Perhaps Love
2021 1h 53m movie Film South Korea

Perhaps Love

장르만 로맨스

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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    #1

    Break the Silence: The Movie

    ★ 9.2 · 2020
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    #2

    2020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'

    ★ 9.2 · 2020
  3. Under the Queen's Umbrella
    #3

    Under the Queen's Umbrella

    ★ 9.1 · 2022
  4. BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
    #4

    BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA

    ★ 9.0 · 2022
  5. BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing
    #5

    BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing

    ★ 9.0 · 2022
  6. Undercover
    #6

    Undercover

    ★ 9.0 · 2021
  7. The Fabulous
    #7

    The Fabulous

    ★ 8.8 · 2022
  8. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
    #8

    It'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.

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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
Reviews
22nd
Review-volume percentile
12th
Popularity percentile

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • author · 5
  • divorced couple · 1
  • slump · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • writer · 15
  • family conflict · 8
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • lgbt · 73

Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
13
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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 CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesNext Entertainment World, Library Pictures International, BeLief, Prain Global
Runtime1h 53m
Release DateNovember 17, 2021
IMDbtt15587126