The movie poster can tell you a lot about a movie simply by looking at it. It is fascinating to determine a film's tone and atmosphere by its Poster, ignoring the obvious like its title and cast. Is the movie violent? Funny? Scary? You may be able to answer these questions just by looking at the Poster. Here we have collected the top 10 Korean Movie posters that you may like:
10. Space Sweepers (2021)
Directed by: Jo Sung-Hee
Cinematographer: Byun Bong-Sun
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
In 2092, space is full of garbage floating around like discarded spaceships and satellites that can be dangerous. A crew travels through space looking for the scraps they can make money from, competing with junk collector ships and using the speediness to defeat rivals.
9. Thirst (2009)
Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Cinematographer: Chung Chung-Hoon
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The film is on the 1867 novel by Emile Zola. As a result of a failed medical experiment, a Catholic priest turns into a vampire and falls in love with the wife of his childhood friend.
8. The Red Shoes (2005)
Directed by: Kim Yong-Gyun
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson classic of the same name, The Red Shoes, is a modern adaptation. This story revolves around the shoes and the fact that they can be quite a hassle to those not the owner.
7. Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (2022)
Directed by: Kim Jeong-Hoon
Cinematographer: Shin Tae-ho, Kim Young-Ho
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure is an adventure film. It is a spiritual sequence of The Pirates (2014). The film is about the adventures of pirates, who search for royal treasures that have disappeared without a trace.
6. 3-Iron (2004)
Directed by: Kim Ki-Duk
Genre: Romance, Drama, Crime
3-Iron is an international co-production between Japan and South Korea. The film title got derived from a golf club used throughout the narrative.
A lonely drifter breaks into empty houses to live in a vacant vacation house. When he goes to a quite-house he thinks is uninhabited only to discover that there are people, he finds a wife abused and in need of help.
5. Voice (2005)
Directed by: Choi Ik-Hwan
Cinematographer: Kim Yong-Heung
Genre: Horror
The film is a part of the Whispering Corridors film series. This film was the debut of its three young actresses and director. A high school student mysteriously dies, and her body vanishes. The ghost is invisible and trapped in the school, but only her best friend can hear her voice. Later they discover another student who died in the same elevator trunk.
4. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Cinematographer: Kim Byung-il
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deaf and mute factory worker tries to earn money for his sister's kidney transplant by holding a girl for ransom. It is the first installment of a trilogy, followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengence (2005).
3. Muoi: The Legend Of A Portrait (2007)
Directed by: Kin Tae-Kyeong
Cinematographer: Park Jae-hong
Genre: Drama, Horror
'Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait' became the first horror film in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. Muoi guides the path of a Korean writer who travels to Vietnam to search for stories for her next novel. There she learns about a mystery of a century-old vengeful spirit of a portrait.
2. Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
Directed by: Kim Jee-woo
Cinematographer: Lee Mo-Gao
Genre: Drama, Horror, Psychological
The story is from a Joseon Dynasty-era folktale. The film opened with a critical commercial and won Best Picture in 2004. The plot mainly focuses on a released patient from a mental institution who faces disturbing events of ghosts haunting their house that has a connection to the family's dark past.
1. Lady Vengence (2005)
Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Cinematographer: Chung Chung-hoon
Genre: Crime, Drama, Psychological
Lady Vengence is a South Korean psychological thriller. The film tells the story of a woman released from prison after serving for a crime she did not commit and her revenge against the real murderer.
