Locomotive movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant locomotive movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, exciting, serious, entertaining, cult classic and humorous films and TV shows about / with locomotive, train, friendship, railway, catastrophe, chase, runaway, escapades, danger and mentor plots mostly in Adventure, Family and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as locomotive: Thomas & Friends (1984), The Polar Express (2004), Jim Knopf (1999), Train Master (2008), Train Driver's Diary (2016), Emperor of the North (1973), Breakheart Pass (1975), Runaway Train (1985), Dracula (1979), Chuggington (2008).
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Denmark
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These ...
Style:
humorous, colorful, light, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
train, young heroes, friendship, best friend, friends, family life, parents and children, family relations, disorder, imaginary, friend, thomas the tank engine ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
fictional island, europe, england, united kingdom, detroit ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Style:
computer animated, fairy tale, feel good, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, train, magic, winter, railway, dream, santa claus, christmas eve, snow, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Jim Knopf and Lukas the locomotive driver of Michael Ende.
Style:
uplifting, colorful, lighthearted, heroic, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
locomotive, friendship, train, children, journey, imagination, quest, adaptation, island, good versus evil, rescue, community ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.
Style:
suspense, anime, manga, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female warrior, alchemist, fortress, boy, superhero, soldier, monster, alchemy, super villain, giant monster, supernatural power, two brothers ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
62 year old Jeremiah Wilson is truly the Train Master of Willamette Western Railroad. He lives, breaths, and eats railroad. When Brett Banner, 32 year old heir to New York Eastern talks his dad into purchasing Willamette Western, there is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
train, runaway train, danger, youth, railway, workplace, save the day, escapades, workplace situations, adolescence vs adulthood, chases and races, railroad ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Statistics show that during his professional career every railroad engineer working for railways, unintentionally kills 15 to 20 people. This is a story about the innocent mass murderers and their lives.
Style:
realistic, humorous, thought provoking, tragicomedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
railway, murder, train engineer, ordinary person, silly humor, disorder, old man, elderly, on the road, accident, cross country, socially awkward ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
serbia, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Style:
terrifying, cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
homeless, train, railway, great depression, drifter, locomotive, villain, hobo, homeless man, history lesson, politics, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1933, year 1973
Place:
oregon, usa, turkey
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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: 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, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Set in 1913 England, the bloodsucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, sexy, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, dracula, supernatural, macabre, female vampire, blood, nobleman, vampire human love, countryside, gangster, betrayal, greed ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, 1910s, year 1979, 1800s ...
Place:
cornwall, europe, united kingdom, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style:
dark fantasy, saga, epic, teen, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, harry potter, magical, boarding school, good versus evil, wizard, bravery, wizards and magicians, chosen one, young heroes, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, epic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, sorcerer, friendship, imaginary, supernatural, good versus evil, chosen one, artifact, wizards and magicians, magic wand ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 1997, year 1998, near future ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, saga, entertaining, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, teacher, friendship, creature, youth, boarding school life, chosen one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, atmospheric, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, good versus evil, dragon, chosen one, school, wizards and magicians, wizard ...
Time:
year 1994, year 2005, year 1995, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, harry potter, fantasy world, magical, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, good versus evil, werewolf, friendship, boarding school life ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, friendship, witch, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, magical, best friend, chosen one, boarding school, children ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1991, year 2001, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Hong Kong, India, Japan, USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Chuggington is a British computer-animated television series for children produced by Ludorum plc and on the BBC children's channel CBeebies in the UK and Disney Channel and Disney Junior in the US and other 175 territories throughout the world.
Style:
humorous, colorful, light, entertaining, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
train, friendship, railroad, locomotive, railway, train station, talking car, train travel, escapades, youth, imaginary, friends ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, Philippines, UK, South Korea, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
tom and jerry, cartoon mouse, male protagonist, dogcatcher, female villain, chase, talking cat, talking mouse, puppet, runaway, female antagonist, parrot ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
tibet
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.
Style:
tension, realistic, intense, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
train, world war two, journey, railroad, danger, military, survival, loss, desperation, heroism, resilience, violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, independent film, stylized, detective ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool, horror for children
Plot:
magic, mountain, thomas the tank engine, rescue, friendship, young heroes, adventurer, danger, good versus evil, rivalry, youth, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
america, toronto ontario canada, detroit, usa, london
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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: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, dark comedy, surreal, talky ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
train, dysfunctional family, journey, on the road, suicide attempt, road trip, reconciliation, writers, travel, magic realism, dark humor, introspection ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
india, himalaya, asia, new york, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two Passengers (Sobieski and Zahn) and the conductor (Glover), discovered that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...
Style:
surreal, suspense, atmospheric, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
train, supernatural, conspiracy, greed, characters murdered one by one, rivalry, obsession, curse, death, railway, murder, snow ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style:
light, saga, futuristic, sentimental, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, old west, sent to the past, time, time loop, inventor, alternate timeline, time paradox, duel ...
Time:
19th century, 1950s, future, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
space western, los angeles, north america, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
old west, shootout, wild west, gang, widow, treasure hunt, rivalry, obsessive quest, cons and scams, escapades, dishonesty, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tucson arizona, texas, arizona
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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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey they must ...
Style:
political thriller, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, terrorist, railway, disaster, train, secret agent, natural disaster, law enforcement, cold war era, covert operation, intelligence ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
alps, central europe, moscow russia, milan italy, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in ...
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, retro, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, train robbery, friendship, heist gone wrong, scheming, scam, jail, satire, prison escape, loyalty, road trip, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Place:
denmark, spain, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, world war two, military, holocaust, girl, forest, locomotive, comeback, post war, soldier, estate, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, germany, czech republic
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