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.
The 2012–2014 South Korea Window
183 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Snowpiercer sits at position #96.
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
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Snowpiercer premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 7m runtime, production spent $309K per minute on screen and earned $683K per minute back.
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 |