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Bong Joon-ho

South Korean filmmaker (born 1969)

9.94body-of-work score · ranked #84 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 14, 1969 · Daegu
Nationality
South Korea
Work
film director, screenwriter, politician, television producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Bong Joon-ho
Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Parasite기생충Must-See #12

    2019 · South Korea · comedy, drama, thriller

    Palme d'Or winner 2019 · Oscar Best Picture winner 2019 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #1

    5.7212 citations
  2. 2
    The Host괴물

    2006 · South Korea · horror, sci-fi, comedy

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2006 #3 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2006 #3 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #71

    1.354 citations
  3. 3
    Mother마더

    2009 · South Korea · drama, mystery

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2009 #2 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2010 #10 · Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #11

    1.203 citations
  4. 4
    Memories of Murder살인의 추억

    2003 · South Korea · thriller, crime, mystery

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #2 · Letterboxd Top 250 #53 · Criterion Collection spine #1073

    1.164 citations
  5. 5
    Snowpiercer설국열차

    2013 · South Korea / Czech Republic / United States · thriller, sci-fi, action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #20 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.342 citations
  6. 6
    Okja

    2017 · United States / South Korea · adventure, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1133

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.