Bong Joon-ho, who has directed films such as Parasite, Memories of a Killing, Mother, and Snow Train, is currently the most popular Korean director overseas.
Like Martin Scorsese and Quentin, Bong Joon-ho is also a "famous fan-type" director who has read countless films.
The list of films that he himself has chosen to influence his style the most includes the works of Hitchcock, the Coen brothers, David Finch, and Hou Xiaoxian.
It is not difficult to see Bong Joon-ho's preference for genre films, and it is no wonder that director Bong Joon-ho defines himself as "a genre film director who will not stick to the rules".
01
City of Sadness (1989)
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Director: Hou Xiaoxian
Douban score: 8.9
Filmography:
The fate of ordinary people is always too small to be negligible in the face of the vigorous times. Individuals, if they bravely stand up and try to stop the torrent of the times, are more or less like Don Quixote who struggled to pounce on the windmill, often only as a martyr, and more often, individuals do not even have the right to choose to be bystanders. But the tragedy of ordinary people can undoubtedly illuminate the absurdity and cruelty of history.
02
Cure (1997)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Douban score: 8.2
Several bizarre murders in Tokyo, all with "X" engraved on the bodies, and none of the suspects remembered what they had done, much to the confusion of the police.
03
Ice Storm, Fargo (1996)
Director: Joel Cohen
Douban score: 8.0
Shelley, the car manager, has a perfect plan to build a parking lot, and he repeatedly asks his rich father-in-law, Willie, to borrow money, but the dime-thin Willie never agrees. In desperation, Shelly had to find Kao and Chia, ask them to kidnap his wife to extort Willy for 1 million yuan, and give him 240,000 honorariums after the fact. 3 people hit it off.
04
Hanyo (1960)
Director: Kim Ki-young
Douban score: 7.1
Dong-sik, a music teacher at a textile factory, expresses great interest in a murder in Jinchuan...
05
Psycho (1960)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Douban score: 9.0
Young Marion Crane works at Phoenix and is trusted by his boss, Lowry. Boyfriend Sam Loomis runs a hardware store in Fairvale and is unable to remarry because he has to pay off his father's debts and pay alimony for his ex-wife, so he has to borrow the opportunity of business trips to occasionally meet marion.
Marion was unhappy with this and took the opportunity to abscond in a car on Friday afternoon with $40,000 in public funds. But Marion's absconding path was not smooth...
06
Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Douban score: 8.4
Jack Lamotta was born in Brooklyn, New York. Jack, who trained in boxing since childhood, soon rose to prominence in boxing, acting like a bull and being known as the "Bull of Anger" for his swift punches in the game and the ruthlessness of his opponents.
07
Touch of Evil (1958)
Director: Orson Wells
Douban score: 8.1
Vargas, a narcotics officer, and his wife, Susie, came to the border between the United States and Mexico. A car explosion occurred on the road, and Vargas believed that the case was related to drug dealers, so he and the local police launched an investigation.
Written and directed by Orson Wells, who directed Citizen Kane, the film has three versions: the 1958 version, the 1976 extended version, and the 1998 version that may have been more in line with Wells's ideas.
08
The Price of Fear by Le Salaire de la Peur (1953)
Director: Henry-Georges Cruzot
Douban score: 8.7
The film tells the story of an oil company that burned an oil well and desperately needed nitroglycerin to extinguish the fire, and under the temptation of heavy rewards, four fallen men ventured to transport nitroglycerin.
09
Revenge on Me (1979)
Director: Masahira Imamura
The film is adapted from a serial murder case of real people and real events, telling the story of Yu Jinyan, who was often imprisoned since he was a teenager, and more times he used fake identities to deceive and rob and kill more times when he grew up. "Revenge on Me" won the first place in the top ten movies of Japan's "Movie Shunbun" in 1979.
10
Zodiac (2007)
Director: David Finch
Douban score: 7.3
In the 1970s, a homicidal maniac who called himself the "Zodiac" appeared in San Francisco, and after the killing, he sent a letter to the media, leaving a password, clues, and provoking the police.
The serial murder case also attracted the attention of Robert and Paul, reporters of the San Francisco Chronicle, who, with the help of police officer David, began to investigate this series of serial murders, and their personal lives faced great challenges while fighting with the "Zodiac" killers.
Other films (in no particular order):
Deliverance
Second Life Seconds
The Grapes of Wrath
Ed Wood
Marathon Man
Heaven's Gate
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Carlito's Way
La Grande Illusion
Eraserhead
Heaven and Hell
《Red Desk》 Red Murder
"Yan" 顔
"虫女" granddaughter
"异鱼岛"
"Ridge Street Juvenile Homicide" Ridge Street Juvenile Homicide Incident
Profundo carmesí
The Silence of the Lambs
Ecstasy Vertigo
Les Quatre cents coups
"Beast Damn" Que la bête meure
"Shoot the Pianist" Tirez sur le pianiste
"猪堕井的那天"
King 茅趸王
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Human Resources Ressources humaines
Le notti di Cabiria
Amarcord
Nineteen00 Novecento
《怪形》 The Thing
"Extreme Space" They Live
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Mean Streets
Goodfellas
Barton Fink
Welcome to the Dollhouse
The Baroness's Tuning parties fines
Full Metal Jacket
《闪灵》 The Shining
Rosemary's Baby