Search: Directed by Bong Joon Ho

The Host (2006)

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Funny, scary and races along at a fierce pace.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

A toxic monster terrorises Seoul.
Memories Of Murder (2003)

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The film is well made and the humour delicately balanced between corruption and farce.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Foolish cops investigate South Korean serial killer.
Mickey 17 (2025)

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Bong loses the thread in numerous half-baked sub-plots whose inflation takes its toll on the bloated runtime.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 2 out of 5

The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes, has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job … to die, for a living.
Mother (2009)

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When it comes to subverting the audience’s expectations, Joon-ho proves he is a puppet master, pulling our strings without us ever suspecting it.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

A mother tries to prove her son's innocence.
Okja (2017)

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Bong keeps it all on the move with immense visual flair, innumerable chases and excellent effects.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5

Young girl Mija must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Parasite (2019)

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Bong Joon Ho's tale of two families explores the wealth gap in South Korean society with wit, insight and a pitch black sense of humour.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Snowpiercer (2013)

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The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4.5 out of 5

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.