Oldboy vs The Ugly
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.1/10 for The Ugly). The Ugly is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h . Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Oldboy
The Ugly| Oldboy | The Ugly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Main cast | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su | Im Sung-jae, Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Jeong-min, Lee Hyun-kyun, Park Myung-shin |
Synopsis
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
The Ugly
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
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