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10 Best Movies Like 1987: When the Day Comes

If you loved 1987: When the Day Comes, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Excavator

Excavator

2017★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happe...

#2
The Eleventh Chapter

The Eleventh Chapter

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man must attempt to clear his name after a theatre puts on a play that accuses him of committing a 30-year-old murder....

#3
The Mobfathers

The Mobfathers

2016★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The godfather of the triad Jing Hing and his senior bosses need to select a new boss to run the daily operations of the five gangs under their control. Chuck, a lifelong member of ...

#4
The Mayor

The Mayor

2017★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#5
Hill of Freedom

Hill of Freedom

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatte...

#6
Fate

Fate

2008★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1987: When the Day Comes for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at...