Train travel movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant train travel movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, melancholic, realistic, entertaining, suspense and road movie films and TV shows about / with train travel, train, railway, relationships, friendship, train station, flashback, journey, danger and murder plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as train travel: Breakheart Pass (1975), Transsiberian (2008), Compartment No. 6 (2021), Night Train to Lisbon (2013), This Is Christmas (2022), Narrow Margin (1990), Runaway Train (1985), Something Useful (2017), The Lightest Darkness (2017), All Aboard! (2021).
Best films
List of train travel movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, murder, murder mystery, amateur detective, gunfight, secret service, train travel, u.s. marshal, governor, prisoner, danger, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
usa, utah, nevada, ireland, california
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style:
non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mental illness, female rapist, dog sex, first sexual experience, zoophilia, bestiality, videotaping, split personality, dark humor, family relations, train travel, child abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kosovo, paris france, madrid
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, train, travel, couples, murder mystery, transgression, sexual tension, violent, drug, winter, drug smuggling, train travel ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
china, russia, siberia, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Finnish archaeology student escapes an enigmatic lesbian love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected ...
Style:
road movie, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
train, lgbt, relationships, lesbian couple, vodka, lesbian, journey, winter, female protagonist, language barrier, train station, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, soviet union, st. petersburg russia, ussr
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, intense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
book, dictatorship, writers, chess, friendship, self discovery, suicide attempt, teacher, train travel, amateur detective, poet, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, 21st century
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal, europe, spain, switzerland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day. One morning, Adam breaks the unspoken taboo of talking to strangers on a train and invites the entire carriage to hold ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
train, christmas, train travel, christmas party, christmas season, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, love interest, love affair ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hitman, mafia, witness protection, testimony, police investigation, gangster, chase, organized crime, train travel, danger, district attorney ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, canada, usa
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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, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
train, prison escape, survival, runaway train, escaped prisoner, escape, prison, violence, prisoner, wilderness, fugitives, chases and races ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
train travel, journey, self discovery, multiple storylines, chance meeting, train, lifestyle, fate of humanity, everyday life, female bonding, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
Style:
neo noir, detective, independent film, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
train travel, investigation, secrets, private detective, private investigator, sleuth, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, character study, confession, guilt, identity ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Finally, the holidays are here! Vlad and his friends are so excited! Jérôme, Vlad’s father, is in charge. André, the grandfather of Jeanne and Basile, is also here to help. Six kids, two adults, an eight-hour train trip. Nothing could go wrong. ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
road trip, children, train travel, holiday, train, parents and children, comedy of errors, satire, light comedy, chase, escapism, parenting ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of his life and the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. Can Tony ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, disturbing, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
christmas, time travel, train travel, christmas eve, sent to the future, alternate timeline, satire, relationships, male female relationship, changing the past or future, problem, time loop ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1985, year 2005, year 1965, year 1975 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
longing, love affair, love triangle, couples, couple relations, fall in love, dishonesty, train travel, infidelity, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, passion ...
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep ...
Style:
emotional, historical drama, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, train travel, train, cold war, getting home, moral dilemma, family reunited, claustrophobia, escape, identity, regret, cold ...
Place:
east germany, east berlin, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman he once loved.
Style:
road movie, captivating, psychological, disturbing, sensitive
Plot:
grandfather granddaughter relationship, war criminal, death of wife, ex soldier, widower, father daughter relationship, elderly man, train travel, relationship problems, family relations, grandfather, grandparent ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
kiev ukraine, berlin germany, ukraine, germany, poland ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, fast, masala ...
Plot:
fall in love, chance meeting, domineering father, wild ride, escapades, wedding planning, temple, father daughter relationship, train travel, gangster, road trip, love ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his ...
Style:
bloody, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
train, fight, violence, blood, one man army, train travel, righteous rage, struggle for survival, death threat, hostage, survival, hostage situation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ruby is living a humdrum existence when one day she gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Style:
mysterious, suspenseful, suspense, emotional, funny ...
Plot:
isolation, deception, mother and daughter, single mother, train travel, old love, dark secret, fear, wheelchair bound, hostage, threat, danger ...
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, not serious, dark comedy, neo noir ...
Plot:
train, murder, infidelity, mysterious character, group of strangers, passenger, dark humor, danger, dishonesty, men hatred, nun, train travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, 3d animation, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
little people, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, friendship, imaginary, danger, disorder, escapades, youth, family relations, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train ...
Style:
entertaining, disturbing, sweet, road movie
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, true love, marriage proposal, holiday, train travel, love affair, inspiration, love and romance, lifestyle, male female relationship, couples, opposites attract ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect ...
Style:
touching, road movie, sentimental, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family drama, road trip, loss of spouse, holiday, family reunited, family relations, loneliness, father son relationship, widower, dysfunctional family, retirement, aging ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, las vegas, california, tokyo
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Venky is headed to Hyderabad to join the police force. However, he ends up embroiled in a double murder on the train. When he joins the academy, he realises that their boss is the murderer.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, suspense, suspenseful, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
murder, train travel, police academy, police, train, justice, corrupt official, friendship, investigation, moral dilemma, false accusation, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Bear cub, Buttons, and his fox companion, Rusty, take a ride on a freight train bound for the city. Now they're lost and must get home before Christmas but first they gotta dodge people, cars, and other dangers.
Style:
sentimental, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, friendship, holiday, house, train travel, fox, children, heartwarming, companionship, railway, bear cub, freight train ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
Style:
contemplative, romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, character study, chance meeting, self discovery, train travel, breakup, bittersweet, single parent, minimalism, cross country, nudity, female masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vancouver, montreal, canada
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night. In a single, 145-minute take, the film depicts the families and how their lives are interwoven with each other. Vacillating between dream and reality, each story builds ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, art house, melancholic, experimental ...
Plot:
train travel, family drama, intimate, confined space, realism, introspection, slow burn, slice of life, reflection, fate, claustrophobia, destiny ...
Place:
iran
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
train travel, relationships, nostalgia, ex husband, travel, marriage, memory, bittersweet, intimate, realism, personal growth, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata, mumbai india
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Western
Country: Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Mary and Tom are parentless Irish siblings who arrive in New York City via ocean liner in 1886 and quickly find themselves on a wild, cross-country journey aboard a transcontinental "Orphan Train" where they meet an extraordinary new ...
Style:
emotional, road movie, melancholic, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Plot:
orphan, cross country, ocean liner, journey, immigration, friendship, train travel, railroad, siblings, family drama, hopes, poverty ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
america, new york, north america
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
The anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the train, with the man serving as her bodyguard on the crowded commute while they chat.
Style:
anime, sincere, disturbing, captivating, lighthearted ...
Plot:
slice of life, office worker, daily life, train travel, relationships, male female relationship, chance meeting, bodyguard, couple relations, couples, meeting, urban ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Ricardo, a responsible father, decides to personally take his son to a camp in Asturias, other parents propose that he should also take care of their children. When the train is about to leave, Felipe, a flamboyant individual and grandfather of ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
road trip, travel, train travel, chase, humour, parents and children, escapades, teamwork, teenager, children, father son relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
madrid
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