Lee Chang-dong Takes Over Netflix: 4 Essential Films Land Ahead of ‘Possible Love’

Netflix has quietly turned November into a mini–Lee Chang-dong film festival. In the run-up to the global streaming debut of his new movie “Possible Love,” four of the Korean auteur’s most acclaimed features have been added to Netflix in the U.S. this week.

The new arrivals are his debut feature “Green Fish” (1997), the reverse-chronology drama “Peppermint Candy” (1999), Venice award-winner “Oasis” (2002), and “Poetry” (2010), which earned the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes. Together they form a compact survey of Lee’s career, focusing on people on the margins of Korean society in slow-burn, emotionally devastating stories. It’s a particularly good lineup for viewers who gravitate toward art-house cinema and socially conscious dramas rather than big-budget blockbusters.

According to a U.S.-based Netflix news site, these catalog titles have been scheduled to land just days before “Possible Love” hits the service, effectively turning the first week of November into a curated “catch-up” window for newcomers. As more streamers experiment with director-focused bundles rather than just dumping new content, Netflix’s Lee Chang-dong push is a notable example of VOD being used as a guided introduction to a major filmmaker.