What are some films like Memories of Murder (2003)?

Films similar to Memories of Murder (2003) on Watch Darkly include Se7en (1995), Zodiac (2007), Prisoners (2013), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

Metadata and artwork from TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

serial-killer

Memories of Murder

2003 · NR · 2h 11m · Korean

The worst of them will stay with you... forever.

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters: July 15, 2005

Curator Score

No Curator Score yet for Memories of Murder. A Curator Score appears once one of our curators has rated it. How we score

Genres

dramahorrorcrimethriller

Details

Budget$2.8M

Box office$26M

Directed by

Bong Joon Ho

Written by

Bong Joon Ho, Shim Sung-bo

Cinematography

Kim Hyung-koo

Music

Taro Iwashiro

Starring

Song Kang-ho as Detective Park Doo-man · Kim Sang-kyung as Detective Seo Tae-yoon · Kim Roi-ha as Detective Cho Yong-koo · Song Jae-ho as Sergeant Shin Dong-chul · Byun Hee-bong as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong · Go Seo-hee as Officer Kwon Kwi-ok · Ryu Tae-ho as Jo Byung-soon · Park No-shik as Baek Kwang-ho