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.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
new year's eve
rebellion
cold
parent child relationship
winter
brothel
child labour
pregnancy
dystopia
allegory
post-apocalyptic future
bridge
train hijacking
rifle
based on comic
dam
train
based on graphic novel
guilt
revolt
duplicity
tunnel
social class
cold weather
population control
perpetual winter
2030s
conspiracy thriller
dramatic
suspenseful
appreciative
dystopian
Rank
#50 in 2013·#2669 overall
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
Chris Evans
Curtis
Song Kang-ho
Namgoong Minsu
Ed Harris
Wilford
John Hurt
Gilliam
Tilda Swinton
Mason
Jamie Bell
Edgar
Octavia Spencer
Tanya
Ewen Bremner
Andrew
Ko A-sung
Yona
Alison Pill
Teacher
Luke Pasqualino
Grey
Vlad Ivanov
Franco The Elder
Crew
Bong Joon Ho
Director
Bong Joon Ho
Screenplay
Kelly Masterson
Screenplay
Marco Beltrami
Original Music Composer
Steve M. Choe
Editor
Kim Chang-ju
Editor
Hong Kyung-pyo
Director of Photography
Jeong Tae-sung
Producer
David Minkowski
Co-Producer
Dooho Choi
Co-Producer
Park Chan-wook
Executive Producer
Miky Lee
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
3967 reviews
fel1111x
8.0★ · 12/26/25
bong joon ho is becoming one of my fav directors this film is epic
bong joon ho is becoming one of my fav directors this film is epic
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KingAL
8.4★ · 03/27/25
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VicPRO
5.2★ · 12/23/24
concept is so fun 10/10 for dystopian world building I want this in book form
concept is so fun 10/10 for dystopian world building I want this in book form
