Okja

Name: Okja
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Genre: sci-fi
Released: 2017
Rating: 7.3

2017South KoreaLanguage: EnglishDirected by Bong Joon-ho★ 7.3

Available in English: subtitled

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Themes and style

Tone

bleakdark comedywarmbrutalhauntingabsurdistmelancholic

Pacing

escalatingepisodicslow build to explosionslow burnerratic

Story

pursuitescapesurvivalrebellion

Emotion

loyalty under pressuregriefloss of innocenceinjusticefeeling powerlessbelonging

Themes

class and moneycorrupt institutionscolonial historylife under oppressionold ways vs. new worldfamily wounds passed downpovertyfamily dutycaught between worldsnational identity

Feel

gut punchemotionally wreckingdiscussion startercatharticcerebral

Violence

moderate

Where to watch

Netflix(subscription)Netflix Standard with Ads(subscription)

Hollywood films like Okja

If Okja hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.

Brazil

1985USA★ 7.73 pt match

Both films sit with feeling powerless and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, escalating, and slow build to explosion.

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