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Park Chan-wook

A ratified position in the TVI Canon means the filmography clears the methodology bar across the full corpus, not on a single film. The score below is the mean across every scored work.

Films Scored
7
Mean TVI Score
157.6
Masterclass
3 / 7
Top Film
The Handmaiden
161

Park Chan-wook is a ratified director in the TVI Canon. Mean TVI Score across the 7 scored films in the catalog is 157.6. The strongest work is The Handmaiden (161), Lady Vengeance (161), and Joint Security Area (161).

Of 7 scored films, 3 clear the Masterclass threshold of 160. The canon case rests on the peaks rather than the floor.

For the conventional ranked-list view of the filmography, see Park Chan-wook ranked by TVI Score.

Why You Should Trust This

TVI Canon ratification is a two-step process. Directors enter the candidate pool via the published rubric (mean TVI Score across their full scored filmography). Ratification requires individual sign-off against the canon-selection criteria locked at methodology v1.2: durability of impact, breadth of corpus, multi-decade cultural register, and rubric-tier consistency. The Canon is not a popularity ranking. It is the credibility surface naming whose filmographies the methodology stakes its catalog on.

Every film below was scored against the same three-dimensional rubric (Cognitive Stimulation 40 percent, Educational Value 35 percent, Craft and Quality 25 percent). Score citations are public on every title page. The methodology is independent of any studio, distributor, or platform.

The Filmography

Every Park Chan-wook film, ranked by TVI Score

7 scored films · sorted descending
  1. 01
    The Handmaiden
    Masterclass
    161
  2. 02
    Lady Vengeance
    Masterclass
    161
  3. 03
    Joint Security Area
    Masterclass
    161
  4. 04
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    Stimulating
    157
  5. 05
    Stoker
    Stimulating
    157
  6. 06
    Oldboy
    Stimulating
    156
  7. 07
    Decision to Leave
    Stimulating
    150

Ratification source: jordan-review-31-70. Last verified: 2026-05-26. The TVI Canon is a living document. New scoring batches may shift mean IQ; new ratifications may add directors; rare deratifications happen only with structural changes to the rubric. See the full TVI Canon index for all ratified directors.

Disclaimer: TVI Score is a content rating, not a measurement of a filmmaker's intelligence. The Canon is a curatorial position about whose filmographies have earned the trust of the methodology.

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