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GlowStickGirl · Joined: 22 Aug 2003

I just watched "My Sassy Girl" for the first time last night. It was so great. I totally didn't expect a Korean film to be so good. I'd rank it as one of my all time favorites.

Can anyone recommend any other korean movies with similar caliber?

masuro · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

"Oasis" was brilliant. So was "Peppermint Candy." Both have the same star. "Shiri" (or however it's spelt in English) is a good action flick. The movie "Teacher Kim Bong-du" was both funny and moving and had better acting than most Korean films. There's an older film called "A Flower Petal" that's very excellent and very sad. I cried a few times while watching.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

If you like atmospheric horror, THE PHONE is quite good.

camel96 · Guest

Not similar and it's a little old but JSA rocks.
It's actually on OCN a lot these days (in Korean)
But you could get it on DVD if you're really motivated.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

My wife is a gangstar was pretty good.
Also, for low brow sex comedies Sex is Zero was funny along with Jungle Juice.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

"Chingu" was pretty good. Consensus is it's one of the best Korean films, according to my students.

Joe Thanks · Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Dudleyville

Recommendations with their English titles:

CHEOL SOO & MAN SOO
TO THE STARRY ISLAND
A SINGLE SPARK
NOWHRE TO HIDE
TELL ME SOMETHING
FRIEND
THE GINKO BED
ATTACK THE GAS STATION
THE TAEBAEK MOUNTAINS
SAPYONJE
PHANTOM: THE SUBMARINE
LIES
THE BAD MOVIE
TWO COPS 2 and 3
THE ISLE
THE FOUL KING
THREE (a Hong Kong/ SKorean/Thai horror trilogy)
RHEE CHEOL-JIN THE SPY
THE RING VIRUS (the first RING remake)
JSA
THE QUIET FAMILY
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE
COME TO ME
PORNO MAN (a comedy)
LIBRE ME
ON THE GO
THE HOLLYWOOD KID
SILVER STALLION NEVER COMES
A PETAL
A DAY AT THE RACE TRACK
MANDALA
SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN
BLOODY BEACH
BEAT
ART MUSEUM BY THE ZOO
HELLO, DHARMA
WAE-IN GUDAN 1 & 2 (insane baseball movies from the early eighties that are based on insane Korean comics)
HAPPY END
THE HARMONY IN MY HEART

Happy hunting,

Joe

kylehawkins2000 · Joined: 08 Apr 2003

I enjoyed "Jungle Juice" although it is a little low brow. My girlfriend refused to watch it with me.....

indiercj · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Check this out.

www.thedvdforums.com (registration needed)

www.koreanfilm.org

ulsanchris · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess

I liked
korea's first amendment. Prostitute runs for congress after a coworker is brutally raped. Challenges people not to look down on prositutes and to treat them like human beings.

the tutor uni girl tutors a boy who is the same age but in highschool.
At first they hate eachother but then fall in love.

Jingu (Friend) Supposedly true life gangster movie.

amensty day (?) two men break out of jail only to find out they were given amensty. Spend the rest of the movie trying to get back in. This and tutor were the funniest korean movies i have seen so far.

I married the mafia. Two sons of a godfather trick the hero into marrying their sister. I was told this movie was sold to hollywood. Its rumoured that Deniro will play the part of the godfather.

Jensen · Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Location: hippie hell