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8.5 IMDb

99 Rotten Tomatoes

Where To Watch Parasite (2019)

In the darkly brilliant world of Parasite, the struggling Kim family lives in a cramped semi-basement apartment, surviving on temporary jobs and stolen Wi-Fi signals. Everything changes when clever son Ki-woo gets an opportunity to tutor the wealthy Park family’s daughter. Slowly, each member of the Kim family infiltrates the luxurious Park household by pretending to be unrelated professionals. Kim Ki-taek, the exhausted father, becomes the Parks’ chauffeur, while sharp-witted Ki-jung poses as an elite art therapist. As their deception grows, the luxurious mansion hides shocking secrets beneath its polished surface. Director Bong Joon-ho masterfully blends suspense, dark comedy, and social commentary into a story about greed, class division, and survival. The film constantly shifts tone—from funny and clever to deeply disturbing—making it one of the most unpredictable movies ever made.

Comedy Drama Psychological Suspense Thriller

Release Date: November 8, 2019
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Genre: Psychological , Thriller , Dark , Comedy , Drama , Suspense
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes
Language: Korean
Starring: Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek
Box Office: Worldwide Collection: $263 million+
Where To Watch: Netflix , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV , Google Play , YouTube ,

More details about Parasite (2019) and where you can watch

Parasite became the first non-English language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The movie won 4 Oscars, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
The famous Park family house was not real—it was specially built for filming.
Director Bong Joon-ho designed the house layout carefully so the camera could smoothly move between floors and stairs.
The movie’s title “Parasite” does not refer to only one family; viewers still debate who the real “parasites” are.
The rainstorm scene took days to shoot and required massive water systems to flood the streets realistically.
The film mixes comedy and horror so naturally that audiences often laugh one minute and feel shocked the next.

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Did You Know

Many people don’t know that the hidden basement storyline was inspired by real reports of secret underground bunkers in old Korean homes built during periods of political tension. Director Bong Joon-ho also filled the movie with visual symbolism connected to social class—characters constantly move either upward or downward through stairs, representing wealth and poverty. Even the scholar’s stone gifted to Ki-woo was inspired by traditional Korean beliefs about prosperity and status.