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Parasite

ComedyThrillerDrama

Directed by Bong Joon Ho

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. From TMDB

194 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works

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What viewers are saying

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14 positive · 0 mixed · 1 negative

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Viewers widely praise Parasite as a masterful blend of dark comedy, thriller, and social commentary. [1][2] Many highlight its unpredictable plot, strong performances, and sharp critique of class divide. [3][4][5] One reviewer finds it overrated and derivative of Tamil films, while another calls it decent but not Best Picture worthy. [6][7]

Liked
  • Brilliant blend of genres and social commentary. [1][2][8]
  • Unpredictable and engaging plot with twists. [4][5][9]
  • Excellent performances, especially from the cast. [4][7]
  • Sharp critique of class divide and capitalism. [3][10][11]
Disliked
  • One reviewer says it is highly overrated and derivative. [6]
  • One viewer finds it decent but not Best Picture worthy. [7]
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  • [6]Saru @saru2020TMDB review · Jan 12, 2020 · Rated 4/10

    This is VERY HIGHLY OVERRATED. The most part of the movie is foul-playing, most of those scenes seem to have been copied from the 1999/old Vijay’s movie: Minsaara Kannan [IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7562630/?ref=nvsrsrsg2], (Warning: This again might be a copy of some other movie as well]. “Morse code” has been used in a much better way in 2017 Ajith’s film: Vivegam …

  • [1]Manuel São Bento @msbreviewsTMDB review · Feb 16, 2020 · Rated 10/10

    If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Yes, I know. I'm late as hell. I don't really have anything to offer you besides my personal opinion. Theses and video essays are breaking down Parasite at such a deep level that I can't really write anything new. Nevertheless, I'll share my thoughts on it because it would be a massive miss from someone who considers …

  • [2]Stephen Campbell @BertautTMDB review · Feb 20, 2020 · Rated 9/10

    An uncategorisable masterpiece >We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service – two dishes, but to one table. - William Shakespeare; The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 4.iii.23-24 (1599-1601) What is one to make of the utterly uncategorisable and impossible-to-define Gisaengchung [Parasite]? Only the third film to …

  • [4]r96sk @r96skTMDB review · Nov 1, 2020 · Rated 9/10

    Despite hearing about this from day dot, I thankfully managed to avoid knowing anything about this other than it's title, director and subsequent success. Boy am I glad, because it's quite the ride! No doubt about it, 'Parasite' is a high quality film. It wasn't at all what I had assumed it would be like, it has a much more comedic side to it than I was expecting - and that's a positive. Yet, it's still pretty dark. …

  • [7]JPV852 @JPV852TMDB review · Feb 18, 2020 · Rated 7/10

    Decent enough dark comedy/thriller, with nice performances and an engaging story, though not entirely sure it was Best Picture worthy though reserving judgment as I've only seen one other nominee, Joker which I loved but not worthy of a BP. I don't know, maybe I'm a bit disappointed given the awards the film won and my viewpoint would've been different seeing it a couple weeks back. As it is, had some entertaining …

How this was made: an AI model (deepseek-v4-flash) read 34 of the 189 public posts we collected about this film and wrote the summary, likes and dislikes, citing the posts behind each point ([n] opens the post). A second AI pass checked every statement against the posts it cites; anything it could not match was removed, and code removed any statement with quotation marks, numbers that are not in the posts, or unattributed claims about people. The split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Generated Oct 10, 2026. Method

Critics, per Wikipedia

Parasite grossed $71.4 million in South Korea and $53.7 million in the US and Canada, part of a worldwide total of $258.1 million. It set a new record for Bong, becoming the first of his films to gross over $100 million worldwide. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit as $46.2 million. In South Korea, Parasite grossed $20.7 million on its opening weekend. It closed its box-office run with $72.2 million and more than ten million admissions, equal to roughly one-fifth of the country's population and ranking first among the year's top five films. In the film's US opening weekend, it grossed $376,264 from three cinemas. Its per-venue average of $125,421 was the best since La La Land's in…

