Yes, very. More sad than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ugly easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Ugly end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Ugly

Name: The Ugly
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2025
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Han Ji-hyeon, Im Sung-jae, Shin Hyun-been

The barefaced truth comes out.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho

Produced by Wow Point

2025102 min6.9 / 10

A dark, introspective mystery that excavates family trauma and buried secrets across four decades, driven by a son's obsessive search for truth.

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

Clusters

Unresolved Grief Stories Conspiracy Thrillers Depression and Complicity Bleak and Despairing Tone

Genres

Mystery Thriller

Keywords

Based On Graphic Novel Depressed

Questions people ask

Is The Ugly sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Is The Ugly easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does The Ugly end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Ugly scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is The Ugly violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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