Vince DiCola
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JSA is an excellent watch.
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What Korean films should I watch?
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JSA is an excellent watch.
sammyCYBORG
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I left Stoker out because it's not Korean, but yes it's amazing. I love the cinematography it's absolutely stunning.
I think I love it more than most people in fact, really great film.
tauroxd
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Yep.
RevolverVaro
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No Tears For The Dead
Herb Alpert
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And don't forget the murderer.
A bit slow to take off, but the second half is breathtaking.
And you won't see any gun in it. Only knives! And a lot of them! Great fight, I love this movie.
Atraveller
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Seconded.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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good list op
The Man From Nowhere
Tabloid Truth
No Tears For The Dead
Confession OF Murder
A Company Man
The Pirates (this one is fun as fuck)
Traffickers
cant remember more but this is a good start
The Man From Nowhere
Tabloid Truth
No Tears For The Dead
Confession OF Murder
A Company Man
The Pirates (this one is fun as fuck)
Traffickers
cant remember more but this is a good start
SporeCrawler
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Shiri
joint security area
Attack the gas station
Wonderful Days
Maries Story
joint security area
Attack the gas station
Wonderful Days
Maries Story
bobawesome
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Refreshing to see three recommendations for Breathless. Never see people talk about it.
FlashbladeGAF
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^These right here
Chaser and The Man from Nowhere are a must.
All the great ones have been mentioned.
Some fun ones to watch that come to mind:
A Hard Day
Assassination
Bjoern the Smexy
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Watch Oldboy again.
Don't care that you watched it already.
It's one of the best movies ever, so it deserves to be watched again and again.
Don't care that you watched it already.
It's one of the best movies ever, so it deserves to be watched again and again.
sammyCYBORG
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Oldboy is good, but.. brace yourself... I think it's the weakest of the trilogy.
Lady is the best, then Mr, then Oldboy I'd say.
Super Rookie
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Some of my favourites which aren't on yourr list:
Man From Nowhere
Welcome to Dongmakgol
Three Kims
Please Teach Me English
My Sassy Girl
Veteran
Arahan
Castaway on the Moon
Attack the gas station
Two guys
Guns and Talks
Silenced
New World
Honestly there are so many fantastic Korean movies!
Also check out some K-Drama too, start with Super Rookie
Man From Nowhere
Welcome to Dongmakgol
Three Kims
Please Teach Me English
My Sassy Girl
Veteran
Arahan
Castaway on the Moon
Attack the gas station
Two guys
Guns and Talks
Silenced
New World
Honestly there are so many fantastic Korean movies!
Also check out some K-Drama too, start with Super Rookie
RevolverVaro
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Looks like I need to relax because out of all the suggestions in this thread the only ones I haven't seen are The Wailing and Train To Busan. ;_;
For me it's Mr., Lady, then Oldboy.
For me it's Mr., Lady, then Oldboy.
Everyone has pretty much mentioned all my favs.. which is awesome.
If your looking for another English film directed by a Korean Dirdctor. The guy who did the Sympathy and Old boy movies did an English movie as well. Called Stoker.
Not as good as his other stuff but still worth a watch.
If your looking for another English film directed by a Korean Dirdctor. The guy who did the Sympathy and Old boy movies did an English movie as well. Called Stoker.
Not as good as his other stuff but still worth a watch.
Solid recommendations if you're after Korean animated films. Padak is also a neat and more recent one if you dig animated musicals/dark fairy tales about how fish make it into our dinner plates lol. It's up on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/468060
King of Pigs is another good animated film too.
EDIT: You can't go wrong with anything that has Ha Jung-woo in it most of the time
This.
Movie has grown on me. I think I like it more than The Man From Nowhere at this point.
IceDoesntHelp
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GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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you got me going op
For The Emperor
Northern Limit Line
A Better Tomorrow
Silmido
Rough Cut
Crying Fist
Admiral: Roaring Currents (starring Choi Min-sik)
for the life of me i cant remember this one based of Korea in the 60's or 90's Midnight Blues or something like that, poverty and corruption was big.
For The Emperor
Northern Limit Line
A Better Tomorrow
Silmido
Rough Cut
Crying Fist
Admiral: Roaring Currents (starring Choi Min-sik)
for the life of me i cant remember this one based of Korea in the 60's or 90's Midnight Blues or something like that, poverty and corruption was big.
I like how most people in this topic are too excited to talk about Korean films than to move this to the off topic section.
I haven't seen The Good, The Bad and the Weird mentioned yet, which I can recommend as a really fun take on the western film, with some really spectacular actions scenes as well.
I found the Wailing suffering a bit from what Koreans are usually great at; mixing genre's. It felt too funny at times to be scary, and it was a bit too long.
The Chaser was really good, but has already been recommended. Also, if you haven't seen it: Kung Fu Hustle. First time I watched it it got me to tears laughing in one particular scene, but it's funny altogether.
I haven't seen The Good, The Bad and the Weird mentioned yet, which I can recommend as a really fun take on the western film, with some really spectacular actions scenes as well.
I found the Wailing suffering a bit from what Koreans are usually great at; mixing genre's. It felt too funny at times to be scary, and it was a bit too long.
The Chaser was really good, but has already been recommended. Also, if you haven't seen it: Kung Fu Hustle. First time I watched it it got me to tears laughing in one particular scene, but it's funny altogether.
Angelus Errare
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Montage
Midnight FM
Bestseller
Don't Cry Momma
The Five
The Housemaid
26 Years
Midnight FM
Bestseller
Don't Cry Momma
The Five
The Housemaid
26 Years
orthodoxy1095
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Enjoyed Ode to My Father when I watched it earlier this year.
Dragon Puncher
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Of the ones you haven't seen some of my favorites are:
Castaway on the Moon
Joint Security Area
The Chaser
Taeguki
Crying Fist
There's generally a lot of great stuff from the early 2000's to around 2012-13. Truly a golden age for Korean cinema.
Castaway on the Moon
Joint Security Area
The Chaser
Taeguki
Crying Fist
There's generally a lot of great stuff from the early 2000's to around 2012-13. Truly a golden age for Korean cinema.
wolfwolfwolf
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I'm a big Choi Min-sik fan, and he had another big release last year which is well worth a watch. The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale.
TheTemplar
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Chronicles Of Evil. Just watched it this weekend, lots of twists.
AlteredForms
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Nothing comes close to this masterpiece. Finest Korean movie ever made.
wolfwolfwolf
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Also keep an eye out for The Handmaiden (Recently released) and The Age of Shadows (Out this month).
bennywhatever
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Save the Green Planet is so damn good. Just look at that cover.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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damn, i should watch this. cool that Prime Video has it for streaming
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