At LKL we don’t consciously major on film reviews, but over the years we’ve gathered together a reasonable collection of articles on individual films, some of which are formal reviews, others of which are discussions of items of interest in the films. We haven’t got around to reviewing every film we like; and we’ve reviewed films we don’t like. We just do what we fancy. But to make the articles easier to find, here’s an index. The ratings system is explained here.
F = a more or less Full length review
S = a Short, mini-review – a one or two-liner
Director listing (more than one review per director) | Index of other films | Animations | Documentaries | TV Dramas
| Director | Film | Original title / year | F/S | Rating |
| Director listing (more than one review per director) | ||||
| Bae Chang-ho | People of the Slum | 꼬방동네 사람들, 1982 | F |   |
| Bae Chang-ho | Whale Hunting | 고래 사냥, 1984 | F |  |
| Bae Chang-ho | The Dream | 꿈, 1990 | F | |
| Bong Joon-ho | Memories of Murder | 살인의 추억, 2003 | F | |
| Bong Joon-ho | The Host | 괴물, 2006 | F | |
| Bong Joon-ho | Mother | 마더, 2009 | F | |
| Bong Joon-ho | Okja | 옥자, 2017 | F | |
| Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | 기생충, 2019 | F | |
| Cho Jung-rae | Spirit’s Homecoming | 귀향, 2016 | F | |
| Cho Jung-rae | The Singer | 광대: 소리꾼 감독판, 2020 | F | |
| Choi Dong-hoon | The Thieves | 도둑들, 2012 | S | |
| Choi Dong-hoon | The Assassination | 암살, 2015 | F | |
| Choo Chang-min | Lost in Love | 사랑을 놓치다, 2006 | F | |
| Choo Chang-min | Masquerade | 광해, 왕이 된 남자, 2012 | F | |
| Chung Chang-wha | Bonanza | 노다지, 1961 | F | |
| Chung Chang-wha | Sunset on the Sarbin River | 사르빈강에 노을이 진다, 1965 | F | |
| Chung Chang-wha | A Swordsman in the Twilight | 황혼의 검객, 1967 | F | |
| E J-yong | An Affair | 정사, 1998 | F | |
| E J-yong | Asako in Ruby Shoes | 순애보, 2000 | F | |
| E J-yong | Dasepo Naughty Girls | 다세포 소녀, 2006 | F | |
| E J-yong | Actresses | 여배우들, 2009 | F | |
| E J-yong | Behind the Camera | 뒷담화: 감독이 미쳤어요, 2013 | F | |
| E J-yong | My Brilliant Life | 두근두근 내 인생, 2014 | F | |
| E J-yong | Bacchus Lady | 죽여주는 여자, 2016 | – | |
| Hong Sang-soo | A Virgin Stripped Bare by her Bachelors | 오! 수정, 2000 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Night and Day | 밤과 낮, 2008 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Hahaha | 하하하, 2009 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕, 2014 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Right Now, Wrong Then | 지금은맞고그때는틀리다, 2015 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Yourself and Yours | 당신 자신과 당신의 것, 2016 | F | |
| Hong Sang-soo | Claire’s Camera | 클레어의 카메라, 2017 | S | |
| Hong Sang-soo | The Woman who Ran | 도망친 여자, 2020 | F | |
| Huh Jung | Hide and Seek | 숨바꼭질, 2013 | F | |
