Given its artistic leaning, The Woman Who Ran isn’t for everyone. The movie contains three scenes in which its female protagonist visits three other female friends, and reflects upon her life in the process. While Hong’s films usually depict the relations (often in the form of affairs) between men and women, The Woman Who Ran offers a uniquely female focus. 2020’s New York FIlm Festival) despite COVID, and stars Kim Min-hee-who global audiences might know from The Handmaiden, and stalwart Hong Sang-soo aficionados will know frequently collaborates with the director The film screened at numerous international festivals (ex. Hong Sang-soo is one of Korea’s most renowned art house directors, and he returned in 2020 with The Woman Who Ran. Korean Title: 도망친 여자 | Director: Hong Sang-soo | Starring: Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Song Seon-mi, Kim Sae-byuk | Genre: Drama Let’s take a look at 2020’s best Korean movies! the year of Parasite), there’s still some decent entries. Even if a coronavirus-stricken 2020’s Korean film lineup finds it hard to compete with 2019’s (a.k.a. Fans of Korean stars like Park Shin-hye, Hwang Jung-min, and Lee Byung-hun will also find those actors adequately represented. This list includes films from genres including action, romance, comedy and more-some movies even include timely pandemic themes. When available, we’ve included links to stream movies on services like Netflix. We chose these 13 Korean movies based on their entertainment value, narrative innovation, craft, and sociopolitical significance. You might be wondering: what are the Best Korean Movies of 2020?Ĭinema Escapist‘s staff have curated this list of the top 13 Korean films from 2020 to help answer that question. I’m assuming these will be CG-heavy so they might be almost like animated movies.Thanks to South Korea’s relatively competent coronavirus response, 2020 still saw a number of Korean films hit theaters and streaming sites-though obviously much fewer last year. Other science-fiction moviesįree Guy, Godzilla vs. These to me don’t look as unique as Birds of Prey. Other comic book moviesīloodshot, The New Mutants, Black Widow, Morbius, Venom 2. Tom & Jerry – December 23Ī live-action Tom & Jerry sounds like an abomination, but after the successes of Detective Pikachu and Peter Rabbit, it’s worth a shot. I’d be worried that this has the same director as Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, but it could be Paramount’s Pete’s Dragon. I’m expecting big things from this mega production involving so many actors and superheroes through the ages. I don’t like Kenneth Branagh’s faux French accent, but his cinematography and costumes are so beautiful I’m there for it. This is another one of Disney’s CG animals flick after Jungle Book, Dumbo, Lion King and Lady and the Tramp, except it’s not a remake. Props for casting Emily Blunt as the explorer because it’s typically a male role. Jungle Cruise reminds me of Missing Link in live-action. Maybe not as much as in 2016 because it’s going for a Stranger Things vibe. I am assuming Ghostbusters will have some CG ghosts. Okay, there’s nothing animated about In the Heights, but it looks beautiful and Lin Manuel Miranda did the music for Moana. The 1980s aesthetic and the appearance of Kristen Wiig as Cheetah might make this an interesting spectacle. I haven’t seen Peter Rabbit, but it’s getting a sequel, so I’ll assume it’s better than live-action hybrids like Hop and Yogi Bear.Īrtemis Fowl looks like another CG fest for Disney like A Wrinkle in Time and The Nutcracker, which isn’t great company to be in. Mulan is a Disney live-action remake that’s looking full of surprises given its serious trailer trading songs for martial arts. Wendy is like an indie filmmakers’ take on Peter Pan and it looks absolutely gorgeous and emotional. Sonic got a lot of publicity for getting its redesign right, but to me the story seems as bad as previous live-action hybrids.Ĭall of the Wild looks like an epic adventure with beautiful landscapes, a CG dog and Harrison Ford giving a great performance. I will be reviewing more live-action films this year.ĭolittle looks like Universal’s attempt at making a CG animals / live-action hybrid like Disney’s Jungle Book and Warner’s Mowgli.īirds of Prey is a comic book movie that looks aesthetically unique and as bonkers as an animated film. There’s been a lot more crossover between animated movies and live-action movies with the multiplication of CG characters, live-action remakes, and continued box-office dominance of comic book movies.
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