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rushz0rz
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Canada5300 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 00:24:55
January 04 2012 00:16 GMT
#1
I'm bored tonight and need something to watch.

What I've already seen:

Oldboy
A Bittersweet Life
Radio Star
Memories of Murder
Friend
Tae Guk Gi

So go ahead and recommend me some good Korean films. Also recommend other good foreign films too or just anything good.

EDIT: By the way, no romance films.

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ABear
Profile Joined June 2006
United States161 Posts
January 04 2012 00:20 GMT
#2
the chaser was pretty good http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
January 04 2012 00:20 GMT
#3
Joint Security Area wasn't bad, but I haven't seen the whole thing. Only about a half.

According to wiki it's the highest grossing film in korean history, so shouldn't be too awful.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25552 Posts
January 04 2012 00:24 GMT
#4
I highly, highly recommend Taegukgi Hwinallimyo or Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. The best Korean film I've ever seen. It's a story about war and brotherhood.

You'll understand the heroism and sorrow of the Korean war, and the futility and anger for the scar across Korea, the 38th parallel... and you will cry.
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rushz0rz
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Canada5300 Posts
January 04 2012 00:24 GMT
#5
On January 04 2012 09:24 Blazinghand wrote:
I highly, highly recommend Taegukgi Hwinallimyo or Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. The best Korean film I've ever seen. It's a story about war and brotherhood.

You'll understand the heroism and sorrow of the Korean war, and the futility and anger for the scar across Korea, the 38th parallel... and you will cry.


Forgot to mention that I've already seen it. Thanks though.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25552 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 00:25:53
January 04 2012 00:25 GMT
#6
On January 04 2012 09:24 rushz0rz wrote:
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On January 04 2012 09:24 Blazinghand wrote:
I highly, highly recommend Taegukgi Hwinallimyo or Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. The best Korean film I've ever seen. It's a story about war and brotherhood.

You'll understand the heroism and sorrow of the Korean war, and the futility and anger for the scar across Korea, the 38th parallel... and you will cry.


Forgot to mention that I've already seen it. Thanks though.


oh... well then. I'm out of suggestions. You've also seen Oldboy and I don't remember any other names ._. because they're in korean.
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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11582 Posts
January 04 2012 00:27 GMT
#7
The Man From Nowhere was really good.

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Vinnesta
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Singapore285 Posts
January 04 2012 00:32 GMT
#8
200 Pounds Beauty is really popular. While it's not exactly romance, if you don't like "simple, feel-good" plots, watch another film.
Same difference is not an oxymoron!
jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
January 04 2012 00:34 GMT
#9
Saw Silmido a while back, not bad.
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Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
January 04 2012 00:35 GMT
#10
- Chaser
- The Man from Nowhere
- The Host
- Mother
- Thirst
- I Saw The Devil
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Xeth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany11 Posts
January 04 2012 00:44 GMT
#11
- Shiri
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
- Voice of a Murderer
- Public Enemy (2002)
HaruHaru
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States988 Posts
January 04 2012 00:44 GMT
#12
yea jsa and 200 pound beauty were both pretty good. If i remember correctly jsa as the movie about guards on opposite sdes of the border . Very emotional movie !
Long live BroodWar!
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
January 04 2012 00:45 GMT
#13
JSA was really good!

I watched Glove on the plane ride to Korea and really liked it.
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grtgrt1
Profile Joined February 2011
76 Posts
January 04 2012 00:47 GMT
#14
To your own and Enki's list, for priorities, add:

Castaway on the Moon
Sympahty for Mr. Vengeance
Moss
The Good The Bad The Weird
Children
No Mercy for the Rude

... for the really good (or at least really entertaining, in two cases) ones.

If you find anything good, also do please post more, I'm desperately running out.
Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 00:55:15
January 04 2012 00:54 GMT
#15
On January 04 2012 09:47 grtgrt1 wrote:
To your own and Enki's list, for priorities, add:

Castaway on the Moon
Sympahty for Mr. Vengeance
Moss
The Good The Bad The Weird
Children
No Mercy for the Rude

... for the really good (or at least really entertaining, in two cases) ones.

If you find anything good, also do please post more, I'm desperately running out.


Well, it does have a romance in it, although it's kinda in the backseat to the overall theme of the movie. It's really good though.

Oh yeah, and add Save the Green Planet! to that list as well. It's a blend of many different genres, but really great.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." I run the Smix Fanclub!
Ruffian
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States369 Posts
January 04 2012 01:03 GMT
#16
The Man from Nowhere/Ajusshi was really good. I just saw it the other day. It even sucked in my parents.

If you like horror movies "Confessions" was really great (it's Japanese though!)

There's a class for this (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
January 04 2012 01:04 GMT
#17
Watch "Sympathy for Mr vengeance" the first of the oldboy triology.

It's less "hollywood" than oldboy so you might be less impressed, but I personally thought it was a better movie than oldboy, at least after the second viewing.

If you don't mind more slow-paced films, definitely look at Kim Ki duk's movies too. I would start with Spring summer fall, winter and spring first. Then, either 3-iron or samaria.

In a similar vein, but more accessible, I would also recommend Lee chandong's Peppermint Candy, Oasis, and secret sunshine. All are very solid movies.

