Best Movies from South Korea by Rank
377
1
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
399
2
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
910
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
1004
4
1999
Takashi Miike
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller
South Korea / Japan
Japanese
1078
5
2023
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
1361
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
1529
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
1543
8
2004
Ki-duk Kim
Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo Ju
Drama / Romance
South Korea / Japan
Korean
1909
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
1917
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
2036
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
2297
12
2000
Im Kwon-taek
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim, Hak-young Kim
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2299
13
1960
Ki-young Kim
Eun-shim Lee, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Jin Kyu Kim, Sung-kee Ahn, Aeng-ran Eom
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2331
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
2411
15
2002
Kaige Chen
Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen
Drama / Music
China / South Korea
Mandarin
2501
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
2597
17
1998
Sang-soo Hong
Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Yoosuk Kim, Yun-hong Oh
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2650
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
19
2010
Chang-dong Lee
Jeong-hie Yun, Da-wit Lee, Nae-sang Ahn, Hira Kim, Yong-taek Kim
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2703
20
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
2762
21
2011
Sang-soo Hong
Jun-Sang Yu, Sang Jung Kim, Seon-mi Song, Bo-kyung Kim
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
2788
23
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
2788
23
2004
Kwon-taek Im
Seung-woo Cho, Min-sun Kim, Hak-jun Kim, Ha-jun You, Hye-yeong Lee
Action / Drama
South Korea
Korean
2788
23
2000
Ki-duk Kim
Yoosuk Kim, Jung Suh, Sung-hee Park, Jae-hyeon Jo, Hang-Seon Jang
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2788
23
1999
Sun-Woo Jang
Sang Hyun Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Hye Jin Jeon, Hyun Joo Choi
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2788
23
2002
Chang-dong Lee
Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2788
23
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
2788
23
2001
Ki-duk Kim
Dong-kun Yang, Min-jung Ban, Young-min Kim, Eun-jin Bang
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2789
24
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
2800
25
2009
Chan-wook Park
Eriq Ebouaney, Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Mercedes Cabral
Drama / Horror
South Korea
Korean
2801
26
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
2801
26
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
2807
27
2005
Yi-kwan Kang
Tae-woo Kim, Seon-gyun Lee, So-ri Moon
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
2807
27
2008
So Yong Kim
Kim Mi-hyang, Kim Hee Yeon, Kim Song Hee, Lee Soo Ah, Boon Tak Park
Drama
USA / South Korea
Korean
2810
28
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
2817
29
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
2817
29
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
2832
30
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
2840
31
2012
Meul O.
Min-chul Sung, Jung-Won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Suk-bum Moon, Kyung-sub Jang
Drama
South Korea
Korean
2852
32
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
2852
32
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
2852
32
1993
Kwang-su Park
Hye-jin Shim, So-young Ahn, Young-yi Lee, Yong-man Kim, Hyung-in Choi
Drama / Fantasy
South Korea
Korean