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  • onion person @junlper.beerBluesky · May 5, 2025

    reminds me of the time when trump ranted about how he hated that Parasite won movie of the year. trumps whole politics and administration is just “old man yells at clouds”

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  • Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    You'd think they'd want to discuss how it won as many awards as The Matrix, ET, Fellowship of the Ring, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Parasite... How it has the most wins of any Vampire movie ever... How its success further cements that Coogler's deal could be Hollywood's future. But alas. It's Black.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    ‘PARASITE’ is now streaming on Netflix, ahead of the 5th anniversary of the film winning Best Picture at the Oscars. See which other movies just got added to Netflix: bit.ly/FebFlix25

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    I remember when he directed Parasite he said he thought he made a movie speaking to Korean culture but it spoke to everyone because of capitalism and I feel like the nap situation is also that

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  • Harpo, leader of the Poof Bandits ➡️ MFF @harpofluff.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    Hey! If you enjoy suspense, I cannot recommend Parasite enough!! I recently watched it for the first time and it INSTANTLY became a top-10 film for me. Absolutely masterful pacing and twists throughout its whole length. Parasite is being removed from Netflix January 31st, so use your time wisely!

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  • Letterboxd @letterboxd.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2025

    Parasite has become the fourth film to join the 5 Million Watched Club and the first to reach 2 Million Five Star Ratings on Letterboxd 🍑

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  • Signe Baumane @signebaumane.comBluesky · Mar 28, 2025

    When I saw this 2 min animated short PARASITE by Yajun Shi at the Pratt Institute graduation film program it struck me with its creativity, labor intensity and style. A year later Yajun animated Biology segments for my feature film MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE. What a talent! Check it out.

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  • punkitt ‼️🧣 @punkitt.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    It's time for Wednesday Movie Night it's PARASITE no spoilers I've never seen it before

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  • Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    i honestly can't tell anymore if this stuff is real or parody. I keep expecting to see a headline like "Trump imposes 30% tariff on South Korea because he didn't like the movie Parasite"

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    Caring about the Oscars is a fundamentally silly thing to do. Everybody who enjoys them KNOWS they almost never pick the actual best picture of the year, nor a movie that will last for all time. But sometimes they DO pick a Godfather or a Casablanca or a Parasite. It's part of the fun.

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  • Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2023

    South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead, say South Korean media

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  • Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    instead of traditional political debates, the only prompt candidates should have to respond to is “please explain the themes of Watchmen and also the movie Parasite” and we can see what happens

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2026

    "Ally", the first animated feature film directed by Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite, Okja, The Host...). The story of a piglet squid looking for its big break in a wildlife documentary. >> variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    It has been many years (possibly since Parasite??) since I've had as many people fervently recommend a movie to me and others in my life as I've had with both Sinners and One Battle After Another this year. Movies are back!!!!!

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    Pretentious art house director: my film is called the Inescapable Burden of the Garden’s Delights and it speaks to a more ecstatic more human truth than anything topical Bong: movie’s about poor people, it’s called Parasite

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  • Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    How much of the 100% Tariff on foreign films thing is Trump's deteriorating brain holding onto petty grievances about Parasite winning Best Picture at the Oscars in 2020?

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    It's like when Trump was ranting about Parasite taking best picture and saying something like "what ever happened to movies like Gone With The Wind?" He's never seen Gone With The Wind, he just name dropped something he'd heard of.

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  • FantasyAnime @fantasyanime.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    "Merry Christmas 1997" 🎄❄️🎅🎁 - Opening movie in Parasite Eve (PS1)

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Square USA Presents: The Cinematic RPG... Parasite Eve. Described here as FFVII x Hollywood. My plan to play through Parasite Eve day-by-day from Christmas Eve didn't pan out, but I played through the first day on the 24th, and jeez, it was still such a phenomenal experience.

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  • CharM @artemis46.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    "Neon, the distributor of 'Parasite,' took Trump’s jabs in stride, tweeting that it was 'understandable' that Trump couldn’t comprehend the subtitled film. 'He can’t read,' it said."

