The Best Park Yong-woo Movies, Ranked
17 credits from 1999 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Spiritwalker (2020) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) with $16.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Park Yong-woo Box Office Hits
Park Yong-woo's films have made $76.3M worldwide in total. Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) is the biggest hit at $16.4M, ahead of Blood Rain (2005) ($14.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · Thriller $16.4M - 2
Blood Rain 2005 · Thriller $14.3M - 3
My Scary Girl 2006 · Drama $13.5M - 4
Children… 2011 · Thriller $12.2M - 5
Love Now 2007 · Romance $7.68M - 6
Spiritwalker 2020 · Fantasy $6.64M - 7
Handphone 2009 · Thriller $3.14M - 8
Beautiful Sunday 2007 · Thriller $1.2M - 9
The World of Silence 2006 · Thriller $971K - 10
Shiri 1999 · Adventure $165K $98.5K dom.
The Best Park Yong-woo Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Park Yong-woo has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Thriller leads with 6 films, and Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) is the pick of them.
- Thriller 6 films Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · as Det. Chang-ho
- Romance 4 films Love Now 2007 · as Jung Min-jae
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Comedy 2 films Nailed 2018 · as Jae-gu - Drama 2 films My Scary Girl 2006 · as Hwang Dae-woo
- Fantasy 1 film Spiritwalker 2020 · as Mr. Park Movie Echo Score: 84
- Adventure 1 film Shiri 1999 · as Eo Seong-sik
The Best Park Yong-woo Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Park Yong-woo's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Park Yong-woo Movies
The most recent films Park Yong-woo is credited on, newest first — starting with Hunter with a Scalpel (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Hunter with a Scalpel 2025 · Yoon Jo-gyun - Spiritwalker 2020 · Mr. Park
- Nailed 2018 · Jae-gu
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Late Spring 2014 · Joon-goo - Hwayi: A Monster Boy 2013 · Det. Chang-ho
- Children… 2011 · Kang Ji-seung
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Battlefield Heroes 2011 · Goguryeo soldier carrying weapons - Handphone 2009 · Jeong Yi-gyu
- Love Now 2007 · Jung Min-jae
- Beautiful Sunday 2007 · Detective Kang
- The World of Silence 2006 · Det. Kim Hyung-sa
- My Scary Girl 2006 · Hwang Dae-woo
The Best Park Yong-woo Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Park Yong-woo films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Park Yong-woo movie?
Spiritwalker (2020) is the best-rated Park Yong-woo film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Spiritwalker: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Park Yong-woo movie?
Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) made the most at the box office, with $16.4M worldwide, followed by Blood Rain (2005) with $14.3M. Together, Park Yong-woo's films with box office figures have made $76.3M.
What is the best Park Yong-woo thriller movie?
Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) is the best-rated of Park Yong-woo's thriller films. In other genres: Love Now (romance), Nailed (comedy) and My Scary Girl (drama).
What is the newest Park Yong-woo movie?
The newest film on Park Yong-woo's filmography is Hunter with a Scalpel (2025), with Park Yong-woo as Yoon Jo-gyun.
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