The Wailing is one of those films where you change your interpretation of the ending three times on rewatch.

Mother (2009) has one of the best opening sequences in Korean cinema. Bong at his most precise.

Peppermint Candy is the most structurally devastating film on this list. The reverse chronology just guts you.

A Tale of Two Sisters scared me so badly I had to watch it in two sittings. The atmosphere is relentless.

Oldboy's twist still wrecks me on rewatch even knowing it's coming. The craft is just too good.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring feels like a genuine religious experience. So meditative.

Poetry by Lee Chang-dong — Yun Jung-hee's performance is quietly one of the greatest in any language.

I Saw the Devil and The Wailing back to back is not a good life choice. Both are masterpieces though.

Train to Busan is unfairly written off as just a zombie movie. The class commentary is impossible to miss.

Has anyone made it through the full Lee Chang-dong filmography after this list? Trying to figure out where to go next.