With Parasite getting numerous awards and being critically acclaimed, interest in Korean movies seems to have exploded. There are many great Korean movies that have Oscar-worthy performance and superb acting. With that in mind, here are my personal favorite top 10 Lists!
1. Parasite
2019, 2h 13m
Overview
All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam
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2. The Handmaiden
2016, 2h 25m
Overview
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
- Director: Park Chan-wook
- Writer: Chung Seo-kyung
- Stars: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook
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3. Train to Busan
2016, 1h 58m
Overview
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
- Director: Yeon Sang-ho
- Writer: Park Joo-suk
- Stars: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee
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Train to Busan
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4. Snowpiercer
2013, 2h 7m
Overview
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Stars: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton
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Snowpiercer
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5. Mother
2009, 2h 9m
Overview
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it’s his mother’s mission to prove him innocent.
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon, Jeon Mi-seon
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Mother
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6. The Chaser
2008, 2h 5m
Overview
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
- Director: Na Hong-jin
- Writer: Na Hong-jin
- Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Young-hee, Park Hyo-ju, Jeong In-gi
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The Chaser
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7. A Taxi Driver
2017, 2h 18m
Overview
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
- Director: Jang Hoon
- Writer: Eom Yu-na
- Stars: Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon
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A Taxi Driver
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8. Oldboy
2003, 2h
Overview
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
- Director: Park Chan-wook
- Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Byung-ok, Ji Dae-han
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Oldboy
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9. Masquerade
2012, 2h 11m
Overview
A look-alike commoner is secretly hired to take the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
- Director: Choo Chang-min
- Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Kim In-kwon, Jang Gwang
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Masquerade
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10. The Host
2006, 2h
Overview
Following the dumping of gallons of toxic waste in the river, a giant mutated squid-like appears and begins attacking the populace. Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is snatched up by the creature; with his family to assist him, he sets off to find her.
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doo-na, Go Ah-sung
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