My Top 5 Korean Films
Jul 27, 2019In my view, Koreans make the best movies in the world. The simply tick all the boxes from great story line to great acting, cinema photography, action... Once you shake those ingredients around you will get a great Korean Movie.
Below are my 5 top favourites. There are more Korean films that I absolutely love for the same reasons stated above but let's just start with these ones.
My Top 5 Korean Action Films:
| Directed by | Lee Jeong-beom |
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| Produced by | Kim Tae-won |
| Written by | Lee Jeong-beom |
| Starring | Jang Dong-gun Kim Min-hee |
| Music by | Choi Yong-rak |
| Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean English |
| Box office | US$4.5 million |
| Directed by | Lee Jeong-beom |
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| Produced by | Lee Tae-heon |
| Written by | Lee Jeong-beom |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Shim Hyun-jung |
| Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-bum |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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119 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$43 million |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
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| Produced by | Park Dong-ho Eugene Lee |
| Written by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Kim Yeong-cheol Shin Min-ah Hwang Jung-min Kim Roi-ha Lee Ki-young |
| Music by | Jang Young-gyu Dalpalan |
| Cinematography | Kim Ji-yong |
| Edited by | Choi Jae-keun |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean Russian Filipino |
| Box office | US$7.6 million |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
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| Produced by | Kim Hyun-woo |
| Written by | Park Hoon-jung |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Choi Min-sik |
| Music by | Mowg |
| Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
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Peppermint & Company
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| Distributed by | Softbank Ventures Korea Showbox/Mediaplex (South Korea) Magnet Releasing (US & Canada) |
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141 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$6 million[1] |
| Box office | US$12.8 million |
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| Directed by | Na Hong-jin |
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| Produced by | Kim Su-jin Yun In-beom |
| Written by | Na Hong-jin Shinho Lee Hong Won-chan |
| Starring | Kim Yoon-seok Ha Jung-woo Seo Young-hee |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok Choi Yong-rak |
| Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
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123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | $2.6 million |
| Box office | US$35.8 million |
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