Oldboy
15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $18M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Oldboy 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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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Oldboy appears in 6 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #8
Placed at #8 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #18
Placed at #18 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #36
Placed at #36 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Movies With Incredible Endings Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #69
Placed at #69 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
2 wins · 1 nomination
Cannes Film Festival
1 win
- WinnerCannes Film Festival Grand Prix
Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
1 win
- WinnerSitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Oldboy returned 5.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $18M
- Release date
- Nov 21, 2003
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Korean
- Country
- South Korea
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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