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  • The New York Times @nytimes.comBluesky · Dec 27, 2023

    Lee Sun-kyun, the award-winning South Korean actor who rose to international fame after starring in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” was found dead in Seoul on Wednesday. He was 48. nyti.ms/41Bk9AK

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  • The Atlantic @theatlantic.comBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    The director Bong Joon Ho’s first film since “Parasite” is a big, weird, occasionally messy sci-fi romp. But even if it might feel familiar, “Mickey 17” is still unmistakably original, writes @shirklesxp.bsky.social:

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  • Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    Today the sky's so blue , and no pollution! Thanks to all the rain yesterday! Movie 🎥: Parasite (2019) Director: Bong Joon-Ho 💙 🌧️ ☁️ 🌊 Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh City , India 🌎 💫 💙 🌊 🦆 (Photo by Kirpal)

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  • Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    I don’t want to start a discourse but the Resident Evil movie did have some Parasite Eve ass monsters

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  • Justin Carter @gigawattconduit.blacksky.appBluesky · Feb 9, 2026

    "Six years ago, as Parasite was on its way to becoming the first non-English-language movie to win Best Picture, Bong Joon Ho talked about the riches that await viewers willing to overcome the “one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles,” and it would seem that most of the world has cleared it."

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  • Pop Crave @popcrave.comBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    ‘Parasite’ has been crowned the best movie of the 21st century by The New York Times.

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  • Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2025

    Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's first movie since the Oscar-winning smash Parasite, is a darkly comic sci-fi fable that harks back to some of his earlier films (notably Snowpiercer & Okja): a savage political satire set in an icy dystopia, with Robert Pattinson in a double role. slate.com/culture/2025...

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  • josuijishinri.holostars.tv @josuijishinri.holostars.tvBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    some of my hear me outs - Parasite from Scorn - Scorpion from Grounded 2 - Birch from Crypt TV's horror film The Birch - Divider from Dead Space - Dead Hand from Legend of Zelda OoT - Tuesday from Reverse 1999 - Äs Nödt's Vollständig: Tatarforas (1st Form) from Bleach

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  • All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.comBluesky · May 30, 2025

    PARASITE was released 6 years ago today. Among the most popular works of South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, and the first foreign film to win Best Picture at the Oscars, the making of story will have you think something is lurking in your basement… 1/40

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  • revolver ocelthot @rnaboursiii.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2024

    Happy Saturday! I uploaded the 1997 Parasite Eve movie to Internet Archive in not-potato quality. There's two options - .mp4 with some very minor fixes to fix some rough spots (left) and an .mkv featuring an uncompressed straight DVD rip (right) archive.org/details/para...

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  • 𝓐𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓮 @hotchickhell.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    The Parasite Eve movie poster goes way to hard for what looks like a very mediocre film.

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  • optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    OFF TO SEE: Sinners Well, folks. So freaking super-ultra-mega jazzed! I have not been to a movie theater since I saw Parasite in Feburary of 2020. I ended my theater run on a substantial note. I aim to start it back up on one, too. [ahem] LET'S FUNKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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  • Nelson Carvajal @nelsoncarvajal.comBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    ANORA is now the fourth film to win both the Palme d'Or at Cannes *and* the Academy Award for Best Picture. The first three films to do so were: THE LOST WEEKEND, MARTY and PARASITE.

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  • All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.comBluesky · May 30, 2026

    PARASITE was released 7 years ago today. Among the most popular works of South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, and the first foreign film to win Best Picture at the Oscars, the making of story will have you think something is lurking in your basement… 1/40

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  • Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    Rewatched PARASITE and it remains a perfect movie. Just expertly constructed, acted, and everything else. Perhaps a little blunt with some themes, but hey, they're good themes. Amazing it won Best Picture given how blah that category tends to be...

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  • Jesse Raub @jesseraub.onlineBluesky · Nov 10, 2025

    new newsletter today about the shortsightedness of political films and how we interpret them featuring One Battle After Another, Parasite, Civil War, Eddington, and a Marxist-Maoist essay from Jean-Luc Godard goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...

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  • Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.comBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    PARASITE EVE - Central Park. if you wondered what it would look like if the movie Annihilation had a PS1 game...

