No Other Choice


No Other Choice is a 2025 South Korean black comedy thriller film co-written, produced, and directed by Park Chan-wook. Based on The Ax by Donald Westlake, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, after the 2005 French-language feature The Axe directed by Costa-Gavras, to whom No Other Choice is dedicated in the closing credits. The film follows a desperate paper industry expert who decides to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life.
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025, where it garnered critical acclaim. At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, it was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Foreign Language Film and [Golden Globe Award for Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]. It was also selected as the [List of South Korean submissions for the Academy Award for Gotham Independent Film Award for Best International Feature|Best International Feature Film|South Korean entry] for the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist, but was not nominated.
No Other Choice had its domestic premiere as the opening film of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on 17 September, followed by its theatrical release in South Korea on 24 September by CJ Entertainment.
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Plot

Man-su is an award-winning veteran employee of papermaking company Solar Paper. Well-paid, he has purchased his childhood home, where he lives happily in luxury with his homemaker wife Mi-ri and their two children - Mi-ri's teenage son from a previous marriage Si-one, and their young daughter Ri-one, an asocial neurodivergent cello prodigy. However, Americans buy out Solar Paper and fire many employees, including a devastated Man-su after he objects to the downsizing his subordinates would face. After informing his family, he vows to resume papermaking within three months.
Three months later, Man-su does low-paying retail work due to unsuccessful papermaking job applications. His family has minimized their spending, including rehoming their two dogs to Mi-ri's parents, to Ri-one's distress. Ri-one's cello teacher recommends Ri-one for expensive advanced classes. Unable to pay the mortgage, the family risks losing Man-su's beloved home to buyers; likely the parents of Si-one's best friend, Geon-ho. Mi-ri starts working as a dental assistant to suave male dentist Jin-ho. Man-su suffers a toothache that he ignores.
When trying to join the company Moon Paper, Man-su is humiliated by manager Seon-chul. Wanting his job, Man-su nearly kills Seon-chul using a potted plant but abandons the attempt when he realises killing Seon-chul will not matter unless he is the best candidate to replace him. Man-su buys a fake advertisement to identify his papermaking job competitors. Receiving job applications, Man-su identifies two men whose credentials exceed his own: Beom-mo and Si-jo. Man-su retrieves his father's Vietnam War gun, deciding to kill Seon-chul, Beom-mo, and Si-jo.
Man-su begins spying on unemployed drunkard Beom-mo and plans the murder-attempt. He suffers a snakebite and is saved by Beom-mo's dissatisfied wife, A-ra. Man-su and Beom-mo separately discover A-ra's infidelity. Man-su confronts Beom-mo at gunpoint, with Beom-mo mistaking Man-su as A-ra's lover. Man-su, Beom-mo, and A-ra struggle over Man-su's gun. A-ra shoots Beom-mo dead, and Man-su narrowly escapes. Man-su arrives late to a costumed dance party, where he watches Mi-ri dance with Jin-ho as Man-su was late. Angered, Man-su returns to Beom-mo's residence, where A-ra and her lover have buried Beom-mo and the gun. Man-su retrieves the gun. Man-su and Mi-ri accuse each other of infidelity before reconciling.
Man-su visits Si-jo, who sells shoes and speaks of his young daughter. Man-su tricks Si-jo into staying late at the shoe store, and then pretends to have car trouble on the highway where Si-jo passes to go home. After Si-jo stops to help, Man-su reluctantly shoots him dead, hiding his corpse in Man-su's car. Meanwhile, Si-one and Geon-ho steal iPhones from Geon-ho's father's store to resell, but the police arrest them. Man-su and Mi-ri blackmail Geon-ho's father, who had used the store for his own infidelity, into having Geon-ho confess that he is the main culprit. Detectives visit Man-su to warn him of Beom-mo and Si-jo's disappearances, which police linked to their common circumstances. Si-one witnesses Man-su trying to dismember Si-jo's corpse with a chainsaw. Unable to do so, Man-su buries the corpse in his garden, alongside Si-one's stolen iPhones, and plants an apple tree.
Man-su visits Seon-chul's home to befriend him. While plying Seon-chul with alcohol, Man-su is forced to break his own sobriety, leading Man-su to forcefully extract his cavity-filled tooth. Si-one confesses his concerns about the body to Mi-ri, and begins having night terrors about the sound of the chainsaw. Mi-ri digs up the apple tree to find Si-jo's corpse, and calls Man-su with her concerns. Determined to protect his family, Man-su refuses to change his path. He then suffocates Seon-chul and makes it seem that a drunk Seon-chul choked to death on his own vomit. Mi-ri tells Si-one that Man-su dismembered a pig and buried it to nourish the apple tree.
Moon Paper decides to hire Man-su to replace Seon-chul. This allows the family to keep their home and reunite with their dogs, reducing Ri-one's antisocial behavior. The detectives visit Man-su, revealing that A-ra has implicated Beom-mo as a gun-owner and potentially Si-jo's murderer, thus lifting suspicion off Man-su. Mi-ri and Si-one hear Ri-one playing her cello to the dogs. At work, Man-su celebrates alone in a modern paper mill run by machines instead of workers.

