The Best Jeong Man-sik Movies, Ranked
33 credits from 2005 to 2025, 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 Jeong Man-sik Box Office Hits
Jeong Man-sik's films have made $264M worldwide in total. 12.12: The Day (2023) is the biggest hit at $97.5M, ahead of Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) ($82.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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12.12: The Day 2023 · History $97.5M - 2
Miracle in Cell No. 7 2013 · Comedy $82.1M - 3
Paradise Murdered 2007 · Mystery $14.2M - 4
Man in Love 2014 · Drama $13.1M - 5
Okay! Madam 2020 · Action $9.43M - 6
Eungyo 2012 · Drama $8.72M - 7
S.I.U. 2011 · Crime $6.95M - 8
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant 2015 · Drama $6.7M - 9
Beasts Clawing at Straws 2020 · Drama $5.8M - 10
Princess Aurora 2005 · Drama $5.08M
The Best Jeong Man-sik Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jeong Man-sik has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 9 films, and Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 9 films Beasts Clawing at Straws 2020 · as Du-man Movie Echo Score: 83
- Crime 7 films S.I.U. 2011 · as detective
- Mystery 5 films Paradise Murdered 2007 · as Engineer Jo
- Comedy 4 films Miracle in Cell No. 7 2013 · as Shin Bong-shik
- History 3 films 12.12: The Day 2023 · as Gong Soo-hyeok Movie Echo Score: 85
- Action 3 films Okay! Madam 2020 · as Pilot
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Romance 2 films Paju 2009 · as Loses Property for Development 4
The Best Jeong Man-sik Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jeong Man-sik's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Jeong Man-sik Movies
The most recent films Jeong Man-sik is credited on, newest first — starting with Nocturnal (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Nocturnal 2025 · Chang-mo -
Nine Puzzles 2025 · Tae Dong-su / Captain - 12.12: The Day 2023 · Gong Soo-hyeok
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A Bloody Lucky Day 2023 · Kim Joong-min -
Undercover 2021 · Do Yeong-geol -
The Swordsman 2020 · Min Seung-ho - Okay! Madam 2020 · Pilot
- Beasts Clawing at Straws 2020 · Du-man
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The Goddess of Revenge 2020 · Kim Sang-Goo -
Jazzy Misfits 2019 · Village bus couple / Choon Bae -
Money 2019 · Mr. Byeon -
Vagabond 2019 · Min Jae-shik
The Best Jeong Man-sik Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jeong Man-sik films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jeong Man-sik movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) is the best-rated Jeong Man-sik film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) (83) and The Swordsman (2020) (80). 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 Jeong Man-sik movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) made the most at the box office, with $97.5M worldwide, followed by Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) with $82.1M. Together, Jeong Man-sik's films with box office figures have made $264M.
What is the best Jeong Man-sik drama movie?
Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) is the best-rated of Jeong Man-sik's drama films, with a score of 83. In other genres: S.I.U. (crime), Paradise Murdered (mystery) and Miracle in Cell No. 7 (comedy).
What is the newest Jeong Man-sik movie?
The newest film on Jeong Man-sik's filmography is Nocturnal (2025), with Jeong Man-sik as Chang-mo.
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