

No Other Choice
Would you kill for a job?
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
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7.5/10
1,357 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12.2M
- Box office
- $40.2M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- dark comedy
- remake
- social commentary
- working class
- unemployment
- paper industry
- unemployed
- devoted family man
- murder plot
- social criticism
- south korea
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Produced in
South Korea, France
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of India21 Nov 2025
- Digital / OTTMubi13 Mar 2026
United StatesUS
- PremiereBeyond Fest23 Sept 2025
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival3 Oct 2025
- PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 2025
- PremiereRefocus Film Festival11 Oct 2025
- PremiereOrcas Island Film Festival16 Oct 2025
- PremiereSanta Fe International Film Festival17 Oct 2025
- PremiereMiddleburg Film Festival18 Oct 2025
- PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival19 Oct 2025
- PremiereMontclair Film Festival20 Oct 2025
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival21 Oct 2025
- PremiereVirginia Film Festival23 Oct 2025
- PremiereAustin Film Festival24 Oct 2025
- PremiereSCAD Savannah Film Festival25 Oct 2025
- PremiereIFFBoston Fall Focus3 Nov 2025
- PremiereDenver Film Festival / Loft Film Fest5 Nov 2025
- PremiereSan Diego Asian Film Festival8 Nov 2025
- PremiereOjai Playhouse Film Festival13 Nov 2025
- PremiereKey West Film Festival15 Nov 2025
- Theatrical (limited)R25 Dec 2025
- Theatrical (limited)RLimited expansion2 Jan 2026
- TheatricalR9 Jan 2026
- Digital / OTTR17 Feb 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2025
- Theatrical1523 Jan 2026
- Digital / OTTMubi13 Mar 2026
AustraliaAU
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival24 Oct 2025
- PremiereCapital Film Festival31 Oct 2025
- PremiereBrisbane International Film Festival 27 Nov 2025
- TheatricalM15 Jan 2026
- Digital / OTTMMubi 13 Mar 2026
- PhysicalM22 Apr 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival5 Sept 2025
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival4 Oct 2025
- PremiereWindsor International Film Festival 25 Oct 2025
- Theatrical (limited)14AKorean w/e.s.t.25 Dec 2025
- Theatrical14AKorean w/e.s.t.16 Jan 2026
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1315 Jan 2026
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival21 Oct 2025
- Theatrical165 Feb 2026
BelgiumBE
- PremiereOstend Film Festival31 Jan 2026
- Theatrical1611 Feb 2026
BrazilBR
- Premiere16São Paulo International Film Festival23 Oct 2025
- Theatrical1622 Jan 2026
- Digital / OTT18Mubi13 Mar 2026
BruneiBN
- Theatrical23 Oct 2025
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical6 Feb 2026
ChileCL
- Theatrical1415 Jan 2026
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No Other Choice was released on 24 September 2025.
Audience reviews
4- M8/10
Manuel São Bento
10/16/2025
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/no-other-choice-review/ "No Other Choice proves to be a fantastic piece of art with superb tonal control and dedicated performances that solidify Park Chan-wook's return to the style that defines him. It's a painfully entertaining analysis of a man driven to madness by corporate greed and social pressure, and a courageous, violent, hysterical look at how dysfunc…
- B3/10
Brent Marchant
12/22/2025
They say that “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” and, arguably, that might be true – but only when the imitation works. When it doesn’t, the result is more of a pale wannabe clone, and that’s precisely the problem with this latest release from writer-director Park Chan-wook. This dark comedy essentially seeks to be this year’s equivalent to the Oscar-winning South Korean offering “Parasite” (“Gisaengchung”)…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/21/2026
Sadly for “Man-su” (Lee Byung-hun) being pulp man of the year doesn’t guarantee your future in the paper industry, and when modernisation costs him his job he has to find another one. With a house, his wife, two children and two dogs to keep he can’t be out of work for long, but he quickly realises that nobody needs his skills anymore. He tries his hand at a few more menial jobs but when “Miri” (Son Ye-jin) announces…
- B9/10
badelf
6/10/2026
This is sharp, merciless filmmaking that finds the comedy in desperation and absurdity in survival. The South Koreans understand something essential about dark comedy: the most horrifying truths become bearable only when delivered with a wink and a knife. No Other Choice takes aim at the particular hell of middle management in late stage capitalism, and the result is as savage as it is hilarious. Middle manage…
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