Screenplay: Kim Jee-woon

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Kim Jee-woon. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


A Bittersweet Life

2005 · Movie · 120 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Lee Byung-hun · Hwang Jung-min · Jin Goo · Shin Min-ah

Synopsis Sun Woo is in charge of a motel in Seoul and leads a "bittersweet life". But his Boss Jang suspects his lover young lover, Hee Su, has another man, therefore he sent his most trusted man — Sun Woo to...

6.8

4K votes

6.8

4K votes

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

2008 · Movie · 136 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Lee Byung-hun · Song Kang-ho · Jeong Woo-seong · Yoon Je-Moon

Synopsis Inspired by Segio Leone's 1966 spaghetti-Western "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", Kim's film, set in 1930s Japanese occupied Manchuria, tells the story of three Joseon mounted bandits who get their hands on a treasure map, only to be...

6.4

4K votes

6.4

4K votes

The Age of Shadows

2016 · Movie · 139 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Song Kang-ho · Gong Yoo · Han Ji-min · Eom Tae-gu

Synopsis Movie follows the activities of the Heroic Corps, an anti-Japanese independence organization that existed under the Japanese colonial period in South Korea. The group used violent means to achieve Korean independence.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Quiet Family

1998 · Movie · 98 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Park In-hwan · Nah Moon-hee · Song Kang-ho · Choi Min-sik

Synopsis A family moves from the city to a large house out in the mountains, to run a hunting lodge, but their customers always happen to end up dying.

6.3

490 votes

6.3

490 votes

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A Tale of Two Sisters

2003 · Movie · 115 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Kim Kap-su · Yum Jung-ah · Lim Su-jeong · Moon Geun-young

Synopsis Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.

5.9

10K votes

5.9

10K votes

The Foul King

2000 · Movie · 112 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Song Kang-ho · Go Ho-kyung · Jang Hang-sun · Jang Jin-young

Synopsis Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager's frustrations. He was a fan of TV wrestling as a child, but can't get out of a headlock. He finds a...

5.9

143 votes

5.9

143 votes

Dr. Brain (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 60 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Lee Sun-Kyun · Yoo-Young Lee · Park Hee-soon · Moon Seong-Geun

Synopsis TV Series (2021-). Brilliant brain scientist Sewon (Lee Sun-Kyun) suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.

5.6

196 votes

5.6

196 votes

Saam Gaang (3 Extremes II)

2002 · Movie · 127 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Peter Chan · Nonzee Nimibutr · Kim Jee-woon

Cast Jung Bo-suk · Kim Hye-soo · Suwinit Panjamawat · Leon Lai

Synopsis Going Home (Peter Chang): A father goes in search of his missing son and is abducted by a strange man. The strangers wife has died of cancer three years prior but he keeps her in his apartment under the impression...

5.5

263 votes

5.5

263 votes

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The Uninvited

2009 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Charles Guard · Thomas Guard

Cast Emily Browning · Elizabeth Banks · Arielle Kebbel · David Strathairn

Synopsis Anna Rydell (Emily Browning) returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex (Arielle Kebbel) after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost...

5.4

6K votes

5.4

6K votes

Doomsday Book

2012 · Movie · 115 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon · Yim Pil-sung

Cast Doona Bae · Kim Kang-woo · Ko Jun-hee · Song Sae-byeok

Synopsis Doomsday Book is an anthology movie, split into 3 different chapters. The first Chapter, entitled Heaven's Creation, is about a robot who comes alive and follows what happens afterward. The second Chapter, entitled The New Generation, is a story from...

5.3

599 votes

5.3

599 votes

Illang: The Wolf Brigade

2018 · Movie · 139 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Gang Dong-won · Han Hyo-joo · Jeong Woo-seong · Kim Mu-yeol

Synopsis Based on a Japanese anime "The Wolf Brigade" (1999) of Mamoru Oshii. Set in the distant future where both North and South Koreas agree to establish a joint government, which has been in preparation for a duration of 7 years,...

5.0

762 votes

5.0

762 votes

Live Your Strength (S)

2020 · Movie · 12 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Bae Suzy · Nam Yoon-Su

Synopsis A young woman falls into despair after a bad breakup, and seeks to make a new start.

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Untact

2020 · Movie · 50 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Kim Go-eun · Kim Ju-hun · Jo Bok-rae · Jang Hee-ryung

Synopsis Sung-hyun returns after 3-years of studying abroad. All alone in a 14-day self-quarantine, he begins to watch the vlogs of Soo-jin, the woman he was dating before he left. Each wonders if they should reconnect.

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The X

2013 · Movie · 30 min. · South Korea

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Coming Out

2001 · Movie · 40 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Jee-woon

Cast Gu Hye-ju · Shin Ha-kyun · Jang I-ji · Woo Hee-jin

Synopsis This little goldmine from writer/director Ji Woon Kim starts with a young woman who asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling...

Not rated

Not rated