October 2026 Film Releases: Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love, Marie Kreutzer's Gentle Monster, and More

October 2026 brings a slate of high-profile international releases, led by Korean director Lee Chang-dong's seventh feature, Possible Love. The film centers on Ye-ji (Cho Yeo-jong), an affluent filmmaker documenting laid-off factory workers, who befriends a reticent man, Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu), and his wife, Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon). Along with Ye-ji's husband Sang-woo (Zo In-sung), the couples embark on a country trip that strains their fragile bond. Lee, who achieved international breakthrough with Burning (2018) at age 64, continues his exploration of class tensions, drawing comparisons to Parasite and No Other Choice. Marie Kreutzer's Gentle Monster, meanwhile, intertwines the stories of Lucy (Léa Seydoux), a concert pianist whose husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) faces child pornography charges, and Elsa (Jella Haase), a police officer investigating the case. The film was inspired by a 2020 report on a German paedophile ring and Kreutzer's own experience when Corsage actor Florian Teichtmeister was charged with possession of child pornography, prompting Austrian legal reform. Also opening is Lance Oppenheim's To Catch a Predator-inspired debut, with Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, and Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland, starring Sandra Hüller as Erika Mann alongside her father Thomas Mann. These films highlight a season of politically charged, formally daring cinema.