Platform highlights romantic drama, action-comedies, and acclaimed director's return

Netflix revealed four feature films as part of its 2026 South Korean content lineup during an Asia Pacific showcase event this week, underscoring the streaming giant's continued investment in Korean cinema.

"Local investment" has been key to Netflix's success in South Korea, according to Minyoung Kim, the company's vice president of content for APAC. Speaking at the showcase, which featured over 30 mostly television titles, Kim credited the strategy with elevating Korean content—including global phenomenon Squid Game—to unprecedented heights.

Don Kang, Netflix's VP of content for Korea, noted that Korean-language programming has become the platform's most-viewed content globally after English. "Over the past five years, more than 210 Korean titles have been ranked in the global top 10," he said.

Pavane will be the first to arrive in Q1 2026. This romantic melodrama from director Lee Jong-pil stars Ko A-sung, Byun Yo-han, and Moon Sang-min in an adaptation of Park Min-gyu's novel Pavane For A Dead Princess. The story follows a handsome young man who begins a relationship with an unpopular young woman, whose pairing becomes turbulent as unforeseen events unfold. The film reunites director Lee with Ko after their 2020 collaboration Samjin Company English Class.

Husbands in Action is set for Q2 release. This action-comedy from director Park Gyu-tae follows the chaotic mission of Si-nae's ex-husband and current husband, who must reluctantly team up to rescue her after she's kidnapped by a dangerous criminal group. The cast includes Jin Sun-kyu, Gong Myoung, Kim Ji-suk, and Yoon Kyung-ho.

Mission: Cross 2 arrives in Q3 as the sequel to 2024's spy action comedy. Director Lee Myung-hoon reunites stars Hwang Jung-min and Yum Jung-ah, who play a loving husband with a secret past as a special ops agent and his wife, a former shooting athlete turned detective. Their new mission involves stopping a shadowy organization from smuggling Korean cultural heritage artifacts out of the country.

Possible Love (working title) marks the highly anticipated return of acclaimed filmmaker Lee Chang-dong, whose last three films competed at Cannes. This will be his first feature since 2018's Oscar-shortlisted Burning. The drama examines two married couples whose intersecting lives create rifts between them, reuniting Lee with actress Jeon Do-yeon, who won best actress at Cannes for his 2007 film Secret Sunshine.