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Choi Dong-hoon

Choi Dong-hoon

Writer, director and producer · Born November 30, 1970 (55) · Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea

Choi Dong-hoon (Korean: 최동훈; born 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all five of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers at 6.84 million, Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard at 6.13 million, The Thieves at 12.9 million, and Assassination at 12.7 million.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 30, 1970 (55)
From
Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 18% in 30 days

What are Choi Dong-hoon's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 5

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 4

Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 5

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
7
Tense
4
Joyful
3
Hopeful
2
Dread
1
Other
4

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Choi Dong-hoon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Choi Dong-hoon'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

16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Alienoid: The Return to the Future(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Alienoid(2022)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Tazza: One-Eyed Jack(2019)

    as Section Chief

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Assassination(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • The Thieves(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Woochi: The Demon Slayer(2009)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Restless(2006)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Tazza: The High Rollers(2006)

    Director · Screenplay · as Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • A Boy Who Went to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Writer

  • The President's Last Bang(2005)

    as Army Surgeon

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Big Swindle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • A Good Lawyer's Wife(2003)

    as Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Scissors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Cinematographer

  • Untitled Choi Dong-hoon Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2001 to 2024.

Film career

  • 2003Screen debut· A Good Lawyer's Wife

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 14: 3 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting8 of 14: 0 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdWriting10 of 14: 2 only writing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thProducing3 of 14: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 14: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another role

14 titles, 8 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2000s8 · 3 acting · 6 crew2010s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s2 · crew

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 Choi Dong-hoon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3

Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 48/100 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 Choi Dong-hoon's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Choi Dong-hoon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Choi Dong-hoon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jang Young-gyu shares the most, 5.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers