The Best of Bong Joon-ho: Six of His Movies You Must Watch

FILM & TV

Memories of Murder (2003)

Two detectives investigate a succession of rapes and homicides of women in a Korean hamlet as they look for a serial killer in this murder-mystery thriller starring Song Kang-ho and Kim Roi-ha.

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The Host (2006)

An American military pathologist’s careless act of throwing vials of formaldehyde into the Han River causes a beast to emerge and cause havoc. After killing countless people, the monster seeks out a vendor’s daughter.

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Mother (2009)

The routine of a widow and her mentally challenged son is upended when the corpse of a girl is discovered, and the mother seeks frantically for the murderer as her son is accused of killing the girl.

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Snowpiercer (2013)

When a botched climate-change experiment kills all except for those onboard the Snowpiercer train, Curtis Everett (Chris Evans), from the lower-class passengers at the back rebels against the front-segment elite class.

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Okja (2017)

 A young girl adopts Okja, a bioengineered "super pig," and, after Okja is transferred to America, embarks on a rescue mission to save the animal from the horrible mistreatment in the meat industry.

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Parasite (2019)

It examines the friendship between the affluent Park family and the poor Kim family, who are looking for work under pretenses. What emerges is a wry, vivid, and deftly crafted canvas of class animosity.

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