Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
A list of the 100 greatest Korean films from Korean Screen:
158 international film critics from 28 countries and every continent in the world except Antarctica told us their greatest Korean films ever so we could form our list.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
Rank |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
1
|
Burning
|
2018
|
|
2
|
Parasite
|
2019
|
|
3
|
Memories of Murder
aka Salinui chueok
|
2003
|
|
4
|
Oldboy
|
2003
|
|
5
|
The Handmaiden
|
2016
|
|
6
|
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
aka Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
|
2003
|
|
7
|
Housemaid, The
aka Hanyo
|
1960
|
|
8
|
Poetry
|
2010
|
|
9
|
Peppermint Candy
|
1999
|
|
10
|
The Stray Bullet
|
1961
|
|
11
|
Mother
aka Madeo
|
2009
|
|
12
|
The Wailing
|
2016
|
|
13
|
Train to Busan
|
2016
|
|
14
|
Oasis
|
2002
|
|
15
|
Right Now, Wrong Then
|
2015
|
|
16
|
A Tale of Two Sisters
|
2003
|
|
17
|
JSA: Joint Security Area
aka Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA
|
2000
|
|
18
|
Host, The
aka Gwoemul
|
2006
|
|
19
|
Snowpiercer
|
2013
|
|
20
|
Sopyonje
|
1993
|
|
21
|
House of Hummingbird
|
2018
|
|
22
|
I Saw the Devil
|
2010
|
|
23
|
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
aka Chinjeolhan geumjassi
|
2005
|
|
24
|
3-Iron
aka Bin-jip
|
2004
|
|
25
|
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
aka Boksuneun naui geot
|
2002
|
|
26
|
Take Care of My Cat
|
2001
|
|
27
|
A Bittersweet Life
aka Dalkomhan insaeng
|
2005
|
|
28
|
Secret Sunshine
|
2007
|
|
29
|
Man from Nowhere, The
aka Ajeossi
|
2010
|
|
30
|
Good, the Bad, the Weird, The
aka Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom
|
2008
|
|
31
|
Hyuil
|
1968
|
|
32
|
Castaway on the Moon
|
2009
|
|
33
|
The March of Fools
|
1975
|
|
34
|
Thirst
aka Bakjwi
|
2009
|
|
35
|
Mandala
|
1981
|
|
36
|
Save the Green Planet!
aka Jigureul jikyeora!
|
2003
|
|
37
|
The Widow
|
1955
|
|
38
|
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo
aka Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
|
2004
|
|
39
|
The Man with Three Coffins
|
1987
|
|
40
|
A Girl at My Door
|
2014
|
|
41
|
Pieta
|
2012
|
|
42
|
New World
|
2013
|
|
43
|
The Villainess
|
2017
|
|
44
|
Okja
|
2017
|
|
45
|
Little Forest
|
2018
|
|
46
|
Cafe Noir
|
2009
|
|
47
|
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
|
1989
|
|
48
|
Madame Freedom
|
1956
|
|
49
|
A Single Spark
|
1995
|
|
50
|
Christmas in August
|
1998
|
|
51
|
Chilsu and Mansu
|
1988
|
|
52
|
Han Gong-ju
|
2013
|
|
53
|
Night and Day
|
2008
|
|
54
|
A Petal
|
1996
|
|
55
|
On the Beach at Night Alone
|
2017
|
|
56
|
The General's Mustache
|
1968
|
|
57
|
The Day He Arrives
|
2011
|
|
58
|
My Sassy Girl
aka Yeopgijeogin geunyeo
|
2001
|
|
59
|
Hahaha
|
2010
|
|
60
|
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
|
2000
|
|
61
|
Treeless Mountain
|
2008
|
|
62
|
The Isle
|
2000
|
|
63
|
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
aka 싸ì´ë³´ê·¸ì§€ë§Œ 괜찮아
|
2006
|
|
64
|
Insect Woman
|
1972
|
|
65
|
Microhabitat
|
2017
|
|
66
|
The Surrogate Woman
|
1987
|
|
67
|
The Coachman
|
1961
|
|
68
|
Attack the Gas Station!
aka Juyuso seubgyuksageun
|
1999
|
|
69
|
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
|
1996
|
|
70
|
The Woman Who Ran
|
2020
|
|
71
|
Dwae-ji-ui wang
|
2011
|
|
72
|
A Taxi Driver
|
2017
|
|
73
|
A Hometown in Heart
|
1949
|
|
74
|
Paju
|
2009
|
|
75
|
One Fine Spring Day
|
2001
|
|
76
|
Moonlit Winter
|
2019
|
|
77
|
Sseo-ni
|
2011
|
|
78
|
Ja-yu-eui eon-deok
|
2014
|
|
79
|
Painted Fire
|
2002
|
|
80
|
301, 302
|
1995
|
|
81
|
Il Mare
|
2000
|
|
82
|
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
|
1997
|
|
83
|
A Moment to Remember
|
2004
|
|
84
|
Woman of Fire
|
1971
|
|
85
|
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
|
2013
|
|
86
|
Pursuit of Death
|
1980
|
|
87
|
Io Island
|
1977
|
|
88
|
The Age of Success
|
1988
|
|
89
|
A Dirty Carnival
|
2006
|
|
90
|
Village in the Mist
|
1983
|
|
91
|
Chunhyang
|
2000
|
|
92
|
Mist
|
1967
|
|
93
|
My Mother and Her Guest
|
1961
|
|
94
|
Daytime Drinking
|
2008
|
|
95
|
Hotel by the River
|
2018
|
|
96
|
Suddenly in the Dark
|
1981
|
|
97
|
Seashore Village
|
1965
|
|
98
|
Golae sanyang
|
1984
|
|
99
|
Night Voyage
|
1977
|
|
100
|
Like You Know It All
|
2009
|
|