The Blue Dragon Film Awards (), previously known as Joseon Ilbo Film Awards , is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of the Chosun Ilbo) for excellence in film in South Korea.
Nominees are determined by online voting of the audience and opinions of film experts. The winners are selected by a judging committee, that is recommended by the executive committee of the awards.
The Blue Dragon Film Awards and Grand Bell Awards are the most popular film awards in South Korea.
History It was created in 1963 by The Chosun Ilbo newspaper and discontinued in 1973. Sports Chosun, a Korean sports daily also owned by The Chosun Ilbo, resurrected the ceremony in 1990 and it has been held annually since then.
The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 26, 2021, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. In this edition, 18 categories were awarded. The nominations for 15 categories were announced for the Korean films released from October 30, 2020, to October 14, 2021, on November 1, 2021.
The 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 24, 2023, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was hosted by Kim Hye-soo for the last time and Yoo Yeon-seok. Smugglers, a crime film by Ryoo Seung-wan won four awards including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Actress, and Best Music awards.
On September 24, 2024 Han Ji-min was appointed 'Blue Dragon Goddess', succeeding Kim Hye-soo. She will be master of ceremonies for the 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards, to be held at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul on November 29, 2024.
Current categories
Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Director Best New Actor Best New Actress Best Screenplay Best Short Film Best Art Direction Best Cinematography and Lighting Best Editing Best Music Technical Award
Popular Awards Popular Star Award Popular Star Award#YearActor/ActressFilm 1 1963 Shin Seong-il Um Aing-ran 2 1964 Shin Young-kyun Shin Seong-il Kim Jin-kyu Um Aing-ran Tae Hyun-sil Choi Eun-hee 3 1965 Kim Jin-kyu Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Kim Ji-mee Um Aing-ran Tae Hyun-sil 4 1966 Kim Jin-kyu Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Ko Eun-ah Kim Ji-mee Choi Eun-hee 5 1967 Kim Jin-kyu Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Kim Ji-mee Nam Jeong-im Yoon Jeong-hee 6 1969 Kim Jin-kyu Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Nam Jeong-im Moon Hee Yoon Jeong-hee 7 1970 Namkoong Won Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Nam Jeong-im Moon Hee Yoon Jeong-hee 8 1971 Namkoong Won Shin Seong-il Shin Young-kyun Kim Ji-mee Moon Hee Yoon Jeong-hee 9 1972 Choi Moo-ryong Shin Seong-il Park No-sik Yoon Jeong-hee Kim Ji-mee Ko Eun-ah 10 1973 Park No-sik Shin Seong-il Choi Moo-ryong Ko Eun-ah Kim Chang-sook Yoon Jeong-hee 11 1990 Ahn Sung-ki Park Sang-min General's Son Choi Jin-sil Hwang Shin-hye The Woman Who Walks on Water 12 1991 Choi Min-soo Park Sang-min General's Son II Choi Jin-sil Lee Hye-sook Silver Stallion 13 1992 Ahn Sung-ki Choi Min-soo Choi Jin-sil Shim Hye-jin 14 1993 Choi Min-soo Lee Geung-young Choi Jin-sil Kang Soo-yeon 15 1994 Park Joong-hoon Lee Geung-young Choi Jin-sil Shim Hye-jin 16 1995 Park Joong-hoon Choi Min-soo Terrorist Jung Sun-kyung Choi Jin-sil 17 1996 Park Joong-hoon Two Cops 2 Kim Min-jong The Gate of Destiny Shim Hye-jin The Adventures of Mrs. Park Jung Sun-kyung 18 1997 Han Suk-kyu No. 3 Park Joong-hoon Shin Eun-kyung Downfall Choi Jin-sil 19 1998 Han Suk-kyu Christmas in August Park Shin-yang The Letter Shim Eun-ha Christmas in August Choi Jin-sil The Letter 20 1999 Han Suk-kyu Shiri Jung Woo-sung Phantom: The Submarine Shim Eun-ha Art Museum by the Zoo Jeon Do-yeon The Harmonium in My Memory 21 2000 Yoo Ji-tae Ditto Jang Dong-gun Anarchists Kim Hee-sun Bichunmoo Jeon Do-yeon Happy End 22 2001 Lee Byung-hun Bungee Jumping of Their Own Jang Dong-gun Friend Jung Woo-sung Musa: The Warrior Kim Hee-sun Wanee & Junah Shin Eun-kyung My Wife Is a Gangster Lee Mi-yeon Indian Summer 23 2002 Jung Joon-ho Marrying the Mafia Cha Tae-hyun Lovers' Concerto Kim