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Lee Sung-min has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Teach You a Lesson.
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Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Rebel Ridge
2024
Crime · Action

Desperation Road
2023
Thriller · Action

Shot Caller
2017
Crime · Drama

Mom
2017
Crime · Drama

Vengeance: A Love Story
2017
Action · Drama

No Other Choice
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Hulu · Included

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

12.12: The Day
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Prime Video · Included

Juvenile Justice
2022 · Series · Actor
Top 21%Netflix · Included

Secret Sunshine
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%AMC+ · Included

The Man Standing Next
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Prime Video · Included
An inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB) who is authorized by the government to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline delinquent students and reform the educational system.
Dir. Chae Yong-taek, Han Ga-ram · With Kim Moo-yul, Lee Sung-min, Jin Ki-joo

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon

Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.
Dir. Yang Woo-seok · With Song Kang-ho, Kim Young-ae, Oh Dal-su

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

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
Dir. Kim Sung-soo · With Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-min

A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
Dir. Hong Jong-chan, Kim Min-suk · With Kim Hye-soo, Kim Moo-yul, Lee Sung-min

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Hwang Jung-min, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.
Dir. Lee Chang-dong · With Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Jo Young-jin

An ordinary man witnesses a cruel murder and becomes entangled in circumstances out of his control.
Dir. Cho Kyu-jang · With Lee Sung-min, Kim Sang-ho, Jin Kyung

After ten years, a loyal employee is framed for embezzlement, then murdered by his employers, only to be reborn as their youngest son, with a yearn for revenge guiding his hostile takeover.
Dir. Kim Tae-hee, Jung Dae-yoon, San Kyung · With Song Joong-ki, Lee Sung-min, Shin Hyun-been

When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
Dir. Woo Min-ho · With Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won

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

After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.
Dir. Lee Il-hyung · With Hwang Jung-min, Gang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min

In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.
Dir. Kim Yong-hwa · With Sul Kyung-gu, Doh Kyung-soo, Kim Hee-ae

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
With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
Dir. Kim Tae-hyoung · With Lee Sung-min, Nam Da-reum, Park Hae-joon
A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.
Dir. Yoo Ha · With Song Kang-ho, Lee Na-young, Lee Sung-min
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