Best Korean Films of 2017 (by Darcy Paquet)
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- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Min-heeSeo Young-hwaJeong Jae-yeongAn actress wanders around a seaside town, pondering her relationship with a married man.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoKi JoabangThe married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down on him. That day Bongwan's wife finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the woman who left.
- DirectorHyun-Hoon ChoStarsLee Joo-youngPark Kang-seobKoo Kyo-hwanA runaway young girl gets abandoned by her lover and tried to commit suicide in the same motel where her boyfriend abandoned her! Then one transgender woman called "Jane" arrive at the door, and she claims that the same guy is her lover also. Both of them come close, and somehow a unique Mother and daughter relationship develops. The Young girl now decides to find the boyfriend, not for herself, but for Jane!
- DirectorJung Sung HoJoon-Hwan JangStarsKim Tae-riYeo Jin-gooGang Dong-wonIn 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.
- DirectorDae-hwan KimStarsCho Hyun-chulKim Sae-byeokBetween reproaches over past problems that were never resolved and the uncertainty of a future that is relentlessly coming closer, a young couple takes a trip that will leave them at the beginning of a new life.
- DirectorYoung-jo KimStill and All is a story about the souls living beneath the Yeongdo Bridge in Busan. Yeongdo and its bridge offer a historical space with lingering traces from the Japanese colonial era to the Korean War. The people under Yeongdo Bridge, reconstructed in 2013 after 47 years, are driven to move when the vicinity around it is designated a Special Tourist Zone.
- DirectorSeok-yeong ParkStarsJeong Ha-damHae-Geum JangJeong Eun-kyeongHa-dam lives an ordinary life in a quiet country village. An 11 year-old girl named Hae-byeol who looks exactly like Ha-dam comes claiming to find the father she's never met before. The country turns into confusion with her appearance.
- DirectorDae Hyung LimStarsGi Ju-bongSazal KimDavid OhThis is a tragicomedy about Mr. Mo Geum-San, a dying man, his son Stephen, an aspiring film director and his son's girlfriend Ye-Won. Together they travel around to shoot a silent movie inspired by Charlie Chaplin.
- DirectorHwang Dong-hyukStarsLee Byung-hunKim Yoon-seokPark Hae-ilIn 1636, King Injo hides in the mountains to avoid being part of the Qing dynasty.
- DirectorJong-kwan KimStarsLim Soo-jungJung Yu-miHan Ye-riThe Table follows a conversation between two people in a café.