Jung-eun Marrying the Mafia Jeon Do-yeon No Blood No Tears 24 2003 Bae Yong-joon Untold Scandal Cha Tae-hyun Crazy First Love Jang Jin-young Singles Son Ye-jin The Classic 25 2004 Kwon Sang-woo Once Upon a Time in High School Gang Dong-won Temptation of Wolves Kim Jung-eun How to Keep My Love Moon Geun-young My Little Bride 26 2005 Cho Seung-woo Marathon Gang Dong-won Duelist Kim Soo-mi Mapado, Marrying the Mafia II Ha Ji-won Duelist 27 2006 Shin Hyun-joon Barefoot Ki-bong Lee Joon-gi King and the Clown Kim Hye-soo Tazza: The High Rollers Kang Sung-yeon King and the Clown 28 2007 Hwang Jung-min Happiness Joo Jin-mo A Love Kim Ah-joong 200 Pounds Beauty Kim Tae-hee The Restless 29 2008 Sul Kyung-gu Public Enemy Returns Jung Woo-sung The Good, the Bad, the Weird Son Ye-jin My Wife Got Married Kim Ha-neul Lovers of Six Years 30 2009 Lee Byung-hun G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Ha Jung-woo Take Off Ha Ji-won Closer to Heaven Choi Kang-hee Goodbye Mom 31 2010 Won Bin The Man from Nowhere T.O.P 71: Into the Fire Son Ye-jin White Night Jo Yeo-jeong The Servant 32 2011 Go Soo The Front Line Gong Yoo Silenced Choi Kang-hee Petty Romance Kim Hye-soo Villain and Widow 33 2012 Ha Jung-woo Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Kim Soo-hyun The Thieves Gong Hyo-jin Love Fiction Bae Suzy Architecture 101 34 2013 Lee Byung-hun G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Red 2 Sul Kyung-gu Hope, Cold Eyes Gong Hyo-jin Boomerang Family Kim Min-hee Very Ordinary Couple 35 2014 Kim Woo-bin Friend: The Great Legacy Song Seung-heon Obsessed Yim Si-wan The Attorney Shin Se-kyung Tazza: The Hidden Card 36 2015 Kim Seol-hyun Gangnam Blues Lee Min-ho Gangnam Blues Park Bo-young The Silenced Park Seo-joon The Chronicles of Evil372016 Jung Woo-sung Asura: The City of Madness Son Ye-jin The Last Princess Bae Doona The Tunnel Jun Kunimura The Wailing 382017 Na Moon-hee I Can Speak Sul Kyung-gu The Merciless Zo In-sung The King Kim Su-an The Battleship Island392018 Ju Ji-hoon The Spy Gone NorthKim Young-kwang On Your Wedding DayKim Hyang-gi Along with the Gods: The Two WorldsJin Seo-yeon Believer402019 Lee Kwang-soo Inseparable BrosPark Hyung-sik Juror 8Lee Hanee Extreme JobIm Yoon-ah Exit412020 Yoo Ah-in Voice of SilenceJung Yu-mi Kim Ji-young: Born 1982422021 Im Yoon-ah Miracle: Letters to the PresidentKoo Kyo-hwan Escape from MogadishuSong Joong-ki Space SweepersJeon Yeo-been Night in Paradise432022 Im Yoon-ah Confidential Assignment 2: InternationalDaniel HenneyGo Kyung-pyo Decision to LeaveLee Ji-eun Broker442023 Song Joong-ki Hopeless Zo In-sung Smugglers Kim Seon-ho The Childe Park Bo-young Concrete Utopia452024 Koo Kyo-hwan Jung Hae-in I, the Executioner Lim Ji-yeon Revolver Tang Wei Wonderland462025 Im Yoon-ah Pretty Crazy Son Ye-jin No Other Choice Hyun Bin Harbin Park Jin-young Hi-Five
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film#YearFilmDirector 11 1990 General's Son Im Kwon-taek 12 1991 General's Son II Im Kwon-taek 13 1992 Marriage Story Kim Ui-seok 14 1993 Sopyonje Im Kwon-taek 15 1994 Two Cops Kang Woo-suk 16 1995 Dr. Bong Lee Kwang-hoon 17 1996 Two Cops 2 Kang Woo-suk 18 1997 The Contact Chang Yoon-hyun 19 1998 The Letter Lee Jung-gook 20 1999 Shiri Kang Je-gyu 21 2000 Joint Security Area Park Chan-wook 22 2001 Friend Kwak Kyung-taek 23 2002 Marrying the Mafia Jeong Heung-sun 24 2003 Memories of Murder Bong Joon-ho 25 2004 Taegukgi Kang Je-gyu 26 2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol Park Kwang-hyun 27 2006 The Host Bong Joon-ho 28 2007 D-War Shim Hyung-rae 29 2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird Kim Jee-woon 30 2009 Haeundae Yoon Je-kyoon 31 2010 The Man from Nowhere Lee Jeong-beom 32 2011 War of the Arrows Kim Han-min 33 2012 The Thieves Choi Dong-hoon 34 2013 Miracle in Cell No. 7 Lee Hwan-kyung 35 2014 The Admiral: Roaring Currents Kim Han-min 36 2015 Ode to My Father Yoon Je-kyoon 37 2016 Train to Busan Yeon Sang-ho 38 2017 A Taxi Driver Jang Hoon392018Along with the Gods: The Two WorldsKim Yong-hwa402019Extreme JobLee Byeong-heon412020AshfallLee Hae-jun, Kim Byung-seo422021Escape from MogadishuRyoo Seung-wan432022The RoundupLee Sang-yong 44 2023 The Roundup: No Way Out 45 2024 12.12: The Day Kim Sung-su 46 2025 My Daughter Is a Zombie Pil Gam-sung
