Netflix’s November 2026 slate hands US subscribers one of the strongest months of Korean and Asian programming all year, headlined by Lee Chang-dong’s Oscar-contending film Possible Love on November 6, 2026. Everything below is confirmed to stream in the US, from a long-awaited auteur return to a cross-border murder mystery and the finales of two buzzy weekly dramas.
If you only have time for one title this month, make it Possible Love. But the back half of November is where the slate gets dense: the Korea–Japan thriller The Blue Road arrives on November 20, while two ongoing weekly series — Doctor X: Mafia in White and 100 Days of Deception — race to their conclusions. Here’s how the month breaks down, and what each one is actually about.
A quick note on timing: Netflix originals typically land in the US at 12:00 a.m. PT (3:00 a.m. ET) on their release date. Weekly Korean titles that also air on television in South Korea can post to Netflix later in the day, after their domestic broadcast, so if an episode isn’t live at midnight Pacific, give it a few hours.
Possible Love — November 6th
Lee Chang-dong’s first feature in eight years is the event release of the month. Possible Love follows two married couples — a recently laid-off laborer and his wife, and a documentary filmmaker and her husband — whose lives tangle when the filmmaker decides to turn her camera on the other pair, drawing out desires none of them meant to show. It is South Korea’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, and it premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival before its streaming bow.
The ensemble is stacked with Korean cinema royalty: Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong. The film opened in a limited US theatrical run in late October; the global Netflix release on November 6, 2026 is how most American viewers will see it. Around the launch, Netflix is also spotlighting Lee’s earlier filmography — including Burning and Poetry — across select regions, so it’s worth checking your US library to see which of his classics have been added.
100 Days of Deception — finale on November 29th
This weekend historical drama has been one of Netflix’s quieter international success stories this fall, climbing into the top tier of the service’s charts in multiple countries. Set in 1930s colonial Gyeongseong, it stars Kim You-jung as a street pickpocket who goes undercover as a spy inside the Japanese Government-General of Korea while secretly working for the independence movement. Park Jin-young plays the counterpart she keeps crossing. The 16-episode season has been rolling out on weekends since early October and wraps up its run on November 29, 2026 in the US.
Doctor X: Mafia in White — finale on November 14th
Kim Ji-won leads this medical thriller as a brilliant freelance surgeon who takes on a corrupt hospital system from the inside. The series has been a ratings hit on home turf and a steady Netflix performer internationally since it began in October. Its 12-episode season reaches its finale on November 14, 2026 — a good one to binge over a weekend once the final episode is up, since the full run will be available to stream in the US.
Note the full US distribution title: it streams as Doctor X: Mafia in White, not simply “Doctor X,” which helps when you’re searching the app.
The Blue Road — November 20th
The month’s marquee new series is The Blue Road, a cross-border crime thriller that pairs South Korean star Son Suk-ku with Japanese actor Nagayama Eita. The hook is a grisly puzzle: a mutilated body turns up in Tokyo carrying a message written in Korean, then a near-identical case surfaces in Korea with a message written in Japanese, forcing detectives from the Seoul Metropolitan Police and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police to work the same serial-killer investigation from opposite sides of the sea. Adapted from the comic “Peureungil,” the series is reported to run eight episodes and premieres November 20, 2026.
Why this month matters for US viewers
For American audiences, November is a reminder of how much of Netflix’s most ambitious work now originates outside Hollywood. Possible Love is a legitimate awards-season title you can stream at home the same month it’s contending for an Oscar nomination. The Blue Road is the kind of prestige international thriller that used to be hard to find in the US without a festival pass. And the twin finales give bingers a clean on-ramp: wait for the last episode, then watch the whole thing straight through.
Frequently asked
Is Possible Love available on Netflix in the US? Yes. After a limited US theatrical release in late October, it streams globally on Netflix starting November 6, 2026.
What time do new Netflix titles go live in the US? Netflix originals usually post at 12:00 a.m. PT (3:00 a.m. ET). Weekly Korean dramas that air on television in South Korea may appear a few hours later, after their domestic broadcast.
Do I need to watch Doctor X: Mafia in White and 100 Days of Deception weekly? No. Both have been releasing on a weekly schedule, but once their November finales are up, the complete seasons will be available to stream at your own pace.
Are The Blue Road episodes subtitled and dubbed in English? Netflix provides English subtitles for its Korean and Japanese titles, and most major releases also offer an English dub. You can switch either on from the audio and subtitles menu.
What else should I watch if I like these? If The Blue Road grabs you, start 100 Days of Deception for a different flavor of tension; if you come to Netflix for Possible Love, keep an eye out for the Lee Chang-dong catalog titles rolling onto the service around its release.
