The Best Kim Min-hee Movies, Ranked
17 credits from 1990 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. By the Stream (2025) comes out on top with a score of 77. The biggest box office hit is Very Ordinary Couple (2013) with $12.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Kim Min-hee Box Office Hits
Kim Min-hee's films have made $35M worldwide in total. Very Ordinary Couple (2013) is the biggest hit at $12.3M, ahead of Hellcats (2008) ($4.01M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Very Ordinary Couple 2013 · Comedy $12.3M - 2
Hellcats 2008 · Drama $4.01M - 3
Moby Dick 2011 · Action $3.06M - 4
Surprise Party 2002 · Romance $1.79M - 5
The Woman Who Ran 2020 · Drama $190K - 6
The Novelist’s Film 2022 · Drama $99.5K - 7
No Tears for the Dead 2014 · Action $89.8K $63.1K dom. - 8
Failan 2001 · Drama $49.7K - 9
By the Stream 2025 · Drama $47.6K
The Best Kim Min-hee Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kim Min-hee has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 8 films, and By the Stream (2025) is the pick of them.
The Best Kim Min-hee Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kim Min-hee's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kim Min-hee Movies
The most recent films Kim Min-hee is credited on, newest first — starting with By the Stream (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- By the Stream 2025 · Jeo-nim
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It Snows on You 2024 - The Novelist’s Film 2022 · Gil-su
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Letter to the New York Film Festival 2021 - The Woman Who Ran 2020 · Gam-hee
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Saimdang, Memoir of Colors 2017 · Kwon - No Tears for the Dead 2014 · Mo-kyeong
- Very Ordinary Couple 2013 · Jang Young
- Moby Dick 2011 · Seong Hyo-gwan
- Hellcats 2008 · Kim Ah-mi
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Jewel in the Palace 2003 · Bi-sun - Surprise Party 2002 · Hwang Mi-ryeong
The Best Kim Min-hee Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kim Min-hee films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kim Min-hee movie?
By the Stream (2025) is the best-rated Kim Min-hee film, with a Movie Echo Score of 77, ahead of The Novelist’s Film (2022) (73) and The Woman Who Ran (2020) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
By the Stream: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Kim Min-hee movie?
Very Ordinary Couple (2013) made the most at the box office, with $12.3M worldwide, followed by Hellcats (2008) with $4.01M. Together, Kim Min-hee's films with box office figures have made $35M.
What is the best Kim Min-hee drama movie?
By the Stream (2025) is the best-rated of Kim Min-hee's drama films, with a score of 77. In other genres: Moby Dick (action), Surprise Party (romance) and Very Ordinary Couple (comedy).
What is the newest Kim Min-hee movie?
The newest film on Kim Min-hee's filmography is By the Stream (2025), with Kim Min-hee as Jeo-nim.
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