Old Boy (올드보이) (2003)

Upon his release from 15 years of captivity in a small hotel room, a man sets out to discover the identity of his captor and the reasons for his imprisonment, in Park Chan Wook's neo-noir mystery based on a Japanese manga which, from this implausible set-up, becomes in turns hilarious, ridiculous, tragic, fantastical, moving and disturbing, and is distinguished by its featuring the most harrowing scene of mental collapse ever committed to screen.

★★★★★

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Stoker (2013)

A pleasing thriller for fans of Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, this story of mysterious Uncle Charlie's arrival into a schoolgirl's life has a distinctive arty, gothic style, stellar performances from its four main leads - Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Jackie Weaver - and is notable for being the first English-language production of director Park Chan-wook. 

★★★☆☆

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