Picture: Possible Love – Netflix
Netflix’s November Korean slate puts two very different releases in focus: Lee Chang-dong’s 164-minute romantic drama Possible Love, arriving November 6, and the cross-border crime thriller Blue Road, due later in the month. The schedule also adds a short film, a collection of Lee’s earlier work and the final episodes of two weekly series.
For October releases, see our guide to K-drama releases in October 2026. Netflix may announce more November titles during October and November, so this schedule could change.
Possible Love anchors the film lineup
Possible Love (2026)
Director: Lee Chang Dong
Genre: Drama, Romance | Runtime: 164 minutes
Cast: Jeon Do Yeon, Sul Kyung Gu, Zo In Sung, Cho Yeo Jung, Jo Yu Ri
Netflix Release Date: November 6, 2026
Lee Chang-dong’s latest film arrives with festival screenings already behind it, including a showing at TIFF 2026. It is also South Korea’s submission in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. For US audiences who don’t want to wait for streaming, the film is scheduled for a limited theatrical run beginning October 23, 2026.
The story puts two marriages in close contact: a laid-off worker and his wife meet a documentary filmmaker and her husband when the filmmaker sets out to document their lives. The encounter brings their differing circumstances and private desires into view.
“The film follows two married couples — a laid-off worker and his wife, and a documentary filmmaker and her husband — whose paths cross when the filmmaker sets out to film them, bringing both marriages face to face with their different lives and hidden desires.”
Critics at festivals have responded warmly; Jack Giroux also praised the film in his TIFF review. Its Netflix arrival gives the film a broad streaming audience after its festival and theatrical exposure.
Lee Chang-dong’s earlier films join Netflix
Picture: Lee Chang Don films
The Possible Love release comes with six films from the director’s back catalog, giving subscribers a chance to trace his work across more than two decades:
- Green Fish (1997)
- Peppermint Candy (2000)
- Oasis (2002)
- Secret Sunshine (2007)
- Poetry (2010)
- Burning (2018)
Blue Road brings detectives across borders
Blue Road (Season 1)
Episodes: 8
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller | Runtime: TBA
Cast: Son Suk Kum, Nagayama Eita, Kim Shin Rock, Choi Sung Eun, Jung Jae Young
Netflix Release Date: November 20, 2026*
Set across Tokyo and Seoul, Blue Road follows two detectives investigating murders marked by disfigured bodies and messages written in the other country’s language. The first case appears in Tokyo, where a body bears a message in Korean; a similar killing in Korea features Japanese writing. The pattern points to a serial killer operating across borders, drawing the investigators into a joint hunt.
The eight-episode series pairs South Korea’s Sukku Son with Japan’s Eita Nagayama. Its first three episodes screened at the Busan International Film Festival, offering an early look at the production before its listed Netflix release on November 20.
“International crime thriller that follows two detectives as they track a series of gruesome cross-border murders, characterized by twisted bodies and mysterious dying messages. The story begins in Tokyo, when a disfigured body is found with a blood-inked message written in Korean. Soon after, a similar case emerges in Korea, this time written in Japanese. As the pattern continues, the authorities realize they are dealing with a serial killer operating across countries, prompting a joint investigation that takes the detectives from Seoul to Tokyo and beyond.”
Weekly dramas reach their finales
Doctor X (Season 1)
Episodes: 12
Genre: Drama, Medical | Runtime: 70 Minutes
Cast: Kim Ji Won, Lee Jung Eun, Son Hyun Joo, Kim Woo Seok, Kang Hak Soo
Netflix Finale Date: November 14, 2026 | New Episodes: Fridays and Saturdays
Doctor X centers on Kye Su Jeong, a gifted surgeon who takes a vacancy at Guseo University Hospital through a physician placement agency. Her work puts her in conflict with the absurdities of the medical field and draws her into the orbit of hospital director Bu Seung Gwon and intern Park Tae Gyeong.
Kye Su Jeong is a genius surgeon. Introduced through Jang Hui Suk’s doctor placement agency, Kye Su Jeong is placed at Guseo University Hospital to fill a surgical vacancy. She proves her worth through her surgical skills, and she exposes absurdities in the medical field. She becomes involved with Bu Seung Gwon, the director of Guseo University Hospital, and intern Park Tae Gyeong.
100 Days of Deception
Episodes: 16
Genre: Drama, Medical | Runtime: 70 Minutes
Cast: Kim You Jung, Park Jin Young, Kim Hyun Joo, Lee Moo Saeng, Jin Sun Kyu
Netflix Finale Date: November 29, 2026 | New Episodes: Saturdays and Sundays
Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea, the series follows Ga Kyung, a skilled pickpocket who joins the independence army and infiltrates the Japanese Government-General of Korea. She starts out pursuing her own aims, but soon passes valuable information to the resistance. The 16-episode run is scheduled to end November 29.
November’s schedule gives viewers a mix of auteur cinema, a bilingual murder investigation and returning weekly dramas. Which titles are on your watchlist?
