15 Movies Like The Swordsman
Loved The Swordsman? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Husbands in Action
A detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Colony
Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Parasite
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Obsessed
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Train to Busan
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Kingdom of Heaven
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Swordsman.
Oligosaccharide The Movie
A truth tale about "Oligosaccharide" written by Crocodile Man. One 'Geun-hyeok' and ten 'Mi-jeongs' put on a sexy adult fantasy! Geun-hyeok and Mi-jeong switch bodies after they have intercourse. Mi-jeong asks Geun-hyeok for something as she's about to get married... Mi-jeong is a call girl who seduces Geun-seok. She's actually a killer. What is she? Tae-sik only drinks black coffee and Mi-jeong likes him. Will they come true? Tae-sik is a loser who uses his wife to rip money off of other men. Geun-hyeok loves her. What will happen to them? What if someone is watching me? Mi-jeong asks detective Geun-hyeok for help... "I have a wife!" Geun-hyeok drinks with his sexy superior Mi-jeong and thing happen. Mi-jeong and her husband have a pile of debt. Mi-jeong goes to her friend Geun-hyeok who can foresee the future. Geun-hyeok is perfect and Mi-jeong loves her husband but she can't help feeling unsteady. Tae-sik leaves on a suicide journey and meets Mi-jeong. They fall in love...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Humint
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.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Memories of Murder
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
The Treacherous
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Swordsman.
Happy End
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Scarlet Innocence
A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.
Sex Plate 17
A woman who can make all of one man’s fantasies come true moves in next door .
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Swordsman.