| Huh Jung | The Mimic | 장산범, 2017 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Jjagko / Mismatched Nose / Pursuit of Death | 짝코, 1980 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Village in the Mist | 안개 마을, 1983 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Gilsoddeum | 길소뜸, 1985 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Taebaek Mountains | 태백산맥, 1994 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Beyond the Years | 천년학, 2007 | F | |
| Im Kwon-taek | Hwajang / Revivre | 화장, 2014 | F | |
| Im Pil-seong, Kim Ji-woon | Doomsday Book | 인류 멸망 보고서, 2012 | F | |
| Im Pil-seong | Antarctic Journal | 남극일기, 2004 | F | |
| Im Sang-soo | Housemaid | 하녀, 2010 | F | |
| Im Sang-soo | Heaven: To the Land of Happiness | 헤븐: 행복의 나라로, 2019 | F | |
| Jang Yoon-hyeon | Gabi | 가비 – 加比, 2011 | F | |
| Jang Yoon-hyeon | The Contact | 접속, 1997 | S | |
| Jeong Ji-yeong | Nambugun / Southern Partisans | 남부군, 1990 | F | |
| Jeong Ji-young | Beyond the Mountain | 산산이 부서진 이름이여, 1991 | F | |
| Jeong Ji-yeong | White Badge | 하얀전쟁, 1992 | F | |
| Kang Hyo-jin | Wonderful Nightmare | 미쓰 와이프, 2015 | F | |
| Kang Hyo-jin | The Dude in Me | 내안의 그놈, 2018 | S | |
| Kim Han-min | War of the Arrows | 최종병기 활, 2011 | F | |
| Kim Han-min | Roaring Currents | 명량, 2014 | S | |
| Kim Ji-woon | The Good, the Bad and the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, 2008 | F | |
| Kim Ji-woon | I Saw the Devil | 악마를 보았다, 2010 | F | |
| Kim Ji-woon | Age of Shadows | 밀정, 2016 | S | |
| Kim Ki-duk | The Coastguard | 해안선, 2002 | F | |
| Kim Ki-duk | Arirang | 아리랑, 2011 | F | |
| Kim Seong-hun | A Hard Day | 끝까지 간다, 2013 | S | |
| Kim Seong-hun | Tunnel | 터널, 2016 | F | |
| Kim Ki-young | Housemaid | 하녀, 1960 | F | |
| Kim Ki-young | Peasants / Earth / The Soil | 흙, 1978 | F | |
| Kim Tae-gyun | Spring Snow | 봄, 눈 2012 | F | |
| Kim Tae-gyun | Dark Figure of Crime | 암수살인 2018 | F | |
| Kim Tae-yong, Ahn Jong-hwa | Crossroads of Youth | 청춘의 십자로, 1934 | F | |
| Kim Tae-yong | Kokdu: a story of guardian angels | 꼭두 이야기, 2018 | F | |
| Kim Yong-hwa | Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | 신과함께-죄와 벌, 2017 | F | |
| Kim Yong-hwa | Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days | 신과함께-인과 연, 2018 | F | |
| Lee Chang-dong | Green Fish | 초록 물고기, 1997 | F | |
| Lee Chang-dong | Secret Sunshine / Milyang | 밀양, 2007 | F | |
| Lee Chang-dong | Poetry | 시, 2010 | F | |
| Lee Jun-ik | Hope / A Wish | 소원, 2013 | S | |
| Lee Jun-ik | The Throne | 사도, 2015 | F | |
| Lee Kwang-guk | Romance Joe | 로맨스 조, 2011 | F | |
| Lee Kwang-guk | Hard to Say | 말로는 힘들어, 2012 | F | |
| Lee Kwang-guk | A Matter of Interpretation | 꿈보다 해몽, 2015 | F | |
| Lee Kwang-guk | A Tiger in Winter | 호랑이보다 무서운 겨울손님, 2017 | F | |
| Lee Man-hee | The Marines who Never Returned | 돌아오지 않는 해병, 1963 | F | |
| Lee Man-hee | A Day Off | 휴일, 1968 | F | |
