Parasite becomes the first movie to reach 1 million 5 star reviews on Letterboxd

The Korean film rose to international popularity in late 2019 and early 2020.
Text: Alex Hopley
Published 2023-03-26

Parasite, among winning the Best Picture Oscar among many other awards, now has another accolade to its name. The 2019 film from Bong Joon-ho is the first to reach over 1 million 5 star ratings at the film review social platform Letterboxd.

Letterboxd shared the achievement on its Twitter page. Parasite currently sits at a 4.6 star rating across the board, but has still seriously impressed 1 million people, as shown by these ratings.

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For those who've not yet seen it, Parasite is a drama commenting on the social differences between the poor and rich as one family from a low-income background finds themselves associating more and more with a wealthier family after a member of the former is hired to tutor one of the latter.

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