Movies - TV
Ranking Park Chan-Wook's Best Movies Of All Time
By DEVIN MEENAN
5. Joint Security Area
Park Chan-wook's breakout hit "Joint Security Area" is set in the Korean Demilitarized Zone and is centered on the deaths of two North Korean soldiers.
The non-chronological structure serves to hook the audience with the promise of a conspiracy, then surprises them with how innocent it all was.
4. Lady Vengeance
Part three of Park's "Vengeance Trilogy," 2005's "Lady Vengeance" is a feminist thriller similar to "Kill Bill" and is filled with violence and dark humor.
The conclusion of "Lady Vengeance" explores the idea that the only difference between an act of justice and vengeance is how many condone it.
3. Decision to Leave
Park's 2022 "Decision to Leave" is close to an old Hollywood Noir film. It follows a South Korean detective investigating the death of a mountain climber.
"Decision to Leave" is Park and screenwriting partner Jeong Seo-kyeong's saddest film. It explores the sorrowful emotions of yearning for someone else to complete you.