# Blue Dragon Film Awards: every Best Film winner, 1990–2009

From Park Kwang-su's Black Republic to Bong Joon-ho's Mother: the 20 films that won Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in the 1990s and 2000s, the years of the Korean cinema renaissance. Im Kwon-taek won four times, with Sopyonje, The Taebaek Mountains, Festival and Chi-hwa-seon.

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- Jan 31, 2026 · Daeun Cho
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## Top 20

1. **Black Republic (1990)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Directed by Park Kwang-su. Best Film at the 11th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
2. **Death Song (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Kim Ho-sun. Best Film at the 12th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
3. **Our Twisted Hero (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Park Jong-won. Best Film at the 13th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
4. **Sopyonje (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Im Kwon-taek. Best Film at the 14th Blue Dragon Film Awards. The first Korean film to pass one million admissions in Seoul.
5. **The Taebaek Mountains (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Im Kwon-taek. Best Film at the 15th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
6. **A Single Spark (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Park Kwang-su. Best Film at the 16th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
7. **Festival (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Im Kwon-taek. Best Film at the 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
8. **Green Fish (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Lee Chang-dong. Best Film at the 18th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
9. **Christmas in August (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Hur Jin-ho. Best Film at the 19th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
10. **Nowhere to Hide (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Lee Myung-se. Best Film at the 20th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
11. **Joint Security Area (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Park Chan-wook. Best Film at the 21st Blue Dragon Film Awards.
12. **One Fine Spring Day (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Hur Jin-ho. Best Film at the 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards.
13. **Chi-hwa-seon (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Im Kwon-taek. Best Film at the 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards.
14. **Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Kim Ki-duk. Best Film at the 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
15. **Silmido (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Kang Woo-suk. Best Film at the 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards. The first Korean film to pass ten million admissions.
16. **Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Park Chan-wook. Best Film at the 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
17. **The Host (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Best Film at the 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
18. **The Show Must Go On (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Han Jae-rim. Best Film at the 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
19. **Forever the Moment (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Yim Soon-rye. Best Film at the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
20. **Mother (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Best Film at the 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards.

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