| Money Train (1995) | 5.7 | |
| Super 8 (2011) | 7.0 | |
| Train to Busan (2016) | 7.6 | |
| Atomic Train (1999) | 4.7 | |
| The Namesake (2006) | 7.5 |
Train crash movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant train crash movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, tense and intense films and TV shows about / with train crash, train, danger, death, railway, catastrophe, chase, murder, chases and races and train wreck plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as train crash: Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), Unstoppable (2010), Red Line (2013), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), Road Train (2010), Atomic Train (1999), D-Railed (2018), The Day of the Roses (1998), Super 8 (2011), Runaway Train (1985).
Best films
New films
| D-Railed (2018) | 3.8 | |
| In the Lost Lands (2025) | 4.7 | |
| Glass (2019) | 6.6 | |
| Search and Destroy (2020) | 2.8 | |
| White Noise (2022) | 5.7 |
List of train crash movies
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
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, subway, tunnel, danger, escapades, bomb, trapped, train crash, die hard, underground, chases and races, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, train, terrorism, race against time, plague, survival, railway, train crash, quarantine, undercover, train wreck, disease ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, europe, switzerland, germany, geneva switzerland ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
truck, desert, supernatural, outback, deadly creature, chases and races, danger, gory, wilderness, curses spells and rituals, killer car, insanity ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 61 min.
TV show
Story:
A train headed for Denver carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials is en route for disaster when it becomes a runaway. Renegade investigator and train enthusiast John Seger jumps on board in a bid to save thousand of innocent lives...
Style:
fast, serious, suspenseful, bleak, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train crash, runaway train, railway, natural disaster, race against time, nuclear explosion, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, terrorism, die hard, subway, pandemic, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
survival horror, blood, loss of control, supernatural, halloween, danger, accident, chaos, deadly creature, rescue, panic, monster ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 220 min.
TV show
Story:
On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the ...
Plot:
disaster, train crash, scotsman, redheaded woman, train, train wreck, death, doctor, nurse, crash, police officer, train station ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
Is relevant?
379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes ...
Style:
funny, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
train, train crash, black white relations, runaway train, profanity, false accusation, murder, mistaken identity, death, comedy team, chase, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
kansas, arizona, illinois, colorado, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, nuclear explosion, nuclear bomb, train crash, chase, conspiracy, revenge, murder, bosnian war, car chase, secret service ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, former yugoslavia, russia, manhattan new york city, bosnia ...
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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
Is relevant?
579K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
Is relevant?
133K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, China, Canada, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, suspense, exciting, saga ...
Plot:
train, conspiracy, destruction, cop, deception, train station, police, witness, attempted murder, train crash, runaway train, die hard ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
343K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, fugitives, death row, manhunt, doctor, murder, uncover truth, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and ...
Style:
black and white, powerful, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gulag, boy, coming of age, children, post war, child as adult, train crash, railroad, poverty, little boy, totalitarian regime, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1990, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia, siberia, ussr
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, suspenseful, touching, tense ...
Plot:
nightmare, ghost, memory, death, therapist, hallucination, murder, death of daughter, female police officer, father son relationship, rain, bicycle ...
Time:
year 2015
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465K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
plot twist, superhero, father son relationship, invulnerability, security guard, swimming pool, self discovery, twists and turns, train crash, good versus evil, supernatural power, a vision ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, y2k, future, 20th century ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Is relevant?
418K
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sweet, rom com, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, love and romance, pregnancy, enemies to lovers, women, rags to riches, pretend relationship, train crash, forbidden love, society, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A train driver has a rival in his godson for his wife. During a crisis on the train, he refuses to kill him or let him die in a crash.
Style:
intense, tension, serious, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
train, love affair, jealousy, love triangle, moral dilemma, railway, infidelity, train crash, crisis, guilt, betrayal, sacrifice ...
Place:
croatia, balkan
Is relevant?
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
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Tommy faces responsibility when Dil, his new baby brother, is born. As with all newborns, the child becomes a bane to Tommy and the rest of his gang. They decide to return Dil to where he came from, the hospital, but they get lost along the way. Can ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, colorful, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids, teens, preschool
Plot:
baby, hospital, newborn baby, friendship, mischievous children, sibling rivalry, responsibility, disorder, rescue, siblings relations, monkey, sibling relationship ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for ...
Style:
grindhouse, talky, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, skinny dipping, escape, battles, fascism, partner, survival, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, clever, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, conspiracy, mission, chase, undercover, train, spy, disguise, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
prague, virginia, paris france, shanghai, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
Style:
action thriller, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, railway, runaway train, disaster, subway, stranger on a train, die hard, bomb, train travel, speed, race against time ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan, hokkaido, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
electrician, electricity, heroism, storm, workplace situations, workplace problem, worker, man versus nature, human spirit, bravery, friendship, danger ...
Time:
year 1999, 2010s, 90s
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a ...
Style:
anthology, claymation, classic horror, cult horror, slasher ...
Plot:
train, devil, railway, rock and roll, satan, exploitation, supernatural horror, rock band, monster, demon, surrealism, rape ...
Time:
year 1979, 80s, 1940s, 70s, year 1944
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