The Best Jang Hyun-sung Movies, Ranked
42 credits from 1999 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Steel Rain (2017) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Steel Rain (2017) with $32.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Jang Hyun-sung Box Office Hits
Jang Hyun-sung's films have made $95.4M worldwide in total. Steel Rain (2017) is the biggest hit at $32.8M, ahead of Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) ($16.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Steel Rain 2017 · Action $32.8M - 2
Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · Thriller $16.4M - 3
Maundy Thursday 2006 · Drama $14.8M - 4
Break Out 2002 · Comedy $7.68M - 5
The Advocate: A Missing Body 2015 · Action $7.55M $50.2K dom. - 6
Princess Aurora 2005 · Drama $5.08M - 7
Rebound 2023 · Drama $4.51M - 8
Single in Seoul 2023 · Romance $3.05M - 9
The Swordsman 2020 · History $1.52M - 10
The Romance 2006 · Drama $1.26M
The Best Jang Hyun-sung Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jang Hyun-sung has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 22 films, and Maundy Thursday (2006) is the pick of them.
- Drama 22 films Maundy Thursday 2006 · as Moon Yu-chan
- Comedy 5 films Break Out 2002
- Romance 2 films Single in Seoul 2023 · as Jin-pyo
- Action 2 films Steel Rain 2017 · as Jeong Se-yeong Movie Echo Score: 84
- Thriller 2 films Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · as Jin-seong
- History 1 film The Swordsman 2020 · as Monarch Movie Echo Score: 80
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Adventure 1 film Shiri 1999 · as Special Investigation Team
The Best Jang Hyun-sung Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jang Hyun-sung's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Jang Hyun-sung Movies
The most recent films Jang Hyun-sung is credited on, newest first — starting with The Art of Negotiation (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Art of Negotiation 2025 · Ha Tae-su - Single in Seoul 2023 · Jin-pyo
- Rebound 2023 · Yongsan High School Coach
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Agency 2023 · Yoo Jeong-seok -
Under the Queen’s Umbrella 2022 · Yoon Su-kwang -
Melancholia 2021 · Sung Min-joon - The Swordsman 2020 · Monarch
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Sweet Munchies 2020 · Kang In-shik -
Tell Me What You Saw 2020 · Drama -
Doctor Prisoner 2019 · Jung Ui-Sik -
Live 2018 · Eun Kyung-mo -
Hymn of Death 2018 · Lee Yong-moon
The Best Jang Hyun-sung Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jang Hyun-sung films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jang Hyun-sung movie?
Steel Rain (2017) is the best-rated Jang Hyun-sung film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of The Swordsman (2020) (80). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Steel Rain: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Jang Hyun-sung movie?
Steel Rain (2017) made the most at the box office, with $32.8M worldwide, followed by Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) with $16.4M. Together, Jang Hyun-sung's films with box office figures have made $95.4M.
What is the best Jang Hyun-sung drama movie?
Maundy Thursday (2006) is the best-rated of Jang Hyun-sung's drama films. In other genres: Break Out (comedy), Single in Seoul (romance) and Steel Rain (action).
What is the newest Jang Hyun-sung movie?
The newest film on Jang Hyun-sung's filmography is The Art of Negotiation (2025), with Jang Hyun-sung as Ha Tae-su.
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