What are Bong Joon-Ho's movies?

Bong Joon-Ho is a popular South-Korean director known for mixing different genres and highlighting social issues. He was born on September 14, 1969, in Daegu, South Korea. In 1995, he graduated from Yonsei University, where he studied sociology before pursuing a career in filmmaking. During his time at Yonsei University, he co-founded a film club called Yellow Door along with other students.

He studied filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. He made many short films, and his graduation films were also screened at international film festivals. Over the years, his films have received international recognition. His films often explore themes of class struggle, corruption, and human nature through stories with suspense, humor, and drama. Let’s take a look at the list of Bong Joon-Ho’s films.

List of Bong Joon-Ho's movies

Over the years, Bong Joon-Ho has directed 8 feature films known for mixing different genres, social commentary, and unexpected twists. Bong Joon-ho’s debut film was Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), a dark comedy-drama about an unemployed man who gets annoyed by a noisy dog in his apartment building. The film received praises from the critics and won awards at the Slamdance Film Festival and Hong Kong International Film Festival.

He got his breakthrough with the film Memories of Murder (2003), a crime thriller based on real serial murders. He gained further recognition with The Host (2006), a monster movie that mixed horror, satire, and family drama. In 2013, he made his Hollywood debut with the film Snowpiercer, a dystopian sci-fi film starring Chris Evans. In 2017, he directed a Netflix film Okja, which was a social commentary on corporate greed and animal rights.

In 2019, he directed a South Korean film Parasite which premiered at the Cannes film festival. The film was successful at the box office worldwide and gained international popularity. The film won 4 Academy Awards, becoming the 1st non-English-language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Recently, he directed the film Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, which was released on March 7, 2025.

Bong Joon-Ho’s upcoming movie

Recently, Bong Joon-ho's film Mickey 17 was released on March 7, 2025. The film has received praise from critics but didn’t perform well at the worldwide box office. Despite bombing at the box office internationally, the film is doing well in the Korean box office. The film was released in South Korea on February 28, 2025. The film has sold 2.8 million tickets in total and has earned $19.1 million since its release.

Following the release of Mickey 17, Bong Joon-Ho has already started working on his next project. In 2021, he revealed that he is working on an animated film for his next project. The script of the film was completed in January 2021. In an interview with Collider, Bong Joon-ho shared an update about the film and said, “I have been working on this animation film since 2019, and now we have more than 100 artists working on the film, and the pipeline is fully going. It's a really unique story about deep sea creatures that features very adorable creature protagonists. We also have human characters. It's a very unique CGI animated film, and it's really going. It's under works now. 2027, maybe."