| Lee Man-hee | Assassin | 암살자, 1969 | F | |
| Lee Man-hee | The Road to Sampo | 삼포로 가는길, 1975 | F | |
| Lee Seok-hoon | Dancing Queen | 댄싱퀸, 2012 | F | |
| Lee Seok-hoon | Himalaya | 히말라야, 2015 | F | |
| Lee Yoon-ki | This Charming Girl | 여자, 정혜, 2004 | F | |
| Lee Yoon-ki | Love Talk | 러브토크, 2005 | F | |
| Lee Yoon-ki | Come Rain Come Shine | 사랑한다, 사랑하지 않는다, 2011 | F | |
| Leesong Hee-il | White Night Going South Suddenly, Last Summer |
백야, 2012 남쪽으로 간다, 2012 지난여름, 갑자기, 2012 |
F | |
| Min Gyu-dong | Antique | 서양골동양과자점 엔티크, 2008 | F | |
| Min Gyu-dong | All About My Wife | 내 아내의 모든 것, 2012 | S | |
| Na Hong-jin | The Chaser | 추격자, 2008 | F | |
| Na Hong-jin | Yellow Sea | 황해, 2010 | F | |
| Na Hong-jin | The Wailing | 곡성, 2015 | F | |
| Park Chan-kyong | Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits | 만신, 2013 | F | |
| Park Chan-wook | Thirst | 박쥐, 2009 | F | |
| Park Chan-wook | Stoker | 2013 | F | |
| Park Chan-wook | The Handmaiden | 아가씨, 2016 | F | |
| Park Heung-sik | Memories of the Sword | 협녀, 칼의 기억, 2014 | S | |
| Park Heung-sik | Love, Lies | 해어화, 2016 | F | |
| PARKing CHANce | Bitter, Sweet, Seoul | 고진감래, 2013 | F | |
| Ryoo Seung-wan | Dachimawa Lee | 다찌마와 리: 악인이여 지옥행 급행열차를 타라! 2008 | F | |
| Ryoo Seung-wan | The Unjust | 부당거래, 2010 | F | |
| Ryoo Seung-wan | Berlin File | 베를린, 2013 | F | |
| Ryoo Seung-wan | Veteran | 베테랑, 2015 | F | |
| Ryoo Seung-wan | Battleship Island | 군함도, 2017 | S | |
| Shin Sang-ok | My Mother and her Guest | 사랑방 손님과 어머니, 1961 | F | |
| Shin Sang-ok | Pulgasari | 불가사리, 1985 | F | |
| Song Il-gon | Flower Island | 꽃섬, 2001 | S | |
| Song Il-gon | Feathers in the Wind | 깃, 2004 | F | |
| Song Il-gon | Always / Only You | 오직 그대만, 2011 | F | |
| Yeon Sang-ho | Peninsula | 반도, 2020 | F | |
| Yeon Sang-ho | Train to Busan | 부산행, 2016 | F | |
| Yoon Jong-bin | Nameless Gangster | 범죄와의 전쟁: 나쁜놈들 전성시대, 2012 | S | |
| Yoon Jong-bin | The Unforgiven | 용서받지 못한 자, 2005 | F | |
| Youn JK | Ode to My Father | 국제시장, 2014 | F | |
| Youn JK | Haeundae | 해운대, 2009 | S | |
| Yu Hyun-mok | Aimless Bullet | 오발탄, 1960 | F | |
| Yu Hyun-mok | Kim’s Daughters | 김약국의 딸들, 1963 | F | |
| Yu Hyun-mok | Descendants of Cain | 카인의 후예, 1968 | F | |
| Zhang Lu | Love And… | 필름시대사랑, 2015 | F | |
| Zhang Lu | A Quiet Dream | 춘몽, 2016 | S | |
| Solo reviews (where so far we’ve only commented on one film for the director) | ||||
| John H Lee | 71 Into the Fire | 포화 속으로, 2010 | F | |
| Jang Joon-hwan | 1987: When the Day Comes | 1987, released 2017 | F | |
| Ahn Gooc-jin | Alice in Earnestland | 성실한 나라의 앨리스, 2014 | S | |
| Lee Jang-hoon | Be With You | 지금 만나러 갑니다, 2017 | F | |
| Song Hae-seong | A Better Tomorrow | 무적자, 2012 | S | |
| Yang Ik-june | Breathless | 똥파리, 2009 | F | |
| Hong Ki-seon | The Case of Itaewon Homicide | 이태원 살인사건, 2009 | F | |
