The Best Hwang Jung-min Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 1990 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. 12.12: The Day (2023) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is 12.12: The Day (2023) with $97.5M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Hwang Jung-min Box Office Hits
Hwang Jung-min's films have made $477M worldwide in total. 12.12: The Day (2023) is the biggest hit at $97.5M, ahead of Blades of Blood (2010) ($82.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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12.12: The Day 2023 · History $97.5M - 2
Blades of Blood 2010 · Action $82.2M - 3
A Violent Prosecutor 2016 · Action $66.7M - 4
The Himalayas 2015 · Adventure $50.5M $697K dom. - 5
Hope 2026 · Action $45.6M $8.02M dom. - 6
Dancing Queen 2012 · Comedy $26.4M - 7
You Are My Sunshine 2005 · Romance $17.7M - 8
Man in Love 2014 · Drama $13.1M - 9
Bloody Tie 2006 · Action $10.6M - 10
Private Eye 2009 · Crime $10.1M
The Best Hwang Jung-min Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Hwang Jung-min has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 8 films, and Man in Love (2014) is the pick of them.
- Drama 8 films Man in Love 2014 · as Han Tae-il
- Action 6 films Blades of Blood 2010 · as Hwang Jung-hak
- Crime 5 films Private Eye 2009 · as Hong Jin-ho
- Comedy 5 films Dancing Queen 2012 · as Hwang Jung-min
- Romance 3 films You Are My Sunshine 2005 · as Seok-joong
- Adventure 2 films The Himalayas 2015 · as Um Hong-gil
- History 1 film 12.12: The Day 2023 · as Chun Doo-gwang Movie Echo Score: 85
The Best Hwang Jung-min Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Hwang Jung-min's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Hwang Jung-min Movies
The most recent films Hwang Jung-min is credited on, newest first — starting with Hope (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Hope 2026 · Beom Seok
- 12.12: The Day 2023 · Chun Doo-gwang
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Narco-Saints 2022 · Jeon Yo-hwan -
H.U.S.H. 2020 · Han Joon-hyuk -
Money 2019 · Investor (voice) - A Violent Prosecutor 2016 · Byun Jae-wook
- The Himalayas 2015 · Um Hong-gil
- Man in Love 2014 · Han Tae-il
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In My End Is My Beginning 2013 · Min Jae-in - Dancing Queen 2012 · Hwang Jung-min
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Moby Dick 2011 · Lee Bang-woo -
Battlefield Heroes 2011 · Silla King
The Best Hwang Jung-min Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Hwang Jung-min films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Hwang Jung-min movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) is the best-rated Hwang Jung-min film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
12.12: The Day: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Hwang Jung-min movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) made the most at the box office, with $97.5M worldwide, followed by Blades of Blood (2010) with $82.2M. Together, Hwang Jung-min's films with box office figures have made $477M.
What is the best Hwang Jung-min drama movie?
Man in Love (2014) is the best-rated of Hwang Jung-min's drama films. In other genres: Blades of Blood (action), Private Eye (crime) and Dancing Queen (comedy).
What is the newest Hwang Jung-min movie?
The newest film on Hwang Jung-min's filmography is Hope (2026), with Hwang Jung-min as Beom Seok.
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