Synopsis
장르만 로맨스
Kim Hyun is a best-selling author who has been experiencing a writer's block for seven years. He keeps an amicable relationship with his ex-wife Mi-ae, who is now dating his best friend and publisher, as they take care of their oversensitive teenage son. To get back on his feet with his career, he decides to work on a new novel with an aspiring writer, his student, Yoo-jin, only to get his life more complicated when Yoo-jin comes out as gay and confesses his love for him.
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Comedy + Drama in South Korea
214 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Perhaps Love itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Perhaps Love. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2020–2022 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 South Korea release window, Perhaps Love sits at #247 of 269. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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★ 9.1 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
#5BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#6Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in South Korea, 301 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Perhaps Love premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other South Korea films in 2021.
The 1256th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 22% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 12th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Perhaps Love, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- author · 5
- divorced couple · 1
- slump · 1
- writer · 15
- family conflict · 8
- lgbt · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,106 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (21st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.7 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #342 of 427 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Next Entertainment World, Library Pictures International, BeLief, Prain Global |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | November 17, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt15587126 |












