Railroad movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant railroad movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, melancholic, exciting, humorous, serious and period piece films and TV shows about / with railroad, railway, train, small town, redemption, revenge, storytelling, culture clash, mentor and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as railroad: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), This Property Is Condemned (1966), Blazing Saddles (1974), Alois Nebel (2011), Train Master (2008), Black Wind (1965), Diamond Stud (1970), Supertrain (1979), The Road West (1961), Buffalo Kids (2024).
Best films
List of railroad movies
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, kids
Plot:
world war one, desert, military, british empire, camel, islam, great war, imperialism, politics, historical character, battles, quicksand ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1962 ...
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, arabia, ottoman empire, jordan ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to ...
Style:
southern gothic, romantic drama, technicolor, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, railroad, mother daughter relationship, adolescence, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, boarding house, mental disorder, mother and daughter, deep south, swing, sad ending ...
Time:
1920s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
mississippi, australia, tennessee, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, inspirational, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
horse, friendship, native american, animal, wild horse, chase, freedom, animal life, getting home, danger, beautiful scenery, old west ...
Time:
19th century, year 2002, 1850s, 1800s
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, cowboy, satire, old west, racism, absurd humor, cowboys and outlaws, small town, gay slur, chess, gunfight, ethnic slur ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1870s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, america, arizona, california
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland. The end of the eighties in the twentieth century. Alois Nebel works as a dispatcher at the small railway ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
railroad, surrealism, uncover truth, mysterious character, society, haunted by the past, murder, mental disorder, train, cat, christmas, train station ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, poland, central europe ...
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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: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust ...
Style:
tension, action drama, period drama
Plot:
father son relationship, railroad, construction, leadership, man versus nature, conflict, machismo, isolation, redemption, survival, industrialization, bonding ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A train mogul thinks on his life and loves as he rides his own train.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
railroad, biopic, business tycoon, ambition, love triangle, gluttony, industrialization, decadence, mortality, entrepreneurship, gilded age, high society ...
Time:
turn of the century, 90s, 1900s, 20th century
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.
Style:
anthology, period piece, suspense, comedy drama, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
train, railroad, cross country, escapism, travelogue, theater, stranger on a train, trucker, passenger, train travel, nuclear power, murder ...
Time:
70s
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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: 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: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo (David Warner) hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the ...
Style:
action thriller, suspense, intense, tense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, murder, kidnapping, revenge, hostage, violent, loss of family, rescue, weapons, law enforcement, trauma ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Kyrgyzstan, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in central Asia. His family is being torn apart by his dad's alcoholism, his emotions are being torn ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, bleak
Plot:
teenager, adolescence, youth, friendship, grownups, coming of age, post soviet, slice of life, realism, small town, alcoholism, provincial ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, clever, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
old west, wild west, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, cowboy, harmonica, duel, villain, murder, hitman, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona, usa, north america
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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: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, 3d animation, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
farm, cow, talking animal, friendship, dairy farm, cattle, rustler, animal life, villain, eviction notice, cartoon horse, rabbit ...
Time:
19th century, year 2004
Place:
north america
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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: Action, Comedy, Crime, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
Style:
exciting, sexy, parody, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
chase, women, on the run, revenge, partner, friendship, cowgirl, bank robbery, female gunfighter, passionate kiss, bank robber, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, year 2006, 1840s
Place:
mexico, texas, new york, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Bermuda
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Hong Kong, several young people are searching for romance and struggling to learn the difference between lust and love in an adventure that takes them to the mainland where pleasure is much more readily available.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, sex comedy, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lust, masturbation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sexual fantasy, puberty, sexual attraction, erotica, male virgin, relationships, attempted seduction, teenage life, sexual relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Style:
visually stunning, scenic, exciting, fairy tale, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, tarzan, feral child, superhero, lone hero, slavery, animal attack, revenge, brutality, animal, colonialism, geopolitics ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, future ...
Place:
africa, congo, united kingdom, london, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Style:
independent film, social, black and white, political, aesthetic ...
Plot:
african american, racism, racial slur, black, discrimination, drug addiction, blaxploitation, american south, love, railroad, class differences, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, birmingham alabama, usa, southern usa, africa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western
Plot:
american indian, boy, magician, gold, half breed, apache tribe, railroad, town, magic trick, native, falling from height, train ...
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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
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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: 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: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Style:
satirical, humorous, stylized, exciting, spoof ...
Plot:
judge, justice, vengeance, gunfight, lawman, lawyer, society, starting over, vigilantism, friendship, corruption, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, san antonio texas, new jersey ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known ...
Style:
sweet, cute, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
cartoon dog, love, dog, puppy, independence day, dogcatcher, friendship, talking dog, gang, talking animal, singing, parents ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
new england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
old west, native american, wilderness, american civil war, civil war, usa history, small town, gold, marriage proposal, native american attack, train, outlaw ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1880s, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, missouri, arizona, ohio, usa ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abandoned caboose becomes a junkie's hideout, a multiple murder has been committed. A police investigation leads nowhere, the crime remains unsolved, and Marceau, a hardened cop, resigns in the aftermath. But his troubles don't end ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
police, investigation, unsolved crime, moral ambiguity, violence, character study, stalking, urban decay, crime scene, female protagonist, redemption, rookie ...
Place:
canada, montreal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is ...
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
painting, disappearance, coup d'etat, single mother, pharmacist, child prodigy, art, painter, art critic, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life ...
Time:
60s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america
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