South Korea Synopsis
“AD 2031, the passengers in the train are the only survivors on Earth.”
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Audience Engagement
8,905 audience reviews — more than 100% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Snowpiercer. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CJ Entertainment
Action + Science Fiction in South Korea
13 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Snowpiercer itself).
The 2012–2014 South Korea Window
Snowpiercer holds position #96 of 183 South Korea films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Snowpiercer premiered alongside 56 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 7m runtime, production spent $309K per minute on screen and earned $683K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 56 other South Korea films in 2013.
The 560th 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 Snowpiercer, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- child labour · 4
- dam · 4
- 2030s · 4
- allegory · 3
- bridge · 3
- hijacking of train · 3
- revolt · 3
- social class · 3
- rifle · 2
- duplicity · 2
- tunnel · 2
- city ruin · 2
- population control · 1
- perpetual winter · 1
- pregnancy · 22
- brothel · 17
- guilt · 11
- winter · 8
- based on graphic novel · 7
- based on comic · 58
- parent child relationship · 46
- dystopia · 45
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
- train · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #710 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #126 of 266 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Czech Republic, South Korea, United States of America |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, French, Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, Opus Pictures, Stillking Films, Moho Film, Union Investment Partners |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | August 1, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt1706620 |