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What Korean films should I watch?

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sammyCYBORG

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Edit: Wrong forum, argh!

After re-watching Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and I Saw The Devil last night, I fancy watching some new Korean films but I don't know what's good. I've watched all the obvious ones:

Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Thirst
The Host
Mother
Memories of a Murder
I Saw The Devil
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Good, The Bad and The Weird
A Bittersweet Life
I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay
Snowpiercer

... and I like pretty much all of them. So what should I watch next?
 
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Koozek

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sammyCYBORG said:
After re-watching Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and I Saw The Devil last night, I fancy watching some new Korean films but I don't know what's good. I've watched all the obvious ones:

Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Thirst
The Host
Mother
Memories of a Murder
I Saw The Devil
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Good, The Bad and The Weird
A Bittersweet Life
I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay
Snowpiercer

... and I like pretty much all of them. So what should I watch next?
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Read the title and was about to post 90% of your list, lol.

New World and The Chaser are dope too. Oh, and Gangnam Blues.
 
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Ricky_R

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The Chaser. DEFINITELY The Chaser.

I must say... I haven't been as frustrated with a movie as I was with that one.

Old Boy and I Saw the Devil as well.
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
Save the Green Planet
Tae Guk Gi
Silmido
Crying Fist
New World
The Chaser
The Yellow Sea
Joint Security Area

Assassination is pretty enjoyable as well.

Edit:
Friend
My Way
71: Into the Fire
The Quiet Family
Swiri
 
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Grenchel

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Chaser, Joint Security Area, Mother, Bedeviled

Korea is really where I look for good action/thrillers now. They completely destroy the American output, as of recent.
 
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sammyCYBORG

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Already some really good looking films mentioned after Googling the titles. I can see I'll have a lot of films to watch over the next few weeks!
 
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jmelons

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Here's an old pic I saved years ago. I haven't seen them, but I suppose they're pretty good, I guess.

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jonno394

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You've watched a lot of good ones, I'd throw the following in:

Breathless - Hard hitting and powerful, wrecked me emotionally at one point
A Dirty Carnival - One of my favourite Korean gangster films, some excellent mob fight scenes
Nameless Gangster - Excellent gangster film set in the early 1990s.
New World - Some excellent fight scenes in this, including one in an elevator which left me speechless

edit - If you like historical/war movies give War of The Arrows, The Admiral and Bortherhood (Tae Guk Gi) a watch
 
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BubblegumCrisis

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Secret Sunshine
Il Mare
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Joint Security Area
Untold Scandal
Samaritan Girl
3-Iron
Oasis
My Wife Is a Gangster
 
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random25

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I know more romcoms than thriller/horror, so I guess My Sassy Girl and Windstruck won't help you OP.

jmelons said:
Here's an old pic I saved years ago. I haven't seen them, but I suppose they're pretty good, I guess.
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You don't put Miracle in Cell No. 7 in comedy category. That movie destroys hearts.
 
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RevolverVaro

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I'm also an SK film nut.

The Chaser
Coin Locker Girl
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Confession Of Murder
Tower
New World
The Thieves (actually a collabo with Chinese actors)
The Divine Move
Haunters (not many I know liked this one though)
Veteran
A Violent Prosecutor

Of all in the list above that I strongly recommend you watch is New World and The Chaser.
 
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Herb Alpert

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The chaser
The murderer

And you already put in your list memories of murder, one of the best movie I have ever seen.

Mother, too.
Save the green planet (is it korean? I'm not sure)

Yeah, there are a lot of very good movies from Korea.
 
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Bright-Light

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Only two missing that i would add have already been mentioned, but i will say them again to add emphasis.

The Chaser
Man from Nowhere
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
While not a Korean film, Stoker(2013), was written and directed by Chan-wook Park who was the director/writer behind all of the Vengeance films, Thirst and many others on this list. It's not amazing but it's definitely something.
 
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BRocknRolla

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As others have said, The Man from Nowhere.

Honestly, with your list, you've already seen a lot of the best stuff out there. (At least the stuff that attained enough acclaim to get subtitles.)
 
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