

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.
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8.2/10
10,307 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $17.5M
- Language
- Korean
- daughter
- martial arts
- rage and hate
- hostility
- transformation
- imprisonment
- dark comedy
- hypnosis
- sushi restaurant
- notebook
- time
- sin
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Behind the camera
Director
Produced in
South Korea
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival26 Jan 2005
- TheatricalCleveland International Film Festival11 Mar 2005
- Digital / OTTR4K restoration5 Sept 2023
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1815 Oct 2004
- Physical182 Disc Special Edition DVD28 Feb 2005
- Physical18Single Disc DVD1 Feb 2007
- Physical18Tartan Video Blu-ray22 Oct 2007
- Physical18The Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray21 Oct 2013
- Physical18Arrow Video Blu-ray7 Oct 2019
- Physical18Arrow Video The Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray9 Dec 2019
- Physical18Arrow Video 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray25 Jan 2021
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+3 Mar 2005
- PhysicalR 18+DVD1 Feb 2007
- TheatricalR 18+4K remaster28 Jul 2022
- PhysicalR 18+Blu-ray7 Dec 2022
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2004
- Theatrical (limited)18A15 Sept 2004
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1810 Nov 2005
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival17 Oct 2004
- Theatrical3 Dec 2004
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalKNT/ENA11 Oct 2004
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1813 May 2005
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival4 Jul 2004
- PremiereFilmasia Film Festival2 Dec 2005
DenmarkDK
- PremiereCopenhagen International Film Festival28 Aug 2004
- Theatrical155 May 2006
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical17 Jun 2005
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival18 Sept 2004
- TheatricalK-1610 Dec 2004
- TheatricalK-16Re-release24 Mar 2023
Frequently asked questions
Oldboy was released on 21 November 2003.
Audience reviews
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Eky
6/16/2012
I’m sure that all of you can always spot a film with good acting, superb plot and great cinematography easily but when it comes to a thriller that possesses all those above quality, it would be such a rarity. OldBoy here, second installment from The Vengeance Trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) really have them all, good story, powerful acting and the …
- M10/10
manwhonose
9/29/2012
This is definitely one of the films to see before you die. It's seat-squirmingly unsettling, shocking and very violent. It's a journey into a truly disturbed mind; a mind, which - like yours will be - is unable to cope with what it discovers. This film is brilliantly twisted. It has a thread of the most wonderful, blackest humour running through it, a sense of complete disorientation and enough plot twists and…
- N
Niemand
8/6/2023
Just about everyone I’d spoken to about this film recommended it to me. I watched this film with the original Korean-language soundtrack, with English subtitles. Oh Dae-su (Chi Min-sik) is a bit of a flirt (whether he is a womaniser is not made clear) with a wife and young child, who has turned two years old on the day we start the film. Dae-su is in a prison waiting room having insulted a woman he was flirting…
- E10/10
EveAlex23
2/14/2026
This is not just a film you watch, it’s a film you experience. Oldboy is without question, one of the greatest revenge stories ever put to film. It has, in my opinion, the greatest villain of all time, smart, terrifying, and totally unforgettable. The movie is twisted, disturbing, and yet absolutely magnificent in its execution. It’s one of those movies you have to watch at least once in your life. Even after i…
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