Top 100 Korean Movies
by Jack_Coen | created - 30 Jun 2011 | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public- 100 Korean Films.
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1. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-Tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 519,205 | Gross: $0.71M
10/10
2. Failan (2001)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.
Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Dae-Hoon Jeong, Hyeong-jin Kong
Votes: 5,569
10/10
3. The Chaser (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.
Director: Hong-jin Na | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, Kim Yoo-Jeong
Votes: 58,968
10/10
4. I Saw the Devil (2010)
Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-Hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Gook-Hwan, Ho-jin Chun
Votes: 112,409 | Gross: $0.13M
10/10
5. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-Hun, Shin Min-a, Yeong-cheol Kim, Hwang Jung-min
Votes: 36,754
10/10
6. The Classic (2003)
127 min | Drama, Romance
A college student finds a diary detailing a long-ago love triangle involving her mother, her future father, and his best friend.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Son Ye-Jin, In-Sung Jo, Cho Seung-woo, Ki-woo Lee
Votes: 8,406
10/10
7. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Kim Sang-kyung, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song
Votes: 142,114 | Gross: $0.01M
10/10
8. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, War
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Director: Je-kyu Kang | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong
Votes: 37,928 | Gross: $1.11M
10/10
9. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Ji-Eun Lim
Votes: 63,034 | Gross: $0.05M
10/10
10. The Yellow Sea (2010)
R | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
Director: Hong-jin Na | Stars: Jung-woo Ha, Kim Yoon-seok, Jo Sung-ha, Cheol-min Lee
Votes: 19,098
10/10
11. Joint Security Area (2000)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After a shooting incident at the North/South Korean border/DMZ leaves 2 North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss/Swedish team investigates, what actually happened.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Lee Yeong-ae, Lee Byung-Hun, Kang-ho Song, Kim Tae-Woo
Votes: 26,759
10/10
12. A Dirty Carnival (2006)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small time thug collecting debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Director: Ha Yoo | Stars: In-Sung Jo, Ho-jin Chun, Min Namkoong, Lee Bo-young
Votes: 8,027
10/10
13. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 72,411 | Gross: $0.21M
10/10
14. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director: Jeong-beom Lee | Stars: Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim, Tae-hoon Kim, Hee-won Kim
Votes: 63,325 | Gross: $0.01M
10/10
15. 3-Iron (2004)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Seung-Yun Lee, Hee Jae, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo Joo
Votes: 50,947 | Gross: $0.24M
10/10
16. A Moment to Remember (2004)
PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Director: John H. Lee | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Son Ye-Jin, Jong-hak Baek, Seon-jin Lee
Votes: 22,073
10/10
17. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Je-mun Yun
Votes: 53,716 | Gross: $0.55M
10/10
18. The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)
R | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Lee Byung-Hun, Jung Woo-sung, Je-mun Yun
Votes: 33,558 | Gross: $0.13M
10/10
19. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A family is haunted by the tragedies of deaths within the family.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Jung-ah Yum, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 57,025
10/10
20. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Lee Sun-kyun, Yeo-jeong Cho, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 571,832 | Gross: $53.37M
21. No Mercy (2010)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Despite being nearly proven the murderer, a serial killer threatens to kill the daughter of a forensic pathologist if he doesn't get him bailed out.
Director: Hyeong-Joon Kim | Stars: Kyung-gu Sol, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hye-jin Han, Ji-ru Sung
Votes: 6,864
10/10
22. Thirst (2009)
R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Kim Ok-bin, Hee-jin Choi, Dong-soo Seo
Votes: 42,913 | Gross: $0.30M
10/10
23. My Way (2011)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, War
In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.
Director: Je-kyu Kang | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Joe Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim
Votes: 10,776 | Gross: $0.07M
10/10
24. Il Mare (2000)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and she leaves a Xmas card in its (magical) mailbox. He, an architect student, receives it in 1997, and so begins a friendship separated by 2 years.
Director: Hyun-seung Lee | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Jun Ji-Hyun, Mu-saeng Kim, Seung-yeon Jo
Votes: 8,206
10/10
25. Deiji (2006)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
About a tragic love triangle story involving young painter Hye-young, Interpol detective Jeong Woo, and professional hitman Park Yi.
