Lee Dong-hwi’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Lee Dong-hwi has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Handmaiden.
Recurring themes

Veteran
2015
Action · Crime

The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
Action · Comedy

Redirected
2014
Action · Comedy

The A-Team
2010
Action · Comedy

Dilwale
2015
Crime · Action

Rowdy Rathore
2012
Action · Comedy

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Action · Comedy

The Roundup: No Way Out
2023
Action · Crime

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.
Dir. Lee Chung-hyun · With Park Shin-hye, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Sung-ryung

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.
Dir. Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung · With Lee Hye-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Bo-gum

'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.
Dir. Heo Myeong-haeng · With Don Lee, Kim Moo-yul, Park Ji-hwan

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Dir. Lee Byeong-heon · With Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Sun-kyu

When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
Dir. Kim Sung-hoon · With Hyun Bin, Yoo Hai-jin, Kim Joo-hyuk
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

A young woman joins forces with a UFO enthusiast to investigate her boyfriend’s sudden disappearance and stumbles into a wild conspiracy.
Dir. Gin Han-sai, Roh Deok · With Jeon Yeo-been, Nana, Lee Dong-hwi