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  • ✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2026

    You guys wanna read my film analysis of PARASITE once I’m done because I love some of Ho’s choices - particularly in how he characterizes the wealthy in it.

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    This is a film from the man who gave us Parasite, and whoever cut this trailer SURE HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LUIGI NEWS HUH?

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  • Fivel🍒 @fivel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    needed a movie breather tonight and watched weapons (thanks RLM). it immediately became one of my new favorite movies, the direction and cinematography was incredible. I enjoyed it in that way that I saw Parasite and was like "wow that movie really was so fucking good" except even more

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  • Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    BLOOD HARVEST (1987) ALEV ALEV (1984) Turkish film PARASITE (1982) SCHIZOID (1980)

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  • Doode @newsdoode.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Remember when Trump refused to watch the movie Parasite because reading subtitles was too difficult for him. 😂😂😂

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  • hotcyder @hotcyder.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    In a year where "Parasite" dominated the awards conversation, this youtuber-led movie silently signalled a revolution

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  • Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    1. PARASITE: 10/10 Yeah, this movie is great. Is it a thriller, a horror movie? A life lesson? How do you even classify it? The cinematography, writing, and acting are unbeatable. A solid win in the fuck rich people category. (2/)

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  • sunminkimes @sunminkimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    I am proud of my countryman, Bong, Joon Ho who directed the movie “Parasite” and more importantly he supports Premier League football club Tottenham

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2025

    Four 📽 Faves: Bong Joon-Ho Happy Birthday, 9/14/68, to modern master. Never afraid to take big swing, even less successful films have more wit & creativity than a truckload of Hollywood features. 03 Memories of Murder 06 Host 13 Snowpiercer 19 Parasite Honorable mention: MOTHER (09). #filmsky 🎥

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  • John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets: Parasite. Cho Yeo-jeong (the rich mom) stays.

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  • metacritic @metacritic.comBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    Reviews are in from the Berlin premiere of Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Parasite. See it in U.S. theaters March 7. www.metacritic.com/movie/mickey...

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  • DMovies @dmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    Double the trouble: Bong Joon-ho first film since Parasite is an unapologetically loud and bizarre blend of sci-fi and comedy, featuring Robert Pattinson in the two leading roles! From the 75th Berlinale: dmovies.org/2025/02/15/m...

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  • Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.comBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again. Slither Parasite (not because it was bad. It was too stressful)

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Parasite director Joon-Ho Bong has revealed his first animated feature film Ally, which will center on a group of curious deep-sea creatures. The film is slated to open next year.

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  • Larry Karaszewski @larrythek.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Great Hollywood Reporter story about how “Parasite” became the first international film to win Best Picture www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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  • Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    the true cognoscenti know that Alex never got better than his "The movie Parasite is akshually an Ayn Rand parable about virtuous capitalists and the moochers downstairs" review-essay. The Onion could not have done it better. It is sensational marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

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  • William Buchanan @williambuchanan93.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Tonight's film Parasite (2019)

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  • kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2025

    CJ ENM is celebrating their 30th anniversary and they did a survey to let employees select the top film and kdrama produced by the company. This are the results: According to CJ ENM’s employees the top film they have worked on it’s #Parasite, directed by #BongJoonHo.

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  • Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    The gnome prank started before Amelie but was not mainstream or well known until the film came out Amelie was basically the Parasite of its time. Americans loved it despite having to read subtitles in 2001.

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  • Nandre @handle.invalidBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    movie night double feature of Bong Joon-ho classics: "PARASITE" and "THE HOST" live now www.twitch.tv/nandre

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  • Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    Yes, we carry the Korean edition of the screenplay and storyboard book for Parasite: mzs.press/Parasite-Ori...

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  • kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2025

    Despite being a kdrama, #WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines is currently the 2nd highest-rated Korean show on Letterboxd ever, with a 4.53 rating. It’s only behind the internationally acclaimed and award winning #BongJoonHo film, #Parasite.

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  • Ellen E Jones @ellenejones.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    Bong Joon Ho, relatable king 👑. Read my interview with the Oscar-wing director of Parasite on his new one, Mickey 17 here www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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