Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호), born September 14, 1969, is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. His films are characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the black comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), before achieving both critical and commercial success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller Memories of Murder (2003), the monster film The Host (2006), the science fiction action film Snowpiercer (2013), and the Academy Award-winning black comedy social thriller Parasite (2019), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea, with Parasite also being the highest-grossing South Korean film in history. All of Bong's films have been South Korean productions, although both Snowpiercer and Okja (2017) are mostly in the English language. Two of his films have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival—Okja in 2017 and Parasite in 2019; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, which was a first for a South Korean film. Parasite also became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award nominations, with Bong winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, making Parasite the first film not in English to win Best Picture. In 2017, Bong was included on Metacritic's list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century. In 2020, Bong was included in Time's annual list of 100 Most Influential People and Bloomberg 50.

  • Title: Bong Joon-ho
  • Popularity: 32.841
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-09-14
  • Place of Birth: Daegu, South Korea
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  • Also Known As: 봉준호, 奉俊昊, Bong Jun-ho, ポン・ジュノ, بونگ جون-هو, בונג ג'ון-הו, Пон Чжун Хо, Joon Ho Bong, Bong Joon-ho
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Bong Joon-ho Movies

  • 1994
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    Incoherence

    Incoherence

    7.2 1994 HD

    The misadventures of three seemingly unrelated South Korean men.

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  • 2012
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    Doomsday Book

    Doomsday Book

    6.1 2012 HD

    In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches...

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  • 2005
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    Making Memories of Murder

    Making Memories of Murder

    1 2005 HD

    Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.

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  • 2018
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    Memories

    Memories

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2011
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    Kurosawa's Way

    Kurosawa's Way

    5.4 2011 HD

    Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

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  • 1970
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    The Host : Histoires de famille

    The Host : Histoires de famille

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2021
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    보는 것을 사랑한다

    보는 것을 사랑한다

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2008
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    40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

    40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

    1 2008 HD

    A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.

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  • 2023
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    Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

    Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

    7.1 2023 HD

    This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon...

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  • 2022
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    Kultur-King Korea

    Kultur-King Korea

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2020
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    Making Parasite

    Making Parasite

    1 2020 HD

    A short featurette on the making of Parasite.

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  • 2012
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    Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

    Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

    5.2 2012 HD

    Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over...

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  • 2008
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    Crush and Blush

    Crush and Blush

    6.4 2008 HD

    With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she...

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  • 2007
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    Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

    Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

    1 2007 HD

    A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence

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  • 2015
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    Searching for Bong

    Searching for Bong

    7 2015 HD

    Unlike our dream of becoming a great filmmaker, the movie boards that adults talk about are tough. We are looking for our idol, Bong Joon-ho...

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  • 2017
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    The Clouzot Scandal

    The Clouzot Scandal

    6.5 2017 HD

    Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the...

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  • 2014
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    Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

    Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

    5 2014 HD

    Documentary on the making of the film.

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  • 2014
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    Understanding Movies

    Understanding Movies

    1 2014 HD

    Ji-han's set for graduation film. It is not as easy as it feels to devote all the production techniques that he have learned in school for four...

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  • 2012
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    Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

    Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

    1 2012 HD

    Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through...

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  • 2010
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    Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother

    Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother

    8.5 2010 HD

    A documentary on the making of ‘Mother’.

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  • 2009
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    Can I Borrow a Light?

    Can I Borrow a Light?

    1 2009 HD

    A thoughtful young man ambles around the Han River, providing an expansive setting for his contemplations. During a telephone call on the Jamsu...

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  • 2012
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    A Brave New World

    A Brave New World

    1 2012 HD

    A geek is left home alone and his negligence causes the spread of a deadly contamination that infects the entire local population and turns them into...

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  • 2013
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    Where is my DVD?

    Where is my DVD?

    9.5 2013 HD

    Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn't get any dvd from the directors. He's decided to...

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  • 2002
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    No Blood No Tears

    No Blood No Tears

    6 2002 HD

    Gyung-sun is a washed-up cab driver who has been trying to go straight after years in trouble with the law after being a big-time safecracker....

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  • 2006
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    The Host

    The Host

    6.982 2006 HD

    A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting...

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  • 2006
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    The Host

    The Host

    6.982 2006 HD

    A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting...

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  • 2000
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    Barking Dogs Never Bite

    Barking Dogs Never Bite

    6.814 2000 HD

    An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

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  • 2009
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    Mother

    Mother

    7.723 2009 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    Mother

    Mother

    7.723 2009 HD

    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...

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  • 2003
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    Memories of Murder

    Memories of Murder

    8.064 2003 HD

    During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

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  • 2003
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    Memories of Murder

    Memories of Murder

    8.064 2003 HD

    During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

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  • 2008
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    Tokyo!

    Tokyo!

    7 2008 HD

    Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

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  • 2004
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    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    3 2004 HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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  • 1994
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    Incoherence

    Incoherence

    7.2 1994 HD

    The misadventures of three seemingly unrelated South Korean men.

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  • 1970
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    Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Film

    Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Film

    1 1970 HD

    The story will reportedly follow an invertebrate deep-sea fish who believes he’s suffering from spinal disk herniation.

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  • 2013
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    Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

    6.9 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

    6.9 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2004
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    Influenza

    Influenza

    6.7 2004 HD

    The film starts with a man named Cho Hyuk-rae who has perched dangerously on top of the Han River Bridge. It is a sad picture of a man who has been...

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  • 2004
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    Sink & Rise

    Sink & Rise

    5 2004 HD

    Under the Sungsan Bridge, in a waterside stand by the Han River, a poor and tired-looking father and daughter, Jae-mun, and In-seon, are arguing the...

