In addition to Korean dramas, Korean movies have also been a trend in recent years. Foreign website koreanscreen had earlier invited 158 film critics from 28 countries to select the best Korean films of all time. "Parasite," which won multiple Oscars last year, isn't the winner?
After "Parasite" won four major awards including the Best Film Award at the Oscars last year, "Minari", starring veteran actor Yoon Ru-jeong, was once again nominated for best supporting actress, best screenplay and other awards at this year's Oscars, which shows that Korean films have gradually become a trend in the film market. Have you seen the following 30 best Korean movies selected by professional film critics invited by the website Koreanscreen?
【No. 30】"Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" | 2008| Starring Song Kanghao, Lee Byung-hyun, Zheng Yusheng.
Set in 1939, the story tells the story of the thief "Strange Guy" (Song Kang-ho) who steals a map showing the location of the treasure, and is followed by the robber "Bad Guy" (Lee Byung-hyun) and the hunter "Good Guy" (Jeong Yu-sung).
【29th】"Lonely Agent" | 2010| starring: Yuan Bin, Jin Sailun.
The story tells that the mysterious man "Uncle" (Yuan Bin) has a solitary personality, only a little girl who lives nearby, Su Mei (Jin Sailun), is willing to be friends with him. One day, Sumi's mother was involved in a mafia dispute, Sumi was unfortunately taken hostage, and the uncle decided to help.
【No. 28】"Miyang" | 2007| starring: Jeon Do-woo and Song Kang-ho.
The story tells of a widow who takes her son to Miyang, the hometown of her deceased husband. When she opened a piano academy and planned to start a new life, her son was kidnapped and killed. To comfort her own soul, she believed in religion and intended to forgive the murderer who killed her son.
[27th] aka "Sweet Life" | 2005 | starring: Lee Byung-hyun, Kim Young-chul, Shin Min-er.
The story tells that Sunwoo (Lee Byung-hyun), a guard who was originally loyal to the boss, was ordered to be hunted down by the boss for doing something wrong. After he dies, he plans to take revenge on his boss.
【No. 26】"Cat Girl" | 2001| starring: Lee Hara, Bae Doona, Yu Zhiying, Moon Jung-hee.
The story tells that 5 young girls who were once very good encountered different things after they scattered their things after graduating from high school. Some people join big companies and gradually become estranged from friends, some people fall in love with poets with rare diseases, and some people are troubled by not being able to find a job.
【25th】"I want revenge" | 2002| starring: Song Kanghao, Pei Douna, Shin Ha-kyun.
The story tells that Liu (Shin Ha-kyun) is a deaf-mute young man who meets Anglo-American (Bae Doona), who is deaf and deaf, at a special school, and develops into a couple. After Liu's sister suddenly falls ill and needs a kidney replacement, Anglo-Mei proposes to kidnap the daughter of the factory owner (Song Kang-ho).
[24th] "Empty Room" | 2004| starring Lee Joong-ho, Jae Hee, Kwon Hyuk-ho.
The story tells the story of an unemployed young man (played in Xi) who likes to sneak into an empty house at night, and one day sneaks into the home of Shanhua (Lee Cheng Juan), who is abused by her husband and put under house arrest, and the two begin a "forbidden love" from then on.
【23rd】"Gracious Gold" | 2005| starring: Lee Young-ae, Park Chan-wook.
The story tells that a young and beautiful murderer, Kaneko (Lee Young-ae), is released in 2004. In prison, she was known as the "gold of kindness" because of her kindness and kindness. After being released, she plots to avenge the real murderer.
[22nd] "See the Devil" | 2010| starring: Lee Byung-hyun and Choi Min-sik.
The story tells of a police officer (Lee Byung-hyun) who vows to avenge the murder of his fiancée. The one who killed her is serial murderer Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik).
【21st】"Hummingbird" | 2019| starring: Park Ji-ho, Kim Shi-hee, Jung In-ki, Lee Seung-yeon.
Set in 1994, the story tells the story of Eun-hee (Park Ji-ho), a girl who is reading secondary school, like a hummingbird. Because Eun-hee is the youngest sister in the family, she is often overlooked by her parents. So, she began to learn badly, wandering around the K room with friends, and stealing.
【No. 20】"A Song of Sorrow" | 1993| starring: Wu Zhenbao, Kim Myung-kun, Kim Kyu-chul.
The story follows the Korean family of "Panso-ri" (Korean traditional music art), documenting this fading traditional art.
[19th] "Snow Country Train" | 2013| starring Chris Evans, Song Kanghao, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Gao I Xing.
The story tells that human beings try to fight against global warming, and the launch of CW7 into the atmosphere is expected to be "too high", turning the world into a snow country, and the surviving humans live in a train that will continue to run. However, the people who lived on the train were divided into two groups. One group is people who live in the front district and live in luxury. The other group is the back zone, the people who want to be squeezed by the front zone.
【18th】"Han River Monster" | 2006| Starring: Song Kanghao, Pei Doona, Gao Ixing.
The story tells that a terrifying monster suddenly appears in the Han River in Seoul, and the family of Ah Doo (Song Kang-ho), who runs a small shop in the Han River, bears the brunt of it, and his daughter (Gao I-sung) is captured by the monster. When the government decided to use biological and chemical weapons, the Adou family tried their best to save their daughter.
