Today to introduce you to ten very worth watching Korean movies, Korean movies have always been known for daring to be realistic and dare to attack social reality, and the Korean film industry is also very developed, because there is no film censorship system in South Korea, only a film rating system, so they dare to make many films with more sensitive subjects. Some films have also received high praise from foreign media. Nonsense is not much to say below to introduce you to these high-rated Korean movies, ranking before and after.
The first "Old Boy" is a suspense thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae and others. The film was released in South Korea on November 21, 2003. The film tells the story of the protagonist Wu Daxiu, who is kidnapped on his way home drunk and imprisoned in a private prison for 15 years, during which time his wife has been killed, his daughter's whereabouts are unknown, and he is suspected by the police as the murderer. After finally being seen again, he is desperate to find the reason for his abduction and embarks on a frantic plan of revenge. This film is a classic Korean crime film in terms of plot, performance, shots and soundtrack, and has been highly rated on the American Rotten Tomatoes website, if you have not seen it, you can watch it.
The second "Memories of Killing" is a suspense film directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Park Hae-il and others. The film was released in South Korea on April 25, 2003. The film tells the story of a series of serial murders in a small town in South Korea, where the town policeman Park Doo-man and Seoul policeman Su Tae-yoon jointly handle the case. The film has even been voted "the best suspense film of the 21st century" by many film critics, and the film has won 25 awards in Korea and abroad.
The third "Miss" is a love suspense film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri and others, and was released in South Korea on June 1, 2016. The film tells the story of Hideko, who inherited a huge fortune alone during the Japanese colonial rule in Korea in the 1930s, and was placed by the unscrupulous earl Earl to take away her property in order to take away her property, so the two sides launched a rivalry scene intertwined with conspiracy and lust. In the end, the young lady and the lady flew away and lived a happy life. The film is full of intrigues, mutually calculating human ugliness, and even violence, bloodshed and a lot of erotic scenes, along with the lines, which is an explicit style, but the director has made such a scene completely inferior and untenable. The film has won many awards internationally, and everyone has the opportunity to see the film.
The fourth "New World" is a Korean suspense film written and directed by Park Hoon-jeong and starring Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jeong-min and Lee Jung-jae. The film was released in South Korea on February 21, 2013. The film tells a story of conspiracy and betrayal that takes place between the police undercover and the gang boss. The idea of this movie is derived from the well-known Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs", and in the shaping of some characters, it is easy to find similarities between the two, such as Chief Jiang and Wong Chi Shing are both good and evil characters, they all have decent identities, but they both choose to cooperate with villains. But the biggest change in this movie is that it does not put the undercover Li Zicheng in the position of the protagonist, this movie expresses the most real human nature, and the ending is better than "Infernal Affairs".
The fifth "Busan Trip" is a disaster film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Kong Liu, Jung Yu-mi, Kim So-an and others, the film was released in South Korea on July 20, 2016, I believe that everyone knows this film very well in China and was also very popular. The film tells the story of a single father, Seok Woo, and his daughter Xiu'an who take a high-speed train to Busan, where the zombie virus brought by a young girl on the train begins to spread, and the train is instantly plunged into disaster. It can be seen from this work that the film is by no means a purely bloody zombie movie, in the two-hour-long movie, the protagonists are not only not cut, but also a shot, which can be described as very innovative in the zombie genre and worth watching.
The sixth "Gunkanjima" is a film directed by Yoo Seung-wan and starring Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun and others, and was released in South Korea on July 26, 2017. Based on true historical events, in 1945, Lee Kang-woo, the head of the Peninsula Jazz Orchestra in Beijing, took his only daughter, Su Ji, the orchestra, and the boxer Choi Qiyi, who were deceived by the lie that they could make money and get rich, and rushed to Japan, but they arrived at Gunkanjima Island, where the Koreans were forcibly requisitioned. In a 1,000-meter-deep mine under the sea, they endured the danger of gas eruptions and were forced to labor. Finally, the Story of the North Koreans, led by Park Moo-young, Lee Kang-woo, Choi Seven-sung, and others, who are determined to escape from Gunkanjima Island to change their fate. Although this film is a main theme movie, the father-daughter relationship and battlefield love in it are all worthy of praise and are very worth watching.
The seventh "Cry" is a suspense film directed by Luo Hongzhen and starring Guo Daoyuan, Huang Zhengmin and Qian Yuxi, and was released in South Korea on May 11, 2016. The film tells the story of an unknown mysterious Japanese who comes to a small town called Gucheng and builds a house in the depths of the forest far away from the residential area, and since then, strange things have begun to happen, and the people in the town have a strange disease, their bodies are full of rashes, and their temper has become very grumpy. The daughter of the policeman Zhong Jiu also suffered from this disease, and there was no way but to find out the story of the Taoist priest Nikko to find out the truth. This film is mixed with zombies, occult and other elements, creating a black vortex for the audience that is extremely nervous and does not see an exit, and it begins to be strongly reversed in the middle of the film, making people more and more addicted to watching, which is very recommended.
The eighth "Asura" is directed by Kim Sung-so and starring Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jeong-min, Chu Ji-hoon and others. The film was released in South Korea on September 28, 2016. The film tells the story of the criminal police officer Han Do-kyung who, in order to succeed, does not hesitate to do the aftermath of various criminal activities of mayor Park Sung-bae, and gradually deviates from the professional ethics of the police and embarks on a crooked road. Kim Cha-in, the prosecutor in charge of the special case, holds Han Do-kyung's weaknesses in his hands, and do Chang-gak, the leader of the criminal police investigation team, threatens Han Do-kyung in order to obtain evidence of mayor Park Sung-bae's crime. The younger criminal policeman, Moon Xian, regarded Han Do-kyung as a brother and infiltrated the mayor Park Sung-bae's gang to do undercover work. At this time, Wen Xianmo was also slowly corroded. In this way, several men each fight for survival. This is an excellent crime film with a very tense rhythm, which shows the cowardice and inferiority of people in depth. The unfolding of the story of the film is very innovative, especially in the second half, so it is very engaging to watch.
The ninth film, "Human, Space, Time and Man", is a drama film directed by Kim Ki-duk and starring Mi-choi Fujii, Jang Gen-suk, and others. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on February 18, 2018. The film tells the story of people on the way to travel on a cruise ship modified with a warship, the ship suddenly sails into an unexpected world, in this world, the rules of the human world are disrupted, everything is reshuffled, the previously established human order, hierarchy, in this new space no longer exists, weapons become symbols of power, food becomes the basis of survival, humanity is completely released. This film can be said to be the most profoundly exposed film of human nature.
The tenth "Parasite" is a thriller suspense drama film directed by the famous director Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Choo Joo-jin, Choi Woo-sik and others, and was released in South Korea on May 30, 2019. The film tells the story of a family of four who are all unemployed homeless people living in the semi-basement, the father Ki-taek used to drive a taxi, the mother Zhongshu was an athlete when she was young, the son Ki-woo did not enter the college entrance examination four times, and the daughter Ki-ting has art design talents. His father, Kim Ki-taek, spent his days idle, until the eldest son, Kim Ki-woo, came to the home of the rich President Park to apply for tutoring with his sister Ki-ting's forged diploma, and the two families were involved in a series of unexpected events. "Parasite" is the first Asian film to win the Oscar for best film, and it is not much to say. This is also a rare black humor drama directed by Bong Joon-ho.