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Runaway Train (1985)
36K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Style:
road movie, suspense, intense, rough, realistic, bad ending, exciting, existential, cult classic, allegory ...
Plot:
train, prison escape, survival, runaway train, escaped prisoner, escape, prison, violence, prisoner, wilderness, fugitives, chases and races, train crash, winter, prison warden, crime gone awry, secret hideout, save the day, railway, danger, confined, train travel, nothing goes right, trapped, psychotic ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
alaska, usa, united states of america, russian
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Most similar movies to Runaway Train
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and suspense films with plots about catastrophe, danger, survival, dialogue, confined, runaway and escapades mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Runaway Train: Unstoppable (2010), All Is Lost (2013), Metro (2013), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Grey (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
218K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to ...
Style:
tense, exciting, breathtaking, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, runaway train, disaster, save the day, train crash, chase, train engineer, race against time, determination, freight train, courage, danger ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action thriller, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tunnel, subway, flood, disaster, panic, danger, survival, chaos, train, group of strangers, chaos and mayhem, asthma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, ocean liner, race against time, underwater, sea disaster, cruise ship, sea, sinking ship, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
israel, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
100%
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273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style:
suspenseful, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
50%
355K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
suspenseful, bloody, exciting, historical drama, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, jungle, ancient history, tribe, manhunt, slavery, chase, native, ancient, death, warrior, forest ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place:
mexico, mexico city, persia, central america
Similarity:
83%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to ...
Style:
anamorphic, cliffhanger, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, prison, firefighter, fire, natural disaster, hostage, forest fire, survival, fire brigade, fugitives, violence, terrorist ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, danger, underwater, death, forces of nature, underground, water, struggle for survival, deathtrap ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, grindhouse, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, jungle, island, dystopia, prison guard, survival, escape, all male cast, island prison, chase, male male relationship, prisoner ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1994
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
survival, mountaineer, mountain climbing, mountain, adventurer, disaster, climbing, natural disaster, wilderness, expedition, happy ending, mountaineering ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
himalaya, pakistan, asia, antarctic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, desert, aviation, stranded, adaptation, dialogue, chase, rescue, treasure hunt, introspection, human nature, getting home ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
beijing china, long beach california, mongolia
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, retro, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
train, behind enemy lines, world war two, prison, pow, prison escape, gestapo, nazi, great war, world war, prisoner, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
italy, germany, europe, swiss alps, milan italy ...
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
Similarity:
50%
23K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Style:
harsh, stylized, brutal, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, prison, prison escape, prison violence, fight to the death, warden, fight, fighter, brutality, murder, prison rape ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
russia, california, ireland, latin america, new jersey ...
Similarity:
32%
420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
30%
49K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, revenge, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, vengeance, prisoner, prison life, tough guy, electric chair, jail, self sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, survival, confined, danger, undercover, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
Style:
intense, suspense, perverse, saga, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorist, martial arts, terrorism, violent, military, hostage, railway, die hard, disaster, 007, one man army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, pentagon, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun ...
Style:
suspense, stylized, harsh, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison, violence, torture, blood, kgb, stereotypes, politics, false accusation, state affairs, confined, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, finland, helsinki finland, soviet union, new jersey ...
Similarity:
29%
1K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, swat team, terrorist, disaster, hostage, save the day, danger, tough heroes, law enforcement, runaway train, train ...
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea
Similarity:
29%
88K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
Style:
brutal, realistic, tense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, convict, prison riot, jail, aryan brotherhood, prison gang, fighting the system, male nudity, brutality, court, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Movie in collections
269K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, clever, twist ending, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
prison, prison escape, revenge, outsmarting, escape plan, betrayal, resourceful, escape, prisoner, maximum security prison, prison break, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, usa, miami, new orleans, colorado ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Seeking revenge, a railroad employee puts two passenger trains on a collision course in this made-for-TV disaster movie.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
runaway train, railway, train, train crash, vigilante justice, die hard, vigilante, subway, stranger on a train, police, race against time, collision ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
28%
147K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Japan, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
heist, mountain climbing, mountain, rocky mountains, wilderness, rock climbing, rescue, redemption, climbing, villain, cave, chase ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 80s
Place:
colorado, antarctic
Similarity:
50%
733
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing the controller and gradually increasing its already high speed, at the rate of 2 more miles per ...
Style:
action thriller, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
runaway train, stepmother, railway, train, disaster, forces of nature, hijacking, technology gone awry, heroes, on the run, save the day, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
28%
337K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style:
action packed, exciting, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hijacking, master criminal, prison escape, convict, law enforcement, fugitives, tough heroes, violent, die hard, confined, redemption ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, usa, utah, nevada, north america ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, manhunt, hostage, chase, fbi, horse, kidnapping, conspiracy, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, seattle, san francisco, vancouver
Similarity:
28%
686
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, confined, race against time, danger, save the day ...
Place:
washington d.c., france
Similarity:
28%
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