Here are the top 10 Korean movies of all time based on their IMDB movie ratings. IMDB is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group “rec.arts.movies” in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993.
1.Parasite
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. IMDB rating 8.5
2. Oldboy
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. IMDB rating 8.4
3. Ayla: The Daughter of War
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a half-frozen little girl with no parents, and no help in sight IMDB rating 8.3
4. Hope
Story of an 8 year old girl coping with a gruesome rape damaging her internally and affecting emotionally, trying to overcome all obstacles in the aftermath of the incident with a good support from those around her IMDB rating 8.2
5. The Handmaiden
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. IMDB rating 8.2
6. Memories of Murder
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit. IMDB rating 8.1
7. Miracle in Cell No. 7
A story about the love between a mentally-ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter. IMDB rating 8.1
8. Silenced
Based on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing-impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time. IMDB rating 8.0
9. My Sassy Girl
A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train. IMDB rating 8.0
10. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons. IMDB rating 8.0
