(GWOEMUL, Joon-Ho Bong, South Korea 2006, 119 min., Korean/subtitles)

A huge lizard-like monster, the product of American military testing, emerges from the ocean, killing several innocent bystanders and holding one young girl prisoner. It’s up to the girl’s severely dysfunctional family to come to her rescue and slay the beast. Genuinely scary, but also surprisingly funny and moving, The Host has found the largest audience ever for a Korean film in the US.