Needless to say, none of these are romance movies.
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l10f *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3241 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 01:30:14
January 04 2012 01:24 GMT
#18
Crossing
Secret Sunshine
Classic <- think falls in romance though
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TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 01:36:32
January 04 2012 01:34 GMT
#19
My Sassy Girl

I liked it at least

Ok, just saw no romance, although it's not bog standard

For other foreign films, Departures is very good too
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
January 04 2012 01:38 GMT
#20
On January 04 2012 09:34 jubil wrote:
Saw Silmido a while back, not bad.

Silmido and Seven Days are the Korean movies that stick out to me as not terrible. And there was this movie where based on a true story with a guy ordering hookers and killing them, if anyone knows the name.
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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11582 Posts
January 04 2012 01:41 GMT
#21
On January 04 2012 10:38 Chill wrote:
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On January 04 2012 09:34 jubil wrote:
Saw Silmido a while back, not bad.

Silmido and Seven Days are the Korean movies that stick out to me as not terrible. And there was this movie where based on a true story with a guy ordering hookers and killing them, if anyone knows the name.


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Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 01:46:12
January 04 2012 01:45 GMT
#22
Tale Of Two Sisters is pretty scary and very well done imo.

Also, as others mentioned, definitely watch The Host and The Man From Nowhere.

A Moment To Remember is supposed to be very good, haven't seen it yet but that's what most of my friends say. It's a drama though. Dunno if that's what you're looking for.

And for other Asian films, watch anything by Takeshi Kitano (start with Hanabi).
Always smile~
Yakota
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia112 Posts
January 04 2012 02:14 GMT
#23
If you like Oldboy, you'll prob like I saw the Devil
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Jinro apparently wanted to see this below...not sure if its any good though
Tell me your wish
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Profile Joined May 2010
Canada505 Posts
January 04 2012 02:24 GMT
#24
Crying Fist is one of my favorite movies period.

I second the Castaway on the Moon suggestion, as well.
Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
January 04 2012 02:34 GMT
#25
Tell Me Your Wish (소원을 말해봐) isn't worth your time. There's been a thread about it where subs have been posted but despite having an interesting idea it's badly produced and acted.
Always smile~
Warrior Madness
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada3791 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 04:04:00
January 04 2012 03:27 GMT
#26
A few I recommend:

Mother
Memories of Murder (Easily one of the best korean movies of the decade)
3 Iron (No romance, but if you're gonna watch one watch this)

Breathless
Friend
Color of Korea
The Chaser
Oasis
A Tail of Two Sisters
The Good the Bad the Weird
Spring Summer Winter...Spring
Lady Vengence
Secret Sunshine
JSA
Thirst
Crossing




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illsick
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1770 Posts
January 04 2012 06:32 GMT
#27
Hong Kong movie:

Infernal Affairs (better than 'The Departed')
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TheBeardedWonder
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States67 Posts
January 04 2012 06:58 GMT
#28
A few of my favorites that haven't been posted yet:

Welcome To DongMakGol
The King And The Clown
iamahydralisk
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States813 Posts
January 04 2012 06:58 GMT
#29
Le Grand Chef. it's a movie about food and cooking. not nearly as lame as it sounds. it has romance elements but it's not the central point of the film.
"well if youre looking for long term, go safe, if you expect it to end either way, go risky. wow. just like sc2" - friend of mine when I asked him which girl to pick
buickskylark
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada664 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 07:03:00
January 04 2012 06:59 GMT
#30
Horror: Tale of Two Sisters or The Host. Sister was straight up horror, but Host appealed to many genres I think. The first time I saw it I didn't like it but a few times after I really did enjoy it. That's never happened to me before. Forgot to mention 'Thirst' is another great one. It's a Vampire movie but it's different enough to make it interesting. Never thought a Korean Vampire movie could be good but this was so very well done.

My Sassy Girl was the first Korean movie that I truly truly liked. Sucked me in and I watched it a dozen times. JJH is so facking beautiful and the male lead was perfectly casted as well.

The other movie I really enjoyed out of all the ones I've seen is JSA. At the time I knew nothing about the DMZ and the turmoil between the north and the south so I came in with a blank slate. The movie does not disappoint.

Damn it, the other one that made an impression on me was a movie called 'Friend'. That's the english name, can't remember the Korean name I think it's Chin Gu. Such an awesome movie about brotherhood and friendship.
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
January 04 2012 07:29 GMT
#31
Bad Guy
Breathless
The Chaser
KTY
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
January 04 2012 08:01 GMT
#32
마음이
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
SpaceFighting
Profile Joined January 2010
New Zealand690 Posts
January 04 2012 12:42 GMT
#33
yeah my sassy girl is something alot of people like...

also dont watch sector 7 LOL.. i watched it purely because of ha ji won.. i loved secret garden, but that movie is complete trash (imo)
kuz pro
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
January 04 2012 12:54 GMT
#34
Why Did You Come To My House?
I'm A Cyborg But That's Okay
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
January 04 2012 13:14 GMT
#35
Moss < - A few mindfucks and flash backs, mystery thriller film.
I Saw the Devil < - Very gruesome and violent movie about a sadistic murderer. Not for the lighthearted.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
kaisen
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States601 Posts
January 04 2012 13:34 GMT
#36
Save the Green Planet

Memories of Murder

A Bittersweet Life

Forlorn
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)69 Posts
January 04 2012 20:11 GMT
#37
I recommend:

Tazza
Beautiful

Also I am trying to think of the movie that had the monster in the Han river... That movie was alright.
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