Movies like The Net (2016)
The best movies like The Net (2016) are The Mayor (2017), The King (2017) and Kingmaker (2022). If The Net hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSilenced (2011)8.2/10 from 830 votes
- NewestThe King's Warden (2026)Released 2026
- In KoreanThe Mayor (2017)Also in Korean
The Mayor (2017)
For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe King (2017)
A young Korean man surpasses his difficult childhood by becoming a powerful prosecutor, but soon learns that real power comes at a price.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKingmaker (2022)
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Man Standing Next (2020)
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOde to My Father (2014)
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSecretly, Greatly (2013)
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Whistleblower (2014)
Lee Jang-hwan receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-cheol, receives a phone call from an anonymous source who says he has worked with Dr. Lee on the stem cell project. The source blows the whistle on Lee's work, revealing how Lee fabricated research results and engaged in unethical practices.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Crossing (2008)
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
A Girl at My Door (2014)
Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Spy Gone North (2018)
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Attorney (2013)
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015)
Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Battleship Island (2017)
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPieta (2012)
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this12.12: The Day (2023)
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSteel Rain 2: Summit (2020)
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilenced (2011)
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSnowy Road (2015)
Jong-bun and Young-ae are kidnapped and thrown into the same train. They both do not know where they are headed, but soon experience the horrific reality of comfort women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Moebius (2013)
A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBleak Night (2011)
The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy First Client (2019)
A success-hungry lawyer finds himself unable to turn his back on a suspicious case involving a child who claims she murdered her brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Concubine (2012)
A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sung-won.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHan Gong-ju (2014)
After being involved in a traumatic incident, 17-year-old Gong-ju is forced to change schools. Uncared for by her parents, her previous teacher arranges for her to hide away at his mother's place. It takes time for her past to catch up with her, but when it does the revelation is devastating.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisServe the People (2022)
Mu-kwang volunteers to be a kitchen police of Sa-taek, the divisional commander, dreaming of success. One day, Mu-kwang meets Su-ryeon by chance, who is a young and beautiful wife of the commander. Soon, he feels a strong attraction by her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe King's Warden (2026)
In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, humble headman Heung-do hears a rumor that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he eagerly submits a petition to host one—unaware that his guest is none other than the fallen monarch, deposed boy-king Danjong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Address Unknown (2001)
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDefault (2018)
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCart (2014)
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEveryone Is There (2020)
Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the reality of hell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisA Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)
A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Net?
The closest matches to The Net are The Mayor (2017), The King (2017) and Kingmaker (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Net?
People who watched The Net most often go on to The Mayor (2017), The King (2017) and Kingmaker (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Net?
Silenced (2011), rated 8.2/10 by 830 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Net?
The King's Warden (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like The Net?
Yes: The Mayor (2017), The King (2017) and Kingmaker (2022).
How are movies similar to The Net chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Net, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.