Parasite

2019 ‘기생충’ Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Act like you own the place.

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Song Kang-ho Lee Sun-kyun Cho Yeo-jeong Choi Woo-shik Park So-dam Lee Jung-eun Chang Hyae-jin Park Myung-hoon Jung Ji-so Jung Hyeon-jun Park Keun-rok Jung Yi-seo Cho Jae-myung Jeong Ik-han Kim Gyu-baek Ahn Seong-bong Yoon Young-woo Park Jae-wook Lee Dong-yong Jeon Eun-mi Kim Geon Lee Joo-hyung Lee Ji-hye Kim Bo-ryeong Park Hye-sook Baek Seung-hwan Riccardo Ferraresso Ko Kwan-jae Lee Si-hoon Show All…

Alternative Titles

Մակաբույծ, Parasite: Parásitos, Parazitlər, প্যারাসাইট, Паразит, Паразіты, 寄生虫, Parazit, Paràsits, Parásitos, Parasite: Black-and-White Edition, Παράσιτα, 上流寄生族, פרזיטים, طفیلی, पैरासाइट, ஒட்டுண்ணி, పారసైట్, انگل, Sníkjudýrin, パラサイト半地下の家族, Gisaengchung, 데칼코마니, 패러사이트, طفيلي, பாரசைட்டு, Parazīts, Parasitos, (Black & White Version) Parasite, [Oscars Reruns] Parasite, Parasitt, Паразиты, Parasit, ชนชั้นปรสิต, 寄生上流, Паразити, Decalcomania, Parazitlar, Ký sinh trùng, Parasiet

comedy drama thriller

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Review by Philbert Dy ★★★★★ 137

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Update: Now in video form
There is a house on a hill, and there are people in it. And they're nice, but not really. There is a garden, and there they get a lot of sunlight. And it is nice, and they get to sleep there sometimes.
There is a house underground, and there are people in it. And they're the first to tell you that they're not very nice: they're con-men, grifters, forgers and imposters. They sit among stink bugs, and they've been there for so long that maybe they've convinced themselves that they just belong there.
There is a rock, and it is a gift, but it is also a burden. And maybe it's a metaphor, but it's…
Review by hollie amanda ★★★★★ 52

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call me by your name’s cum peach walked so parasite’s killer peach could run
Review by Matt Singer 54

Another Bong hit.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 44

Our expectations were high but HOLY FUCK
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 28

One detail I noticed this time around is that Min and Mr. Park both react the same way to being asked if they like or love the people that they're romantically involved with– by laughing. And in Mr. Park's case, giving a sarcastic answer that undercuts his saying 'yes'. Min and Mr. Park are both seen as powerful figures deserving of respect, and the way they dismissively respond to an earnest question about whether they truly care for the people they're supposed to tells us a lot about how powerful people think about not just the people below them, but everyone in their lives.
"I just feel comfortable here. It feels like I was born here. Maybe I had my wedding here, too. In my old age, love will comfort me."
Review by Branson Reese 12

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It rules that Bong Joon-Ho anticipates you anticipating a twist where the rich family is smarter than they appear and then pulls the rug out from under you to reveal that they’re actually even dumber and more casually cruel than you originally thought. That’s radical realism, baby.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 44

Watched with a live orchestra and an introduction by Bong. It was one of my favorite experiences at a theatre, obviously.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 26

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The bloody napkin scene....top 3 scenes of all time. Hands down.
Review by lauren ★★★★★ 12

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morse code me by your name and i'll morse code you by mine
Review by maria ★★★★★ 60

I'M SCREAMING I'M CRYING THIS IS THE BEST SHIT THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED THE FILM THAT TRULY MADE ME A CINEPHILE IS THE FIRST FOREIGN FILM TO EVER WIN BEST PICTURE WE WON bong can now finally go and drink his guts out, bless his heart
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 28

Bong Joon-ho, the sui generis South Korean auteur behind unclassifiable modern wonders like “Barking Dogs Never Bite” and “The Host,” has always made films that refuse to fit the narrow parameters of any particular genre. Each of them is built atop a bedrock of comic violence that Bong uses to support the weight of the heavy stories he places on top of it, but simply categorizing “Snowpiercer” as science-fiction or “Memories of Murder” as a mystery would require you to ignore the rare magic that holds them together, and deny the controlled instability that allows them to keep changing shape before your eyes.
The director refers to his furious and fiendishly well-crafted new film as a “family tragicomedy,” but the…
Review by Jay ★★★★★ 17

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kim ki-taek the original self isolator

Recent reviews

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Weird, but good
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OBRA PRIMA MODERNA. OH COREANOS DOMINEM O MUNDO!!!!
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Amazing commentary on the struggle that people without wealth or resources need to go through and how the wealthy are so disconnected from the common person that they would view them with disgust.
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Every single member of my family had a Parasite-related dream the night after we watched it together. That's how much we couldn't get it off our minds. I love a movie that takes you a week to appreciate. Every metaphor and symbol hit perfectly, if not immediately. I always marvel at directors with that make every aspect so intentionally connected to the message. I think, "there's no way they actually meant that as a metaphor, we're just reading too far into it," but I think this was really that much of an artistic masterpiece that every little detail was placed for a reason.
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Absolutely deserved the Academy Award win. Beautifully written, directed, acted and shot, while serving the viewer with shocking and necessary commentary on the world we live in.
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Bruh why he simpin for underaged girls.
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Yup it's still literally perfect. Tense as fuck, perfectly edited, the use of music is unbelievable, it's dark, funny and shocking and stays with you for days after seeing it. Perfect
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I love when a movie suprises me and I love when a movie makes me think. This movie did both. Almost flawless. Well deserved of the praise it gets.
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Such a unique storyline. Finally got to watch it. This movie definitely deserved four Oscars.
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Best movie of 2019.