Top Korean Cinema films

Ranked on reported gross, return on cost, momentum and audience rating, each measured against other Korean Cinema releases rather than against Hollywood. 194 of 443 Korean Cinema films have reported figures.

#	Film	Gross	Return	Audience	Score
1	Parasite2019	$258Mon $11M	20×	8.521,404 votes	99
2	Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds2017	$126Mon $18M	6.9×	8.11,274 votes	94
3	Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days2018	$113Mon $18M	6.2×	8.0782 votes	92
4	Exhuma2024	$98Mon $12M	8.2×	7.7833 votes	92
5	The Roundup2022	$101Mon $8M	13.3×	7.3471 votes	88
6	Train to Busan2016	$88Mon $9M	10.3×	7.78,793 votes	88
7	A Taxi Driver2017	$82Mon $13M	6.4×	8.01,237 votes	88
8	Extreme Job2019	$125Mon $8M	15.4×	7.2375 votes	86
9	The King's Warden2026	$112Mon $7M	16.2×	7.232 votes	86
10	EXIT2019	$70Mon $11M	6.4×	7.6322 votes	86
11	The Roundup: Punishment2024	$84Mon $15M	5.6×	7.2274 votes	83
12	The Outlaws2017	$53Mon $6M	9×	7.6576 votes	83
13	1987: When the Day Comes2017	$49Mon $12M	4×	8.0187 votes	80
14	Tunnel2016	$52Mon $1M	20×	7.3669 votes	79
15	No Other Choice2025	$40Mon $12M	3.3×	7.51,315 votes	79
16	The Admiral: Roaring Currents2014	$138Mon $10M	14.6×	7.0345 votes	78
17	Ode to My Father2014	$105M	—	7.4145 votes	78
18	The Roundup: No Way Out2024	$83M	—	7.2575 votes	78
19	The Handmaiden2016	$39Mon $9M	4.5×	8.24,524 votes	77
20	Miracle in Cell No. 72013	$80M	—	7.9510 votes	77
21	Assassination2015	$96M	—	7.3291 votes	76
22	BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas2023	$29M	—	8.3122 votes	76
23	Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience2026	$23M	—	9.169 votes	76
24	The Wailing2016	$50Mon $11M	4.6×	7.42,185 votes	75
25	Sunny2011	$48Mon $4M	13.5×	7.8196 votes	75
26	The Man from Nowhere2010	$43Mon $1M	20×	7.71,575 votes	75
27	My Daughter Is a Zombie2025	$38Mon $8M	4.7×	7.352 votes	75
28	Veteran2015	$88Mon $8M	11.7×	6.9261 votes	74
29	I, the Executioner2024	$53Mon $18M	3×	7.0105 votes	74
30	The Age of Shadows2016	$53Mon $10M	5.5×	7.2387 votes	74
31	The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019	$26Mon $7M	4×	7.91,587 votes	73
32	Silenced2011	$32Mon $2M	14.3×	8.2822 votes	72
33	The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion2018	$24Mon $6M	4.4×	7.9808 votes	71
34	Pilot2024	$31M	—	7.455 votes	70
35	Ashfall2019	$61Mon $18M	3.5×	6.9660 votes	69
36	The Pirates2014	$64Mon $13M	5×	7.0243 votes	68
37	Confidential Assignment2017	$56Mon $9M	6.6×	6.8153 votes	68
38	The Battleship Island2017	$46Mon $21M	2.2×	7.2301 votes	68
39	Hope2026	$41Mon $46M	0.9×	7.2121 votes	68
40	The Witch: Part 2. The Other One2022	$23M	—	7.4487 votes	68
41	Harbin2024	$31Mon $20M	1.6×	7.353 votes	67
42	Love Reset2023	$18Mon $6M	3.1×	7.598 votes	67
43	War of the Arrows2011	$49Mon $8M	6.1×	7.2301 votes	66
44	Inside Men2015	$62M	—	7.0151 votes	66
45	Pandora2016	$30Mon $14M	2.2×	7.5522 votes	65
46	Cold Eyes2013	$38M	—	7.5388 votes	65
47	Be With You2018	$19M	—	8.1228 votes	65
48	Yadang: The Snitch2025	$25Mon $10M	2.6×	6.947 votes	64
49	Escape from Mogadishu2021	$30M	—	7.1219 votes	64
50	Emergency Declaration2022	$19Mon $18M	1.1×	7.4452 votes	63

The method, in full

How this is scored

Reported gross: Worldwide box office as reported on TMDB, as a percentile of the industry.
Return on budget: Gross against budget, capped so a tiny budget cannot outrank a real blockbuster.
Audience rating: TMDB user rating, trusted more the more people have voted.
Momentum: Gross discounted by age, so a hit this year outweighs the same gross from a decade ago.
Resono members (off): Watches, favourites and written takes from members here.

Gross and rating are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, which are crowd-sourced and can lag or disagree with studio statements. Treat them as indicative rather than audited.