I found Veteran a dull run-of-the-mill action crime movie with stereotypical characters and derivative genre conventions, despite it's huge domestic success. I can't blame you for giving up, I too was bored out of my mind watching it. It's the equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster that tries to wow you with action, one-liners and supposedly twists and turns (that are so conventional they become expected), but offers little depth or character development and has, overall, no staying power or entertainment value for me personally. Don't let this deter you from giving K-movies a try, there are a lot of amazing movies out there, not to mention a lot of talent thriving in the indie scene.

I have to say the posters for this movie are all exquisite and do a great job of drawing you in. The story has potential. I will be watching this when I get the chance.

There are increasingly more on Netflix.

Seems international distribution channels are taking greater notice of the quality product coming out of Korea.

If you like romcom movies I recommend - My PS Partner, Love Forecast, Chilling Romance

I watched a horror - Killer Webtoon which was good too

Old kmovie classics - Heartbreak Library, Madeleine, Il Mare

The Korean film industry, like most entertainment industries, has good movies and bad movies. However, I do think there is more diversity in Korean films than dramas mostly due to there being less restrictions placed on them compared to dramas. However, I love watching Korean movies and I was actually a fan of Korean movies before I started watching dramas.

I would like to recommend all of the movies by director Lee Chang Dong. He's only directed five movies so far but I've found them all to be top quality. He did Green Fish, Peppermint Candy, Oasis, Secret Sunshine, and Poetry, most of them winning some awards internationally. I would say Peppermint Candy is important for its narrative structure being told in reverse chronological order and its portrayal of important events in Korean history from 1980-1999. However, they are all worth a watch in my opinion and important for the message they try to tell.

If you like historical movies, you might also want to try The King and the Clown, directed by Lee Joon Ik starring Kam Woo Sung, Jung Jin Young and Lee Jun Ki which I thought was really well done.

Like others have said, director Park Chan Wook's films are also worth checking out with Joint Security Area being probably his most conventional of his films. My personal favorite of his is Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.

For romance, I liked The Classic starring Son Ye Jin, Jo Seung Woo and Jo In Sung which was a romantic melodrama.

The indie scene unfortunately doesn't get subbed often which is too bad because there are some gems in there as well. One I watched recently was Set Me Free starring Choi Woo Shik which I thought was a pretty decent character study film.