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Parasite

Original title: Gisaengchung

“Act like you own the place.”

2019 · 2 h 12 min
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
DramaThriller

Cast

Song Kang-ho Lee Sun-kyun Cho Yeo-jeong Choi Woo-shik Park So-dam

Credits

Written by: Bong Joon Ho

Plot

The Kim family, living in a cramped semi-basement in Seoul, finds a chance when the son is recommended as an English tutor to the wealthy Park family. One by one, the Kims scheme to get themselves hired in the household, hiding that they are related. Their plan runs into an unexpected secret in the Parks' home. Bong Joon-ho's 2019 film, a comedy, thriller and social satire, won the Palme d'Or and four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Sinekatalog’s take

Bong Joon-ho's class satire starts as a comic con and turns into something much darker. Precise in its design and tone shifts, it won the Best Picture Oscar, the first non-English-language film to do so.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.5 / 10 (1,202,162 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.

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