Hola my ‘Chingu’ (friends in Korean), ‘Annyeonghaseyo’ (Hello). I am back again with my super ‘Daebak’ (awesome) list of movies for all those who are looking for something unusual yet refreshing.

After taking a break from bragging about my obsession over K-Pop and K-Drama, I finally decided to rekindle my relationship with Korean movies over the weekend. And the genre I picked this time is something most of us are intrigued by and take a keen interest in – erotica.

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While, ‘Oldboy’, ‘Train to Busan’ and ‘The Handmaiden’ are some of the best movies Korea has given to the world, their cinematic preserve isn’t restricted to action, gore or horror alone. Erotica is another key genre Korean directors love to experiment with and ‘The Handmaiden’ isn’t the only erotic movie they have in store for us. 

Korean erotic movies pack everything one can ever wish for in a movie – thrill, action, drama, period, romance, power struggle, obsessive love and gut-wrenching scenes. And this is not an exaggeration when I say that no one can do justice to ‘erotic’ genre better than the Korean directors. We guess, we can make an exception for Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘God, Sex and Truth’ featuring Mia Malkova.          

So, on this note, I dare you all to watch these steamy Korean erotic movies and correct me if I was wrong about Korea being the best and the most daring in this genre.  

A Good Lawyer’s Wife

Myung Film Company

The movie stresses on a dangerous game of lust, greed, money, sex and cheating, which ends brutally when the protagonists lose their loved ones. A lawyer and his wife indulge in extra-marital affairs because they can’t satisfy each other sexually. How their lust and cheating causes them to lose their only son weaves the rest of the plot of this ‘dysfunctional’ family drama.  

The Isle

Myung Films

Director Kim Ki-Duk is known for making edgy movies that obsessively reflect on sexual themes and desires. And ‘The Isle’ is no different. It is an unusual love story of a man who takes refuge on a fishing boat and its mute keeper who nurses him back to health. But their romance is not at all rosy as their obsession starts kicking in, causing trouble and death for those around them.

From the man swallowing a string of fish hooks to the woman stuffing fish hooks into her vagina to commit suicide, you will find plenty of gruesome scenes in the movie.

A Frozen Flower

Universal Pictures 

South Korea is said to be a conservative society and sensitive about the depiction of historic events. And it’s miraculous and commendable for this movie to get into the list of critically-acclaimed movies and go on to win several awards. The movie revolves around a king, who asks his lover (also his bodyguard) to impregnate his wife. Things turn nasty when his lover and the queen fall in love with each other. Director Yoo Ha manages to perfectly intrigue the audience with his different take on homosexuality and bisexuality.  

The Housemaid

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In most K-dramas, you will find the rich businessman falling for his innocent housemaid, so much so that it’s now a full-fledged genre of its own. ‘The Housemaid’ packs the same clichéd romance, only with a dark twist that will leave you shattered and upset by the end. A rich businessman hires a maid to look after his pregnant wife, but soon lures her into having an affair with him. Things soon take a nasty turn, when the wife and the rest of the family get to know of this affair.   

The Taste Of Money

Lotte Entertainment

‘The Taste of Money’ is another controversial movie that gained attention for its portrayal of the personal lives of the rich and privileged families in South Korea. This movie perfectly explores the vicious circle of entangled wires called sex, money, greed and ambition.

Obsessed

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This movie revolves around a decorated war hero who falls in love with one of his subordinates’ wife. Soon his obsession gets out of his hands and he goes to extreme lengths to get her and the two soon start a passionate romance, while cheating on their respective partners.

The Scarlet Letter

LJ Film

This is one of the most controversial movies in the list. In fact, it is also speculated that one of the lead actresses Lee Eun-Ju went into depression and committed suicide, after she came under public scrutiny for the film’s sex scenes and a certain ‘trunk scene’. This scene gained notoriety as “one of the most shocking and intense scenes in the history of Korean film.” ‘The Scarlet Letter’ revolves around a detective who is struggling to manage his relationship with his wife and mistress.

