My top 16:    

1. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

2. Breathless (2009)

3. The Bow (2005)

4. My Sassy Girl (2001)

5. Memories of Murder (2003)

6. Peppermint Candy (2000)

7. The Spy Gone North (2018)

8. Windstruck (2004)

9.  The Yellow Sea (2010)

10. Miracle in Cell No.7 (2013)

11. Joint Security Area (2000)

12. The Way Home (2002)

13. A Moment to Remember (2004)

14. The Man from Nowhere (2010)

15. I Saw The Devil (2010)

16. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring (2003)

I haven’t watched enough SK movies to have a top 16. I’ve only seen 2 that are on your list. But here is a top 10, not in any order.

Il Mare (2000)

Memories of Murder (2003)

Parasite (2019)

Sea Fog (2014)

The Throne (2015)

4th Place (2016)

Little Forest (2018)

Pipeline (2021)

The Thieves (2012)

Train to Busan (2016)

 Baklajan:

I haven’t watched enough SK movies to have a top 16. I’ve only seen 2 that are on your list. But here is a top 10, not in any order.

Il Mare (2000)

Memories of Murder (2003)

Parasite (2019)

Sea Fog (2014)

The Throne (2015)

4th Place (2016)

Little Forest (2018)

Pipeline (2021)

The Thieves (2012)

Train to Busan (2016)

That's a cool list! I think I need to give Il mare a rewatch, I watched that one years ago.

in no particular order


Spring bears love

my sassy girl

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds 

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

My Annoying Brother 

The Beauty Inside 

On Your Wedding Day 

A Year-End Medley 

double patty

be with you 

the gangster the cop the devil

burning

minari

spiritwalker

Midnight Runners 

Twenty

I am also relatively new to kfilm. I've only seen about 45 films. My favorites list is also not necessarily going for acknowledged best Korean films though some apply.  In no particular order:

Steel Rain 

A Taxi Driver 

Original and recent sequel The Pirates./The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure 

Train to Busan 

The Chase 

The Gangster, the Cop, and the Devil

A Violent Prosecutor 

Assassination 

My Way 

Escape from Mogadishu

Midnight Runners 

So  6 movies maybe as I don't know well this cinema, in no particular order :

https://mydramalist.com/235-a-tale-of-two-sisters (one of my first korean movie)

https://mydramalist.com/25335-burning

https://mydramalist.com/23429-parasite

https://mydramalist.com/23367-the-day-after

https://mydramalist.com/9560-beyond-the-years (maybe not the Best of the director but  it really touched me)

https://mydramalist.com/1840-the-yellow-sea

Some of my faves so far, not in particular order: 

• Run Off (2016)

• The King & the Clown (2005) 

• Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003) 

• Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 (2019) 

• A Man who was Superman (2008)

• Miracle Cell No. 7 (2013)

• Silenced (2011) 

• Parasite (2019) 

• Hearty Paws (2006) 

• Train to Busan (2016) 

• Always (2011)

• My Way (2011) 

• Burning (2018)

• Il Mare (2000) 

• Herb (2007) 

• A Year-End Medley (2021)

 Kais:

Some of my faves so far, not in particular order: 

• Run Off (2016)

• The King & the Clown (2005) 

• Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003) 

• Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 (2019) 

• A Man who was Superman (2008)

• Miracle Cell No. 7 (2013)

• Silenced (2011) 

• Parasite (2019) 

• Hearty Paws (2006) 

• Train to Busan (2016) 

• Always (2011)

• My Way (2011) 

• Burning (2018)

• Il Mare (2000) 

• Herb (2007) 

• A Year-End Medley (2021)

 I loved My Way.  It is good to see that someone else loves it too. Have you seen race to freedom. is it any good?

Not yet, never heard of it but that looks interesting! Added to PTW.

Your choices are great! I've yet to watch more in Korean Cinema.

 Kais:

Not yet, never heard of it but that looks interesting! Added to PTW.

Your choices are great! I've yet to watch more in Korean Cinema.

 I've been in this for about 10 months maybe 11. Not long at all but I am all in.  I'm always on the lookout for some good movies.

 egg805:

That's a cool list! I think I need to give Il mare a rewatch, I watched that one years ago.

Thanks. It’s a relaxing film.

Your post reminds me I had wanted to watch more movies and fewer dramas. I saw your other posts about Chinese and Japanese films but couldn’t come up with a list. I hadn’t watched enough of them. In a year or two maybe.

I've only seen (Always 2011) and (Il Mare 2001)

1. The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful

2. Hitman: Agent Jun

3. The Swindlers

4. The 12th Suspect

5. Hunt

6. Stellar: A Magical Ride

7. The Outlaws

8. Black Money

9. Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission

10. Collectors

11. The Age Of Shadows

12. The Fortress

13. The Bros

14. Eyes Wide Open

15. Rampant

16. Fengshui

Damn this is really hard to pick as I've watched 720 kmovies so far and have many favorites...