This is chronological list of films produced in the country of North Korea which came into existence officially in September 1948. For earlier films of united Korea see List of Korean films of 1919–1948. For the films of South Korea (September 1948 to present) see List of South Korean films.
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1949 | ||||||
| My Home Village | Kang Hong-sik | First Kim Il-sung propaganda film[1] | ||||
| 1950 | ||||||
| Announcing to the World | ||||||
| Righteous War | ||||||
| 1951 | ||||||
| Boy Partisans | ||||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| Again to the Front | ||||||
| 1953 | ||||||
| Scouts | Chon Dong-min | |||||
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| 1956 | ||||||
| Never Can Live Like That | ||||||
| The Road of Happiness | ||||||
| 1957 | ||||||
| Orang Chon | Riyong Gyu Yun | Hak Su Kim, Hyo Gyong Dzo, Un Bong Che, Dzong Bok Mun, Sob Pak | ||||
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| 1959 | ||||||
| The Tale of 15 Children | War movie | |||||
| Love the Future | ||||||
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| 1963 | ||||||
| The Spinner | O Byong-cho | |||||
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| Boidchi annun dchonson | ||||||
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| 1968 | ||||||
| Sea of Blood | Choe Ik-gyu | |||||
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1970 | ||||||
| Naega cadshun gil | Seng In Chen | Gil-sen Om, Hye-rim Song, Hak Pak, In-sun Hon, Hak-mag Mun | Drama | |||
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| 1972 | ||||||
| The Flower Girl | Choe lk-gyu Pak Hak |
Winner of Prix Special at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[2] | ||||
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| 1976 | ||||||
| Ichulsu omnym saram | Ki Mo Jung | Yae Yon Yung, Kyong Sun Yu, Tae Hyon Choe, In Hi U, Pyong Yun Kim | Action | |||
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| 1978 | ||||||
| Unsung Heroes | James Joseph Dresnok | multi-part serial, 1978-81 | ||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Ummisadul sogese | ||||||
| An Jung-gun Shoots Ito Hirobumi | Om Gil-son | Presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[3] | ||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1980 | ||||||
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| 1981 | ||||||
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| 1982 | ||||||
| Joo cheh sah sang top | Short film/Documentary | |||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| The Anti-Japanese Struggle | ||||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| The Emissary Who Did Not Return | Shin Sang-ok | Shin's first film in North Korea | ||||
| Runaway | Shin Sang-ok | Considered by Shin to be his best North Korean film[4] | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Hae uh juh Unjeh ggah jee | ||||||
| Hong Kil Dong | Kim Kil-in | First North Korean entertainment film[5] | ||||
| Pulgasari | Shin Sang-ok | |||||
| Salt | Shin Sang-ok | |||||
| Sarang sarang nae sarang | Shin Sang-ok | Eun-hie Choi | ||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Hong kil dong | ||||||
| Order no. 027 | Ki Mo Jung, Eung Suk Kim |
Sung Chol Cha, Jeong Woon Kim |
Fighting | |||
| Sekunda na podvig | Gil-sen Om, Eldor Urazbayev | Andrei Martynov, Chhan-su Chve and Oleg Anofriev | Adventure, War | DPR Korea/Soviet Union co-production | ||
| Kangrung chonyowa Pyöngyang dzholmuni | Yong Bok Chang | Kuang Chun Ryu, Ryon-gu Nam and In-suk Ro | ||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Dorajee ggot | ||||||
| Nah eui haeng bok | Young-Ho Kim | Ock Heel Kim | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission | Ferdinando Baldi Pak Jong-ju |
Italian co-production. | ||||
| Gandahar | French co-production. | |||||
| Utomlyonnoye solntse | Nikita Orlov, San Bok Pak | Elena Drobysheva, Chkhol Kim and Yuriy Kuznetsov | DPR Korea/Soviet Union co-production. | |||
| 1989 | ||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||
| Bereg spaseniya | ||||||
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| 1993 | ||||||
| Urban Girl Comes to Get Married | Comedy/Drama | |||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| Always Working Together for the People | 'Documentary' | |||||
| My Village at Sunset (1994) My Village at Sunset | Norodom Sihanouk | Norodom Sihamoni, San Chariya and Mam Kanika | Drama | Cambodia co-production | ||
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| 1997 | ||||||
| Myself in the Distant Future | Jang In-hak | |||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| CyberMercs | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| Chu uk sok eh Young won han ree ran | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 2000 | ||||||
| Souls Protest | Kim Chun-song | |||||
| Marathon Runner | Li Chju Ho | Jong Song Ok | Drama | |||
| 2001 | ||||||
| On the Green Carpet | Rim Chang-bom | |||||
| Welcome to Pyongyang Animal Park | Yoon Chan | |||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| The Blood Stained Route Map | Phyo Kwang | |||||
| Spirit of Korean Celadon | Phyo Kwang | |||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Our Fragrance | Jon Jong Pal | |||||
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| 2005 | ||||||
| Empress Chung | Nelson Shin | |||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Pyongyang Nalpharam | Phyo Kwang Maeng Cheol-min |
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| The Schoolgirl's Diary | Jang In-hak | |||||
| 2007 | ||||||
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| 2008 | ||||||
| The Kites Flying in the Sky | Phyo Kwang Kim Hyon-chol |
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| The Respected Comrade Supreme Commander Is Our Destiny | documentary film[6] | |||||
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