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Jeong Man-sik has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 6 rank in the Top 10%, led by Miracle in Cell No. 7.
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Son of a Gun
2014
Action · Crime

21 Bridges
2019
Crime · Action

Fast Convoy
2016
Drama · Action

Rogue City
2020
Crime · Thriller

Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
2019
Action · Crime

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016
Action · Thriller

The Awakener
2018
Thriller · Action

Sabotage
2014
Action · Drama

Miracle in Cell No. 7
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Tiger
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

The Swordsman
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Prime Video · Included

Good Boy
2025 · Series · Actor
Top 8%Prime Video · Included

Remember
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Vagabond
2019 · Series · Actor
Top 9%Netflix · Included

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.
Dir. Lee Hwan-kyung · With Ryu Seung-ryong, Park Shin-hye, Kal So-won

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
Dir. Park Hoon-jung · With Choi Min-sik, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Sang-ho

After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding, far removed from his city's anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.
Dir. Choi Jae-hoon · With Jang Hyuk, Kim Hyeon-soo, Joe Taslim

Olympic medalists join the police force through a special recruitment program, trading medals for badges as they tackle violent crimes and injustices with their athletic skills.
Dir. Sim Na-yeon, Lee Dae-il · With Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun, Oh Jung-se

Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
Dir. Lee Il-hyung · With Lee Sung-min, Nam Joo-hyuk, Park Keun-hyong

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
Dir. Yoo In-sik, Jang Yeong-cheol · With Lee Seung-gi, Suzy, Shin Sung-rok

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
Dir. Na Hong-jin · With Ha Jung-woo, Kim Yun-seok, Cho Seong-ha

In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who's clueless about his past.
Dir. Lee Myung-hoon · With Hwang Jung-min, Yum Jung-ah, Jeon Hye-jin

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan · With Hwang Jung-min, Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Hai-jin

Popular TV anchorwoman & late night DJ Ko Sun-young set to host her final radio program. During the show, she receives a startling text message instructing her to follow specific directions or endanger the lives of her family.
Dir. Kim Sang-man · With Soo Ae, Yoo Ji-tae, Don Lee

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.
Dir. Kim Sung-hoon · With Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Jo Woo-jin

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Dir. Kim Yong-hoon · With Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung, Bae Sung-woo
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.
Dir. Lee Jung-jae · With Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin

A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
Dir. Kim Sung-soo · With Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jung-min, Ju Ji-hoon

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Dir. Kim Seong-hun · With Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woong, Jeong Man-sik

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan · With Kim Yun-seok, Zo In-sung, Huh Joon-ho

Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.
Dir. Yang Ik-june · With Yang Ik-june, Kim Kkob-bi, Lee Hwan

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Ha Jung-woo, Gang Dong-won, Lee Kyung-young

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
Dir. Woo Min-ho · With Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo, Baek Yoon-sik

A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
Dir. Jung Ji-woo · With Park Hae-il, Kim Moo-yul, Kim Go-eun

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.
Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan · With Hwang Jung-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Yoo Hai-jin
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