Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, all remaining life lives aboard a super-train that stretches 1,001 cars long. Dubbed the Snowpiercer, it circles the globe on an endless, furious loop – and inside the remnants of humanity have been divided into classes: the rich elites are upfront, while the impoverished “tailies” seethe in the back.

What will happen, though, when those who have been subjected to oppression their entire lives decide to resist, rise up, and revolt? Well, that’s what the series aims to find out.

Snowpiercer is streaming on Netflix.

Station Eleven

Imagine being some of the sole survivors of a devastating flu – what would you do? Hide? Flourish? Remain wholly unchanged? That’s one of the central focuses of Station Eleven, the incredible adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel of the same name.

Station Eleven is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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