# The best Choi Min-sik movies

From Shiri and Oldboy to The Admiral, New World and Exhuma: Choi Min-sik's key films, from Ilyo Sisa's profile of the 'national actor', Wikipedia and Namuwiki.

- 47 votes · 13 items
- Jan 29, 2025 · cutscene_rambling
- https://even.best/en/l/4447/the-best-choi-min-sik-movies

## Top 13

1. **New World (2013)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Park Hoon-jung. Police chief Kang.
2. **Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Yoon Jong-bin. Corrupt customs officer Choi Ik-hyun.
3. **Oldboy (2003)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Park Chan-wook. Oh Dae-su, locked up for fifteen years. Best actor at the Baeksang, Blue Dragon and Grand Bell awards.
4. **The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Kim Han-min. Admiral Yi Sun-sin. 17.6 million admissions.
5. **Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Park Chan-wook. Mr Baek.
6. **Failan (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Song Hae-sung. Kang-jae, a small-time hood in a sham marriage.
7. **Happy End (1999)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jung Ji-woo. With Jeon Do-yeon.
8. **I Saw the Devil (2010)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Kim Jee-woon. Serial killer Jang Kyung-chul.
9. **Shiri (1999)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Kang Je-gyu. A North Korean special forces commander.
10. **Exhuma (2024)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Jang Jae-hyun. Geomancer Sang-deok.
11. **No. 3 (1997)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Song Neung-han. A prosecutor going after gangsters.
12. **Chi-hwa-seon (2002)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Im Kwon-taek. Joseon painter Jang Seung-eop.
13. **The Tiger (2015)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Park Hoon-jung. The last hunter of Joseon.

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