Baeksang 2026: ‘No Other Choice,’ ‘Bon Appetit Your Majesty’ earn nods

“No Other Choice” and “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” were among the notable works that received nominations at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards, set to be held on May 8 at the COEX Hall D in Seoul.

The Park Chan-wook-helmed film — which was South Korea’s entry to the 98th Academy Awards and stars Lee Byung-hun — continues the filmmaker’s streak of being recognized by critics domestically and internationally. For the 62nd iteration of the Baeksang Arts Awards, it earned the Best Movie and Best Director nominations, among other recognitions. 

Meanwhile, Im Yoon-a and Lee Chae-min, who led “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty,” received the Best Actress and Best New Actor nominations, respectively. 

The upcoming Baeksang Arts Awards recognizes the standouts in South Korea’s film, broadcast, and theater industries, per a Soompi report. The tracking period runs from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, and for broadcast, at least one-third of a K-drama must be released during this period. 

Here is the full list of nominees:

Broadcast

Best Drama

• “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”
• “You and Everything Else”
• “Low Life”
• “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”

Best Variety Show

• “Extreme84”
• “The Wonder Coach”
• “The Ballad of Us”
• “The White Collars 2”
• “Culinary Class Wars 2”

Best Educational Program

• “The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies”
• “The Talent War”
• “Our Shining Days”
• “The Holy Elements”
• “The Strange Vet in the Strange Zoo”

Best Director

• Park Shin-woo for “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• Woo Min-ho for “Made in Korea”
• Yoo Young-eun for “Can This Love Be Translated?”
• Jo Yeong-min for “You and Everything Else”
• Jo Hyun-tak “for The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”

Best Screenplay 

• Kwon Jong Kwan for “The Price of Confession”
• Song Hye-jin for “You and Everything Else”
• Lee Kang for “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• Lee Seon for “To My Beloved Thief”
• Chu Song-yeon for “The Art of Sarah”

Technical Achievement

• Kang Seung-won for “The Seasons,” music
• Kim Nam-sik for “Low Life,” VFX
• Kim Tae-sung for “Made in Korea,” cinematography
• Eom Seong-tak for “You and Everything Else,” cinematography
• Yoon Jin-hee for “Crime Scene Zero,” art direction

Best Actress

• Kim Go-eun for “You and Everything Else”
• Park Bo-young for “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• Park Ji-hyun for “You and Everything Else”
• Shin Hae-sun for “The Art of Sarah”
• Im Yoon-a for “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”

Best Actor 

• Ryu Seung-ryong for “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”
• Park Jin-young for “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• Lee Jun-ho for “Typhoon Family”
• Ji Sung for “The Judge Returns”
• Hyun Bin for “Made in Korea”

Best Supporting Actress 

• Myung Se-bin for “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”
• Won Mi-kyung for “Our Unwritten Seoul”
• Lee Yi-dam for “The Art of Sarah”
• Lim Soo-jung for “Low Life”
• Ha Yoon-kyung for “Undercover Miss Hong”

Best Supporting Actor 

• Kim Gun-woo for “You and Everything Else”
• Yoo Seung-mok for “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”
• Yoo Jae-myung for “Love Me”
• Jang Seung-jo for “As You Stood By”
• Jin Sun-kyu for “Aema”

Best New Actress 

• Kim Min for “Low Life”
• Bang Hyo-rin for “Aema”
• Shin Sia for “Resident Playbook”
• Jeon So-young for “Honor”
• Choi Ji-su for “Undercover Miss Hong”

Best New Actor 

• Kim Jin-wook for “Low Life”
• Bae Na-ra for “Weak Hero Class 2”
• Lee Chae-min for “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”
• Jung Jun-won for “Resident Playbook”
• Hong Min-ki for “To My Beloved Thief”

Best Male Entertainer

• Kwak Beom
• Kian84
• Kim Won-hun
• Lee Seo-jin
• Choo Sung-hoon

Best Female Entertainer

• Kim Yeon-koung
• Seol In-ah
• Lee Soo-ji
• Jang Do-yeon
• Hong Jin-kyung

Movies

Best Movie

• “The Final Semester”
• “Good News”
• “The World of Love”
• “No Other Choice”
• “The King’s Warden”