Cast

  • Lee Byung-hun as Yoo Man-su, Mi-ri's husband and Si-one and Ri-one's father, who is a paper industry expert who is struggling to find employment
  • Son Ye-jin as Lee Mi-ri, Man-su's wife and Si-one and Ri-one's mother, who works as a dental assistant
  • Park Hee-soon as Choi Seon-chul, Man-su's third target and the divorced line manager of Papyrus Paper who also is an influencer in social media
  • Lee Sung-min as Goo Beom-mo, Man-su's first target and another paper expert who is also struggling to find a job
  • Yeom Hye-ran as Lee A-ra, Beom-mo's frustrated and unfaithful wife and a struggling veteran actress
  • Cha Seung-won as Ko Si-jo, Man-su's second target who works at a shoe-store to provide for his family
  • Yoo Yeon-seok as Oh Jin-ho, a dentist and employer of Mi-ri

Production

Development

During the 14th Busan International Film Festival in 2009, it was announced that Park would remake Costa-Gavras's 2005 film The Axe. Park would later clarify that he had read Donald Westlake's 1997 novel The Ax upon which the film was based and decided to adapt it prior to knowing about Costa-Gavras's film. However, the project was delayed when Park received the screenplay for his 2012 film Stoker. In 2012, Park said he planned to make the film his next project but it still needed "more work on the casting and attracting investors".
During a live discussion with Costa-Gavras at the 24th Busan International Film Festival in 2019, Park told audiences that he was still working on his adaptation of Westlake's novel. The film was described by Park as a "lifetime project" and that while he hadn't begun filming it yet, he wished "to make this film as my masterpiece". Gavras, who still held the rights to the book, had helped Park to develop the project. The film was set to be an English-language picture, with Don McKellar co-writing the script alongside Park.
Park's team told The Hollywood Reporter that he was approaching the project with the intent to "strengthen the moral dilemma in this story as much as possible, and he will increase the role of protagonist's wife".
At the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park stated that the project was still in development and followed "a heartbreaking story about a middle-aged man who lost a job, and now he needs to bring the bread to the table to feed his family. So, he struggles in the process of looking for a job in a specialized field, and he becomes a serial killer."
In March 2024, Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin were announced as the film's leads. Park and Son previously worked together in the 2016 movie The Truth Beneath, while Park collaborated with Lee on Joint Security Area. Park revealed that the film would now be set in Korea.
In August 2024, Park's frequent collaborators Lee Kyoung-mi and Lee Ja-hye were also announced as writers on the project.

Filming

Principal photography began in August 2024. Filming wrapped in January 2025, lasting a total of five months.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack includes classical, Korean pop ballads, and American soul music. The opening credits and the first few minutes of the opening scene feature Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. "Redpepper Dragonfly" by Cho Yong-pil, "Let's Walk On" by Kim Chang-wan, and "Le badinage" by Marin Marais feature in the film.

