# Hong Sang-soo's best films

From The Day a Pig Fell into the Well to The Novelist's Film: Hong Sang-soo's key films, chosen from Namuwiki and Korean film-community recommendations.

- 19 votes · 14 items
- Aug 18, 2025 · Seojun Oh
- https://even.best/en/l/3228/hong-sang-soo-s-best-films

## Top 14

1. **On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — An actor's trips to Chuncheon and Gyeongju.
2. **Hahaha (2010)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes.
3. **The Day He Arrives (2011)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Repeating days in Seoul's Bukchon.
4. **Woman on the Beach (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ko Hyun-jung in a love triangle by a winter beach.
5. **In Another Country (2012)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Isabelle Huppert plays three women named Anne.
6. **The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — His debut, still often called his best.
7. **On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for best actress in Berlin.
8. **The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The same trip seen from two people's sides.
9. **Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A black-and-white love story told twice.
10. **Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Golden Leopard and best actor at Locarno.
11. **Tale of Cinema (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A film within a film, and what lies outside it.
12. **Oki's Movie (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A story in four short films.
13. **The Woman Who Ran (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Silver Bear for best director in Berlin.
14. **The Novelist's Film (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize in Berlin.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.