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Oldboy
2003
· Movie
· 120 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #250
- IMDb #87
- Google retired #1377
- Rotten Tomatoes #776
- Metacritic #405
- Letterboxd #74
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1846
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #146
- Metacritic Critics #815
- Metacritic Audience #121
- Criticker #110
- Douban #458
- Kinopoisk #232
- AlloCiné #202
- Trakt #113
Every rating
73–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man is inexplicably imprisoned in a private, windowless room for 15 years without knowing his captor or the reason for his incarceration. He is suddenly released just as inexplicably. Now free, he has only five days to discover the identity of his kidnapper and unravel the mystery behind his long imprisonment before his unknown enemy enacts a final, devastating plan.
Details
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Writers
- Hwang Jo-yoon, Im Joon-hyung, Park Chan-wook
- Based on
- Old Boy by Garon Tsuchiya
- Studio
- Show East, Egg Film, Cineclick Asia
- Released
- 21 November 2003
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $17.5M
- Awards
- 28 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 49 →1 major award won · 28 wins from 49 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2003 | Grand Prix | Oldboy | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2003 | Palme d'Or | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award 2003 | Best Foreign Language Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2003 | Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2003 | Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2003 | Best Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Oldboy | Winner |
| Bangkok International Film Festival 2003 | Best Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Oldboy | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Oldboy | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
Grand Bell Awards
11 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum | Winner |
| Best Lighting | Park Hyun-won | Winner |
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Ryu Seong-hie | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon | Nominee |
| Best Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Kang Hye-jung | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Lee Jeon-hyeong, Shin Jae-ho, Jeong Do-an | Nominee |
Korean Film Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Best Film | Oldboy | Winner |
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Winner |
| Best Actress | Kang Hye-jung | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Ryu Seong-hie | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yoon Jin-seo | Nominee |
Blue Dragon Film Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kang Hye-jung | Winner |
Director's Cut Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Best Producer | Kim Dong-joo | Winner |
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
Sitges Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Oldboy | Winner |
| José Luis Guarner Critic's Award | Oldboy | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Oldboy | Winner |
| Best Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
Bangkok International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director (tied with Christophe Barratier for Les Choristes ) | Park Chan-wook | Winner |
| Best Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Oldboy | Winner |
Bergen International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Oldboy | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Oldboy | Winner |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Action Trailer (tied with District 13 ) | Oldboy | Winner |
Hong Kong Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Asian Film | Oldboy | Winner |
Stockholm International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Oldboy | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Action or Adventure Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release | Oldboy: Ultimate Collector's Edition | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Oldboy | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Non-European Film | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Oldboy | Nominee |