| Pak Chang-song / Kim Kil-in | Centre Forward | 중앙 공격수, 1978 | F | |
| Jo Eui-seok / Kim Byeong-seo | Cold Eyes | 감시자들, 2014 | S | |
| Nicholas Bonner / Anja Daelemans / Kim Gwang Hun | Comrade Kim Goes Flying | 김동무는 하늘을 난다, 2012 | F | |
| Jeong Yong-Ki | Couples | 커플즈, 2011 | F | |
| Noh Young-seok | Daytime Drinking | 낮술, 2008 | F | |
| Park Jeong-woo | Deranged | 연가시, 2012 | F | |
| Lee Jang-ho | Eu-woo-dong | 어우동, 1985 | S | |
| Jung Ji-woo | Eungyo / A Muse | 은교, 2012 | F | |
| Park Hong-min | A Fish | 물고기, 2011 | F | |
| Jung July | A Girl at My Door | 도희야, 2014 | s | |
| Jeong Beom-sik | Gonjiam – Haunted Asylum | (곤지암, 2018 | S | |
| Kim Joo-ho | The Grand Heist | 바람과 함께 사라지다, 2012 | F | |
| Park Chul-soo | Green Chair | 녹색 의자, 2005 | F | |
| Lee Su-jin | Han Gong-ju | 한공주, 2013 | F | |
| Jeong Ga-yeong | Heart | 하트, 2019 | S | |
| Yoon Yong-gyu | Hometown of the Heart | 마음의 고향, 1959 | F | |
| Kim Bora | House of Hummingbird | 벌새, 2018 | S | |
| Yoon Ga-eun | The House of Us | 우리집, 2018 | S | |
| Kim So-yong | In Between Days | 방황의 날들, 2006 | F | |
| Lee Min-yong | Inshallah | 인샬라, 1997 | F | |
| Jung Woo-sung | The killer behind the old man | 킬러 앞에 노인, 2014 | S | |
| Kim Dae-woong | Love+Sling | 레슬러, 2018 | S | |
| Oh Seok-geun | Love is a Crazy Thing | 연애, 2005 | F | |
| Han Hyeong-mo | Madame Freedom | 자유부인, 1956 | F | |
| Lee Jeong-beom | The Man from Nowhere | 아저씨, 2010 | F | |
| Shin Su-won | Madonna | 마돈나, 2015 | F | |
| Yi Ok-seop | Maggie | 메기, 2018 | S | |
| Kim Dae-seung | The Magician | 조선마술사, 2015 | S | |
| Jeong Yoon-cheol | Marathon | 말아톤, 2005 | F | |
| Kim Ji-hun | May 18 | 화려한 휴가, 2007 | F | |
| Won Shin-yeon | Memoir of a Murderer | 살인자의 기억법, 2017 | F | |
| Jeon Go-woon | Microhabitat | 소공녀, 2017 | F | |
| Hwang Dong-hyuk | Miss Granny | 수상한 그녀, 2014 | S | |
| Kang Woo-Suk | Moss | 이끼, 2010 | F | |
| Jang Kyu-sung | My Teacher, Mr Kim | 선생 김봉두, 2003 | S | |
| Kang Je-gyu | My Way | 마이 웨이, 2011 | F | |
| Min Byung-chun | Natural City | 내츄럴 시티, 2003 | F | |
| Hong Won-chan | The Office | 오피스, 2015 | F | |
| Kwak Kyung-taek | Pain | 통증, 2011 | F | |
| Yoon Jae-goo | Perfect Proposal | 은밀한 유혹, 2014 | F | |
| Kim Jeong-hoon | A Petty Romance | 쩨쩨한 로맨스, 2010 | S | |
| Lim Chan-sang | The President’s Barber | 효자동 이발사, 2004 | F | |
| Jang Jae-hyeon | The Priests | 검은 사제들, 2015 | S | |
| Bang Eun-jin | Princess Aurora | 오로라 공주, 2005 | F | |
| Lee Yong-ju | Possessed | 불신지옥, 2009 | F | |
| Baek Seung-hwa | Queen of Walking | 걷기왕, 2016 | S | |
| Lee Jeong-hyang | A Reason to Live | 오늘, 2011 | F | |
| Choi, Malene | The Return | 2018 | F | |
| Hur Jin-ho | Season of Good Rain | 호우시절, 2009 | F | |
| Lee Jin-mo | The Shower | 소나기, 1978 | F | |
| Jang Kun-jae | Sleepless Night | 잠 못 드는 밤, 2013 | S | |
| Hong Seok-jae | Socialphobia | 소셜포비아, 2014 | F | |