Release

In June 2025, Neon acquired North American distribution rights to No Other Choice, with Mubi taking rights to the film in the U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Spain, Turkey, the SAARC, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux, the latter in association with its subsidiary Cinéart. According to CJ ENM and Moho Film, the film was pre-sold to over 200 countries around the world, including North America, the UK, France, Germany, and Japan. It surpasses the pre-sale record of 192 countries held by Park Chan-wook's 2022 film Decision to Leave.
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025. It had its North American premiere on 5 September 2025 at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where Lee Byung-hun received a Special Tribute Award at the TIFF Tribute Awards event. It was also screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2025 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Sudbury, Ontario, on 17 September 2025.
It opened the 30th Busan International Film Festival on 17 September 2025, where both Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin were honoured with the "Actors' house", a special career retrospective. Theatrical release in South Korea followed on 24 September, by CJ Entertainment. The film was screened in IMAX theaters in South Korea, while in the United States, a one-night screening was held on 8 December.
On 4 October 2025, No Other Choice was presented in the "Galas & Special Presentations" and "Spotlight on Korea" sections at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival. It had its US premiere at the Main Slate of 2025 New York Film Festival on 12 October 2025. On 14 October, the film competed in the 58th Sitges Film Festival in the Oficial Fantàstic Competició section, vying for the various awards given in the section. It was presented in the Galas section of the 2025 BFI London Film Festival on 15 October 2025, and would also be screened as a late addition to the Adelaide Film Festival on 24 October, and in the Special Presentations of the 61st Chicago International Film Festival on 25 October 2025.
It was screened in the Masters section of the 2025 Stockholm International Film Festival on 12 November 2025, and in the "From the Festivals – 2025" section of the 56th International Film Festival of India in November 2025.

Reception

Box office

No Other Choice recouped its 17 billion won production budget before its release through overseas presales, making its financial success unaffected by its domestic performance.
The film was released on 24 September 2025 on 2,114 screens. It opened at the top recording 331,518 viewers on its opening day at the Korean box office. The film achieved the highest opening of all time for a film directed by Park, surpassing Decision to Leave and his highest-grossing film The Handmaiden. On 28 September, it surpassed 1 million cumulative viewers in five days of its release by registering 1,042,800 cumulative audience.
, the film has grossed $35 million worldwide, including million from 2,938,283 domestic admissions only in South Korea.

Critical response

After earning a nine-minute standing ovation and applause at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, The Dong-A Ilbo stated that the film left a significant mark on the Korean film industry, receiving rave reviews from international critics and media and helping to revitalize Korean cinema.
The film continued to attract critical acclaim; Variety reported that critics "have hailed No Other Choice as one of Park's most humane and mordantly funny works to date."
Time Out rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a masterful work of cinema which might well be Chan-wook's masterpiece. And given this is the man who directed The Handmaiden that's saying a lot." According to Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, who rated the film 4 stars out of 5, "it may not be Park's masterpiece but it is the best film in the Venice competition so far". Reviewing it for the Financial Times, Danny Leigh sees it as a critique of capitalism, concluding "Capitalism may offer much less choice than advertised, he tells us. The future may take even that away." Eileen Jones of Jacobin praised the film's themes, writing: "atomization, the process by which we are all forced apart into terrifying isolation, so that we each wind up playing a lone hand against the impossible forces of our own creation, has rarely been illustrated with such powerful imagery and narrative clarity."

