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Park Chan-wook

South Korean filmmaker (born 1963)

4.61body-of-work score · ranked #238 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
August 23, 1963 · Seoul
Nationality
South Korea
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, film critic
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Park Chan-wook
YantsImages · CC BY-SA 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
    Oldboy올드보이Must-See #258

    2003 · South Korea / Japan · drama, thriller, mystery

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2004 · Kehr's annual top 10 2005 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #6

    2.387 citations
  2. 2
    Decision to Leave헤어질 결심

    2022 · South Korea · mystery, drama, romance

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2023 #7 · Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #12 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #89

    0.833 citations
  3. 3
    The Handmaiden아가씨

    2016 · South Korea · drama, romance, thriller

    Film Comment year-end poll 2016 #16 · Letterboxd Top 250 #76 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.603 citations
  4. 4
    Joint Security Area공동경비구역 JSA

    2000 · South Korea · drama, mystery, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2001 #5 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.502 citations
  5. 5
    Sympathy for Lady Vengeance친절한 금자씨

    2005 · South Korea · drama, thriller, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #40

    0.191 citation
  6. 6
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance복수는 나의 것

    2002 · South Korea · drama, thriller, crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.