38th Blue Dragon Film Awards
The 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 25, 2017 at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul. It was live broadcast on SBS and hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Lee Sun-kyun. Organized by Sports Chosun, the annual award show honored the best in Korean language films released from October 7, 2016 to October 3, 2017.
Nominations and winners
Complete list of nominees and winnersWinners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Main awards
Other awards
- Best Short Film:
- *A Hand-written Poster
- Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film:
- *1st – A Taxi Driver
- **2nd – Confidential Assignment
- **3rd – Master
- **4th – Luck Key
- **5th – The Outlaws
- Popular Star Award:
- *Jo In-sung - The King
- *Kim Su-an - The Battleship Island
- *Na Moon-hee - I Can Speak
- *Sol Kyung-gu - The Merciless
Films with multiple wins
| Wins | Films |
| 3 | A Taxi Driver |
| 2 | I Can Speak |
| 2 | The King |
Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Films |
| 9 | The Merciless |
| 8 | The King |
| 8 | A Taxi Driver |
| 8 | The Fortress |
| 6 | Anarchist from Colony |
| 4 | The Outlaws |
| 4 | I Can Speak |
| 4 | The Battleship Island |
| 4 | Jane |
| 3 | Single Rider |
| 3 | The Villainess |
| 2 | The Mimic |
| 2 | The Running Actress |
| 2 | Confidential Assignment |
| 2 | Our Love Story |
Presenters
Actor Cha Tae-hyun appeared and gave a memorial speech for Late Kim Ji-young, Late , Late Kim Young-ae and Late Kim Joo-hyuk.| Order | Presenter | Award |
| 1 | Park Jung-min, Lee Sun-bin | Best New Actor |
| 2 | Park Hae-jin, Kim Tae-ri | Best New Actress |
| 3 | Yeon Sang-ho, Kim Su-an | Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film |
| 4 | Kim Young-kwang, Park Bo-young | Best New Director |
| 5 | Jung Jin-young | Technical Award Best Cinematography-Lighting Best Editing |
| 6 | Choi Min-ho, Kim Ji-won | Best Music Best Art Direction Best Screenplay |
| 7 | Jun Kunimura, Choi Hee-seo | Best Supporting Actor |
| 8 | Kim Sung-kyun, Park So-dam | Best Supporting Actress |
| 9 | Park Byung-eun, Esom | Best Short Film |
| 10 | Steven Yeun | Best Director |
| 11 | Lee Byung-hun, Soo Ae | Best Actor |
| 12 | Daesang's CEO Im Jeong-bae, Go Doo-shim | Best Actress |
| 13 | Shin Ha-kyun, Do Kyung-soo | Best Film |