Accolades

No Other Choice was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientResult
Venice International Film FestivalSeptember 6, 2025Golden LionPark Chan-wookNomitated
TIFF Tribute AwardsSeptember 7, 2025Special Tribute AwardLee Byung-hun
Toronto International Film FestivalSeptember 14, 2025International People's Choice AwardNo Other ChoiceWon
Sitges Film FestivalOctober 18, 2025Best Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Sitges Film FestivalOctober 18, 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookWon
Newport Beach Film Festival22 October 2025Global Impact AwardPark Chan-wook
Newport Beach Film Festival22 October 2025Artist of Distinction AwardLee Byung-hun
Newport Beach Film Festival22 October 2025Outstanding International FeatureNo Other ChoiceWon
Newport Beach Film Festival22 October 2025Outstanding Editing FeatureNo Other ChoiceWon
Savannah Film Festival25 October 2025International Auteur AwardPark Chan-wook
Savannah Film Festival25 October 2025International Audience AwardNo Other ChoiceWon
Adelaide Film Festival26 October 2025Audience Award for Feature FictionNo Other ChoiceWon
Miami Film Festival31 October 2025Master of the Precious Gem AwardPark Chan-wook
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards6 November 2025Best Supporting ActorPark Hee-soonWon
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards6 November 2025FIPRESCI Award No Other ChoiceWon
Stockholm International Film FestivalNovember 14, 2025FIPRESCI AwardNo Other ChoiceWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best ActressSon Ye-jinWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best Supporting ActorLee Sung-minWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best Supporting ActressYeom Hye-ranNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best Cinematography and LightingKim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jaeNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best Art DirectionRyu Seong-hieNomitated
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Best MusicJo Yeong-wookWon
Blue Dragon Film AwardsNovember 19, 2025Technical AwardJo Sang-gyeong Won
Gotham Independent Film AwardsDecember 1, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee and Don McKellarNomitated
Gotham Independent Film AwardsDecember 1, 2025Best International FeaturePark Chan-wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray-Gavras, and Back JisunNomitated
Gotham Independent Film AwardsDecember 1, 2025Outstanding Lead PerformanceLee Byung-hunNomitated
Atlanta Film Critics CircleDecember 3, 2025Top 10 FilmsNo Other Choice
Atlanta Film Critics CircleDecember 3, 2025Best International FeatureNo Other Choice
Toronto Film Critics AssociationDecember 7, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee and Don McKellar
Washington DC Area Film Critics AssociationDecember 7, 2025 Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
The New York Times Magazine9 December 202510 Best Performers of 2025Lee Byung-hunWon
Astra Creative Arts AwardsDecember 11, 2025Best Film EditingKim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-BinNomitated
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 11, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 11, 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 11, 2025Best EditingKim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-binNomitated
Phoenix Critics Circle11 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Phoenix Critics Circle11 December 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
Phoenix Critics Circle11 December 2025Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyungNomitated
St. Louis Film Critics AssociationDecember 14, 2025Best International Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics CircleDecember 14, 2025Best International Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics CircleDecember 14, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye LeeNomitated
Seattle Film Critics Society AwardsDecember 15, 2025 Best International FeatureNo Other Choice - Park Chan-wookNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best PictureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best Ensemble CastNo Other ChoiceNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyungNomitated
New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 15, 2025Best International FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Indiana Film Journalists Association15 December 2025Best Film FinalistsNo Other Choice
Indiana Film Journalists Association15 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Phoenix Film Critics Society15 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association17 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other Choice
Korean Film Producers Association Awards18 December 2025Best ActorLee Byung-hunWon
Korean Film Producers Association Awards18 December 2025Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyungWon
Korean Film Producers Association Awards18 December 2025Best LightingKim Min-jaeWon
Korean Film Producers Association Awards18 December 2025Sound AwardKim Seok-won, Kim Hyeon-jun, Hong Yun-seongWon
Austin Film Critics Association18 December 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. WestlakeNomitated
Austin Film Critics Association18 December 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best PictureNo Other Choice
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookWon
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 19, 2025Best Visual EffectsNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society19 December 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. WestlakeNomitated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society19 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Online Association Of Female Film Critics19 December 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. WestlakeNomitated
Online Association Of Female Film Critics19 December 2025Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
Online Association Of Female Film Critics19 December 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Boston Online Film Critics Association20 December 2025Top Ten Films of 2025No Other Choice
Boston Online Film Critics Association20 December 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Black Film Critics Circle20 December 2025Top Ten Films of 2025No Other Choice
Kansas City Film Critics Circle21 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Chunsa Film Art AwardsDecember 23, 2025Best ActorLee Byung-hunWon
Chunsa Film Art AwardsDecember 23, 2025Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyungWon
Chunsa Film Art AwardsDecember 23, 2025Special Jury PrizeLee Sung-minWon
Georgia Film Critics AssociationDecember 27, 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye LeeNomitated
Georgia Film Critics AssociationDecember 27, 2025Best International FilmNo Other Choice
