A gripping new thriller with a familiar face from Netflix’s biggest show of all time is now streaming and fans are already obsessed
Netflix viewers have been “dazzled” by an epic new science fiction thriller released this Friday (19th December).
This emotional South Korean disaster film takes place in a bleak vision of the future in which a huge flood begins to engulf the entire planet.
As billions of lives are threatened, the one person equipped with a plan to save the Earth fights desperately for her child’s survival as water levels rise rapidly in her apartment building.
A must-watch for K-drama fans, The Great Flood stars two huge names from the world of Korean television; Kim Da-mi of Itaewon Class fame and Park Hae-soo, who starred in the first season of Netflix hit Squid Game.
Following the new film’s release, fans have been left breathless and, in some cases, in floods of tears after witnessing the intense tale of survival.
One X user shared: Just watched #TheGreatFlood ….I am ugly sobbing rn. Why is it so emotional!! Kim Dami’s choices are always masterclass!!”
Someone else wrote immediately after finishing the film: “How are y’all? I feel like I wanna watch it again and again. kim dami as a mother was phenomenal!”
Another viewer admitted: “watched the great flood on netflix since i was looking for films to watch while eating. anyway its not a good film to watch while eating but its a good film to watch if u want a good cry.”
The praise continued on Letterboxd, where one fan gave the film five-stars and said: “The visuals were crazy in the best way. At first, it felt like The Day After Tomorrow, then it slowly shifted into Interstellar territory.
“Somewhere in the middle, it reminded me of Wonderland, and by the end, I kept thinking about Distant Sky. Every part of it clicked for me. I don’t say this lightly. This movie stayed with me after it ended.”
And someone else called it “Easily one of the best movies of 2025”.
Online publication Baap of Movies called the film a “Korean Apocalypse That Dazzles, Divides, and Drifts into Dark Sci-Fi” in their positive review.
They also praised its “bold” ideas and narrative swings, noting its “daring” genre twists and a “stranger and more sinister” final product that fans might expect.
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The Guardian also called the sci-fi thriller “sinister”, adding “Making this sci-fi swerve, Kim [Byung-woo, director] has clearly heavily imbibed from Edge of Tomorrow, Charlie Kaufman’s mental mazes and perhaps also – with mega-tsunamis gathering on the horizon and the presiding maudlin-apocalyptic tone – Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.”
And Gulf News sums up the consensus: “If you enjoy genre-bending thrillers with high stakes, rising waters, and pulse-pounding suspense, The Great Flood is worth the dive.”
The Great Flood is available to stream on Netflix.
