Bong Joon-Ho Movies
This is my favorite foreign director. He has been experimenting with genres and making international multi-lingual hits. He will be a major force in the future of film and already has been making US films for Netflix. Korea throws an insane amount of public money into the arts and its paying off. These are in order.
Okja
Yup. This one again. Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gustavo Fring, Dano and they aren’t event the best characters. This movie deals with factory farming, multinational corporations, media propaganda, and eco terrorists all under the guise of a world sprawling coming of age adventure. And its funny! Classic bong.
Rotten Tomatoes (86%) | Netflix
Pairs well with Soju
Memories of Murder
Not a great place to start your Bong journey on, but this film is gritty crime thriller with some well placed humor and very clever twists (classic bong). Sort of like the best extended Korean Law and Order episode?
Rotten Tomatoes (90%) | Pirate Bay
Pairs well with MAX (lite)
The Host
Unlike any monster movie I’ve seen. There are a lot of messages in this one. Very meta, suspenseful, and slapstick-funny this movie is an unexpectedly awesome monster flick.
Rotten Tomatoes (93%) | Netflix
Pairs well with Loch Ness
Snowpiercer
I like this movie but it is so much more powerful after seeing this youtube video!!! YOU MUST WATCH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO AFTER. What happens after the Willy Wonka Movie? You’re about to find out.
Rotten Tomatoes (95%) | Pirate Bay
Pairs well with Scorpion Shot
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Another dark comedy that if you like everything before this movie your should watch. Some of the best k-cinema there is. Just classic bong.
Pairs well with hair of the dog
Mother
This is also really great movie but super creepy… so if you and your mature audience can psychologically handle an Oedipal theme through the movie go for it. The main actress is incredibly chilling though. Don’t watch it with a new significant other or this will be your last date. I learned that the hard way with when I watched “girl with the dragon tattoo" with a first date :|
Rotten Tomatoes (96%) | Netflix
Pairs well with Not Your Father’s Root Beer