Where can Train To Busan be found online—is it on Netflix, Hulu, or Prime? The 2016 South Korean action horror film was directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The movie stars actors Gong Too, Jung Yu-mi, and Ma Dong-seok. Most of Train to Busan takes place on a train, heading to Busan at the onset of a zombie apocalypse, which was caused by a chemical leak at a biotech plant.
Train To Busan grossed $2.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, and became the highest-grossing Korean film in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In fact, it recorded more than 11 million moviegoers in South Korea alone. Critics and audiences raved about the film upon its release. The critics consensus of the movie on Rotten Tomatoes states that the movie "delivers a thrillingly unique — and purely entertaining—take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action."
Train To Busan, which garnered several awards and nominations following its release, spawned two follow-up movies. The director's animated prequel, Seoul Station, came out less than a month later, and the sequel Peninsula—set four years after the original and also directed by Yeon—came out in 2020. Train To Busan has certainly amassed a significant fan base in recent years, especially as viewers turn to zombie- and pandemic-related movies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Train to Busan has been featured on major streaming platforms, such as Netflix, before. This allowed it to be opened up to a new audience, as Netflix in particular has numerous foreign horror movie titles. However, Train to Busan has disappeared from the platform in recent months. So, where can people watch the movie?
Train To Busan is indeed available on Prime Video, and Amazon Prime subscribers can watch it for free. Viewers who don't have Prime accounts can rent the movie on Amazon for $2.99. The 2016 movie can also be found for free on hoopla, Tubi, Crackle, and Viki, though those options might include advertisements.
Viewers can also rent Train To Busan on Redbox for $1.99, on Vudu for $2.99, on Apple TV for $3.99, on Google Play for $3.99, on YouTube for $3.99, and on Fandango Now for $3.99. There is also always the option to purchase and own the movie on any of these mentioned streaming services, the least expensive being via Amazon for $5.99 and the most expensive option being Google Play for $12.99. The movie's sequel, Peninsula, isn't available to stream yet, but it can be bought for $12.99 on any of the mainstream movie-watching platforms, and will release on Blu-Ray on November 24, 2020.