MenuFLIXANO
Start Your Free Trial
Search
Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk (born December 20, 1960) is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s. He has given scripts to several of his former assistant directors including Jeon Jae-hong (Beautiful) and Jang Hun (Rough Cut).

Sign up to watch Free Kim Ki-duk Movies

Movies Made By Kim Ki-duk (34)

Call of God (2022)

Anticipation of Love has settled in the heart of a young lady. The boundaries between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical deprivations and, of course, sensual pleasures, and the deep meaning of that all is Love. The deeper the fe ...

Watch Now

The Past Time (2021)

The love story of four young people in Jingnian City, a scenic spot, goes in an unexpected direction due to an "epidemic"... ...

Watch Now

Dissolve (2019)

In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her. ...

Watch Now

Human, Space, Time and Human (2018)

A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the thugs and ...

Watch Now

Excavator (2017)

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays vis ...

Watch Now

The Net (2016)

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer. ...

Watch Now

One on One (2014)

On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you? ...

Watch Now

Red Family (2013)

A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family. ...

Watch Now

Rough Play (2013)

Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight. ...

Watch Now

Godsend (2013)

A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home to spend time in seclusion until the girl gives birth to a baby, but they unexpectedly encounter a myster ...

Watch Now

My Mother (2013)

A short film shot for Venice 70: Future Reloaded ...

Watch Now

Moebius (2013)

A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction. ...

Watch Now

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

Watch Now

Pieta (2012)

A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother. ...

Watch Now

Arirang (2011)

Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career. ...

Watch Now

Amen (2011)

A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a horrible incident in the train which makes her painfully question herself about life and relationships. And ...

Watch Now

Poongsan (2011)

Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, ...

Watch Now

Dream (2008)

In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking. ...

Watch Now

Rough Cut (2008)

Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When another actor leaves the set due to Su-tas violent ways, the production is on ...

Watch Now

Beautiful (2008)

Eun-young is a woman cursed with great beauty. Wherever she goes, she gets unwanted admiration from men and jealousy from women. One day, one of her stalking admirer invades her place. ...

Watch Now

Breath (2007)

A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage. ...

Watch Now

Time (2006)

Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman. ...

Watch Now

The Bow (2005)

On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divinatio ...

Watch Now

3-Iron (2004)

A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs out for a while, fixing himself something to eat, washing laundry or making small repairs in return. He alw ...

Watch Now

Samaritan Girl (2004)

Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those men, she suppresses her feelings ...

Watch Now

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by. ...

Watch Now

The Coast Guard (2002)

A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth. ...

Watch Now

Bad Guy (2002)

A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise. ...

Watch Now

Address Unknown (2001)

Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains ...

Watch Now

Real Fiction (2000)

A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds up within the artist, leading him to embark upon a quest to gain revenge on all those who have humiliated ...

Watch Now

The Isle (2000)

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish ...

Watch Now

Birdcage Inn (1998)

Jin-a, a young prostitute, moves into a seaside motel called the Birdcage Inn, run by a dysfunctional family. Struggling with her circumstances and the family's treatment, she forms an unlikely bond with the daughter, Hye-mi. As they navigate love, betraya ...

Watch Now

Wild Animals (1997)

Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other. ...

Watch Now

Crocodile (1996)

Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of society undermines South Korea's boasts of its newfound economic position as an Asian Tiger. One day, Crocodi ...

Watch Now

Movies Starring Kim Ki-duk (13)

Life is a Thrill (2020)

This is a story about an amazing person who devotes his life to his students. Vladimir Fenchenko lit the hearts of hundreds of young filmmakers with love for cinema. ...

Watch Now

Plankton Salesmen (2017)

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov. ...

Watch Now

Ongoing Smile (2013)

Documentary about Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho. ...

Watch Now

My Mother (2013)

A short film shot for Venice 70: Future Reloaded ...

Watch Now

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

Watch Now

Balkan Spirit (2013)

Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit". ...

Watch Now

Arirang (2011)

Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career. ...

Watch Now

Amen (2011)

A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a horrible incident in the train which makes her painfully question herself about life and relationships. And ...

Watch Now

Breath (2007)

A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage. ...

Watch Now

Kim Ki-duk, filmmaker of convulsive beauty (2007)

The documentary, directed by a French expert on Asian cinema, is a filmed interview with Korean director Kim Ki-duk in which the artist talks about himself in the round: his early interest in painting, resulting in his stay in France, where he discovered f ...

Watch Now

The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (2006)

South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenomenon emerged? What is the culture that has yielded this range of filmmakers? With The Nine Lives of Korean ...

Watch Now

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by. ...

Watch Now

The Rocket Is Launched (1997)

Actor Choi Jong-won is late to a movie shoot. He bemoans the state of the national economy when he sees a young man riding a fancy sports car. ...

Watch Now