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  • 1999
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    Phantom: The Submarine

    Phantom: The Submarine

    5.5 1999 HD

    Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

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  • 2013
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    Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

    6.9 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 1992
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    Looking For Paradise

    Looking For Paradise

    7 1992 HD

    A gorilla searching for freedom while fighting a caterpillar that emerged from its fecal matter.

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  • 1992
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    Looking For Paradise

    Looking For Paradise

    7 1992 HD

    A gorilla searching for freedom while fighting a caterpillar that emerged from its fecal matter.

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  • 1992
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    Looking For Paradise

    Looking For Paradise

    7 1992 HD

    A gorilla searching for freedom while fighting a caterpillar that emerged from its fecal matter.

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  • 1970
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    Sounds from Heaven and Earth

    Sounds from Heaven and Earth

    1 1970 HD

    Short film directed by Equan Choi.

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  • 1994
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    The Love of a Grape Seed

    The Love of a Grape Seed

    1 1994 HD

    Short film by Jae-Yeong Heo, Soo-gil Lee, and Derek Son Tae-woong.

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  • 2014
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    Sea Fog

    Sea Fog

    6.9 2014 HD

    A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

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  • 2025
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    Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    1 2025 HD

    Mickey Barnes has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job... to...

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  • 2025
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    Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    1 2025 HD

    Mickey Barnes has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job... to...

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  • 1970
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    Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

    Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

    1 1970 HD

    A "small love story" by Lee Isaac Chung.

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  • 2017
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    Okja

    Okja

    7.4 2017 HD

    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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  • 2011
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    3.11 A Sense of Home

    3.11 A Sense of Home

    6.5 2011 HD

    In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

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  • 1970
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    The Host 2

    The Host 2

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2017
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    Okja

    Okja

    7.4 2017 HD

    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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  • 2008
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    Tokyo!

    Tokyo!

    7 2008 HD

    Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

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  • 1970
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    Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Film

    Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Film

    1 1970 HD

    The story will reportedly follow an invertebrate deep-sea fish who believes he’s suffering from spinal disk herniation.

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  • 1994
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    Incoherence

    Incoherence

    7.2 1994 HD

    The misadventures of three seemingly unrelated South Korean men.

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  • 2005
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    Antarctic Journal

    Antarctic Journal

    5.9 2005 HD

    Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British...

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  • 2014
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    Sea Fog

    Sea Fog

    6.9 2014 HD

    A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

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  • 1997
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    Motel Cactus

    Motel Cactus

    6.2 1997 HD

    The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.

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  • 2017
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    Okja

    Okja

    7.4 2017 HD

    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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  • 2017
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    Okja

    Okja

    7.4 2017 HD

    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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  • 1994
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    Incoherence

    Incoherence

    7.2 1994 HD

    The misadventures of three seemingly unrelated South Korean men.

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  • 2000
    imgMovies

    Barking Dogs Never Bite

    Barking Dogs Never Bite

    6.814 2000 HD

    An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

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  • 1997
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    Motel Cactus

    Motel Cactus

    6.2 1997 HD

    The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.

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  • 1996
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    7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

    7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

    2 1996 HD

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  • 1994
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    White Man

    White Man

    4.9 1994 HD

    A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

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  • 1994
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    White Man

    White Man

    4.9 1994 HD

    A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

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  • 1994
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    The Memories in My Frame

    The Memories in My Frame

    5.111 1994 HD

    A young boy struggles with the loss of his beloved dog.

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  • 1994
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    The Memories in My Frame

    The Memories in My Frame

    5.111 1994 HD

    A young boy struggles with the loss of his beloved dog.

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  • 2004
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    Influenza

    Influenza

    6.7 2004 HD

    The film starts with a man named Cho Hyuk-rae who has perched dangerously on top of the Han River Bridge. It is a sad picture of a man who has been...

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  • 2004
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    Sink & Rise

    Sink & Rise

    5 2004 HD

    Under the Sungsan Bridge, in a waterside stand by the Han River, a poor and tired-looking father and daughter, Jae-mun, and In-seon, are arguing the...

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  • 2004
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    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    3 2004 HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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  • 2019
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    Parasite

    Parasite

    8.506 2019 HD

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an...

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  • 2019
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    Parasite

    Parasite

    8.506 2019 HD

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an...

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  • 2019
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    Parasite

    Parasite

    8.506 2019 HD

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an...

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  • 2019
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    Parasite

    Parasite

    8.506 2019 HD

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an...

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  • 1994
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    2001 Imagine

    2001 Imagine

    3.7 1994 HD

    2001 short film

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  • 2025
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    Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    1 2025 HD

    Mickey Barnes has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job... to...

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  • 2020
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    봉준호, 장르가 되다

    봉준호, 장르가 되다

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Next Entertainment, Visionary

    Next Entertainment, Visionary

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Crunchyroll Anime Awards

    The Crunchyroll Anime Awards

    2 2018 HD

    Annual awards ceremony by the anime streaming service Crunchyroll to recognize the best anime of the previous year.

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  • 2018
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    You Quiz On The Block

    You Quiz On The Block

    8.3 2018 HD

    Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program...

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  • 2019
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    Your Song

    Your Song

    9 2019 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 2019
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    Modern Korea

    Modern Korea

    10 2019 HD

    The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant...

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  • 1970
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    Modern Korea

    Modern Korea

    7.4 1970 HD

    More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that...

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  • 1970
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    Modern Korea

    Modern Korea

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Modern Korea

    Modern Korea

    7.4 1970 HD

    More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that...

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