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Directing · Writing · age 63

Park Chan-wook

Best rated: Oldboy (8.3)

Films
14
Avg rating
7.40
Peak run
2000’05
7+ run
3 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Park Chan-wook, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2000 to 2005, 7.586781995200020052010201520202025Oldboy 8.3Stoker 6.7Career avg 7.40

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Park Chan-wook's career barcodecoolhot
199214 films2025
Current formLast 5: 7.32 vs career 7.40 (−0.08)
  1. LThirst2009 · 7.1−0.3
  2. LStoker2013 · 6.7−0.7
  3. WThe Handmaiden2016 · 8.1+0.7
  4. LDecision to Leave2022 · 7.2−0.2
  5. WNo Other Choice2025 · 7.5+0.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Park by the numbers

Average
7.40
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.43
bigger films count more
Median
7.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.50
rating spread
Career
34y
1992 to 2025
Total votes
1.54M
across every film
Best
8.3
Oldboy
Worst
6.7
Stoker
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2025No Other Choice posterNo Other Choice7.576,689
2022Decision to Leave posterDecision to Leave7.271,705
2016The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden8.1209K
2013Stoker posterStoker6.7122K
2009Thirst posterThirst7.155,783
2006I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK posterI'm a Cyborg, But That's OK6.927,620
2005Sympathy for Lady Vengeance posterSympathy for Lady Vengeance7.594,705
2004Three... Extremes posterThree... Extremes6.922,149
2003Oldboy posterOldboy8.3735K
2003If You Were Me·701
2002Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance posterSympathy for Mr. Vengeance7.582,980
2000Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area7.739,678
1997Trio·381
1992The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream·674
Better together?

Park Chan-wook's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Park Chan-wook

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