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Other South Korean Thrillers To Check Out

posted 16 years ago by ebossert
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First and foremost, Memories of Murder (2003) is a must see, even though it's more of a dramatic thriller. World of Silence (2006) is another very good one.

As far as straight-up thrillers are concerned, the following is a list of good South Korean entries to check out:

The Chaser (2008)
The Return (2007)
Save the Green Planet (2003)
Diary of June (2005)
A Bloody Aria (2006)
The Scarlet Letter (2004)
H (2002)

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[–] baygerbieger 15 years ago

Umm....

What's the point of this thread?

Good movies more or less, but still.

Stand By For Action!

[–] KenMishima 13 years ago

The point is to recommend other good Korean thrillers since y'know, this film right here was a Korean thriller. Dunno how you couldn't understand that.

[–] baygerbieger 13 years ago

So on a board dedicated to a well known Korean thriller recommend better known Korean thrillers?

Here's an idea, go on the Godfather board and recommend Godfather two and three to them....

Effin knobs are dense.

Wrong to say that I am giving up, right to say that I ain't showing up.

[–] KenMishima 13 years ago

I'm pretty sure a fan of The Godfather would be pretty well-aware of its sequels, whereas obscure South Korean thriller films that most people outside of Korea don't even know about isn't gonna share the same popularity.

Typical imdb commoners.

[–] baygerbieger 13 years ago

So did you just decide to read the one part of my post and reply to it? Or as I said are you just totally dense?

Obscure tends to be a term used for something that is relatively hard to find or get a hold of. All the movies mentioned in this thread are relatively well known. Especially for fans of the country and genre.

People name drop things that shouldn't be named dropped, people call them out on it, and effin knobs are too dense to realize when both of those things are happening.

*knocks on your head*

Wise up.

Wrong to say that I am giving up, right to say that I ain't showing up.

[–] KenMishima 13 years ago

Wow really, FANS of the country and thus things from said country would be more likely to know about stuff like this? I had no idea first grade logic worked that way.

Obscure doesn't just mean "hard to find or acquire". It also means things that are "out of sight", in this case, typical "outsiders" and people who don't worship Korea wouldn't really just hear of South Korean thriller films in everyday conversation, even if the specific topic of thrillers got brought up.

Your original post was pointless, you assuming just because someone knows of this film that they'd automatically know of every other SK film ever made. This thread is still relevant to discussion of the film.

[–] baygerbieger 13 years ago

What board we on, sport?

Do love the fact everything I say is taken literally and yet you can say I said everyone that has heard of this movie has heard of every other South Korean movie ever made is pretty chuckle worthy as well though.

Suffice to say if you aren't going to address the words I actually say and instead just do a copy and paste job that is pretty damn tarded.....

Well why not just reply to nothing at all?

Wrong to say that I am giving up, right to say that I ain't showing up.

[–] vbkindropzone-1-626925 8 years ago

@baygerbieger Relax. There was no need to be so bitter in your response. Totally uncalled for.Peace

[–] Human_Remains 13 years ago

I would add:

Princess Aurora
A Tale of Two Sisters
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Phone
Cinderella (2006)

"The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom." —William Blake

[–] Alpinestar 13 years ago

Please check out Memories of Murder. There is pretty much no gory in the film, but lots of suspense. The movie contains some funny comic-relief as well. Korean suspense/horror fims are slowly becoming my favorite genre.

[–] djsnafu23 11 years ago

Memories is my favourite Korean suspense thriller. Anything else more in that vein and less like Tell Me Something?

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[–] alain-kapel5 9 years ago

An old post but still... I'd say check out Children... (2011) and Montage, which contain little gore but a whole lot of suspense.

[–] djsnafu23 9 years ago

Wow thanks so much, I'll try and see if lovefilm has them!

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[–] alain-kapel5 9 years ago

Here are their IMDb links in case you have trouble finding them:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2969522/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1861982/

I went through a lot of searching to find more films like these, and there's a good number of them that you also might like. Just let me know if you need any reccomendations. :)

Also, AsiaTorrents is a great site to find any of these online, although it requires you to sign up (but this is as simple as creating a new account on IMDb).

[–] djsnafu23 9 years ago

Sadly none exist o DVD here!! I'm terrible at torrent stuff but some pals are good and I'lll ask them if they can locate for me! Thanks for the shouts!!! You might find some good thrillers on my ratings too, I've seen a lot of obscure stuff and kinda picky- if i give something a 7 it means i loved it!
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