[17th] "Common Security District" | 2000| starring: Song Kanghao, Lee Byung-hyun, Lee Young-ae.
The story tells of a shooting at Panmunjom, located at the border between North and South Korea, which was investigated by the Neutral Nations Supervisors' Council, but witnesses on both sides acted uncooperative and the officers in charge of the investigation were increasingly suspicious.
【No. 16】"Rose, Red Lotus" | 2003| starring: Lin Xiujing, Lian Jingya, Wen Jinying.
The story tells that two sisters move with their father to a villa in the suburbs. Since the death of their mother, they have become very strange. One day, the father brought in the stepmother, and strange things kept happening.
[15th] "Right Then, Wrong Then" | 2015| Starring: Jung Jae-yong, Kim Min-hee, Yoon Ru-jeong.
The story tells that director Han Qianxiu (Played by Jeong Jae-yong) accidentally meets the painter Yoon Hee-jeong (Kim Min-hee) in Miwon, and the two are very close and have a good feeling for each other. However, after that, Hee-jeong learns that Chi-soo is married and is very disappointed in him.
【No. 14】"Oasis" | 2002| starring: Xue Jingqiu, Wen Suli.
The story tells that a Zhongdu (Xue Jingqiu), who is imprisoned for his brother's crime, falls in love with Gong Su (Wen Suli), a severe cerebral palsy patient, after being released from prison.
【No. 13】"Busan Trip" | 2016| starring Kong Liu, Ma Dongshi, Jung Roumei, Kim So-an, Kim Yi-sung.
The story tells of a zombie virus carrier boarding a train from Seoul to Busan and spreading the virus rapidly on the train. On the train, Xu Shuoyu (Kong Liu) vows to die to protect his daughter Xiu'an (Jin Xiu'an).
【No. 12】"Cry" | 2016| starring: Guo Duyuan, Huang Zhaowei, Kunimura Falcon, Qian Yue.
The story tells of an otherwise peaceful village that has become restless because of a murder.
【No. 11】"Mother" | 2009| main stains: Kim Keiko, Yuan Bin.
The story tells that Doo Joon (Won Bin), who has an IQ problem, was originally dependent on his mother (Kim Hye-ko). One day, Dou Jun suddenly becomes a suspect in a murder case. For him, his mother went from the countryside to the big city alone, looking for evidence to exonerate her son.
【No. 10】"Mistaken Bullet" | 1961| starring Kim Jin-kyu, Choi Boon-yong, Moon Jeong-sook, Kim Hye-jeong.
Set in South Korea in the 1950s, the story tells the story of an accounting firm clerk who is too poor to force his sister to become a prostitute in the U.S. military.
【9th】"Mints" | 2000| starring: Xue Jingqiu, Wen Suli, Kim Ru-jin.
The story is flashback, pouring out how the protagonist's life is gradually destroyed.
[8th] "Poetry" | 2010| starring: Yin Jingji.
The story tells of an old woman who lives with her grandson and falls in love with writing poetry one day after an occasional lesson in writing poetry.
【No. 7】"Next Girl" | 1960| starring:
The story tells of a woman who originally lived in a well-off family and lived a happy and fulfilling life. Since one day her husband hired a "maid" (maid), the next daughter had an affair with her husband, and she became pregnant, destroying her beautiful family.
【No. 6】"Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring" | 2003| starring Kim Yong-min, Oh Young-so, Kim Ki-duk.
The story takes the old monk and the child monk as the protagonists, and divides the events experienced in life into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
【No. 5】"Miss" | 2016| starring: Cho Jin-woong, Ha Jeong-woo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri.
Set against the backdrop of the 1930 Japanese occupation era, the story tells that Earl Fujiwara (Ha Jeong-woo) deliberately arranges for a daughter Nam Sook-hee (Kim Tae-ri) to be by her side in order to defraud Miss Hideko (Kim Min-hee) of her huge fortune.
[4th] "Old Boys" | 2003| starring: Choi Min-sik, Liu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong.
Wu Daxiu (Choi Min-sik) originally lived an ordinary life with his wife and daughter. On his daughter's birthday, he was suddenly placed under house arrest in a hotel. His wife was killed, his daughter was missing, and he became the number one suspect.
【3rd】"Memories of Killing" | 2003| starring: Bong Joon-ho and Shen Shengfu.
The story is adapted from the famous "Hwaseong Serial Murder Case".
【No. 2】"Parasite" | 2019| starring: Song Kanghao, Li Shanjun, Zhao Rujing.
The story tells that a family of four originally lived in a semi-underground unit and was very poor. Later, his son was introduced to a wealthy family as a tutor, so the family infiltrated the family disguised as different people.
[1st] "Burning" | 2018| starring: Liu Yaren, Jeon Jong-sui, Steven Lian.
The story is adapted from the story "Burning the Firewood House" in Haruki Murakami's novel "Fireflies", which tells the story of Zhong Xiu (Liu Yaren), a young man who has not been able to find a regular job after graduation, and a chance encounter with his childhood neighbor Haemi (Jeon Jong-sui). Although the two have a crush on each other, Heme will then set out for Africa. Later, Haemi finally returns to Korea, but brings back Ben (Steven Lian), a man she met in Africa.