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Possible Love

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A story of two married couples -- a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse -- crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
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Possible Love

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Critics Consensus

A perfectly poised drama that's seething with the chaos of modernity beneath its polished surface, Possible Love is a masterful exploration of fidelity and inequality from director Lee Chang-dong.

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Cast & Crew

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Lee Chang-dong

Director

Jeon Do-yeon

Mi-ok

Sul Kyung-gu

Ho-seok

Jo In-sung

Sang-woo

Cho Yeo-jeong

Ye-ji

Yuri

Actor

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Zachary Barnes Wall Street Journal 22 hrs ago
If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure. Go to Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026
A coldly funny, increasingly caustic drama of class anxiety and unlikely friendship. Go to Full Review Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) Sep 18, 2026
3.5/4
Chief laurels go to Jeon Do-yeon as the working-class wife, who grows before our eyes from an insecure chatterbox to a woman of immense strength and dignity. Go to Full Review Ethan J. Rosenberg In Review Online Oct 3, 2026
Possible Love is not Lee’s masterpiece (that would be Oasis), but it is his most cumulative work... and it’s about one thing we can all understand: the heart is big, and it wants a lot. Go to Full Review Ezra Cubero Geek Vibes Nation Oct 1, 2026
9/10
With Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong taps into a rare kind of masterful, empathetic filmmaking. Go to Full Review Lyra Hale Fangirlish Oct 1, 2026
B
Possible Love is an unsettling exploration of human exploitation, mental health, and the lies that we tell ourselves on the daily to make it through the pain we’re experiencing. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Movie Info

Synopsis A story of two married couples -- a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse -- crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
Director
Lee Chang-dong
Producer
Lee Jun-dong, Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard
Screenwriter
Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jungmi
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Pinehouse Film Co, Anonymous Content, NOWFILM Co
Rating
R (Language|Some Sexuality|Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 23, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2026
Runtime
2h 44m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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