Want to know the best Bong Joon-ho movies? How about the worst Bong Joon-ho movies? Curious about Bong Joon-ho box office grosses or which Bong Joon-ho movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Bong Joon-ho movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Bong Joon-ho (1969-) is an Oscar® winning South Korean director, producer, and writer. Joon-ho won 3 Oscars® for 2019’s Parasite. His IMDb page shows over 55 assorted credits since 2000. This page will rank Bong Joon-ho movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Bong Joon-ho Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
| Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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| 2019 | Parasite (2019) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 2013 | Snowpiercer (2013) |  |
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| 2003 | Memories of Murder (2005) | |
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| 2009 | Mother (2009) | |
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| 2006 | The Host (2006) |  |
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| 2025 | Mickey 17 (2025) | |
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| 2017 | Okja (2017) Netflix |
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| 2008 | Tokyo! (2008) |  |
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| 2014 | Sea Fog (2014) | |
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| 2000 | Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) Limited Release |
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| 2005 | Antarctic Journal (2005) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1999 | Phantom: The Submarine (1999) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1997 | Motel Cactus (1997) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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Bong Joon-ho Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Bong Joon-ho movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Bong Joon-ho movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Bong Joon-ho movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Bong Joon-ho movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Bong Joon-ho movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Bong Joon-ho movie won.
- Sort Bong Joon-ho movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Parasite (2019) AA Best Picture Win |
Directed by Bong Joon-ho | 53.40 | 68.5 | 341.20 | 53 | 89 | 06 / 04 | 98.0 | |
| 2 | Snowpiercer (2013) | Chris Evans & Ed Harris |
4.60 | 6.6 | 125.40 | 151 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 3 | Memories of Murder (2005) | Song Kang-ho | 0.00 | 0.1 | 2.40 | 369 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 4 | Mother (2009) | Hye-ja Kim & Bin Won |
0.60 | 0.9 | 27.10 | 219 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 5 | The Host (2006) | Kang-ho Song & Hee-Bong Byun |
2.20 | 3.9 | 159.70 | 207 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 6 | Mickey 17 (2025) | Robert Pattinson & Mark Ruffalo |
19.10 | 19.1 | 53.30 | 11 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | NP |
| 7 | Okja (2017) Netflix |
Tilda Swinton & Giancarlo Esposito |
0.10 | 0.1 | 2.80 | 368 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 47.8 | |
| 8 | Tokyo! (2008) | Ayako Fujitani | 0.40 | 0.6 | 2.00 | 245 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.9 | |
| 9 | Sea Fog (2014) | Kim Yoon-seok | 0.00 | 0.1 | 16.50 | 447 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 10 | Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) Limited Release |
Bae Doona | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 305 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.1 | |
| 11 | Antarctic Journal (2005) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Song Kang-ho | 0.00 | 0.1 | 10.30 | 368 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.7 | |
| 12 | Phantom: The Submarine (1999) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Choi Min-soo | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 293 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.1 | |
| 13 | Motel Cactus (1997) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Lee Mi-yeon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 292 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.9 |
Bong Joon-ho Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Parasite (2019) AA Best Picture Win |
Directed by Bong Joon-ho | 341.20 | |
| The Host (2006) | Kang-ho Song & Hee-Bong Byun |
159.70 | |
| Snowpiercer (2013) | Chris Evans & Ed Harris |
125.40 | |
| Mickey 17 (2025) | Robert Pattinson & Mark Ruffalo |
53.30 | NP |
| Mother (2009) | Hye-ja Kim & Bin Won |
27.10 | |
| Sea Fog (2014) | Kim Yoon-seok | 16.50 | |
| Antarctic Journal (2005) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Song Kang-ho | 10.30 | |
| Okja (2017) Netflix |
Tilda Swinton & Giancarlo Esposito |
2.80 | |
| Memories of Murder (2005) | Song Kang-ho | 2.40 | |
| Tokyo! (2008) | Ayako Fujitani | 2.00 |
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