Kim Dae-woo is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim started his filmmaking career by winning the 1991 Korean Film Council Screenplay Contest. He was an accomplished screenwriter with a number of hit scripts, including The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage (1993), An Affair (1998), Rainbow Trout (1999), and Untold Scandal (2003). Making a switch to directing, he debuted with the hit period drama film Forbidden Quest (2006), followed by The Servant (2010) and Obsessed (2014). Forbidden Quest won the Best New Director at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards, and Best New Director and Best Screenplay at the 26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards in 2006.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1962 (64)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Writer and director, also producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Kim Dae-woo's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kim Dae-woo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Kim Dae-woo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Hidden Face(2024)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Obsessed(2014)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Servant(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Forbidden Quest(2006)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Untold Scandal(2003)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Road Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Foul King(2000)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Rainbow Trout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
An Affair(1998)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Ivan the Mercenary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Rules of a Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Marriage Story 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1993 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Servant (2010)
Highest rated
The Foul King (2000)
Most popular right now
Obsessed (2014)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kim Dae-woo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kim Dae-woo's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kim Dae-woo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Dae-woo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cho Yeo-jeong shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Je-yong LeeShared titles: Untold Scandal (2003), An Affair (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Je-yong Lee
Actors
- Cho Yeo-jeongShared titles: Hidden Face (2024), Obsessed (2014), The Servant (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Cho Yeo-jeong
- Song Seung-heonShared titles: Hidden Face (2024), Obsessed (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Song Seung-heon
- Oh Dal-suShared titles: The Servant (2010), Forbidden Quest (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Oh Dal-su
- Lee Mi-sookShared titles: Untold Scandal (2003), An Affair (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Mi-sook
Composers and editors
- Kim Jae-beomShared titles: Obsessed (2014), The Servant (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Jae-beom
- Kim Sang-beomShared titles: Obsessed (2014), The Servant (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Sang-beom
- Mok Young-jinShared titles: The Servant (2010), Forbidden Quest (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Mok Young-jin
Producers
- Oh Jung-wanShared titles: Untold Scandal (2003), The Foul King (2000), An Affair (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Oh Jung-wan
- Kim Woo-taekShared titles: Hidden Face (2024), Obsessed (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Woo-taek
- Joon-hwan ChoiShared titles: The Servant (2010), Forbidden Quest (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Joon-hwan Choi
- Neung-yeon JohShared titles: Untold Scandal (2003), An Affair (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Neung-yeon Joh