Secretly, Greatly
2013 2h 4m movie Film South Korea

Secretly, Greatly

은밀하게 위대하게

“Playing the fool for the Dear Leader.”

Synopsis

은밀하게 위대하게

“Playing the fool for the Dear Leader.”

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

Audience Engagement

170
Reviews
90th
Review-volume percentile
66th
Popularity percentile

170 audience reviews — more than 90% of South Korea films in our index.

Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (66th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Other Titles From MCMC

Action + Drama in South Korea

114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Secretly, Greatly itself).

The 2012–2014 South Korea Window

Secretly, Greatly holds position #75 of 183 South Korea films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters
    #1

    Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters

    ★ 9.8 · 2012
  2. Incomplete Life
    #2

    Incomplete Life

    ★ 8.7 · 2014
  3. Bridal Mask
    #3

    Bridal Mask

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  4. Fated to Love You
    #4

    Fated to Love You

    ★ 8.4 · 2014
  5. Secret Love Affair
    #5

    Secret Love Affair

    ★ 8.4 · 2014
  6. Pinocchio
    #6

    Pinocchio

    ★ 8.3 · 2014
  7. Gu Family Book
    #7

    Gu Family Book

    ★ 8.3 · 2013
  8. Witch's Romance
    #8

    Witch's Romance

    ★ 8.3 · 2014

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Secretly, Greatly premiered alongside 56 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 56 other South Korea films in 2013.

The 555th 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 Secretly, Greatly, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • based on webcomic or webtoon · 27
  • bromance · 13
  • communism · 8
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on comic · 58
  • spy · 46
  • politics · 39
  • inter-korean relations · 32

Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
170
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #576 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #98 of 266 (top 37%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesMCMC, KEYEAST, Michigan Venture Capital, Daemyung Culture Factory, Showbox
Runtime2h 4m
Release DateJune 5, 2013
IMDbtt2967578
Official Sitewww.eunwe-movie.kr

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