Korea(1996)
Nothing's fair in love and war
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is a powerful story of the relationship between father and so. Amid emigration and war, John Doyle’s feud with Ben Moran resurfaces after Ben’s son dies in Korea. As John's son Eamon falls for Una Moran, old hatreds threaten young love in a tragic, modern Romeo and Juliet tale.
Movie: Korea
Top 10 Billed Cast
Eamon Doyle
John Doyle
Ben Moran
HomePage
Overview
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is a powerful story of the relationship between father and so. Amid emigration and war, John Doyle’s feud with Ben Moran resurfaces after Ben’s son dies in Korea. As John's son Eamon falls for Una Moran, old hatreds threaten young love in a tragic, modern Romeo and Juliet tale.
Release Date
1996-01-05
Average
7.7
Rating:
3.9 startsTagline
Nothing's fair in love and war
Genres
Languages:
EnglishGaeilgeKeywords
Recommendations Movies
Avatar(es)
Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him.
Lost & Found(es)
Mario, a worker in "lost and found" department, finds a suitcase with a dead baby inside.
No Stranger Than Love(en)
What is stranger than the big hole that opens up in Lucy Sherrington's living room floor? As it turns out, love.
The King's Avatar: For the Glory(zh)
In this prequel to the animated series The King's Avatar, Ye Xiu enters into the pro gaming world of Glory, and competes in the first Pro League series tournament.
It Kills: Camp Blood 7(en)
A group of college kids on break find themselves in a terrifying situation when they become stranded at the infamous Camp Blood.
Cosmic Chaos(en)
Battles in virtual reality, survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a Soviet spaceship giving a distress signal - Fantastic stories created with advanced special effects and passion.
Chihayafuru: Part II(ja)
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
Rave On(de)
A deep dive into Berlin’s club scene, following a musician over one night in a legendary techno club, which turns into a rave odyssey.
The Brides(en)
Inspired by the mysterious final days of Edgar Allen Poe, a writer becomes a prisoner of his own macabre work in mid-1950s Western Europe.
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn(en)
This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.
Lay Me by the Shore(en)
The last exams at school, everyone is in a celebratory mood. The teenager Noah is one of them - but he’s often thrown out of this happy mood and overtaken by tormenting memories. In dazzling snapshots cut against each other, the trauma of the death of a friend is vividly experienced.
Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress(en)
A serial killer targets young women wearing gold crosses; Detectives Lutz and Garner enlist Will Spanner to help with the occult angles of the case.
Leagues(es)
Moving between classrooms – static interiors and roaring, raucous exteriors – Leagues explores the subject of academic exclusion in native communities. Named after an archaic unit of measurement, Martel's postcolonial film depicts how education, though a social tool, can also create division and discrimination.
Inside Asda: Bigger, Better, Cheaper?(en)
The supermarket giant that rose high by taking prices low.
Fate-ale: The Job That Went Wrong(en)
A Hitman attempts to escape a warehouse after waking up next to a dead body.
Hilario (Músico extraviado)(es)
Chronicles the life and the last days before the disappearance of the chiapanecan jazz musician, Hilario Sanchez.
Visiting Johanna(de)
The reserved Julia has traveled to Vienna, especially to surprise her sister Johanna at her art performance. Johanna has rented a room for her feminist performance, hired two musicians and invited everyone she knows. However, the vernissage apparently turns into a miserably unsuccessful evening, which might bring the two siblings closer together again.
Similar Movies
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls(en)
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
The Seven Minutes(en)
To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material. The defense attorneys need to find the mystery of the original publication of the book.
So It Goes(en)
In a rural town, the shock death of a teenage boy devastates his family. As his sense of home and belonging is eroded, the boy's father Tom seeks a way to come to terms with his son's death - one which can only come from true acceptance of all that his son was.
The Bunker(en)
In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. While in the tunnel, weird things happen with the group.
Lemon Tree(he)
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
Man on Fire(en)
Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.
Forbidden Games(fr)
Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
Aurélien(fr)
France, 1920s: An affluent ladies' man finds himself in love with a homely married woman.
I Think We're Alone Now(en)
After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until an interloper, young Grace, disrupts his solitude.
A Strange Path(pt)
As a virus spreads throughout Brazil, a young filmmaker goes back to his village and tries to rekindle his relationship with his father. But as they become closer, stranger events start to happen, making their connection more difficult.
The Thin Red Line(en)
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Dearest, Heart(id)
Since the mother left, the relationship between Aksa and his father, Anton becomes tenuous. Anton still have deep worries over his wife's left and becomes apathetic to Aksa. Their cold and full of tension relationship makes Aksa can't communicate with Anton well.
Thank You for Smoking(en)
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Soldier(en)
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
The Middle of a Lake(fr)
After the cremation of his father, Vincent and his family gather relatives in the back shop of the family butchery for a final tribute. Vincent announce to his family that he leaves for some time with his boyfriend Olivier.
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness(en)
Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Dad... Be and Will Not Disappear(th)
Tinh, a father who tried everything for his only son, Fluke who was suffering from chronic kidney disease from birth. He even gave up his thriving music career as a chef so that he could cook for his children every meal. But he has some secrets that only his wife Tippa and Phakorn, who is a close friend, know.
Toubab Bi(fr)
Soriba Samb is a Senegalese who has just received a much sought after internship to study filmmaking in Paris. Soriba heads to Paris, accompanied by the five-year old son of a friend who he believes to be still living in Paris. On arrival he struggles to find the boy’s father. In addition to coping with his new internship, Soriba has to also spend time tracking down the boy’s father ‘Issa’.