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Lee Won-tae

Lee Won-tae

Writer, director and producer · South Korea

Lee Won-tae is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for the 2019 action-thriller The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil. Before moving into film, he spent over a decade producing shows for the South Korean TV network MBC. He also co-founded the company Wontak, which focuses on creating "movels" — novels written specifically with future film adaptations in mind.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
South Korea
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 12% in 30 days

What are Lee Won-tae's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Survival
23%
Power
18%
Morality
18%
Self
11%
Society
5%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
1
Contemplative
1
Thrilling
1
Cold
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lee Won-tae's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Won-tae's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

9 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Devil's Deal(2021)

    Director · Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Payback: Money and Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Creator

  • The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil(2019)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Man of Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Original Story · Screenplay

  • The Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Original Story

  • Gabi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Story

  • Papa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer

  • Spellbound(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Original Film Writer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2011 to 2023.

Biggest box office

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

Midcredits 89th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 9: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting6 of 9: 3 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 9: 2 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 9: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

9 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s6 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Lee Won-tae's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Most loved · director, writer

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

Midcredits 89th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 58/100 and the plot and story 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Lee Won-tae work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Won-tae's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Mu-yeol shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers