List of films set in or about North Korea

This is a list of films that involve North Korea. (This listing excludes films produced by the North Korean government).
Documentaries
* Defilada (1988)
* Travelogue (1996). The first travel film in the nation hosted by Andy Kershaw alongside Koryo Tours.
* Pyongyang Diaries (1998). A 71-minute documentary directed by Solrun Hoaas.
* Decades Apart: North Korea (2000). A 24-minute documentary (ABC Australia / Journeyman Pictures) about family reunifications of North and South Koreans in North Korea.
* Discovery Times: Children of the Secret State (2000)
* Welcome to North Korea, original title: Noord-Korea (2001) is a 50-minutes Dutch documentary directed by Raymond Feddema and Peter Tetteroo. The film won the 2001 International Emmy award for Best Documentary.
* North Korea - Shadows And Whispers (2000). A 52-minute documentary by filmmaker Kim Jung-Eun for Journeyman Pictures about a North Korean family defecting to China.
* Living Hell (2001). A 41-minute follow-up documentary to North Korea - Shadows And Whispers (2000).
* Intérieur Nord, English title(s): Day for Night in Pyongyang or Inside North Korea (2002). A 53-minute French documentary (Arte / Artline Films) by film maker David Carr-Brown about the film industry of North Korea.
* The Game of Their Lives (2002)
* Frontline/World: Suspicious Minds (2003)
* ' (2003). A 55-minute American documentary (PBS).
* Secret Nation (2003)
* The Real Dr. Evil (2003)
* Nuclear Nightmare: Understanding North Korea (2003). A 45-minute Discovery Channel documentary which has been criticized for its superficiality.
* North Korea - The Juche Era (2003). A 46-minute Bulgarian documentary distributed by Journeyman Pictures.
* North Korea: Beyond The DMZ (2003). A 60-minute documentary by J.T. Takagi & Hye Jung Park.
* Repatriation (Songhwan, ) (2003). A 148-minute documentary by Kim Dong-won.
* A State of Mind (2004)
* North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)
* North Korea : the Border and the War (2004)
* Access to Evil (2004)
* Return To The Border (2005)
* Dispatches: Undercover in the Secret State (2005). Smugglers traverse the border between China and North Korea.
* Dear Pyongyang (2005)
* Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2006), BBC, PBS, Fuji TV, An 85-minute American documentary. (Read more about Megumi Yokota).
* Seoul Train (2006). Broadcast on television around the world, including on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Awarded the Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Silver Baton for excellence in broadcast journalism, and was named runner-up in the National Journalism Awards.
* 60 Minutes: The Hermit Kingdom (2006)
* Crossing the Line (VMS /Koryo Tours 2006)
* ABC News: A rare look inside North Korea (2006)
* Friends of Kim (2006). A 71-minute documentary about a group of members of the Korean Friendship Association, who travel to North Korea to demonstrate their support for the North Korean regime.
* Nordkorea: Einblicke in ein verschlossenes Land which translates to North Korea: Insights into a secretive country (2006). A 43-minute German documentary about a changing society. The film covers i.a. the following topics: the Kimchi harvest, energy shortages, the North Korean preschool system, the North Korean famine, English lessons in North Korean schools, private farm markets and restaurants, demand driven shoe production, a Buddhist temple, a Bowling alley and the International Friendship Exhibition.
* Kims Reich: Unterwegs in Nordkorea which translates to Kim's Kingdom: Travelling in North Korea (2006). A 27-minute German documentary about a Swiss tourist group. The film covers i.a. the Arirang Festival, a visit to a Buddhist temple, the demilitarized zone and the mountains of and Myohyang-san.
* Our School (2007), a documentary film about the lives of ethnic Korean students in a Chongryon-run pro-North Korean highschool in Hokkaido, Japan.
*National Geographic: Inside North Korea (2007)
* Undercover in North Korea (2007)
* An American in North Korea (2007)
* North Korea: Hell on earth
* National Geographic: Don't Tell My Mother I'm In... (Episode on North Korea)
* North Korea a legacy of tension (2007)
* The Vice Guide to North Korea (2008)
* Kimjongilia (2008)
* Vítejte v KLDR! (English title: Welcome to the DPRK!) (2008) is a 71-minute Czech documentary about a Czech tourist group travelling to North Korea.
* Seven Days In North Korea (2008) is a documentary by David Pluth focusing on North Korea's history, present and culture.
* Yodok Stories (2008)
* Themepark 1984 (2009)
* Kim Jong Il's Comedy Club (2009)
* Unreported World: China/North Korea: The Great Escape (2009). North Koreans flee the border north to China.
* Hana, dul, sed (2010), an Austrian documentary about North Korea's national women's soccer team.
* This World: Escaping North Korea (2010). North Koreans risk everything to reach South Korea.
* North Korean Film Madness (2010), about the North Korean film industry.
* Departures (2010)
* The Red Chapel (2010). A Danish documentary about a fictional theatre group who want to perform in North Korea. The same footage was used in the 4-part documentary Det Røde Kapel (2006) and Kim Jong Il's Comedy Club (2009).
* Dictature, paranoïa, famine : bienvenue en Corée du Nord (2010). A 68-minute French documentary (M6 / Enquête exclusive) about a French tourist group visiting North Korea.
* Wide Angle: Crossing Heaven's Border (PBS)
* Seoul Sisters (2011). A Canadian documentary about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Similar to Seoul Train and hosted by Max Jones, a 13-year-old Felice News co-host and North Korea activist.
* North Korean Labor Camps (2011), about North Korean camps in Siberia.
* 3 op Reis (2012)
* Camp 14: Total Control Zone (2012). Director Marc Wiese's portrait of inhumanity chronicles the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who was born in a North Korean prison camp but escaped at age 23.
* The People's Crisis (2012). A documentary produced by Liberty in North Korea.
* DPRK: The Land of Whispers (2013)
* Aim High In Creation! (2013)
* Danny from North Korea (2013). A documentary produced by Liberty in North Korea.
* The Defector: Escape from North Korea, a 2013 Canadian documentary
* Panorama: North Korea Undercover (2013). John Sweeney for the BBC.
* Vice On HBO: The Hermit Kingdom (2013) includes a segment on North Korea and also includes documentation of Dennis Rodman meeting Kim Jong-un at a basketball game and then later on for drinks and celebration
* Panorama: Educating North Korea (2014), about Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea's first privately funded university.
* Frontline: Secret State of North Korea (2014)
* 10 Days in North Korea (2014)
* Songs from the North (2014)
* Enter Pyongyang (2014) Rob Whitworth and Koryo Studio
* 3DPRK (2014) Matt Hulse, Vicky Mohieddeen Koryo Studio
* North Korea, the great illusion (2015), a 52-minute French documentary, which includes footage from a newly built ski resort as well as interviews with defectors.
* Reizen Waes (2015)
* The Propaganda Game (2015)
* Under the Sun (2015)
* Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang (2015)
* Diary from North Korea, Documentaries, ORF III, Luca Faccio (2016)
* Cash For Kim: North Koreans Are Working to Their Death in Poland (2016) reports about North Korean forced laborers in working in shipyards, on construction sites as well as on farms in Poland.
* Meine Brüder und Schwestern im Norden (2016), a German documentary by Sung-Hyung Cho (a film maker born in South Korea).
* MRS. B. A North Korean woman (2016), a Korean/French documentary by Jéro Yun
* The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
* Michael Palin in North Korea (2018)
* The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
* Assassins (2020) about the Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
Drama or fiction
* The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
* Target Zero (1955)
* Jet Attack (1958)
* The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
* ' (1970)
* The Rescue (1988)
* Provocateur (1998)
* Shiri (1999)
* Joint Security Area (2000)
* Die Another Day (2002)
* North Korean Guys (2003)
* Double Agent (Ijung gancheob) (2003)
* Love Impossible (Namnam bungnyeo) (2003)
* Silmido (2003)
* Spy Girl (2004)
* Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
* Team America: World Police (2004)
* Stealth (2005)
* Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) (does not explicitly indicate whether it is set in North Korea)
* Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)
* Comrades in Dreams (2006)
* The Juche Idea (2008). A 62-minute fictionalized mockumentary about the Juche ideology.
* Crossing (2008) Film
* 71: Into the Fire (2010)
* Salt (2010)
* Secret Reunion (2010)
* Dance Town (2011)
* Poongsan (Pungsangae) (2011)
* Winter Butterfly (2011)
* Red Dawn (2012)
* Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012)
* Meet in Pyongyang (2012)
* Secretly, Greatly (2013)
* Commitment (2013)
* Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
* The Berlin File (2013)
* Red Family (2013)
* The Interview (2014)
* Diplomats (2015)
* Northern Limit Line (2015)
* The Net (2016)
* Steel Rain (2017)
* The Spy Gone North (2018)
* Crash Landing on You (2019)
* Ashfall (2019)
* The Sacrifice (2020)
* Steel Rain 2: Summit (2020)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)
* Snowdrop (2021-22)
Reality
* ' (2019)

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