The small sphere of cinema fans plugged into the World Cinema know something of the new and surprisingly good works coming out of up and coming nations like South Korea every year. As one of the burgeoning powers in world wide pop monogatari chronological order culture, South Korea became not only a major force in the online gaming sphere in the past few years, but have grown in the animation fields and in countries like China and Japan, their music industry is exploding rapidly. The films aren't all pop and circumstance though (though, they manage to pump out their fair share of goofy romantic comedies) as a small circle of directors has begun to affect not only those of us attuned to film from afar, but winning the top prizes at Cannes and more. For those of you still wholly unfamiliar to Korean cinema, I'm compiled for you a list of some of the best films to come from our Far Eastern neighbors in the 21st century. These are all films released in the last 7 years that display where and how Korean Cinema is going and why you should pay attention.