Movies Like Oldboy (2003)

Updated: September 14, 2024

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Oldboy Movie Information:

Directors:

Chan-wook Park

Stars:

Choi Min-sik, Min-sik Choi, Ji-Tae Yoo, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji … (full cast)

(10) Movie Recommendations

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1. Se7en (1995)

   Synopsis/Plot: A film about two homicide detectives' (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins.
   
   The movie takes…
   
   Tagline: Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
   
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2. Memento (2000)

   Synopsis/Plot: Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.
   
   One…
   
   Tagline: Some memories are best forgotten
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
   
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3. Leon: The Professional (1994)

   Synopsis/Plot: After her father, step-mother, step-sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer manages to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at…
   
   Tagline: If you want the job done right, hire a professional.
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Action, Crime
   
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4. The Usual Suspects (1995)

   Synopsis/Plot: Following a truck hijack in New York, five criminals are arrested and brought together for questioning.
   
   As none of them are guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police.
   
   The operation goes well, but…
   
   Tagline: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
   
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5. The Shining (1980)

   Synopsis/Plot: Haunted by a persistent writer's block, the aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, Jack Torrance, drags his wife, Wendy, and his gifted son, Danny, up snow-capped Colorado's secluded Overlook Hotel after taking up a job as…
   
   Tagline: Iconic terror from the No 1 bestselling writer.
   Genres: Horror, Drama
   
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6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

   Synopsis/Plot: A man, Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same.
   
   However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes…
   
   Tagline: I already forget how I used to feel about you.
   Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance
   
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7. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

   Synopsis/Plot: Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery.
   
   Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that…
   
   Tagline: Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime
   
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8. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

   Synopsis/Plot: Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain.
   
   As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and r*pe.
   
   While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental…
   
   Tagline: Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he ?
   Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime
   
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9. The Lives of Others (2006)

   Synopsis/Plot: Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police.
   
   The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the…
   
   Tagline: Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
   
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10. Memories of Murder (2003)

    Synopsis/Plot: In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, r**ed and tied and gagged with her underwear.
    
    Detective Park Doo-Man and Detective Cho Yong-koo, two…
    
    Tagline: 1986 in a small town...for two detectives, everything was new.
    Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Action, Crime
    
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Movies like Oldboy include Se7en (1995), Memento (2000), Leon: The Professional (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Shining (1980), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Reservoir Dogs (1992), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Lives of Others (2006), and Memories of Murder (2003).