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And if youвЂ™re looking for genre thrills, recent hits Train to Busan and The Wailing, as well as Kim Jee-woonвЂ™s A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil, will help scratch that horror itch. Once youвЂ™ve devoured all of those films, thereвЂ™s also the quiet, subdued work of Hong Sang-soo ( Hotel by the River, On the Beach at Night Alone, Right Now, Wrong Then), whose frequent leading lady Kim Min-hee also starred in Park Chan-wookвЂ™s endlessly talked-about 2016 romantic mystery The Handmaiden. HeвЂ™s worked with Oldboy director Park Chan-wook ( Thirst, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance), Kim Jee-woon ( The Age of Shadows, The Good, the Bad, the Weird), and Poetry and Burning director Lee Chang-dong multiple times. ParasiteвЂs Song Kang-ho, one of KoreaвЂ™s most versatile and prolific leading men, also starred in the latter two films and serves as the connective tissue between Bong and many of his celebrated colleagues.

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His spectacular crime thrillers Mother and Memories of Murder and his acclaimed monster movie The Host helped establish him as one of the countryвЂ™s most promising filmmakers. Parasite is a great introduction to the South Korean aesthetic, as director Bong Joon-ho has been playing with tone since the early 2000s. Whether Parasite is your gateway into an international film scene or youвЂ™re a seasoned viewer looking to tick off every last classic, we present 30 Certified Fresh South Korean movies to watch now!

With ParasiteвЂs historic Best Picture win at the 2020 Oscars, South Korea has now become an intractable contender in the argument for which countries are producing the best movies today. (Photo by Next Entertainment World/ courtesy Everett Collection) 30 Certified Fresh South Korean Movies To Watch Now

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