Kang Ha-neul, Park Jung-min |
| 24 February | Spirits' Homecoming | 귀향 | Cho Jung-rae | Kang Han-na, Choi Ri |
| 24 February | Pure Love | 순정 | Lee Eun-hee | Do Kyung-soo, Kim So-hyun |
| 25 February | A Man and A Woman | 남과 여 | Lee Yoon-ki | Jeon Do-yeon, Gong Yoo |
| 25 February | El Condor Pasa | 엘꼰도르 빠사 | Song Jae-yong | Kang Ye-won |
| 3 March | Elephant in the Room | 방 안의 코끼리 | Kwon Chil-in, Park Soo-young, Kwon Ho-young | Kwak Si-yang, Mi Ram, Kwon Yul |
| 3 March | Musudan | 무수단 | Goo Mo | Lee Ji-ah, Kim Min-jun |
| 3 March | No Tomorrow | 섬. 사라진 사람들 | Lee Ji-seung | Park Hyo-joo, Bae Seong-woo, Ryu Jun-yeol |
| 3 March | Snow Paths | 설행_눈길을 걷다 | Kim Hee-jung | Kim Tae-hoon, Park So-dam, Choi Moo-sung |
| 10 March | Hiya | 히야 | Kim Ji-yeon | Ahn Bo-hyun, Hoya, Park Chul-min |
| 10 March | Missing You | 널 기다리며 | Mo Hong-jin | Shim Eun-kyung, Yoon Je-moo, Kim Sung-oh |
| 24 March | Kkangchi | 깡치 | Jeon Pil-jin | Son Woo-hyuk, Kwon Yoo-jin, Park Jung-soo |
| 24 March | One Way Trip | 글로리데이 | Choi Jeong-yeol | Ji Soo, Suho, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Hee-chan |
| 28 March | Upstanding Man | (일어서는 인간) | Kim Mi-yung | Heo Ji-won, Jeon Soo-ji |
| 30 March | Eclipse | 커터 | Jung Hee-sung | Choi Tae-joon, Kim Shi-hoo |
| 31 March | Su Saek | 수색역 | Choi Seung-yeon | Maeng Se-chang, Gong Myung, Lee Tae-hwan, Lee Jin-sung |
| 7 April | Insane | 날,보러와요 | Lee Chul-ha | Kang Ye-won, Lee Sang-yoon |
| 7 April | Steel Flower | 스틸 플라워 | Park Suk-young | Jeong Ha-dam |
| 13 April | Fourth Place | 4등 | Jung Ji-woo | Yoo Jae Sang, Park Hae-joon |
| 13 April | Love, Lies | 해어화 | Park Heung-sik | Han Hyo-joo, Chun Woo-hee, Yoo Yeon-seok |
| 13 April | Time Renegades | 시간이탈자 | Kwak Jae-young | Im Soo-jung, Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jin-wook |
| 14 April | Two Rooms, Two Nights | 두 개의 연애 | David Cho | Kim Jae-wook, Chae Jung-an, Park Gyu-ri |
| 20 April | The Last Ride | 위대한 소원 | Nam Dae-joong | Ryu Deok-hwan, Kim Dong-young, Ahn Jae-hong |
| 21 April | End of Winter | 철원기행 | Kim Dae-hwan | Moon Chang-kil, Lee Young-ran |
| 5 May | Midnight in Seoul | 서울야행 | Kwon Joong-mok | Seo Hyo-rim, Park Sang-hoon |
| 5 May | Overman | 초인 | Seo Eun Young | Kim Go-woon, Kim Jung-hyun |
| 5 May | Phantom Detective | 탐정 홍길동: 사라진 마을 | Jo Sung-hee | Lee Je-hoon, Kim Sung-kyun, Go Ara |
| 12 May | I Am Trash | 나는 쓰레기다 | Lee Sang-woo | Kwan Bum-tack, Lee Sang-woo, Yang Myoung-hoen, Park Hyung-bin |
| 12 May | The Wailing | 곡성 | Na Hong-jin | Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee |
| 19 May | Canola | 계춘할망 | Chang | Youn Yuh-jung, Kim Go-eun |
| 1 June | The Handmaiden | 아가씨 | Park Chan-wook | Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo |
| 23 June | The Truth Beneath | 비밀은 없다 | Lee Kyoung-mi | Son Ye-jin, Kim Joo-hyuk |
| 6 July | Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River | 봉이 김선달 | Park Dae-min | Yoo Seung-ho |
| 20 July | Train to Busan | 부산행 | Yeon Sang-ho | Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an |
| 3 August | The Last Princess | 덕혜옹주 | Hur Jin-ho | Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il |
| 10 August | The Tunnel | 터널 | Kim Seong-hun | Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona |
| 13 October | Luck Key | 럭키 | Lee Gae-byok | Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Joon |
| 7 September | The Age of Shadows | 밀정 | Kim Jee-woon | Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min |
| 18 September | Asura: The City of Madness | 아수라 | Kim Sung-su | Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jung-min |
| 22 September | Duel: Final Round | 대결 | Shin Jai-ho | Lee Joo-seung, Oh Ji-ho, Lee Jung-jin, Shin Jung-geun |
| 9 November | Split | 스플릿 | Choi Kook-hee | Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee David |
| 16 November | Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned | 가려진 시간 | Um Tae-hwa | Kang Dong-won, Shin Eun-soo |
| 23 November | My Annoying Brother | 형 | Kwon Soo-kyung | Jo Jung-suk, Do Kyung-soo, Park Shin-hye |
| 30 November | Missing | 미씽: 사라진 여자 | Lee Eon-hee | Uhm Ji-won, Gong Hyo-jin |
| 30 November | Derailed | 두 남자 | Lee Seong-tae | Ma Dong-seok, Choi Min-ho |
| 14 December | Life Risking Romance | 목숨 건 연애 | Song Min-gyu | Ha Ji-won, Chen Bolin, Chun Jung-myung |
| 21 December | Master | 마스터 | Cho Ui-seok | Lee Byung-hun, Kang Dong-won, Kim Woo-bin |