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The Host
2006
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1657
- IMDb #1944
- Google retired #2624
- Rotten Tomatoes #1354
- Metacritic #680
- Letterboxd #1266
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #639
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2386
- Metacritic Critics #394
- Metacritic Audience #1707
- Criticker #1219
- Douban #995
- Kinopoisk #3904
- AlloCiné #2303
- Trakt #2350
Every rating
55–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93. Critics average 89, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mysterious creature emerges from Seoul's Han River, spreading panic and terrorizing the population. When the monster abducts a young girl, her dysfunctional family bands together, defying a government quarantine and military response. They launch their own desperate rescue operation into the sewers to save her from the lair of the terrifying creature.
Details
- Director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Writers
- Baek Chul-hyun, Bong Joon Ho, Hah Jun-won
- Studio
- Chungeorahm Film, Showbox
- Released
- 27 July 2006
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean, English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $88.5M
- Awards
- 31 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 54 →31 wins from 54 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Belgian Film Critics Association 2008 | Grand Prix | The Host | Nominee |
| 1st Asian Film Awards 2007 | Best Film | The Host | Winner |
| 1st Asian Film Awards 2007 | Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Winner |
| 1st Asian Film Awards 2007 | Best Cinematographer | Kim Hyung-koo | Winner |
| 1st Asian Film Awards 2007 | Best Visual Effects | The Orphanage | Winner |
| 1st Asian Film Awards 2007 | Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Nominee |
| 30th Golden Cinematography Awards 2007 | Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Winner |
| 33rd Saturn Awards 2007 | Best Young Actor/Actress | Go Ah-sung | Nominee |
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27th Blue Dragon Film Awards
11 nominations, 6 won
| Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | The Host | Winner |
| Best Film | The Host | Winner |
| Best Lighting | Lee Kang-san, Jung Young-min | Winner |
| Best New Actress | Go Ah-sung | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Byun Hee-bong | Winner |
| Technical Award | The Orphanage | Winner |
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo | Nominee |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Bae Doona | Nominee |
5th Korean Film Awards
9 nominations, 6 won
| Best Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo | Winner |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Winner |
| Best Film | The Host | Winner |
| Best Lighting | Lee Kang-san, Jung Young-min | Winner |
| Best Sound | Choi Tae-young | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | The Orphanage, EON | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Ryu Seong-hui | Nominee |
| Best Score | Lee Byung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Go Ah-sung | Nominee |
1st Asian Film Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Winner |
| Best Cinematographer | Kim Hyung-koo | Winner |
| Best Film | The Host | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | The Orphanage | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Nominee |
51st Asia Pacific Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| Best Sound Effects | Choi Tae-young | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Byun Hee-bong | Winner |
9th Director's Cut Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il | Winner |
| Best Actress | Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung | Winner |
| Best Producer | Choi Yong-bae | Winner |
Chunsa Film Art Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Lighting | Lee Kang-san | Winner |
| Planning and Production Award | Choi Yong-bae | Winner |
| Technical Award | The Host | Winner |
44th Grand Bell Awards
11 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Host | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Lee Kang-san, Jung Young-min | Nominee |
| Best Planning | Choi Yong-bae | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects | Lee Seung-chul, Choi Tae-young | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Byun Hee-bong | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Go Ah-sung | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | The Orphanage | Nominee |
43rd Baeksang Arts Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | The Host | Winner |
| Best Actor | Byun Hee-bong | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Go Ah-sung | Nominee |
30th Golden Cinematography Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Winner |
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Raven | The Host | Winner |
Busan Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Jury Prize | Bong Joon-ho | Winner |
33rd Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Film | The Host | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Go Ah-sung | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Grand Prix | The Host | Nominee |