No Other Choice (2025)

No Other Choice

2025🎯 STEAL

No Other Choice

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.

ReleasedDecember 25, 2025

DirectorPark Chan-wook

WriterPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye

StarringLee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min

Scores

Letterboxd4.1

IMDb7.6

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic86

Box Office

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Cast

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Yoo Man-su

Son Ye-jin

Son Ye-jin

Lee Mi-ri

Park Hee-soon

Park Hee-soon

Choi Seon-chul

Lee Sung-min

Lee Sung-min

Gu Bum-mo

Yeom Hye-ran

Yeom Hye-ran

Lee A-ra

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won

Ko Si-jo

Kim Woo-seung

Kim Woo-seung

Yoo Si-won

Choi So-yul

Choi So-yul

Yoo Ri-won

Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

Detective #1

Lee Suk-hyeong

Lee Suk-hyeong

Detective #2

Kim Hyeong-mook

Kim Hyeong-mook

Lee Won-no

Woo Jeong-won

Woo Jeong-won

Dong-ho's Mother

Crew

Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook

Director

Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook

Screenplay

Lee Kyoung-mi

Lee Kyoung-mi

Screenplay

Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Screenplay

Lee Ja-hye

Lee Ja-hye

Screenplay

Kim Woo-hyung

Director of Photography

Cho Young-wuk

Cho Young-wuk

Original Music Composer

Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook

Producer

Back Ji-sun

Producer

Michèle Ray-Gavras

Michèle Ray-Gavras

Producer

Alexandre Gavras

Alexandre Gavras

Producer

Miky Lee

Miky Lee

Executive Producer

Studios & Companies

Production

Opening Weekend$333K

Domestic$9.9M

International$28.2M

Worldwide$37.2M

Est. Budget$12.2M

Est. Marketing (FD Est.)$2.7M

Est. Profit+$22.2M

Daily Charts Box Office Mojo

Awards

3Nominations

0Wins

Academy Awards0 noms

0 Nominations

Golden Globes3 noms

Best Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyBest Motion Picture – Non-English LanguageBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Spirit Awards0 noms

0 Nominations

0 Nominations

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