Best So Ji-sub movies
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TOP 10:
Sophie's Revenge
Original Title: 非常完美
So Ji-sub as: Jeff
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly faced of having to chose between a repentant Jeff and Gordon who has fallen for her.
So Ji-sub as: Jeff
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly faced of having to chose between a repentant Jeff and Gordon who has fallen for her.
TOP 9:
Alienoid: Return to the Future
Original Title: 외계+인 2부
So Ji-sub as: Moon Do-seok
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Release: 2024
Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lee Ha-nee movies?
So Ji-sub as: Moon Do-seok
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Release: 2024
Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lee Ha-nee movies?
TOP 8:
A Company Man
Original Title: 회사원
So Ji-sub as: Ji Hyung-do
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Release: 2012
A contract killer becomes disenchanted with his line of work and spares the lives of his two latest would-be-victims. But the assassination company he works for has no intentions of letting him quit.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Hwang Suk-jung movies?
So Ji-sub as: Ji Hyung-do
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Release: 2012
A contract killer becomes disenchanted with his line of work and spares the lives of his two latest would-be-victims. But the assassination company he works for has no intentions of letting him quit.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Hwang Suk-jung movies?
TOP 7:
Rough Cut
Original Title: 영화는 영화다
So Ji-sub as: Lee Kang-pae
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 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 the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ronald Hines movies?
So Ji-sub as: Lee Kang-pae
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 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 the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ronald Hines movies?
TOP 6:
Alienoid
Original Title: 외계+인 1부
So Ji-sub as: Moon Do-seok
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Release: 2022
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Yoon Kyung-ho movies?
So Ji-sub as: Moon Do-seok
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Release: 2022
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Yoon Kyung-ho movies?
TOP 5:
The Throne
Original Title: 사도
So Ji-sub as: Adult King Jeongjo
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2015
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Kim Hae-sook movies?
So Ji-sub as: Adult King Jeongjo
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2015
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Kim Hae-sook movies?
TOP 4:
Confession
Original Title: 자백
So Ji-sub as: Yoo Min-ho
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2022
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and confesses to her that a car accident on the day before may be connected to Se-hee's murder...
So Ji-sub as: Yoo Min-ho
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2022
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and confesses to her that a car accident on the day before may be connected to Se-hee's murder...
TOP 3:
The Battleship Island
Original Title: 군함도
So Ji-sub as: Choi Chil-sung
Genre: Action, History, Drama, War
Release: 2017
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
So Ji-sub as: Choi Chil-sung
Genre: Action, History, Drama, War
Release: 2017
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
TOP 2:
Always
Original Title: 오직 그대만
So Ji-sub as: Cheol-min
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 2011
A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
So Ji-sub as: Cheol-min
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 2011
A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
TOP 1:
Be with You
Original Title: 지금 만나러 갑니다
So Ji-sub as: Woo-jin
Genre: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
Release: 2018
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
So Ji-sub as: Woo-jin
Genre: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
Release: 2018
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
If you like the best So Ji-sub movies, then you will also like the best Yoon Kyung-ho movies, where many of their films coincide.
