Korean Cinema timeline

  • "Shiri" is Released

    Shiri (쉬리, Swiri) is a 1999 Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu. Shiri was the first Hollywood-style big-budget action film to be... Read more

  • "The Isle" is Released

    The Isle is a 2000 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk. The film was the fifth film made by Kim, and the first to receive wider... Read more

  • Joint Security Area is Released

    Joint Security Area (2000) is a South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook. Its plot revolves around efforts to unravel the truth behind an... Read more

  • Friend (친구 Chin-gu) is Released

    Friend (친구 Chin-gu) is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. At one time, it was the highest-grossing South Korean movie of all... Read more

  • The Original My Sassy Girl is Released

    My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀; literally, That Bizarre Girl) is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, in which the lead... Read more

  • "Bad Guy" is Released

    Bad Guy (2001) is a South Korean film by director Kim Ki-duk about a man who traps a woman into prostitution, then becomes protective of her. The... Read more

  • "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" is Released

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook which follows the character Ryu trying to earn enough money for... Read more

  • Memories of Murder is Released

    Memories of Murder (Korean: 살인의 추억 Sarinui Chueok) is a 2003 South Korean drama film directed by Bong Joon-ho. It is based on the true story of the... Read more

  • A Tale of Two Sisters (2003 film) is Released

    A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련 Janghwa, Hongryeon literally 'Rose Flower, Red Lotus') is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film by Kim... Read more

  • A Good Lawyer's Wife

    A Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족, Baramnan Kajok) is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various... Read more

  • "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" is Released

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (UK: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring) is a 2003 South Korean film about a Buddhist... Read more

  • "Oldboy" is Released

    Oldboy (Hangul: 올드보이, the phonetic transliteration of "old boy") is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook. It is loosely based on the... Read more

  • "3 Iron" is Released

    3-Iron (original Korean title: 빈집 or Bin-jip, meaning Empty Houses) is a 2004 Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. The plot revolves around the... Read more

  • "Three... Extremes" is Released

    Three... Extremes (traditional Chinese: 三更2 Saam gaang yi) is a 2004 international Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by... Read more

  • Taegukgi (The Brotherhood of War)

    Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (Hangul: 태극기 휘날리며) is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It tells the story about the effect of the Korean... Read more

  • The President's Last Bang

    The President's Last Bang (Hangul: 그때 그사람들; RR: Geudttae Geusaramdeul)1 is a 2005 satiric black comedy film by South Korean director Im Sang-soo... Read more

  • "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" is Released

    Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a 2005 South Korean film by director Park Chan-wook. Its original Korean title is Chinjeolhan geumjassi, which... Read more

  • The Old Garden is Released

    Im Sang-Soo’s reverential adaptation of the novel keeps the fragile balance between the political and the personal that could be found in the book,... Read more

  • "Time" is Released

    Kim Ki-duk's 13th film Time opens with video footage of a women undergoing plastic surgery. The images are predictably gruesome, displaying the... Read more

  • The Host (film) is Released

    The Host (괴물, Gwoemul - "Monster") is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was... Read more

  • "I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK" is Released

    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK opened in South Korea on December 7, 2006, and was the number one film at the box office in its opening weekend,... Read more

  • "Breath" is Released

    "Breath" was nominated for the Palme d'Or award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, although the prize was eventually awarded to the film "4 Months,... Read more

  • The Good, The Bad, & The Weird is Released

    The Good, the Bad, the Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom) is a 2008 South Korean western film by Kim Ji-woon, it stars... Read more

  • "Thirst" is Released

    Thirst (Hangul: 박쥐; RR: Bakjwi) is a 2009 horror/drama film, written and directed by Park Chan-wook. It is loosly based on the novel Thérèse Raquin... Read more