Snowpiercer

After a catastrophic climate experiment freezes the planet, the last survivors live aboard a perpetually moving train, rigidly divided by class. The impoverished tail passengers suffer cramped, brutal conditions while the wealthy up front enjoy abundance and strange comforts. Curtis, a weary leader from the tail, starts a calculated uprising to push toward the engine, joined by a reluctant security expert, a wise elder, and others who test his resolve. As they force their way through increasingly bizarre, heavily guarded cars, they confront the systems and compromises that keep the train running, and they learn that survival on Snowpiercer demands ruthless choices.

Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Snowpiercer premiered in 2013, adapted from the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette. The cast includes Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, and John Hurt.

The film earned moderate box office returns, performing better with international audiences than in the U.S., and it gradually built a larger following after its theatrical run.

Snowpiercer left a visible mark on pop culture, with images of the train and its rigid class structure becoming shorthand for discussions about inequality and engineered scarcity. Its striking production design and the concept of a moving microcosm of society sparked conversation and later inspired a television adaptation that expanded on the film's world.

Critics were divided but often praised Bong's direction, the film's visual imagination, and its bold social critique, while some reviewers found the tone uneven and the violence excessive. On the user-driven score aggregate provided, it sits around a 6.9 out of 10 from over ten thousand votes. The movie works as a harsh fable about class, control, and what people are willing to sacrifice to preserve order or seize power.