If you loved Oldboy, try The Handmaiden

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Park Chan-wook, and they both carry the devastating, dread, foreign gem, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Oldboy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Handmaiden is

1930s Korea, rain-soaked estate, a hidden safe. A handmaiden is hired, a con is set, a heiress awaits. Park Chan-wook perfects the art of deception.

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