South Korea Synopsis
정직한 후보
“Please let me lie again.”
Sang-sook is a competent politician who captivates the public with all kinds of nice words. One day, Sang-sook visits her grandmother who lives in the isolated house. But when she returns home, she finds out that she is not able to lie anymore.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Honest Candidate. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2019–2021 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2019-2021 South Korea release window, Honest Candidate sits at #242 of 261. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1Break the Silence: The Movie
★ 9.2 · 2020
#22020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#4BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
#6Mr. Queen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
#8True Beauty
★ 8.5 · 2020
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in South Korea, 301 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Honest Candidate premiered alongside 89 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 89 other South Korea films in 2020.
The 1105th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
24 audience reviews — more than 49% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 61th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Honest Candidate, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- liar · 5
- female politician · 2
- congressman · 1
- congresswoman · 1
- politician · 23
- election · 13
- election campaign · 6
- woman director · 246
- remake · 101
- politics · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,146 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #355 of 427 (top 83%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Next Entertainment World, Soo Film, Hong Film |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | February 12, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11812338 |