Bong Joon Ho’s Favorite Movies: 47 Films the Director Wants You to See

• “Hanyo” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1960),
• “Rocco and His Brothers” (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1960),
• “Psycho” (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960),
• “Vengeance Is Mine” (dir. Shohei Imamura, 1979),
• “Raging Bull” (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1980),
• “A City of Sadness” (dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989),
• “Happy as Lazzaro” (dir. Alice Rohrwacher, 2018),
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” (dir. George Miller, 2015),
• “Zodiac” (dir. David Fincher, 2007),
• “Cure” (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997),
• “Do The Right Thing” (dir. Spike Lee, 1989),
• “Pulp Fiction” (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994),
• “Asako I & II” (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2018),
• “Aguirre: The Wrath Of God” (dir. Werner Herzog, 1972),
• “The 400 Blows” (dir. Francois Truffaut, 1959),
• “The Ballad of Narayama” (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958),
• “Being John Malkovich” (dir. Spike Jonze, 1999),
• “Fanny and Alexander” (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1982),
• “Deliverance” (dir. John Boorman, 1972),
• “Fargo” (dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996),
• “The Great Escape” (dir. John Sturges, 1963),
• “The Housemaid” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1960),
• “Intensions of Murder” (dir. Shohei Imamura, 1964),
• “Io Island” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1997),
• “Life Is Sweet” (dir. Mike Leigh, 1992),
• “Lola Montes” (dir. Max Ophlus, 1955),
• “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1976),
• “Midsommar” (dir. Ari Aster, 2019),
• “Hereditary” (dir. Ari Aster, 2018),
• “Nashville” (dir. Robert Altman, 1975),
• “Rushmore” (dir. Wes Anderson, 1998),
• “Seconds” (dir. John Frankenheimer, 1966),
• “The Thing” (dir. John Carpenter, 1982),
• “Things to Come” (dir. William Cameron Menzies, 1936),
• “Touch of Evil” (dir. Orson Welles, 1958),
• “Uncut Gems” (dirs. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019),
• “The Wages of Fear” (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953),
• “Flee” (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021),
• “Wendy and Lucy” (dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2008),
• “Drive My Car” (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021),
• “Don’t Look Up” (dir. Adam McKay, 2021),
• “Sorry We Missed You” (dir. Ken Loach, 2019),
• “Happening” (dir. Audrey Diwan, 2021),
• “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (dir. Mike Rianda, 2021),
• “Sundown” (dir. Michel Franco, 2021),
• “Happy Hour” (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2015),n
• “Sewing Sisters” (dirs. Jung-young Kim and Lee Hyuk-rae, 2020).

Great list. Very balanced in origin, time and genre.

Gonna go hunting down some movies...

No Park Chan Wook films? Is there a beef between them? I assumed since they are from the same country he would have mentioned on af Parks more obscure works, or at least something

Minions: Rise of Gru is on the list 7 times

“Hanyo” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1960), “Rocco and His Brothers” (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1960), “Psycho” (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960), “Vengeance Is Mine” (dir. Shohei Imamura, 1979), “Raging Bull” (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1980), “A City of Sadness” (dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989), “Happy as Lazzaro” (dir. Alice Rohrwacher, 2018), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (dir. George Miller, 2015), “Zodiac” (dir. David Fincher, 2007), “Cure” (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997), “Do The Right Thing” (dir. Spike Lee, 1989), “Pulp Fiction” (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994), “Asako I & II” (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2018), “Aguirre: The Wrath Of God” (dir. Werner Herzog, 1972), “The 400 Blows” (dir. Francois Truffaut, 1959), “The Ballad of Narayama” (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958), “Being John Malkovich” (dir. Spike Jonze, 1999), “Fanny and Alexander” (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1982), “Deliverance” (dir. John Boorman, 1972), “Fargo” (dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996), “The Great Escape” (dir. John Sturges, 1963), “The Housemaid” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1960), “Intensions of Murder” (dir. Shohei Imamura, 1964), “Io Island” (dir. Kim Ki-young, 1997), “Life Is Sweet” (dir. Mike Leigh, 1992), “Lola Montes” (dir. Max Ophlus, 1955), “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1976), “Midsommar” (dir. Ari Aster, 2019), “Hereditary” (dir. Ari Aster, 2018), “Nashville” (dir. Robert Altman, 1975), “Rushmore” (dir. Wes Anderson, 1998), “Seconds” (dir. John Frankenheimer, 1966), “The Thing” (dir. John Carpenter, 1982), “Things to Come” (dir. William Cameron Menzies, 1936), “Touch of Evil” (dir. Orson Welles, 1958), “Uncut Gems” (dirs. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019), “The Wages of Fear” (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953), “Flee” (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021), “Wendy and Lucy” (dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2008), “Drive My Car” (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021), “Don’t Look Up” (dir. Adam McKay, 2021), “Sorry We Missed You” (dir. Ken Loach, 2019), “Happening” (dir. Audrey Diwan, 2021), “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (dir. Mike Rianda, 2021), “Sundown” (dir. Michel Franco, 2021), “Happy Hour” (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2015),n “Sewing Sisters” (dirs. Jung-young Kim and Lee Hyuk-rae, 2020).