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Jun Ji-Hyun, Jung Woo-sung, Sung-Jae Lee, Sara Bernardo Aires
Votes: 5,878
10/10
26. Pieta (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Min-soo Jo, Lee Jung-Jin, Ki-Hong Woo, Eunjin Kang
Votes: 13,382 | Gross: $0.02M
10/10
27. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Kim Ki-duk, Yeong-su Oh, Jong-ho Kim, Kim Young-Min
Votes: 77,869 | Gross: $2.38M
10/10
28. My Sassy Girl (2001)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Tae-Hyun Cha, Jun Ji-Hyun, In-mun Kim, Song Wok-suk
Votes: 45,548
10/10
29. The Isle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jung Suh, Yu-seok Kim, Jae-Hyun Cho, Hang-Seon Jang
Votes: 12,938 | Gross: $0.02M
10/10
30. Crying Fist (2005)
134 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Tae Sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang Hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Seung-bum Ryoo, Kil-kang Ahn, Jeong-ah Bae
Votes: 2,827
10/10
31. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kang-ho Song, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 108,445 | Gross: $2.20M
10/10
32. The Quiet Family (1998)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: In-hwan Park, Moon-hee Na, Kang-ho Song, Choi Min-sik
Votes: 4,552
10/10
33. Fists of Legend (2013)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action
Three old friends and rivals get set to face off on a TV program billed as "The Greatest Fight Show on Earth".
Director: Woo-Suk Kang | Stars: Cheol-woo Han, Hwang Jung-min, Seong-jin Kang, Jung-Hyuk Lee
Votes: 1,042
34. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Rain, Kim Byeong-Ok, Seong-hun Cheon
Votes: 22,940
35. Man of Vendetta (2010)
Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The life of a respected minister and loving family man shatters after his daughter is kidnapped. When she is not returned, he renounces God and becomes a corrupt businessman.
Director: Min-ho Woo | Stars: Myung-Min Kim, Ki-joon Uhm, Joo-mi Park, Kim So-Hyun
Votes: 539
36. Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
R | 113 min | Comedy
Four disaffected youths rob a gas station but find their plans complicated and sidetracked before the night is through.
Director: Sang-Jin Kim | Stars: Sung-Jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang, Yoo Ji-Tae
Votes: 4,142
37. Moby Dick (2011)
112 min | Action
A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same ... See full summary »
Director: In-je Park | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Jin Goo, Min-hee Kim, Kim Sang-Ho
Votes: 328
38. Silenced (2011)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Based on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing-impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time.
Director: Dong-hyuk Hwang | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Hyeon-soo Kim, Jee-Young Kim
Votes: 11,625
39. Battle Ground 625 (2005)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.
Director: Kwang-Hyun Park | Stars: Jae-yeong Jeong, Shin Ha-kyun, Kang Hye-jeong, Ha-ryong Lim
Votes: 6,655
40. Secret Sunshine (2007)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama
A woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to fit in, another tragic event overturns her life.
Director: Chang-dong Lee | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Kang-ho Song, Jang Hye-Jin, Yeong-jin Jo
Votes: 7,170
41. Moebius (2013)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's, and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jae-Hyun Cho, Yeong-ju Seo, Na-ra Lee, Jae-hong Kim
Votes: 5,245
42. Swiri (1999)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.
Director: Je-kyu Kang | Stars: Suk-kyu Han, Choi Min-sik, Yunjin Kim, Kang-ho Song
Votes: 7,868 | Gross: $0.10M
43. Painted Fire (2002)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Director: Kwon-taek Im | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Sung-Ki Ahn, Ho-jeong Yu, Kim Yeo-Jin
Votes: 2,574 | Gross: $0.06M
44. The Front Line (2011)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on the Korean War's final battle that will determine the border between north and south.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Seung-su Ryu, Chang-Seok Ko
Votes: 6,008 | Gross: $0.01M
45. 3 Extremes II (2002)
R | 140 min | Horror, Mystery
Three constitutes an omnibus package of three short horror films made by Asian directors. "Memories," made by Kim Ji-Woon, is about a woman (Kim Hye-Soo) who disappears from the home she ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Jee-woon Kim, Nonzee Nimibutr | Stars: Leon Lai, Kim Hye-su, Bo-seok Jeong, Suwinit Panjamawat
Votes: 3,374
46. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror