| No Other Choice | |
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| Hangul | 어쩔수가없다 |
| Lit. | It Cannot Be Helped |
| RR | Eojjeolsugaeopda |
| MR | Ŏtchŏlsugaŏpta |
| Directed by | Park Chan-wook |
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| Based on | The Ax byDonald Westlake |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung |
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| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
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| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 139 minutes[1] |
| Country | South Korea |
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| Budget | ₩17 billion (~$12.2 million)[2] |
| Box office | $38 million[3][4] |
No Other Choice (Korean:어쩔수가없다) is a 2025 South Koreanblack comedythriller film co-written, produced, and directed byPark Chan-wook. Based onThe Ax byDonald Westlake, the film starsLee Byung-hun,Son Ye-jin,Park Hee-soon,Lee Sung-min,Yeom Hye-ran, andCha Seung-won. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, after the 2005 French-language featureThe Axe directed byCosta-Gavras, to whomNo Other Choice is dedicated in the closing credits.[5][6][7] The film follows a desperatepaper 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 the82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025, where it garnered critical acclaim. At the83rd Golden Globe Awards, it was nominated forBest Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy,Best Foreign Language Film andBest Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Lee Byung-hun). It was also selected as theSouth Korean entry for theBest International Feature Film category for the98th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist,[8] but was not nominated.[9]
No Other Choice had its domestic premiere as the opening film of the30th Busan International Film Festival on 17 September, followed by its theatrical release in South Korea on 24 September byCJ Entertainment.
Man-su is an award-winning veteran employee ofpapermaking 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 asocialneurodivergentcello prodigy. However, Americansbuy 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.
Thirteen 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 themortgage, the family risks losing Man-su's beloved home to buyers—likely the parents of Si-one's best friend, Dong-ho. Mi-ri starts working as adental 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 retrieveshis 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 treated 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 Dong-ho stealiPhones from Dong-ho's father's store to resell, but the police arrest them. Man-su and Mi-riblackmail Dong-ho's father, who had used the store for his own infidelity, into having Dong-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 modernpaper mill run by machines instead of workers.
During the14th Busan International Film Festival in 2009, it was announced that Park would remakeCosta-Gavras's 2005 filmThe Axe.[11] Park would later clarify that he had readDonald Westlake's 1997 novelThe Ax upon which the film was based and decided to adapt it prior to knowing about Costa-Gavras's film.[12] However, the project was delayed when Park received the screenplay for his 2012 filmStoker.[13] 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".[13][14]
During a live discussion with Costa-Gavras at the24th Busan International Film Festival in 2019, Park told audiences that he was still working on his adaptation of Westlake's novel.[12] 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".[15] 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, withDon McKellar co-writing the script alongside Park.[12]
Park's team toldThe 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".[12]
At the2022 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."[16]
In March 2024,Lee Byung-hun andSon Ye-jin were announced as the film's leads.[17] Park and Son previously worked together in the 2016 movieThe Truth Beneath, while Park collaborated with Lee onJoint Security Area (2000). Park revealed that the film would now be set in Korea.[18]
In August 2024, Park's frequent collaboratorsLee Kyoung-mi and Lee Ja-hye were also announced as writers on the project.
Principal photography began in August 2024.[19][10] Filming wrapped in January 2025, lasting a total of five months.[20]
The film's soundtrack includesclassical,Korean pop ballads, and Americansoul music.[21][22] The opening credits and the first few minutes of the opening scene featureMozart'sPiano Concerto No. 23.[23][24] "Redpepper Dragonfly" byCho Yong-pil,[25] "Let's Walk On" byKim Chang-wan, and "Le badinage" byMarin Marais feature in the film.[21]
In June 2025,Neon acquired North American distribution rights toNo Other Choice, withMubi 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.[26] According toCJ 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 filmDecision to Leave.[27]
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025.[28][29] It had its North American premiere on 5 September 2025 at the2025 Toronto International Film Festival,[30] where Lee Byung-hun received a Special Tribute Award at theTIFF Tribute Awards event.[31] It was also screened in the Special Presentations section at the2025 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival,Sudbury, Ontario, on 17 September 2025.[32][33]
It opened the30th Busan International Film Festival on 17 September 2025, where bothLee Byung-hun andSon Ye-jin were honoured with the "Actors' house", a special career retrospective.[34] Theatrical release in South Korea followed on 24 September, byCJ Entertainment.[35][36] The film was screened inIMAX theaters in South Korea,[37] while in the United States, a one-night screening was held on 8 December.[38]
On 4 October 2025,No Other Choice was presented in the "Galas & Special Presentations" and "Spotlight on Korea" sections at the2025 Vancouver International Film Festival.[39] It had its US premiere at the Main Slate of2025 New York Film Festival on 12 October 2025.[40] On 14 October,[41] the film competed in the58th Sitges Film Festival in the Oficial Fantàstic Competició section, vying for the various awards given in the section.[42][43] It was presented in the Galas section of the2025 BFI London Film Festival on 15 October 2025,[44][45] and would also be screened as a late addition to theAdelaide Film Festival on 24 October,[46] and in the Special Presentations of the61st Chicago International Film Festival on 25 October 2025.[47]
It was screened in the Masters section of the2025 Stockholm International Film Festival on 12 November 2025,[48] and in the "From the Festivals – 2025" section of the56th International Film Festival of India in November 2025.[49]
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.[2][50]
The film was released on 24 September 2025 on 2,114 screens.[51] 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, surpassingDecision to Leave and his highest-grossing filmThe Handmaiden.[52] On 28 September, it surpassed 1 million cumulative viewers in five days of its release by registering 1,042,800 cumulative audience.[53]
As of 16 February 2026[update], the film has grossed $38 million worldwide,[4] includingUS$19.7 million from 2,938,283 domestic admissions only in South Korea.[51][54]
After earning a nine-minute standing ovation and applause at the82nd Venice International Film Festival,[55][56]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.[57]
The film continued to attract critical acclaim;[a]Variety reported that critics "have hailedNo Other Choice as one of Park's most humane and mordantly funny works to date."[62] On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 97% of 215 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Directed with pristine precision by Park Chan-wook,No Other Choice is a wickedly clever takedown of the corporate rat race that finds a perfect avatar in Lee Byung-Hun's skillfully hapless performance."[63]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[64]
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 directedThe Handmaiden that's saying a lot."[65] According toPeter Bradshaw ofThe 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".[66] Reviewing it for theFinancial Times, Danny Leigh sees it as a critique ofcapitalism, concluding "Capitalism may offer much less choice than advertised, he tells us. The future may take even that away."[67] Eileen Jones ofJacobin 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."[68]
No Other Choice was selected as theSouth Korean entry for theBest International Feature Film category for the98th Academy Awards.[69]
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Venice International Film Festival | September 6, 2025 | Golden Lion | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | [70][71] |
| TIFF Tribute Awards | September 7, 2025 | Special Tribute Award | Lee Byung-hun | Honored | [72] |
| Toronto International Film Festival | September 14, 2025 | International People's Choice Award | No Other Choice | Won | [73] |
| Sitges Film Festival | October 18, 2025 | Best Feature Film | Nominated | [74] | |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Won | |||
| Newport Beach Film Festival | 22 October 2025 | Global Impact Award | Honored | [75] | |
| Artist of Distinction Award | Lee Byung-hun | Honored | |||
| Outstanding International Feature | No Other Choice | Won | [76] | ||
| Outstanding Editing Feature | Won | ||||
| Savannah Film Festival | 25 October 2025 | International Auteur Award | Park Chan-wook | Honored | [77] |
| International Audience Award | No Other Choice | Won | [78] | ||
| Adelaide Film Festival | 26 October 2025 | Audience Award for Feature Fiction | Won | [79] | |
| Miami Film Festival | 31 October 2025 | Master of the Precious Gem Award | Park Chan-wook | Honored | [80] |
| Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | 6 November 2025 | Best Supporting Actor | Park Hee-soon | Won | [81] |
| FIPRESCI Award (Domestic) | No Other Choice | Won | |||
| Stockholm International Film Festival | November 14, 2025 | FIPRESCI Award | Won | [82] | |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | November 19, 2025 | Best Film | Won | [83] | |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Son Ye-jin | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Lee Sung-min | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Yeom Hye-ran | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Park Chan-wook,Don McKellar,Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography and Lighting | Kim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jae | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Direction | Ryu Seong-hie | Nominated | |||
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Won | |||
| Technical Award | Jo Sang-gyeong (Costume) | Won | |||
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | December 1, 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee and Don McKellar | Nominated | [84] |
| Best International Feature | Park Chan-wook,Alexandre Gavras,Michèle Ray-Gavras, and Back Jisun | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Lead Performance | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Atlanta Film Critics Circle | December 3, 2025 | Top 10 Films | No Other Choice | 7th Place | [85] |
| Best International Feature | Runner-up | ||||
| Toronto Film Critics Association | December 7, 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee and Don McKellar | Runner-up | [86] |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | December 7, 2025 | Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [87] |
| The New York Times Magazine | 9 December 2025 | 10 Best Performers of 2025 | Lee Byung-hun | Won | [88] |
| Astra Creative Arts Awards | December 11, 2025 | Best Film Editing | Kim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-Bin | Nominated | [89] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 11, 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | [90] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 11 December 2025 | Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [91] |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung | Nominated | |||
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 14, 2025 | Best International Feature Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [92] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 14, 2025 | Best International Feature Film | Nominated | [93] | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | |||
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | December 15, 2025 | Best International Feature | No Other Choice - Park Chan-wook | Nominated | [94] |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 15, 2025 | Best Picture | No Other Choice | Nominated | [95] |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Best Ensemble Cast | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung | Nominated | |||
| Best International Feature | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 15 December 2025 | Best Film Finalists | Top 10 | [96] | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Won | ||||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 15 December 2025 | Won | [97] | ||
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 17 December 2025 | Best Foreign Language Film | 4th Place | [98] | |
| Korean Film Producers Association Awards | 18 December 2025 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Won | [99] |
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung | Won | |||
| Best Lighting | Kim Min-jae | Won | |||
| Sound Award | Kim Seok-won, Kim Hyeon-jun, Hong Yun-seong | Won | |||
| Austin Film Critics Association | 18 December 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake | Nominated | [100] |
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2025 | Best Picture | Runner-up | [101] | |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake | Runner-up | |||
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Won | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 19 December 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake | Nominated | [102] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Online Association Of Female Film Critics | 19 December 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake | Nominated | [103] |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Boston Online Film Critics Association | 20 December 2025 | Top Ten Films of 2025 | 4th Place | [104] | |
| Best International Film | Won | ||||
| Black Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2025 | Top Ten Films of 2025 | 5th Place | [105] | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2025 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [106] | |
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | December 23, 2025 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Won | [107][108] |
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung | Won | |||
| Special Jury Prize | Lee Sung-min | Won | |||
| Georgia Film Critics Association | December 27, 2025 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee | Nominated | [109] |
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Runner-up | |||
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 29 December 2025 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [110] | |
| New Jersey Film Critics Circle | 31 December 2025 | Best Picture | Nominated | [111] | |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Runner-up | |||
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jae | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Won | |||
| Portland Critics Association | 31 December 2025 | Best Picture | Nominated | [112] | |
| Top 10 Films of 2025 | Placed | ||||
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Won | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 31 December 2025 | Best International Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [113] |
| Puerto Rico Critics Association | 2 January 2026 | Best Comedy/Musical | Nominated | [114] | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | |||
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Runner-up | |||
| Minnesota Film Critics Association | 2 January 2026 | Best International Feature | No Other Choice | Nominated | [115] |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | |||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 4, 2026 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | [116] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Columbus Film Critics Association | 8 January 2026 | Best Film | 2nd Place | [117] | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Runner-up | ||||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-Wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee | Runner-up | |||
| Astra Film Awards | January 9, 2026 | Best International Feature | No Other Choice | Nominated | [118] |
| Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Nominated | ||||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Honorary awards - Filmmaking Achievement Award | Park Chan-wook | Honored | |||
| Critics Association Of Central Florida | 9 January 2026 | Best International Film | No Other Choice | Won | [119] |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | January 10, 2026 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [120] | |
| Greater Western New York Film Critics Association | 10 January 2026 | Best Picture | Nominated | [121] | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | |||
| Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Golden Globe Awards | January 11, 2026 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [122] | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| North Dakota Film Society | 12 January 2026 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | [123] |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-beom, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best International Feature Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | |||
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | January 12, 2026 | Best International Feature Film | Nominated | [124] | |
| Music City Film Critics Association | 12 January 2026 | Best International Feature Film | Nominated | [125] | |
| Hawaii Film Critics Society | 12 January 2026 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [126] | |
| Golden Tomato Awards | 13 January 2026 | Best Limited Movies | Nominated | [127] | |
| Best International | Nominated | ||||
| Chicago Indie Critics | 15 January 2026 | Best International Film | Nominated | [128] | |
| Utah Film Critics Association | 17 January 2026 | Best Non-English Language Feature | Nominated | [129] | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 20 January 2026 | Best Foreign Language Feature | Nominated | [130] | |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 24 January 2026 | Best Non-English Language Feature | Nominated | [131] | |
| DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards | 24–25 January 2026 | Best Picture | 3rd Place | [132] | |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | 2nd Place | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | 3rd Place | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Best Film Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | 3rd Place | |||
| Online Film Critics Society | 26 January 2026 | Best Picture | No Other Choice | 8th Place | [133] |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated | ||||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | 26 January 2026 | Best Narrative Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [134] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||||
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jae | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Nominated | |||
| Midnight Critics Circle | 28 January 2026 | Best Picture | No Other Choice | Nominated | [135] |
| Best International Feature | Nominated | ||||
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Son Ye-jin | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Runner-up | |||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin | Runner-up | |||
| Best Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung, Kim Min-jae | Nominated | |||
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | February 1, 2026 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | No Other Choice | Nominated | [136] |
| International Cinephile Society | 8 February 2026 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee | Nominated | [137] |
| The Online Film & Television Association | 15 February 2026 | Best Foreign Language Film | No Other Choice | Nominated | [138] |
| Best Movie Poster | Runner-up | ||||
| British Academy Film Awards | 22 February 2026 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Longlisted | [139] | |
| Dorian Award | 6 March 2026 | Non-English Language Film of the Year | Pending | [140] | |
| Satellite Award | March 8, 2026 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye | Pending | [141] |
| Best International Film | No Other Choice | Pending | |||
| Academy Awards | March 15, 2026 | Best International Feature Film | Shortlisted | [142] |
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