List of the best Kim Ki-duk movies: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring(2003), 3-Iron(2004), Pieta(2012), The Isle(2000), Arirang(2011), Breath(2007), Crocodile(1996), Moebius(2013), One on One(2014), Red Family(2014), Dream(2008), Address Unknown(2001) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
South Korea|Germany
2003
102 Minutes
Director
Kim Ki-duk Ha Yeo-jin Dae-han Ji Yeong-su Oh Young-min Kim Jae-kyeong Seo Jong-ho Kim Jung-young Kim Min Choi Ji-a Park Min-Young Song
monk woman mentor boy emotional engaging moving passionate solemn korea monastery lake coming of age love crime repentance buddhism forbidden love growing up fall
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
8.0/10
Romance, Drama
South Korea|Japan
2004
87 Minutes
Director
Seung-yeon Lee Hyun-Kyoon Lee Hyuk-ho Kwon Ju Jin-mo Choi Jeong-ho Lee Ju-suk Mun Sung-hyeok Park Ji-ah Jang Jae-yong Lee Da-hae Park Se-jin
abused wife husband drifter cop loner dreamy dark moving offbeat mansion house jail south korea domestic violence loveless marriage affair heroism jealousy on the run rescue
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2012
103 Minutes
Director
Lee Jung-jin Jo Min-soo Woo Gi-hong Kang Eun-jin Jo Jae-ryong Lee Myung-ja Jae-rok Kim Won-jang Lee
thug mother mysterious woman thrilling city home secret lifestyle job mystery
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
7.0/10
Drama
South Korea
2000
89 Minutes
Director
Seoh Jung Kim Yu-seok Park Sung-hee Jang Hang-sun Jo Jae-hyeon
lover murderer young woman dark island lake passion beauty escape transformation
Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.
6.9/10
Documentary
South Korea
2011
100 Minutes
Director
filmmaker director engaging south korea crisis accident depression rise
Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career.
6.9/10
Drama
South Korea
2007
84 Minutes
Director
A love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell".
6.7/10
Drama
South Korea
1996
102 Minutes
Director
A woman forms a twisted bond with a homeless violent thug who prevented her suicide.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2013
89 Minutes
Director
Jae-Hyeon Jo Eun-woo Lee Young Ju Seo Kim Jae-Hong Jae-rok Kim
unfaithful husband son boy dark disheartening south korea desire revenge infidelity forbidden love future
A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's, and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.
5.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
South Korea
2014
122 Minutes
Director
Don Lee Young-min Kim Hee-Joong Ju Gwi-hwa Choi Hwa-Young Im
One on One: After a high school student is murdered, the seven suspects are hunted down by members of a terrorist organization.
Drama
2014
99 Minutes
Director
Yu-mi Kim Jung Woo Cho Myung-sik Park So-young Park Byeong-eun Kang Eun-jin Oh Jae-moo Kang Do-eun
A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies (Yu-mi Kim, Jung Woo, Cho Myung-sik) who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Romance
2008
95 Minutes
Director
Jô Odagiri Na-yeong Lee Mi-hie Jang Tae-hyeon Kim Ji-a Park
Drama
2001
118 Minutes
Director
Yang Dong-kun Young-min Kim Ban Min-jung Pang Eun-jin Myeong Gye-nam Lee In-ok Jo Jae-hyeon Kim Yeong-im
The presence of a U.S. military base affects the lives of three troubled Korean teenagers (Yang Dong-kun, Kim Young-min).