Ode to My Father (Korea)
Opening Dec. 17
Drama. Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon
“Ode to My Father” is the story of Deok-soo (Hwang Jung-min), a man who lived through Korea’s tumultuous 1950s and 1960s. When the Korean War breaks out, Deok-soo is separated from his younger sister and his mother and becomes the breadwinner of the family. From a young age, he takes all kinds of difficult and odd jobs to provide for his mother and his other siblings. In search for opportunities, he travels the globe, working as a coal miner in Germany, where he falls in love with a migrant nurse called Young-ja (Kim Yun-jin).
The Theory of Everything (U.K.)
Opened Dec. 10
Drama. Directed by James Marsh
The heartbreaking but inspirational drama “The Theory of Everything” is a love story between famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his first wife Jane Wilde Hawking (Felicity Jones). The film follows the life of Hawking from his young, ambitious college days at Oxford and diagnosis of a motor neuron disease — a condition related to Lou Gehrig’s disease that has left him wheelchair-bound — to his marriage and children. All the while, his groundbreaking science accomplishments, such as black holes and the big bang theory, made him a world-renowned scientist.
Five Eagle Brothers (Korea)
Opened Dec. 4
Comedy, Thriller. Directed by Jeon Hyung-joon.
The film “Five Eagle Brothers” is the story of five half-siblings who always bicker and fight in a village named Deoksuri. One day, their parents suddenly disappear from the village and the quibbling siblings are given a mission to search for their parents. Actors Yoon Sang-hyun, Song Sae-byeok and Hwang Chan-sung of K-pop boy band 2PM star as the brothers.
Big Match (Korea)
Opened Nov. 26
Action, Comedy. Directed by Choi Ho
When Choi Ik-ho (Lee Jung-jae), a professional mixed martial arts fighter, finds out that his brother Choi Young-ho (Lee Sung-min) has suddenly disappeared, he receives a mysterious call from a genius named Ace (Shin Ha-kyun). Ik-ho is forced to become a marker inside a special game designed by Ace for wealthy gamblers. Ik-ho has no choice but to play this real-time life-or-death game if he wants to save his brother and his own life. 
Interstellar (U.S.)
Opened Nov. 6
Sci-Fi. Directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan’s new end-of-the-world space epic takes place at a time when humanity is facing extinction as a result of drought and famine. A mysterious wormhole is discovered in space that could enable mankind to survive. A group of explorers, which includes Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway), is given the mission of saving humankind by finding an inhabitable new planet.
