In just a few months, "Parasite" became the film that managed to triumph at the Cannes Film Festival , snatching the most important award, the Palme d'Or, becoming the first South Korean film to win a Golden Globe and make history at the Oscars , becoming the first non-English film to win the "Best Picture", where in the entire Oscars history only 11 international films have been nominated in the category of "Best Film".
For fans of Bong Joon Ho, whose film also won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar was undoubtedly a remarkable achievement, though he did has been working for years and has produced some films that deserve as much attention as Parasite.
Quentin Tarantino, as Bong pointed out in his Oscars speech, was among the first to try to bring Bong's films into the English-speaking world.
Other movies that Bong fans suggest are:
"Barking Dogs Never Bite" (2000)
Frustrated by dogs barking loudly, an academic (Sung-jae Lee) organizes a dog fight around the apartments.
"Okja" (2017)
For 10 years, Miya has been a lifelong caregiver and companion of Okja, a massive animal that I care for in her mountain home. But everything changes when Okja is transported to New York.
"The Host" (2006)
An unidentified monster appears on the Han River in Seoul and kills hundreds and kidnaps Hyun-Seo. When her family learns that her clothing is being worn, they decide to rescue her. "The Host" is the highest grossing film of all time in South Korea.
"Memories of Murder" (2003)
A well-known detective in the city helps two police officers investigate a serial killer.
"Snowpiercer" (2013)
An experiment that tends to stop global warming goes wrong and causes an Ice Age.
"Mother" (2009)
A widow (Kim Hye) lives with her mentally ill son (Won Bin) in a South Korean city where she cleans and sells medicinal plants. The mother and son become part of a nightmare where a dead girl's body is discovered. As the charges weigh on her son and the justice system fails, the mother takes control of the situation.
