Subway movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant subway movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, realistic, tense and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with subway, train, violence, murder, danger, survival, chase, death, blood and subway station plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as subway: Metro (2013), End of the Line (2007), Creep (2004), The Midnight Meat Train (2008), Daybreak (2000), Control (2003), Subway (1985), The Last Days (2013), Money Train (1995), Red Line (2013).
Best films
New films
| Once Upon My Mother (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Rosario (2025) | 4.4 | |
| Eric (2024) | 6.9 | |
| Souleymane's Story (2024) | 7.6 | |
| Wolfs (2024) | 6.5 |
List of subway movies
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
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karen, a young psychiatric nurse, boards the last subway train of the night only to have it stop in the middle of the tunnel. Suddenly, her nightmare begins: a mysterious cult has decided that it's the end of the world and the only way to save ...
Style:
scary, suspense, satanic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
train, tunnel, subway, survival, religions or cults, supernatural, danger, fanatic, mental illness, hospital, religion, pagan cult ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets
Style:
scary, tense, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
tunnel, subway, gory, violent, chase, train, brutality, woman in danger, deadly creature, murder, blood, monster ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, england, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style:
bloody, splatter, suspense, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, gory, psychopath, violence, violent, train, twists and turns, butcher, blood, subway, torture ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on ...
Style:
anthology, touching, serious, realistic, dark comedy
Plot:
subway, coming of age, sexual attraction, passenger, meaning of life, anti hero, newlyweds, social relations, social misfits, social differences, train, insane ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, grim, tense, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, subway, heist, runaway train, murder, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, hostage situation, mayor ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
Is relevant?
459
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day a major earthquake hits Los Angeles and traps Dillan in an underground tunnel with a handful ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
subway, disaster, survival, heroes, confined, rescue, save the day, escapades, danger, race against time, isolation, forces of nature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, scotland, california, usa
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, surreal, philosophical ...
Plot:
train, subway, workplace, serial killer, dark humor, musician, social misfits, chess, european, underground, love, redemption ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place:
hungary, budapest, eastern europe, europe
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a ...
Style:
cult classic, atmospheric, surreal, stylized, surprise ending ...
Plot:
subway, gangster, train, blackmail, chase, murder, love, car chase, love story, dystopia, distopia, alienation ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
2013; A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest ...
Style:
serious, rough, apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
epidemic, apocalypse, sewer, panic, subway, post apocalypse, agoraphobia, chaos and mayhem, pregnancy, plague, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
Style:
melancholic, suspense, intense, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train robbery, subway, train, new year's eve, bank robbery, arson, happy ending, new year, perfect crime, tough girl, buddy cop, caper ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
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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119K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two young hoodlums (including a young Martin Sheen) terrorize the passengers of a late night New York City subway train.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, crime drama, brutal, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
subway, soldier, psychopath, train, sexual harassment, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, harassment, african american, bully, cowardice, courage, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
disaster, subway, earthquake, trapped, escape, survival, fear, danger, claustrophobia, underground, urban, darkness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are ...
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, detective, underground horror, black comedy ...
Plot:
cannibalism, serial killer, cannibal, subway, missing person, american abroad, exploitation, feral man, gory, eating human flesh, railway, characters murdered one by one ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, united kingdom, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four guys on a bachelor party get off the subway at a station that shut down in the 70's and, after watching a transit cop get brutally murdered, find themselves running for their lives beneath the streets of NY.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
tunnel, dismemberment, cannibal, survival horror, cannibalism, survival, chase, danger, friends, murder, fight to the death, struggle for survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adventurer, cannibalism, danger, group of friends, underground, serial killer, urban, tourist, survival, kidnapping, cave, bad guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east berlin
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, action packed, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, vengeance, caper, car chase, bank robbery, perfect crime, conspiracy, chase, gold, safecracker, theft ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
It's a common urban legend. Are you familiar with this rumor? In Tokyo's subways, there runs a legendary train that appears only to lost ladies. It is known as the Miracle Train. Will you fall in love with a train station?
Style:
anime, captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
subway, train, secret, urban legend, supernatural, young adult, urban, anthropomorphism, magic realism, escapism, transportation, fate ...
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
447
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musical about six strangers who find themselves stuck on the New York City subway.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
subway, compassion, pop music, social issues, music, social problems, public, changing lives, society, unlikely friendships, lifestyle change, community ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style:
surreal, black comedy, funny, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dark humor, twists and turns, subway, city life, nothing goes right, suicide, mistaken identity, artist, coincidence, female nudity, diner, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, natural horror ...
Plot:
dangerous animal, rat, experiment gone awry, subway, gory, deadly creature, danger, escapades, isolation, hospital, killer animal, urban ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides ...
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
childhood trauma, violence, vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, policewoman, dead mother, pimp, criminal, murder, haunted by the past, lone wolves ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A stylish urban romance about the silent suffering of a modern Chinese couple.
Style:
dramatic, serious, touching, lyrical, melancholic ...
Plot:
subway, love, love affair, society, betrayal, showdown, brawl, family relations, life is a bitch, adultery, husband wife relationship, young couple ...
Place:
beijing china, china
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.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
hood, independent film, grim, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, graffiti, dancing, subway, rap, gangster, black, urban, music, ghetto, discrimination, street gangster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, tokyo, israel ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story is set beneath Buenos Aires, deep within its labyrinthine subway system, and centers on a train containing 30 riders that has mysteriously disappeared. The subway officials are greatly troubled and so call in topographer Daniel Pratt to ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, intellectual, neo noir, dark ...
Plot:
mathematics, train, subway, time loop, disappearance, underground, alternate reality, alternate timeline, hipster, cosmic horror, railway, puzzle ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america
Is relevant?
93K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, atmospheric, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
spy, murder, funeral, investigation, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance, love story, hotel, photograph, marriage proposal, police inspector ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, year 1944, 60s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france, alps, europe, persia ...
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