Believer

2018 2h 3m movie Film

Believer

독전

“To catch a devil, trust a sinner.”

Synopsis

독전

“To catch a devil, trust a sinner.”

After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.

Audience Engagement

91

Reviews

82nd

Review-volume percentile

90th

Popularity percentile

91 audience reviews — more than 82% of South Korea films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among South Korea films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Believer. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Yong Film

Crime + Action in South Korea

77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Believer itself).

The 2017–2019 South Korea Window

Believer holds position #116 of 271 South Korea films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

2018 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 93 titles released, including Believer. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (719 total).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 92 other South Korea films in 2018.

The 951st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Believer, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

criminal mastermind · 5
master villain · 2
kingpin · 1
mysterious past · 1
drug manufacturing · 1

Recurring themes · common across catalog

undercover cop · 15
drug dealer · 13
drug cartel · 6

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

remake · 101

Reception Benchmarks

7.3

TMDB Rating

91

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #447 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #64 of 202 (top 32%).

Production Details

Primary Country	South Korea
Original Language	Korean
Production Companies	Yong Film, Next Entertainment World, Kidari ENT, Contents Panda
Runtime	2h 3m
Release Date	May 22, 2018
IMDb	tt7095654