South Korea Synopsis
콘크리트 유토피아
“We believe we are chosen”
The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments.
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 7% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity (100th percentile) outruns review volume (7th) — a trending, discussed title among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Concrete Utopia. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2022–2024 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2022-2024 South Korea release window, Concrete Utopia sits at #90 of 129. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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★ 9.4 · 2023
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★ 9.1 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#6The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#7My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
#8Duty After School
★ 8.6 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Concrete Utopia premiered in 2023 — a quieter year for South Korea cinema with only 32 titles in our catalog. The 2020s overall landed 301 films and series across 4 years of activity.
Thriller + Science Fiction in South Korea
8 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Concrete Utopia itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 31 other South Korea films in 2023.
The 1395th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Concrete Utopia, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- apartment building · 3
- apartment · 3
- survival · 28
- based on webcomic or webtoon · 27
- apocalypse · 9
- south korea · 97
- based on comic · 58
- dystopia · 45
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #630 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Thriller productions specifically: #69 of 218 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Lotte Entertainment, Climax Studios, BH Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 10m |
| Release Date | August 9, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt13086266 |