Best Director 

• Kim Do-young for “Once We Were Us”
• Park Chan-wook for “No Other Choice”
• Byun Sung-hyun for “Good News”
• Yoon Ga-eun for “The World of Love”
• Jang Hang-jun for “The King’s Warden”

Best New Director

• Kwon Yong-jae for “The Price of Goodbye”
• Kim Soo-jin for “Noise”
• Kim Yong-hwan for “Your Letter”
• Park Joon-ho for “3670”
• Jang Byung-ki for “When This Summer is Over”

Best Actress 

• Go Ah-sung for “Pavane”
• Mun Ka-young for “Once We Were Us”
• Son Ye-jin for “No Other Choice”
• Lee Hye-young for “The Old Woman With The Knife”
• Han Ye-ri for “Spring Night”

Best Actor

• Koo Kyo-hwan for “Once We Were Us”
• Park Jeong-min for “The Ugly”
• Yoo Hae-jin for “The King’s Warden”
• Lee Byung-hun for “No Other Choice”
• Hong Kyung for “Good News”

Best Supporting Actress

• Shin Sae-kyeong for “HUMINT”
• Shin Hyun-been for “The Ugly”
• Yum Hye-ran for “No Other Choice”
• Jang Hye-jin for “The World of Love”
• Jeon Mi-do for “The King’s Warden”

Best Supporting Actor

• Ryoo Seung-bum for “Good News”
• Park Hae-joon for “HUMINT”
• Yoo Ji-tae for “The King’s Warden”
• Lee Sung-min for “No Other Choice”
• Jang Yong for “People and Meat”

Best New Actress

• Seo Su-bin for “The World of Love”
• Shin Si-a for “Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight”
• Shin Eun-soo for “Love Untangled”
• Chae Won-bin for “YADANG: The Snitch”
• Choi Yu-ri for “My Daughter is a Zombie”

Best New Actor

• Moon Sang-min for “Pavane”
• Park Ji-hoon for “The King’s Warden”
• Ahn Hyo-seop for “Omniscient Reader”
• Yoo Lee-ha for “The Final Semester”
• Cho You-hyun for “3670”

Best Screenplay

• Park Joon-ho for “3670”
• Byun Sung-hyun and Lee Jin-seong for “Good News”
• Yeon Sang-ho for “The Ugly”
• Yoon Ga-eun for “The World of Love”
• Lim Na-moo for “People and Meat”

Technical Achievement

• Kim Sang-beom and Kim Ho-bin for “Good News,” editing
• Kim Woo-hyung for “No Other Choice,” film
• Lee Mok-won for “The Ugly,” art
• Lee Min-hwi for “Pavane,” music
• Jung Sung-jin and Kim Woo-chul for “Omnisicient Reader,” VFX

Gucci Impact Award

• “The Final Semester”
• “People and Meat”
• “The World of Love”
• “The King’s Warden”
• “Pavane”

Theater

Baeksang Best Theater

• “Last Interview”
• “A Mirror”
• “SAMMAEKYUNG”
• “End Wall”
• “Jellyfish”

Best Young Theater

• Kim Yeon-min for “ZOOM IN: CHEKHOV,” director
• Munjibang for “Haboob,” theater company
• Tank of fire for “Chang So,” theater company
• Lee Kyeong-heon for “Ex Libris,” playwright
• The Creative Company LAS for “Function Domino,” theater company

Best Performer

• Kwon Jung-hoon for “Tulip”
• Kim Si-yu for “You Don’t Know Your Son”
• Kim Shin-rok for “PRIMA FACIE”
• Jeon Hye-jin for “[ANTHROPOLISⅡ] Laios”
• Ji Choon-sung for “SAMMAEKYUNG”

Best Musical

• “The Longest Nights”
• “Laika”
• “ARANG”
• “RED HARE ; JEOKTO”
• “Man in Hanbok”

Creative Achievement

• Seo Byung-goo for “Evita,” choreography
• Oh Lupina for “Mad Hatter,” direction
• Oh Sang-jun for “ARANG,” original score
• Lee Sun-young for “Laika,” original score
• Han A-reum for “RED HARE ; JEOKTO,” playwriting

Best Performer

• Kim Jun-su for “Beetlejuice”
• Min Kyoung-ah for “Red Book”
• Park Eun-tae for “Man in Hanbok”
• Yu Ri-a for “Evita”
• Hong Kwang-ho for “Moulin Rouge!”