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Bae Doona has 19 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%AMC+ · Included

Kingdom
2019 · Series · Actor
Top 6%Netflix · Included

Tunnel
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

Stranger
2017 · Series · Actor
Top 15%Netflix · Included

Next Sohee
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Broker
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Hulu · Included

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho · With Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
Dir. Kim Eun-hee, Kim Seong-hun · With Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doona

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.
Dir. Kim Seong-hun · With Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona, Oh Dal-su

Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.
Dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita · With Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yuu Kashii

Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.
Dir. Lee Su-yeon, An Gil-ho, Yu Je-won · With Cho Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Lee Jun-hyuk

A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.
Dir. July Jung · With Kim Si-eun, Bae Doona, Jung Hoe-ryn
Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho · With Lee Sung-jae, Bae Doona, Kim Ho-jung

During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
Dir. Park Eun-kyo, Choi Hang-yong · With Bae Doona, Gong Yoo, Lee Joon

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao

as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute
Prime Video · Rent
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer · With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent

One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, J. Michael Straczynski · With Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton

Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
Dir. July Jung · With Bae Doona, Kim Sae-ron, Song Sae-byuk
In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.
Dir. Yim Pil-sung, Kim Jee-woon · With Ryoo Seung-bum, Go Joon-hee, Park Hae-il

When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein

The rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge — and legends are made.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
Dir. Woo Min-ho · With Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok, Bae Doona
Stéphane lives a quiet life as an eminent French Chef but when he decides to visit Soo, a mysterious Korean lady he fell in love with on Instagram, he'll embark on an adventurous journey full of discoveries.
Dir. Éric Lartigau · With Alain Chabat, Bae Doona, Jules Sagot
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