Hong Sang-soo
South Korean film director (born 1960)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 25, 1960 · Seoul
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, executive producer, composer
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.
- 1Right Now, Wrong Then지금은맞고그때는틀리다
2015 · South Korea · drama, comedy, romance
Locarno Golden Leopard winner 2015 · Film Comment year-end poll 2016 #12
1.022 citations - 2The Woman Who Ran도망친 여자
2020 · South Korea · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2020 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2021 #16
0.882 citations - 3In Front of Your Face당신 얼굴 앞에서
2021 · South Korea · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #7 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2022 #10
0.622 citations - 4On the Beach at Night Alone밤의 해변에서 혼자
2017 · South Korea · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2018 #7 · Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #16
0.582 citations - 5
2012 · South Korea · drama, comedy
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2012 #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #48
0.562 citations - 60.501 citation
- 70.391 citation
- 80.361 citation
- 90.321 citation
- 10Nobody's Daughter Haewon누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
2013 · South Korea · drama, romance
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2013 #8
0.321 citation - 110.321 citation
- 120.301 citation
- 130.291 citation
- 140.271 citation
- 150.251 citation
- 160.211 citation
- 17Woman Is the Future of Man여자는 남자의 미래다
2004 · South Korea · romance
Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #34
0.201 citation - 180.181 citation
- 190.181 citation
Complete filmography
All 35 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1996The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
- 1998The Power of Kangwon Province
- 2000Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
- 2002On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
- 2004Woman Is the Future of Man
- 2005Tale of Cinema
- 2006Woman on the Beach
- 2008Night and Day
- 2009Like You Know It All
- 2010Hahaha
- 2010Oki's Movie
- 2011The Day He Arrives
- 2012In Another Country
- 2013Nobody's Daughter Haewon
- 2013Our Sunhi
- 2014Hill of Freedom
- 2015Right Now, Wrong Then
- 2016Yourself and Yours
- 2017Claire's Camera
- 2017On the Beach at Night Alone
- 2017The Day After
- 2018Grass
- 2018Hotel by the River
- 2020The Woman Who Ran
- 2021In Front of Your Face
- 2022Introduction
- 2022The Novelist's Film
- 2022Walk Up
- 2023In Our Day
- 2023In Water
- 2024A Traveler’s Needs
- 2024By the Stream
- 2025What Does that Nature Say to You
- —List
- —Nowhere to Lay My Eyes