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Film · 10 connectionsWhen a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Directed byYeon Sang-ho
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Same saga
2020 · 116 min · Action · Adventure · Horror · Thriller
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
Similar atmosphere
2023 · 130 min · Action · Thriller
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. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.
Shared cast
2024 · 107 min · Action · Adventure · Thriller
After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.
Shared themes
2014 · 126 min · Drama
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
Shared themes
2009 · 108 min · Action · Drama
Jjang-gu joins "Monster," a violent organization at his high school. As a rite of passage, he learns a lesson about being a man while following the course.
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2008 · 83 min · Action · Adventure · History · Science Fiction
When the Imagin and Kohana take a trip to visit Ryotaro and Airi, they are attacked by the legendary Ghost Train, and onboard are two Imagin and the evil Kamen Rider Yuuki, who is none other than Ryotaro! But when all hope seems lost, a blue DenLiner appears, delivering someone claiming to be Kamen Rider New Den-O! Just who is he, and can he help everyone save Ryotaro and save time once again?
Same director
2016 · 92 min · Action · Animation · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
When a zombie virus erupts from Seoul Station, a young woman fights to survive on the streets while her boyfriend and father track her down.
Similar atmosphere
2020 · 98 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
Similar atmosphere
2013 · 127 min · Action · Drama · Science Fiction
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.
Shared themes
2016 · 136 min · Action · Drama · Thriller
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
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