The Best Kim Eui-sung Movies, Ranked
42 credits from 1996 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.
Top Rated Kim Eui-sung Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Kim Eui-sung is credited on. 12.12: The Day (2023) leads with 85, followed by 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) at 84. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 12.12: The Day 2023 · History -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 1987: When the Day Comes 2017 · Thriller -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Steel Rain 2017 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Special Delivery 2022 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Alienoid: Return to the Future 2024 · Action
Biggest Kim Eui-sung Box Office Hits
Kim Eui-sung's films have made $374M worldwide in total. 12.12: The Day (2023) is the biggest hit at $97.5M, ahead of The Face Reader (2013) ($61.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 12.12: The Day 2023 · History $97.5M
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The Face Reader 2013 · Drama $61.6M $516K dom. - 3 1987: When the Day Comes 2017 · Thriller $53.8M
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The Priests 2015 · Horror $36.6M $185K dom. - 5 Steel Rain 2017 · Action $32.8M
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Architecture 101 2012 · Comedy $26.6M - 7
Twenty 2015 · Comedy $22.3M $136K dom. - 8 Alienoid: Return to the Future 2024 · Action $10.8M $60.7K dom.
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Running Man 2013 · Action $8.87M - 10
Big Match 2014 · Action $7.88M
The Best Kim Eui-sung Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kim Eui-sung has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and The Face Reader (2013) is the pick of them.
- Drama 15 films The Face Reader 2013 · as Han Myung-hoi
- Comedy 7 films Architecture 101 2012 · as Professor Kang
- Action 5 films Steel Rain 2017 · as President Lee Movie Echo Score: 84
- Thriller 3 films 1987: When the Day Comes 2017 · as Lee Boo-young Movie Echo Score: 84
- History 2 films 12.12: The Day 2023 · as Oh Gook-sang Movie Echo Score: 85
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Romance 2 films Love Guide for Dumpees 2015 · as doctor - Horror 1 film The Priests 2015 · as Clergy Dean
The Best Kim Eui-sung Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kim Eui-sung's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Kim Eui-sung Movies
The most recent films Kim Eui-sung is credited on, newest first — starting with Lobby (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Lobby 2025 · Manager Choi -
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call 2025 · Choi Jo Eun [Director of Korea University Hospital] -
Bring Me the Head of a Smiling Pig 2024 · Chun-sik - Alienoid: Return to the Future 2024 · Jajang / Doctor
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Check in Hanyang 2024 · Comedy - 12.12: The Day 2023 · Oh Gook-sang
- Special Delivery 2022 · CEO Baek
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Under the Queen’s Umbrella 2022 · Hwang Won-hyeong -
The Book of Fish 2021 · Mr. Jang -
Taxi Driver 2021 · Jang Sung-cheol -
Three Sisters 2020 · Jeong-beom -
Da Capo 2020 · Director Ahn
The Best Kim Eui-sung Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kim Eui-sung films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kim Eui-sung movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) is the best-rated Kim Eui-sung film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) (84) and Steel Rain (2017) (84). 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 Kim Eui-sung movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) made the most at the box office, with $97.5M worldwide, followed by The Face Reader (2013) with $61.6M. Together, Kim Eui-sung's films with box office figures have made $374M.
What is the best Kim Eui-sung drama movie?
The Face Reader (2013) is the best-rated of Kim Eui-sung's drama films. In other genres: Architecture 101 (comedy), Steel Rain (action) and 1987: When the Day Comes (thriller).
What is the newest Kim Eui-sung movie?
The newest film on Kim Eui-sung's filmography is Lobby (2025), with Kim Eui-sung as Manager Choi.
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