A Dirty Carnival (2006)

Director: Ha Yu

Starring: Zo In-Sung, Lee Bo-young, Namkoon Min

Director Ha Yu really knows the dark, gritty alleys behind Korea's gleaming skyscrapers. In this universe of thugs, Byung-doo is a small time crook ek... Read more

Murder Take One (2005)

Director: Jin Jang

Starring: Seung-won Cha, Ha-kyun Shin, Jung-ah Park, Ji-su Kim

A crackling blend of murder mystery and deadpan satire, Jin Jang's adaptation of his own play begins with the homicide of a woman in a hotel room - a... Read more

The City of Violence (2006)

Director: Seung-wan Ryoo

Starring: Doo-hong Jung, Seung-wan Ryoo, Beom-su Lee

A Seoul cop learns that an old friend, and ex-gangster, has been murdered and returns to his hometown for the funeral, only to find that something eve... Read more

Princess Aurora (2005)

Director: Eun-jin Bang

Starring: Jeong-hwa Eom, Seong-kun Moon, Oh-jung Kwon

A bizarre crime spree appears to leave a trail of random dead, with the only thing to connect them a sticker left on the body of the cartoon character... Read more

Aachi and Ssipak (2006)

Director: Jo Beom-Jin

Set in a futuristic world powered entirely by human excrement, and a government anxious to control this sole, important source of energy. Special sens... Read more

Attack the Gas Station (1999)

Director: Sang-Jin Kim

Starring: Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang, Ji-tae Yu, Yeong-gyu Park, Jun Jeong,...

An imaginative and stylish Korean comedy, satirising the prolific Asian crime genre and South Korea's social turmoil. Four bored youths decide to rob... Read more

The King and the Clown (2005)

Director: Jun-ik Lee

Starring: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-young Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-gi Lee, Hang-Seon Jang, Hae...

South Korea's highest-grossing film of all time (until it was surpassed by 2006's 'The Host') is this period drama-comedy about a group of wandering m... Read more

No Mercy for the Rude (2006)

Director: Cheol-hie Park

Starring: Ha-kyun Shin, Ji-hye Yun, Min-jun Kim, Su-heui Go, Byeong-ok Kim

Brutal violence blends with post-modern comedy and absurd set-pieces in this hip Korean flick about a man with a severe speech impediment who refuses... Read more

3-Iron (2004)

Director: Kim Ki-duk

Starring: Lee Seung-yeon, Jae Hee, Kwon Hyuk-ho

Breaking into mansions while the homeowners are away, an enigmatic drifter repays his hosts' unwitting hospitality by performing small chores in the r... Read more

Seoul Raiders (2005)

Director: Jingle Ma

Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Shu Qi, Richie Ren, Jeong-jin Lee, Meme Tian

Wisecracking private eye Lam (Tony Leung) jets off to Seoul on the trail of a thief who has stolen a valuable counterfeiting money plate. A raucous s... Read more