Memories of Murder
The worst of them will stay with you... forever.
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea.To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
- Director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $26M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
26 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Memories of Murder actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Memories of Murder appears in 7 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #9
Placed at #9 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Crime Movies Ranked #36
Placed at #36 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #41
Placed at #41 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #42
Placed at #42 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #74
Placed at #74 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #182
Placed at #182 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Memories of Murder returned 9.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $26M
- Release date
- Apr 25, 2003
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Korean
- Country
- South Korea
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