Kim Ki-duk

South Korean film director (1960–2020)

1.58body-of-work score · ranked #604 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
December 20, 1960 · Bonghwa County
Died
December 11, 2020 · Riga
Nationality
South Korea
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Kim Ki-duk
Photo by Tania Volobueva (tanka v) Cropped by RanZag · CC BY-SA 2.0

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
    Pietà피에타

    2012 · South Korea · drama, thriller, crime

    Venice Golden Lion winner 2012

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄

    2003 · South Korea / Germany · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #9 · Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #10 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.583 citations

Complete filmography

All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1996Crocodile
  • 1997Wild Animals
  • 1998Birdcage Inn
  • 2000Real Fiction
  • 2000The Isle
  • 2001Address Unknown
  • 2001Bad Guy
  • 2002The Coast Guard
  • 2003Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  • 20043-Iron
  • 2004Samaritan Girl
  • 2005The Bow
  • 2006Time
  • 2007Breath
  • 2008Dream
  • 2008Rough Cut
  • 2011Amen
  • 2011Arirang
  • 2012Pietà
  • 2013Moebius
  • 2014One on One
  • 2015Stop
  • 2016The Net
  • 2018Human, Space, Time and Human
  • 2019Dissolve
  • 2022Call of God