Direction: Lee Myung-se

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lee Myung-se. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Killers

2024 · Movie · 119 min. · South Korea

Direction Jong-kwan Kim · Lee Myung-se · Jang Hang-jun · Roh Deok

Cast Ko Chang-seok · Shim Eun-kyung · Yeon Woo-Jin · Xa-Bin Hong

Synopsis A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life, as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission...

5.7

29 votes

5.7

29 votes

Nowhere to Hide

1999 · Movie · 112 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Park Joong-hoon · Ahn Sung-Kee · Jang Dong-gun · Choi Ji-woo

Synopsis 'Bravura' describes this stylistic spree too modestly. Drawing inspiration from Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, and John Woo, this chase film in which cops try to catch a master of disguise, also owes something to film pioneer Louis Feuillade. This is...

5.6

105 votes

5.6

105 votes

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2007 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Gang Dong-won · Kong Hyo-jin · Lee Yeon-hee

Synopsis A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's...

5.6

40 votes

5.6

40 votes

Duelist

2005 · Movie · 113 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Ha Ji-won · Gang Dong-won · Ahn Sung-Kee · Song Young-chang

Synopsis During the late Chosun dynasty, the Defense Secretary has taken over the armed forces after defeating his opponents. Turbulent times when detective Nansoon and her companion Ahn are in charge of solving a case of money forgery with a plot...

5.3

71 votes

5.3

71 votes

Cheot sarang

1993 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Kim Hye-soo · Song Young-chang · Jo Min-ki · Hye-yeong Kim

Synopsis A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.

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Bitter and Sweet

1995 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Ahn Sung-Kee · Park Sang-min · Kim Hye-soo · Song Young-chang

Synopsis A group of people whose lives suffer from stagnation, are working together in the same company and their lives are scutinized by those who see them. There is the development manager whose last new idea was five years earlier; a...

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Their Last Love Affair

1996 · Movie · 106 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Soo-yeon Kang · Kim Kap-su · Kim Hak-Cheol · Hwa-yeong Lee

Synopsis Poet and professor of literature, Yeong-min, falls in love with a journalist. Yeong-min lies to his wife, telling her that he is going to a mountain temple for a 2-month retreat from the world to gain inspiration when actually he...

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The Killers

2024 · Movie · 119 min. · South Korea

Direction Roh Deok · Kim Jong-Kwan · Chang Hang-jun · Lee Myung-se

Cast Shim Eun-kyung · Yeon Woo-Jin · Xa-Bin Hong

Synopsis Four well-known Korean filmmakers join forces to create a wild and funny episodic film that revolves around the concept of hit men. With a very free mix of genres where horror, neo-noir, black comedy or suspense a la Alfred Hitchcock...

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Gagman

1989 · Movie · 127 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Ahn Sung-Kee · Sin-Hye Hwang · Bae Chang-ho · Jeon Mu-son

Synopsis Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes to become an actor, it seems like...

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My Love, My Bride

1990 · Movie · 108 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Myung-se

Cast Park Joong-hoon · Choi Jin-shil · Kim Bo-yeon · Jeon Mu-son

Synopsis Young-min and Mi-yeong are college sweethearts who naively believe that their love will remain unchanged forever at the time of their wedding. But their married life gets off to a rocky start when Mi-yeong locks Young-min out of the bedroom...

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