| Jo Jin-mo | Suicide Forecast | 수상한 고객들, 2011 | F | |
| Kang Hyeong-cheol | Sunny | 써니, 2011 | F | |
| Jang Hoon | A Taxi Driver | 택시 운전사, 2017 | F | |
| Lee Kyoung-mi | The Truth Beneath | 비밀은 없다, 2016 | F | |
| Lee Byeong-heon | Twenty | 스물, 2014 | S | |
| Han Sang-hee | Virgin Snow | 첫눈, 2007 | F | |
| Kim Seong-je | The Unfair, aka Minority Opinion | 소수의견, 2015 | F | |
| Jung Byung-gil | The Villainess | 악녀, 2017 | S | |
| Lee Byeong-il | The Wedding Day | 시집가는 날, 1956 | F | |
| Seok Rae-myung | Yalkae, a Joker in High School | 고교 얄개, 1976 | F | |
| Animations | ||||
| Oh Sung-yoon | Leafie, a Hen into the Wild | 마당을 나온 암탉, 2011 | F | |
| Han Hye-jin / An Jae-hoon | This Road Called Life | 메밀꽃, 운수 좋은 날, 그리고 봄봄, 2014 | F | |
| Han Hye-jin / An Jae-hoon | Green Days | 소중한 날의 꿈, 2011 | F | |
| TV Movie | Pororo to the Cookie Castle | 뽀로로의 대모험, 2004 | F | |
| Documentaries | ||||
| Kim Dong-won | The Sanggyedong Olympics | 상계동 올림픽, 1988 | F | |
| Kim Dong-won | The 6 Day Struggle at the Myeongdong Cathedral | 명성, 그 6일의 기록, 1997 | F | |
| Kim Dong-won | Repatriation | 송환, 2004 | F | |
| Kim Dong-won | Jung Il-woo, My Friend | 내 친구 정일우, 2017 | F | |
| Choi Seung-ho | Criminal Conspiracy | 공범자들, 2017 | F | |
| Jung Yoon-suk | Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno | 밤섬해적단 서울불바다, 2017 | F | |
| Jeon Jin, Moon Chang-yong | Becoming Who I Was | 다시 태어나도 우리, 2016 | F | |
| Kim Il-rhan, Hong Ji-you | Two Doors | 두 개의 문, 2012 | F | |
| Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang | The Remnants | 공동정범, 2017 | F | |
| Im Heung-soon | Jeju Prayer | 비념, 2012 | F | |
| Adam Sjöberg | I am Sun Mu | 2015 | F | |
| Kim Eungsu | The City in the Water | 물속의 도시, 2014 | F | |
| Mun Jeong-hyun, Lee Won-woo | Collapse | 붕괴, 2014 | F | |
| Jin Mo-young | My Love, Don’t Cross That River | 님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오, 2014 | S | |
| Yang Yonghi | Soup and Ideology | 스프와 이데올로기, 2021 | F | |
| Yang Yonghi | Sona, the other myself | n/a, 2009 | F | |
| Yi Seung-jun | In the Absence | 2018 | F | |
| Yi Seung-jun | Planet of Snail | 달팽이의 별, 2011 | F | |
| Tony Rayns | Jang Sun-woo Variations | n/a, 2001 | F | |
| Barbara Hammer | Diving Women of Jeju-do | n/a, 2007 | F | |
| Mads Brügger | The Red Chapel / Kim Jong-il’s Comedy Club | Det røde kapel, 2009 | F | |
| Dan Gordon | A State of Mind | n/a, 2004 | F | |
| Álvaro Longoria | The Propaganda Game | n/a, 2015 | F | |
| TV Dramas | ||||
| TV Series | Squid Game | 오징어 게임, 2021 | F | |
| TV Series | Crash Landing on You | 사랑의 불시착, 2019/20 | F | |
| TV Series | Sky Castle | SKY 캐슬, 2018/19 | F | |
| TV Series | Beethoven Virus | 베토벤 바이러스, 2008 | F | |
| TV Series | Jewel in the Palace | 대장금, 2003 | F | |
| TV Series | Stairway to Heaven | 천국의 계단, 2003/4 | F | |
| TV Series | Stranger than Paradise | 천국보다 낯선, 2006 | F | |