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Korean movie recommendations
- Thread starter Dreamboum
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These threads always feature the exact same movies and there are still people in here who haven't watched them all...do it right now!
Never heard about Seoul Station, will watch that. Where is Train to Busan 2 btw?
Wasn't there supposed to be a sequel in the works?
The Housemaid, made back in 1960, is a trippy, surreal, crazy, really tense and oddly darkly comic thriller, probably the best Korean movie I've ever seen.
Also has one of the best endings ever. You can find it in the second volume of the restored world cinema classics collection that Martin Scorsese recently produced.
Also has one of the best endings ever. You can find it in the second volume of the restored world cinema classics collection that Martin Scorsese recently produced.
Just saw that Miracle in Cell No. 7 is up on Amazon Included with Prime videos if you have access/haven't seen it. You should see it.
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Montage (Uhm Jung Hwa won a Grand Bell for this!)
A Bittersweet Life
The Handmaiden
Han Gong Ju. I legit cried, that is all.
Silenced (if you want to see if someone is a sociopath, show this movie. If they don't get emotional...run)
Midnight FM. It's not a particularly good movie but for some reason I love it a lot.
Bestseller, not particularly phenomenal but Uhm Jung Hwa once again delivers
The Housemaid (remake of the 1960 film)
A Bittersweet Life
The Handmaiden
Han Gong Ju. I legit cried, that is all.
Silenced (if you want to see if someone is a sociopath, show this movie. If they don't get emotional...run)
Midnight FM. It's not a particularly good movie but for some reason I love it a lot.
Bestseller, not particularly phenomenal but Uhm Jung Hwa once again delivers
The Housemaid (remake of the 1960 film)
Not many comedies here so I'll recommend a couple, these two were both my favorite comedies of their respective years
Twenty
Midnight Runners
Midnight Runners was one of my favorite movies last year
Truth. I have seen thousands of films in my life and there's something I can't quite put into words about this film. It's fairly straightforward but everything about the film's execution is beyond perfection. It's one of my favorite films up there with City of God and Pan's Labyrinth.
Everyone go watch Bittersweet Life!
Basically all of the Bong Joon-ho movies are great, though I prefer his Korean-language only stuff to the more international films he's made. I also liked Train to Busan and The Age of Shadows a lot. I'm excited to try more but I haven't seen many yet!
Not enough animation in this thread, though I'm glad to see Seoul Station and King of Pigs have already been mentioned.
All of the listed are excellent Korean animated fims.
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
King of Pigs
Oseam
Seoul Station (prequel to Train to Busan)
You just brought back memories of Aachi and Ssipak.
It's a fun film but a bit too crude with its humor to give as a general reccomendation. For sure not for everyone.You just brought back memories of Aachi and Ssipak.
+1 for The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Also watched The Handmaiden recently, which was also pretty great
Also watched The Handmaiden recently, which was also pretty great
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Bumping for some more recs
Nowhere to Hide
It looks like an action movie, but it's most of all a movie about movement than true action. Everything moves in this movie, sometimes for no reason other than the act of moving. The director goes through great lengths to depict this and it makes for a really fascinating art movie that pushes the boundaries of kinetic stage-play. It has some cinematographic effects that are still incredible, and while you might not be satisfied with the plot, I think literally everything else more than makes up for it. Honestly a great movie to recommend if you want to step out of your comfort zone.
1987 When the Day Comes
I've seen this movie twice, and it made me cry even more the second time. The director of the cult movie Save the Green Planet comes back with a mainstream movie, but is still isn't afraid to experiment. Based on the real events of the June struggle, the movie takes the viewpoint of several people during the lead-up of Korea's burgeoning democracy. It's a relay race of several people passing the baton in order to uncover the story behind the killing of a student by the anti-communist brigade that has ignited the whole country as a result. It's an ensemble cast that manages to really shines even with the limited screen-time. Everything could have failed horribly in this movie considering how it switches viewpoint in order to take a snapshot of Korean people in this era, but it worked really well. The music is also
I honestly think that we're getting into an era where "mainstream" movies are actually getting super interesting and well done, it's like the rebirth of the "Shiri" era. Mainstream movies that aren't afraid to take risks to do things you wouldn't see elsewhere. They play into their strengths. I'm a big softie, but this movie emotionally ruined me, snot on my face and all. I actually watched it during the Paris Film Festival and pretty much everyone was crying. Hard recommend.
Midnight Runners
Less daring, but very fun, Midnight Runners manages to really work as a comedy movie that takes code from the golden age of Korean cinema with genre whiplash. The history of two awkward guys who joins the police academy and ends up embroiled into a human trafficking gang. The chemistry between the two leads is very good. A very good movie to spend the evening.
The Truth Beneath
I actually didn't expect much of that movie...but I was never so happy to be wrong about my initial assessment. It's a powerful movie with such a strong lead in the name of Son Ye-Jin. She's a tremendous actress in every way as she tries to uncover the mystery behind her daughter's sudden disappeareance. It's a great thriller as well as it is a drama. But it does it with the kind of gravitas I honestly haven't seen in a long time. The way she is developed throughout the movie really highlights the kind of movies we should have when we give the opportunity to tell stories that are not centered around men. I dare say she is the best actress in Korea right now, that's how impressive she was. Also a much stronger movie than Sympathy for Lady Vengeance even. Must watch. Also RIP Kim Joo-hyuk, his car accident was a tragedy and I will forever be sad that such an excellent actor is no longer of this world. His role in this movie was stellar too.
Nowhere to Hide
It looks like an action movie, but it's most of all a movie about movement than true action. Everything moves in this movie, sometimes for no reason other than the act of moving. The director goes through great lengths to depict this and it makes for a really fascinating art movie that pushes the boundaries of kinetic stage-play. It has some cinematographic effects that are still incredible, and while you might not be satisfied with the plot, I think literally everything else more than makes up for it. Honestly a great movie to recommend if you want to step out of your comfort zone.
