# The best Korean films of the 2000s

From Peppermint Candy to Oldboy, Memories of Murder, The Host, The Chaser and Mother: the masterpieces of Korean cinema's 2000s renaissance, from a Daum forum member's best-of-the-decade list.

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- Mar 31, 2024 · cutscene_rambling
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## Top 16

1. **Peppermint Candy (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lee Chang-dong. Twenty years of a man's life told in reverse.
2. **Oasis (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lee Chang-dong. Love between an ex-convict and a woman with cerebral palsy. Best director at Venice.
3. **Memories of Murder (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho. Detectives chasing the Hwaseong serial killings.
4. **The President's Last Bang (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Im Sang-soo. A black comedy about the assassination of President Park Chung-hee.
5. **Family Ties (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kim Tae-yong. Families not bound by blood.
6. **One Fine Spring Day (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hur Jin-ho. A sound engineer and a radio producer fall in and out of love.
7. **Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Park Chan-wook. The first of the Vengeance Trilogy.
8. **Save the Green Planet! (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jang Joon-hwan. A young man kidnaps the man he believes is an alien.
9. **Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kim Ki-duk. A monk's life in a temple floating on a lake.
10. **Sorum (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yoon Jong-chan. A past hidden in a run-down apartment block.
11. **The King and the Clown (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lee Joon-ik. Jesters in the court of King Yeonsan; the top box-office hit of its time.
12. **The Host (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho. A monster in the Han River and a family looking for their daughter.
13. **Secret Sunshine (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lee Chang-dong. A mother who loses her son. Best actress at Cannes for Jeon Do-yeon.
14. **The Chaser (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Na Hong-jin. An ex-cop turned pimp hunts a serial killer.
15. **Mother (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho. A mother tries to clear her son of murder.
16. **Oldboy (2003)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Park Chan-wook. Revenge of a man locked up for 15 years. Cannes Grand Prix.

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.