North Texas Film Critics Association29 December 2025Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best PictureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jaeNomitated
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
New Jersey Film Critics Circle31 December 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
Portland Critics Association31 December 2025Best PictureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Portland Critics Association31 December 2025Top 10 Films of 2025No Other Choice
Portland Critics Association31 December 2025Best Film Not in the English LanguageNo Other ChoiceWon
Portland Critics Association31 December 2025Best ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye LeeNomitated
Portland Critics Association31 December 2025Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists31 December 2025Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Puerto Rico Critics Association2 January 2026Best Comedy/MusicalNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Puerto Rico Critics Association2 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye LeeNomitated
Puerto Rico Critics Association2 January 2026Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Puerto Rico Critics Association2 January 2026Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin
Minnesota Film Critics Association2 January 2026Best International FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Minnesota Film Critics Association2 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye LeeNomitated
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 4, 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye LeeNomitated
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 4, 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Columbus Film Critics Association8 January 2026Best FilmNo Other Choice
Columbus Film Critics Association8 January 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other Choice
Columbus Film Critics Association8 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-Wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee
Astra Film AwardsJanuary 9, 2026Best International FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Astra Film AwardsJanuary 9, 2026Best Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Astra Film AwardsJanuary 9, 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
Astra Film AwardsJanuary 9, 2026Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalLee Byung-hunNomitated
Astra Film AwardsJanuary 9, 2026Honorary awards - Filmmaking Achievement AwardPark Chan-wook
Critics Association Of Central Florida9 January 2026Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceWon
AARP Movies for Grownups AwardsJanuary 10, 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association10 January 2026Best PictureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association10 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association10 January 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2026Best Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2026Best Actor – Musical or ComedyLee Byung-hunNomitated
North Dakota Film Society12 January 2026Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
North Dakota Film Society12 January 2026Best EditingKim Sang-beom, Kim Ho-binNomitated
North Dakota Film Society12 January 2026Best International Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Palm Springs International Film FestivalJanuary 12, 2026Best International Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Music City Film Critics Association12 January 2026Best International Feature FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Hawaii Film Critics Society12 January 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Golden Tomato Awards13 January 2026Best Limited MoviesNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Golden Tomato Awards13 January 2026Best InternationalNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Chicago Indie Critics15 January 2026Best International FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Utah Film Critics Association17 January 2026Best Non-English Language FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Houston Film Critics Society20 January 2026Best Foreign Language FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Denver Film Critics Society24 January 2026Best Non-English Language FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best PictureNo Other Choice
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best International FilmNo Other Choice
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best DirectorPark Chan-wook
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards24–25 January 2026Best Film EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin
Online Film Critics Society26 January 2026Best PictureNo Other Choice
Online Film Critics Society26 January 2026Best Film Not in the English LanguageNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Online Film Critics Society26 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
Online Film Critics Society26 January 2026Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best Narrative FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other ChoiceNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hyeNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jaeNomitated
North Carolina Film Critics Association26 January 2026Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-binNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best PictureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best International FeatureNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best DirectorPark Chan-wookNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best ActorLee Byung-hunNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best Supporting ActressSon Ye-jinNomitated
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best EditingKim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin
Midnight Critics Circle28 January 2026Best CinematographyKim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jaeNomitated
London Film Critics Circle AwardsFebruary 1, 2026Foreign Language Film of the YearNo Other ChoiceNomitated
Cinemania World AwardsTBABest International FilmNo Other Choice
International Cinephile Society8 February 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee
The Online Film & Television Association15 February 2026Best Foreign Language FilmNo Other Choice
The Online Film & Television Association15 February 2026Best Movie PosterNo Other Choice
British Academy Film Awards22 February 2026Best Film Not in the English LanguageNo Other Choice
Dorian Award6 March 2026Non-English Language Film of the YearNo Other Choice
Satellite AwardMarch 8, 2026Best Adapted ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye
Satellite AwardMarch 8, 2026Best International FilmNo Other Choice
Academy AwardsMarch 15, 2026Best International Feature FilmNo Other Choice