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) ... ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
Drama
South Korea
1996
102 Minutes
Director
A woman forms a twisted bond with a homeless violent thug who prevented her suicide.
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.
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).