Best Movies from South Korea by Director
316
1
2019
Joon Ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi, Sun-kyun Lee, Seo-joon Park
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
898
3
2006
Joon Ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1893
11
2009
Joon Ho Bong
Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin, Yoon Jae-Moon, Mi-sun Jun, Young-Suck Lee
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2462
16
2003
Joon Ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
South Korea
Korean
2598
21
2013
Joon Ho Bong
Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Comic
South Korea / USA / France / Czech Republic
English
2736
33
2025
Joon Ho Bong
Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Michael Monroe, Patsy Ferran, Cameron Britton
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Drama
USA / South Korea
English
2775
38
2017
Joon Ho Bong
Tilda Swinton, Sheena Kamal, Michael Mitton, Colm Hill, Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
South Korea / USA
English
1773
10
2022
Park Chan-wook
Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-Pyo, Shin-Young Kim
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2516
17
2025
Park Chan-wook
Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2392
15
2002
Kaige Chen
Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen
Drama / Music
China / South Korea
Mandarin
2704
29
2005
Kaige Chen
Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Ye Liu, Hong Chen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
Mandarin
2702
28
2022
Davy Chou
Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer
Drama
France / Germany / Belgium / South Korea / Romania / Cambodia / Qatar
French
2700
27
1961
Kang Dae-jin
Seung-ho Kim, Shin Yeong-gyun, Hwang Jung Soon, Mi-lyeong JoHae Hwang
Drama / War
South Korea
Korean
2583
20
1998
Sang-soo Hong
Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Yoosuk Kim, Yun-hong Oh
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2667
22
2011
Sang-soo Hong
Jun-Sang Yu, Sang Jung Kim, Seon-mi Song, Bo-kyung Kim
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
2004
Kwon-taek Im
Seung-woo Cho, Min-sun Kim, Hak-jun Kim, Ha-jun You, Hye-yeong Lee
Action / Drama
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
2003
Sang-soo Im
So-ri Moon, In-mun Kim, Yeo-Jong Yun, Tae-gyu Bong, Jeong-rim Baek
Drama / Comedy / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
1999
Sun-Woo Jang
Sang Hyun Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Hye Jin Jeon, Hyun Joo Choi
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2737
34
2002
Zhang Ke Jia
Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Qing Feng Zhou, Hong Wei Wang, Ru Bai, Xi An Liu
Drama / Gangster / Caper
South Korea / France / Japan / China
Cantonese
2698
26
2005
Yi-kwan Kang
Tae-woo Kim, Seon-gyun Lee, So-ri Moon
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2337
14
2008
Jee-woon Kim
Woo-sung Jung, Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Je-mun Yun, Seung-su Ryu
Action / Adventure / Western / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2737
34
2010
Jee-woon Kim
Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, In-seo Kim, Ho-jin Chun, San-ha Oh
Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1294
7
2003
Ki-duk Kim
Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha, Jong-ho Kim
Drama / Religion / Crime
South Korea / Germany
Korean
1546
8
2004
Ki-duk Kim
Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo Ju
Drama / Romance
South Korea / Japan
Korean
2702
28
2000
Ki-duk Kim
Yoosuk Kim, Jung Suh, Sung-hee Park, Jae-hyeon Jo, Hang-Seon Jang
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
2001
Ki-duk Kim
Dong-kun Yang, Min-jung Ban, Young-min Kim, Eun-jin Bang
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2775
38
2006
Ki-duk Kim
Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Ji-heon Kim, Sung-min Kim, Yeong-hwa Seo
Drama / Romance
Japan / South Korea
Korean
2307
12
1960
Ki-young Kim
Eun-shim Lee, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Jin Kyu Kim, Sung-kee Ahn, Aeng-ran Eom
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2725
31
2008
So Yong Kim
Kim Mi-hyang, Kim Hee Yeon, Kim Song Hee, Lee Soo Ah, Boon Tak Park
Drama
USA / South Korea
Korean
2313
13
2000
Im Kwon-taek
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim, Hak-young Kim
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
2025
Yorgos Lanthimos
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias, Aidan Delbis
Comedy / Crime / Sci-Fi
Ireland / South Korea / Canada / USA
English
1760
9
2018
Chang-dong Lee
Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jun, Soo-Kyung Kim, Seung-ho Choi
Drama / Mystery / Crime
South Korea
Korean
2577
19
2010
Chang-dong Lee
Jeong-hie Yun, Da-wit Lee, Nae-sang Ahn, Hira Kim, Yong-taek Kim
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2702
28
2002
Chang-dong Lee
Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
1053
5
1999
Takashi Miike
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller
South Korea / Japan
Japanese
2718
30
2004
Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park
Ling Bai, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Meme, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Miki Yeung
Horror / Thriller
Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
English
2718
30
2008
Hong-jin Na
Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, Yoo-Jung Kim, In-gi Jung, Jung-Woo Choi
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Action / Detective
South Korea
Korean
2762
36
2012
Meul O.
Min-chul Sung, Jung-Won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Suk-bum Moon, Kyung-sub Jang
Drama
South Korea
Korean
327
2
2003
Chan-wook Park
Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
South Korea
Korean
1225
6
2016
Chan-wook Park
Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo, So-ri Moon, Hae-suk Kim
Drama / Romance / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2540
18
2005
Chan-wook Park
Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Tony Barry, Anne Cordiner, Su-hee Go
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime
South Korea
Korean
2683
23
2009
Chan-wook Park
Eriq Ebouaney, Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Mercedes Cabral
Drama / Horror
South Korea
Korean
2728
32
2009
Chan-wook Park
Kang-ho Song, Ok-vin Kim, Hae-sook Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, In-hwan Park
Fantasy / Horror / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2775
38
1993
Kwang-su Park
Hye-jin Shim, So-young Ahn, Young-yi Lee, Yong-man Kim, Hyung-in Choi
Drama / Fantasy
South Korea
Korean
2696
25
2022
Hong Sang-soo
Lee Hye-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Seo Younghwa, Park Mi-so, Cho Yun-hee, Gi Ju-bong
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
2696
25
2024
Hong Sang-soo
Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hye-yeong, Kwon Hae-hyo, Jo Yoon-Hee, Ha Seong-guk
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
English
2768
37
2015
Hong Sang-soo
Jeong Jae-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Youn Yuh-jung, Gi Ju-bong, Choi Hwa-jeong
Drama / Romance / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
955
4
2023
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
2752
35
2015
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Thailand / UK / Germany / France / Malaysia / South Korea / Mexico / USA / Norway
Thai