1987 When the Day Comes
I've seen this movie twice, and it made me cry even more the second time. The director of the cult movie Save the Green Planet comes back with a mainstream movie, but is still isn't afraid to experiment. Based on the real events of the June struggle, the movie takes the viewpoint of several people during the lead-up of Korea's burgeoning democracy. It's a relay race of several people passing the baton in order to uncover the story behind the killing of a student by the anti-communist brigade that has ignited the whole country as a result. It's an ensemble cast that manages to really shines even with the limited screen-time. Everything could have failed horribly in this movie considering how it switches viewpoint in order to take a snapshot of Korean people in this era, but it worked really well. The music is also
I honestly think that we're getting into an era where "mainstream" movies are actually getting super interesting and well done, it's like the rebirth of the "Shiri" era. Mainstream movies that aren't afraid to take risks to do things you wouldn't see elsewhere. They play into their strengths. I'm a big softie, but this movie emotionally ruined me, snot on my face and all. I actually watched it during the Paris Film Festival and pretty much everyone was crying. Hard recommend.
Midnight Runners
Less daring, but very fun, Midnight Runners manages to really work as a comedy movie that takes code from the golden age of Korean cinema with genre whiplash. The history of two awkward guys who joins the police academy and ends up embroiled into a human trafficking gang. The chemistry between the two leads is very good. A very good movie to spend the evening.
The Truth Beneath
I actually didn't expect much of that movie...but I was never so happy to be wrong about my initial assessment. It's a powerful movie with such a strong lead in the name of Son Ye-Jin. She's a tremendous actress in every way as she tries to uncover the mystery behind her daughter's sudden disappeareance. It's a great thriller as well as it is a drama. But it does it with the kind of gravitas I honestly haven't seen in a long time. The way she is developed throughout the movie really highlights the kind of movies we should have when we give the opportunity to tell stories that are not centered around men. I dare say she is the best actress in Korea right now, that's how impressive she was. Also a much stronger movie than Sympathy for Lady Vengeance even. Must watch. Also RIP Kim Joo-hyuk, his car accident was a tragedy and I will forever be sad that such an excellent actor is no longer of this world. His role in this movie was stellar too.
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Shiri is so good. I agreeEveryone should start with the movie that formed the modern Korean cinema
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I love Korean cinema, but only seen the thrillers, action, gangster, type ones. What are the best from other genres like drama, romance etc? I'm also geetting into Hong Kong and Japanese cinema. Would def love another Asian cinema thread as I want to expand to other countries like Thai, Malay, Filipino and more cinema. Want to watch the best of the best from each.
I've only seen two of his films but Lee Chang Dong is a widely respected drama filmmaker from recent years as well. For a look into the toxic masculinity psyche of South Korea as it transitioned into the modern, capitalist society it is today check out Peppermint Candy. It's a depressing watch and I oscillate between thinking it's too mean-spirited and just right, but am glad I saw it nevertheless.
kim ki-duk is my favourite korean director, although i haven't been a huge fan of his last few films.
Latest Korean film I've watched was The Wailing.
Damn, the last part/climax to the ending...
The bad guys win... : (
Damn, the last part/climax to the ending...
The bad guys win... : (
Everyone should start with the movie that formed the modern Korean cinema
Yeah I got this for Christmas and enjoyed it. Nice seeing baby Song Kang-Ho and Choi Min Sik together. I love "The Quiet Family" which has them both in. Directed by Kim Jee Woon too. Not many people talk about that film.
I just got a VPN finally, and Prime US has some decent Korean films i've not seen before, couple i've added onto my watch list:
Flu
Master
The Classified File
The Tower
comedy: save green planet, miracle in cell nº7, tokyo!, quiet family, attack of the gas station, going by the book, radio start, miss grany, a man who was superman, speedy scandal
drama:spring summer fall winter and spring, poetry, masquerade, castway on the moon, welcome to dongmakgol, failan, king and clown, crying fist, peppermint candy, attorney, pieta, housemaid, jsa
romance: my sassy girl, a moment to remember, 3 irons, oasis, you are my sunshine, il mare, time, the classic, windstruck, im a cyborg but that's okay, eungyo
horror: tale of two sisters, wishing stairs, three extremes, whispering corridors, memento mori, wailing,
Hong Sang-soo is sorta like Woody Allen in that he's very prolific and often writes himself into his films. The humor is much more low-key but is concerned with the same type of mundane artistic and interpersonal conflicts. I've only seen Right Now, Wrong Then and
On the Beach at Night Alone and would recommend both.
I've mentioned it in this topic before, but it is still on Amazon Prime for those of you that have that option. Bring tissues. It's goddamned excellent.
Another that, sadly, is a bit harder to find streaming is this. I own and love the hell out of this movie.
Another that, sadly, is a bit harder to find streaming is this. I own and love the hell out of this movie.
I Saw The Devil is a great revenge flick
The Wailing is a great drama/horror
Oldboy is a classic
The Wailing is a great drama/horror
Oldboy is a classic
Midnight Runners
I really loved this film. Like a near perfect buddy cop movie.
Its one of the best pieces of zombie fiction to come out in a long time while being stunning beautiful in between all the horro and the best part is the second season is coming out very very soon.
I know it's a very different genre that's most of the recommendations but Extreme Job was my favourite comedy of last year. The synopsis is: A team of narcotics detectives goes undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. But things take an unexpected turn when the detectives' chicken recipe suddenly transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town.
Also here is a YouTube trailer with English subs.
Also here is a YouTube trailer with English subs.
It really was. And when the action began...wew. Hell of a lot better than I ever expected going into the film.