B.E.D

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This movie revolves around an erotic relationship between three people, B, E and D. B is the man whose life “begins on the bed and ends on the bed”. E is a married woman who is having an affair with B. D is a single mother whom B marries after breaking up with E. It might sound confusing but definitely worth watching.

Natalie

Lotte Entertainment

‘Natalie’ is a romantic mystery erotic thriller that revolves around a dance student, who becomes the model, muse and lover of her sculptor professor. She eventually leaves him for her fellow stalker student. Ten years later both the men cross paths with each other and remember their conflicting memories of the woman they once loved and who seems to have disappeared since then.     

Lies

Korea Pictures

This controversial movie deals with sadomasochistic relationship between a 38-year-old sculptor and an 18-year-old high school student like no one else. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has got nothing on this film. The mysteries and verities of love are brilliantly dealt with in this movie. In fact, the author of the novel, on which this movie is based, earned several months in prison and his controversial novel was banned immediately after publication.

The Kong: Skull Island filmmaker has ideas for an “absurdist” sci-fi entertainer that sounds far from the current Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts wants to create a new Marvel movie that does not feature superheroes. The Kong: Skull Island filmmaker has ideas for an “absurdist” sci-fi entertainer that sounds far from the current Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, which includes the latest movie Avengers: Infinity War, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I want to direct a Marvel movie that features no superheroes. It would be an absurdist ‘dramedy’ that follows a group of random humans who deal with that magic and aliens exist,” Vogt-Roberts tweeted.

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The weekend is here and you must be wanting to watch some good movies in the comfort of your home. There’s a wide selection of classic war movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms that you can check out right now. There are classics like ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket’ that warrants a re-watch, even if you’ve already seen it a thousand times. These movies tell a great story about a time when the world was facing the horrors of war and how it affected humanity.

These are the top war movies in our opinion that you can stream online right now:

‘Full Metal Jacket’  (Available on Netflix)

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You can never pass up on this movie as it needs no introduction as Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War opus has been well known to appear in every war movie list. The movie is about a pragmatic U.S. Marine who witnesses the dehumanizing effects that the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits. The movie vividly explores their struggles from the brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. If you’re going to watch a war movie, it’s hard not to pass up on ‘Full Metal Jacket’.

‘Saving Private Ryan’ (Available on Amazon Prime and Netflix) 

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It is probably the most accurate depiction of World War 2 that deals with soldiers who were part of the brutal D-Day landings on the coast of France in Normandy. This Steven Spielberg classic has been hailed as one of the most important World War 2 movies ever made and I’ve probably watched the movie at least 12 times. The movie is about a group of U.S. soldiers who go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. The first 30 minutes of the movie is intense and probably the best opening sequences we’ve ever seen. 

Zero Dark Thirty (Available on Netflix and Hotstar) 

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This movie isn’t necessarily a classic war movie like ‘Saving Private Ryan’ or ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and it deals with spies and a group of CIA operatives trying to hunt down Osama bin Laden. The movie tells the true story of a decade-long hunt for the Al-Qaeda leader and his eventual death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6.

‘The Siege of Jadotville’ (Netflix Original) 

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This historical drama set in the 1960s is about an Irish commander and his battalion of 150 men on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, Africa, to withstand a siege by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining corporations.

‘Schindler’s List’ (Available on Netflix) 

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The story of Oskar Schindler and his daring attempt to rescue Jewish citizens from the evil Nazi regime is a story that can never be forgotten. This true story was produced by Spielberg in the wisest, ambitious and moving manner one could ever imagine.  Schindler, a German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, becomes an unlikely humanitarian by spending all his fortune to help save 1100 of his Jewish employees from Auschwitz, Poland during World War II.

‘Fury’ (Available on Netflix) 

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Wardaddy, along with a five-man crew, embarks on a mission that puts their lives in danger. They realise that the odds are against them, but still decide to attack the Nazi army. ‘Fury’ is set in the closing days of World War II. It follows a five-man tank crew fighting across Germany. The war is almost over, but not everyone is ready to give up on the Reich.

