The Best Park Hae-jun Movies, Ranked
19 credits from 2009 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 Park Hae-jun Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Park Hae-jun is credited on. 12.12: The Day (2023) leads with 85, followed by 20th Century Girl (2022) at 75. 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 75 20th Century Girl 2022 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Bring Me Home 2019 · Thriller -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage 2019 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 The 8th Night 2021 · Thriller
Biggest Park Hae-jun Box Office Hits
Park Hae-jun's films have made $158M worldwide in total. 12.12: The Day (2023) is the biggest hit at $97.5M, ahead of Start-Up (2019) ($24.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 12.12: The Day 2023 · History $97.5M
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Start-Up 2019 · Drama $24.1M - 3
Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · Thriller $16.4M - 4
Cheer Up, Mr. Lee 2019 · Family $8.7M - 5 Bring Me Home 2019 · Thriller $4.37M
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In Our Prime 2022 · Drama $3.97M - 7 Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage 2019 · Action $1.97M
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Genome Hazard 2013 · Drama $1.09M - 9
Fourth Place 2015 · Drama $230K - 10
My Fair Lady 2009 · Drama $7.65K
The Best Park Hae-jun Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Park Hae-jun has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 10 films, and 20th Century Girl (2022) is the pick of them.
- Drama 10 films 20th Century Girl 2022 · as Doctor at School Infirmary Movie Echo Score: 75
- Thriller 3 films Bring Me Home 2019 · as Myeong-guk Movie Echo Score: 72
- History 1 film 12.12: The Day 2023 · as Roh Tae-geon Movie Echo Score: 85
- Family 1 film Cheer Up, Mr. Lee 2019 · as Yeong-su
- Action 1 film Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage 2019 · as Kwon Tae-ju Movie Echo Score: 62
The Best Park Hae-jun Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Park Hae-jun's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Park Hae-jun Movies
The most recent films Park Hae-jun is credited on, newest first — starting with When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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When Life Gives You Tangerines 2025 · Middle-aged Yang Gwan-sik - 12.12: The Day 2023 · Roh Tae-geon
- 20th Century Girl 2022 · Doctor at School Infirmary
- In Our Prime 2022 · Ahn Gi-chul
- The 8th Night 2021 · Kim Ho-tae
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The World of the Married 2020 · Lee Tae-o - Start-Up 2019 · Tae-seong
- Cheer Up, Mr. Lee 2019 · Yeong-su
- Bring Me Home 2019 · Myeong-guk
- Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage 2019 · Kwon Tae-ju
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My Mister 2018 · Monk Gyeom-duk -
Missing 2016 · Park Hyun-ik
The Best Park Hae-jun Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Park Hae-jun films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Park Hae-jun movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) is the best-rated Park Hae-jun film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of 20th Century Girl (2022) (75) and Bring Me Home (2019) (72). 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 Park Hae-jun movie?
12.12: The Day (2023) made the most at the box office, with $97.5M worldwide, followed by Start-Up (2019) with $24.1M. Together, Park Hae-jun's films with box office figures have made $158M.
What is the best Park Hae-jun drama movie?
20th Century Girl (2022) is the best-rated of Park Hae-jun's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: Bring Me Home (thriller), 12.12: The Day (history) and Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (family).
What is the newest Park Hae-jun movie?
The newest film on Park Hae-jun's filmography is When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025), with Park Hae-jun as Middle-aged Yang Gwan-sik.
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