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Kim Jee-woon has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including I Saw the Devil.
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The Quiet Family
1998 · Movie · Director · Writer
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Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Kuk-hwan

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Shin Min-a

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Choi Min-sik

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Lim Soo-jung, Moon Geun-young, Yum Jung-ah

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Song Kang-ho, Lim Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se

In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Gang Dong-won, Han Hyo-joo, Jung Woo-sung
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

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander

Brilliant brain scientist Sewon suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Lee Sun-kyun, Park Hee-soon, Seo Ji-hye