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There are always people who say that films aren't what they used to be or that "they don't make them like they used to". I tend to think they just aren't looking closely enough. Every year I find great new films to watch, the difference from watching classic films is that I have to wade through a bunch of mediocre and bad films to find the good ones. The last few years, or the last decade even, one of the safest places to look for new great films were Korea. They produced a great number of excellent films. Some suited an art-house audience, such as Kim Ki-duk's films (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring), Park Chan-wook's films (Oldboy) grabbed the attention of young white males in the west and Bong Joon-ho's The Host and Kwak Jae-yong's My Sassy Girl had a wider appeal. They all received good reviews and put Korea on the film map.
From what I can tell they all differed significantly from the Korean TV Dramas which I have yet to check out and which I know very little about.
Other Korean favourites:
Mother
3-Iron
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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