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Yoo Hai-jin has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by A Taxi Driver.
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013
Drama · Action

Logan Lucky
2017
Comedy · Crime

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016
Action · Thriller

Kundo: Age of the Rampant
2014
Action · Drama

War Dogs
2016
Comedy · Crime

American Made
2017
Comedy · Crime

Tai Chi Zero
2012
Action · Drama

Kaththi
2014
Action · Drama

A Taxi Driver
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Prime Video · Included

The Flu
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Prime Video · Included

Exhuma
2024 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%AMC+ · Included

The Pirates
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Veteran
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Netflix · Included

Space Sweepers
2021 · Movie · Voice
Top 35%Netflix · Included

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Dir. Jang Hoon · With Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
Dir. Kim Sung-soo · With Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, Park Min-ha

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Dir. Jang Jae-hyun · With Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hai-jin

In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.
Dir. Jang Joon-hwan · With Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hai-jin

A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out actor switches locker keys with him, they switch lives until the hit-man, who soon becomes an action hero on TV, starts to remember things.
Dir. Lee Kae-byeok · With Yoo Hai-jin, Lee Joon, Jo Yoon-hee

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?
Dir. Lee Suk-hoon · With Son Ye-jin, Kim Nam-gil, Oh Dal-su

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

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

When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
Dir. Jo Sung-hee · With Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Hai-jin

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.
Dir. Choi Dong-hoon · With Gang Dong-won, Kim Yun-seok, Lim Soo-jung

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
Dir. Lee Joon-ik · With Kam Woo-sung, Lee Joon-gi, Jung Jin-young

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
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · With Jang Dong-gun, Kim Jung-hak, Park Ji-a
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