‘Auschwitz: The Nazis and The Final Solution’ (Available on Netflix) 

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Not necessarily a movie but this documentary series tackles one of history’s most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. It was a concentration camp whose name became a byword for the mass murder of Jews. It is probably one of the most important documentaries ever made about the Nazis and their plan to rid the world of Jews. The documentary details life in these concentration camps with the help of former prisoner interviews and people who worked there. 

It’s been 2 years since the polarizing finale of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ hit the screens, and while a lot of people still can’t get over  the show, there are people like me who have moved past and are back to watching FRIENDS. HIMYM, frankly, may not be the best TV series of all time (it’s Game of Thrones, dude!), but it’s still pretty much a benchmark to relationship rules and life lessons when it comes to us, guys! Let’s recount all the best rules and theories of life from HIMYM.

1) The Three Days Rule

This rule states that upon receiving the number of a potential partner, one must always wait for at least three days to make the call. According to Barney, the rule has a biblical sense as Jesus was resurrected from his grave after three days. Not a day more, not a day less, just three days.

Still confused? Watch Barney breaking it down for you.

2) Graduation Goggles

It’s the feeling of nostalgia you get about a time or someone in your life when things are about to about to end, even if that time or person was completely horrible. Basically the moment you realize something is about to end, a relation or a job or college, you start to enjoy all the things you hated about it in the first place making you feel like it’s worth holding onto (even if it isn’t). Totally relatable, isn’t it? Who likes change after all?

3) Girlfriend/Gremlin Theory

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Barney dropped another wisdom that basically explains how you can prevent a girl or a one night stand from becoming your girlfriend. The rules might be the same as you apply to gremlins.

1) Never get them wet. (That means never let them shower at your place.)

2) Keep them away from sunlight. (Never see them during the day.)

3) Never feed them after midnight. (Don’t let them sleep at your place so you don’t have to feed them breakfast or brunch the next day.)

4) The Lobster Situation

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The crazy way in which you want someone/something so badly only because you’ve been denied of it. That feeling is too real, isn’t it? Nothing makes you want something more than knowing that it’s off limits, even if that thing/person is not too great to begin with. That’s screwed up, but totally true. What’s Robin’s solution to it? Just have it once and get it out of your system. I wouldn’t agree to it, though!

5) Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M. Rule

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It’s exactly what the rule says and I kind of agree to it. Being awake past 2 AM means you skimping on sleep. And that’s never good!

6) The Dobler-Dahmer Theory

This theory explains the fine line between love and craziness with the help of Dobler (i.e. Lloyd Dobler from ‘Say Anything’ who held up a boom box outside Diane Court’s window) and Dahmer (i.e. the serial killer Jeffery Dahmer). If both people are madly in love with each other, then the grand, romantic gestures of love work and that’s Dobler. If one person, however, isn’t into the other, that gesture comes off as serial-killer crazy.

7) Platinum Rule

There will always be some people you will see on regular basis—neighbors, colleagues, your boss etc. Never date those people according to Platinum rule. It will only lead to never-ending suffering as the people involved will constantly have to see each other. 

The stages include as explained by Barney are:

1) Attraction

2) Bargaining

3) Submission

4) Perks

5) Tipping Point

6) Purgatory

7) Confrontation

8) Fall Out

Ted later adds a 9th stage

9) Co-existence 

8) The Lemon Law

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When going out on a date, from the moment it begins, you’ve exactly five minutes to decide if the person is worth committing to an entire evening.  Kind of a date warranty, meaning even if you’re not up to it, there won’t be any hard feelings or repercussions. 

9) The Reacher/Settler rule

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This rule states that every relationship has a reacher and a settler.  The person who reaches for someone out of their league is the reacher and the person who settles for someone below theirs (you’re probably thinking that’s you, no? Also, the settler is never jealous of the reacher. 

10) The Cheerleader Effect

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And finally, saving the best for the last. Also known as the The Bridesmaid Paradox or a Sorority Girl Syndrome states that girls appear hot only when they are in a group and become significantly less hot when singled out. This claim, now, has also some scientific backup too.