Park Chan-wook’s Typical Vibe
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Park Chan-wook has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Oldboy.
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 4%AMC+ · Included

Decision to Leave
2022 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 4%MUBI · Included

No Other Choice
2025 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 6%Hulu · Included

Joint Security Area
2000 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 6%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Lady Vengeance
2005 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 11%AMC+ · Included

Three... Extremes
2004 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 12%AMC+ · Included

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung

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

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

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun

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

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-young

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.
Dir. Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook · With Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Mai Suzuki

In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together — one the master and one the servant — reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.
Dir. Kim Sang-man · With Gang Dong-won, Park Jeong-min, Cha Seung-won

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-vin, Kim Hae-sook

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Lim Soo-jung, Rain, Oh Dal-su
After India’s father dies suddenly, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she begins to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. But instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.
Dir. Don McKellar, Park Chan-wook · With Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Toan Le