Discontinued categories Best Foreign Film#YearFilmDirector 11 1990 Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 12 1991 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner 13 1992 Les Amants du Pont-Neuf Leos Carax 14 1993 The Piano Jane Campion 15 1994 Farewell My Concubine Chen Kaige 16 1995 The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovsky
Best Child Actor or Actress#YearActor/ActressFilm 3 1965 Kim Yong-yeon Sad Story of Self Supporting Child 4 1966 Joo Min-ah DMZ 5 1967 Lee Pung-gu Seed Money 7 1970 Kim Mi-young Forgotten Woman 8 1971 Kim Jung-hoon King Yeong-chin the Last Crown Prince 9 1972 Lee Seung-hyun Stupid Man
Best Original Song# YearComposerFilm 7 1970 Park Chun-seok Always a Stranger 8 1971 Baek Young-ho Mistress 9 1972 Hwang Ha-dong Leaving in the Rain 10 1973 Hwang Ha-ryong Life Is on the Lonely Road
Encouragement Award#YearActor/ActressFilm 5 1967 Ahn In-sook A Teacher in an Island 9 1972 Yoon So-ra The Pollen of Flowers 10 1973 Lee Seung-hyun The Midnight Sun, Sea Walls Yoon Hwa-young A Special Foreign Legion
Jeong Yeong-il Film Critic Award#YearRecipient 15 1994 Kim Jong-won 16 1995 Byeon In-sik 17 1996 Ahn Byeong-seop 18 1997 Kang Han-seop 19 1998 Lee Young-il 20 1999 Yang Yun-mo 21 2000 Yu Ji-na 22 2001 Park Pyeong-sik
Screenplay Contest#YearRecipient 18 1997 Jeong Jin-wan Lee Jeong-hyang 19 1998 Gu Dong-hoe Kim Byung-jae 20 1999 Kim Seon-mi Hwang Geu-chang
Best Couple Award#YearActor/ActressFilm 26 2005 Hwang Jung-min and Jeon Do-yeon You Are My Sunshine 27 2006 Kam Woo-sung and Lee Joon-gi King and the Clown 29 2008 Kim Joo-hyuk and Son Ye-jin My Wife Got Married
Lifetime Achievement award#YearRecipientFilm 8 1971 Lee Kyeong-soon Youngwooheo 15 1994 Son Jun 16 1995 Jeon Taek-yi 17 1996 Han Eun-jin 18 1997 Jung Il-sung
Special Achievement Award#YearRecipientFilm 1 1963 Jang Dong-hwi, Choi Moo-ryong, Koo Bong-seo, Lee Dae-yup, Kim Woon-ha The Marines Who Never Returned 2 1964 Shin Sang-ok A Tragic Queen Daji Alan Heyman Hallasan 6 1969 Child actor ensemble cast School Excursion 10 1973 Ensemble cast Long Live the Island Frogs 12 1991 Kim Yoo-jin 13 1992 Kim Min-hyeong Mister Mamma Hong Kyung-in, Go Jeong-il, Jeong Jin-kang, Moon Hyeok Our Twisted Hero
Special Posthumous Award#YearRecipient 1 1963 Nam Chun-yeok 29 2008 Choi Jin-sil 30 2009 Jang Jin-young
Grand Prize#YearRecipientFilm 14 1993 Im Kwon-taek Sopyonje 15 1994 Chung Ji-young Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid
Ceremonies Edition Date 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 29, 2005 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards December 15, 2006 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 23, 2007 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 20, 2008 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards December 2, 2009 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards November 26, 2010 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards November 25, 2011 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards November 30, 2012 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 22, 2013 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards December 17, 2014 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 26, 2015 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 25, 2016 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 25, 2017 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 23, 2018 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 21, 2019 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards February 9, 2020 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards November 26, 2021 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards November 25, 2022 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 24, 2023 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 29, 2024 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards November 19, 2025
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