Train movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant train movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, psychological and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with train, railway, train travel, murder, danger, blood, dialogue, death, storytelling and chase plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as train: Snowpiercer (2013), Unstoppable (2010), Night Train (2009), Howl (2015), Bullet Train (2022), The Girl on the Train (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Commuter (2018), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), The Polar Express (2004).
Best films
New films
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
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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: 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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18K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.
Style:
suspense, tense, lovecraft, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
werewolf, trapped, train, deadly creature, forest, violence, brutality, full moon, train conductor, murder, transformation, betrayal ...
Place:
england, london
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524K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the ...
Style:
funny, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, assassin, hitman, mission, tough guy, runaway train, luck, revenge, husband and wife, crew, assignment, killer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, bolivia, tokyo, asia, mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, murder mystery, obsession, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, investigation, missing person, female protagonist, flashback, learning the truth ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Style:
detective, surprise ending, suspense, artsy, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, train, murder, private detective, vengeance, snow, conspiracy, suspect, twists and turns, justice ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, venice, alps, former yugoslavia ...
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
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, caper, heist, outsmarting, hijacking, terrorist, terrorism, passenger, chase, police investigation, fbi ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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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
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This new Train tells the tale of an American wrestling team who board a train that just so happens to be used as a supermarket for organ harvesters.
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, gory, train, serial killer, transplant, characters murdered one by one, trapped, psychopath, youth, danger, black market, railway ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
europe
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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: 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
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish ...
Style:
art house, sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, visually appealing ...
Plot:
farmer, love triangle, impossible love, farm, train, love, autumn, harvest, passion, childhood, class differences, photograph ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1978, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place:
usa, chicago, texas, midwest, austin texas
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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: 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, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
train, orphan, father figure, friendship, family relations, terminal illness, family problems, grief, coming of age, collision, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
year 2007
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
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, ...
Style:
spoof, funny, slapstick, fast, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
train, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, kung fu master, railway, samurai, fight, fight club, organized crime, unlikely hero, bank robbery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
asia, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, suspenseful, scary, parody ...
Plot:
train, werewolf, vampire, spell, destiny, chimpanzee, tarot card, supernatural, serial killer, danger, card playing, passenger ...
Time:
60s, future
Place:
west indies, scottish highlands, caribbean, new england
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to ...
Style:
emotional, touching, semi serious, feel good, family saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
train, teenage girl, countryside, child's point of view, railway, children, friendship, christmas, missing father, human spirit, life is a bitch, family life ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
yorkshire, england, britain, northern england, europe ...
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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: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In August 2015, an ISIS terrorist boarded train #9364 from Brussels to Paris. Armed with an AK-47 and enough ammo to kill more than 500 people, the terrorist might have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear. One ...
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorism, train, terrorist, friendship, terrorist group, faith, wound, military, war on terror, danger, brutality, islamic terrorism ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, portugal, sacramento california, san antonio texas ...
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24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An American, Leopold Kessler, goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for the Zentropa Rail Line instead of going into the Army because he feels its a more valuable thing to do for the state of the world. He meets Katharina ...
Style:
art house, surreal, gloomy, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
train, world war two, assassination, idealism, betrayal, suicide, against humanity, misfit, chess, surrealism, fascism, terrorism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, post world war two, 90s
Place:
germany, frankfurt germany, nebraska, munich germany, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style:
apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, depressing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
train, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, rebellion, class system, inequality, disaster, distopia, humanity, forces of nature, caste system ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, bounty hunter, chase, race against time, hitman, train, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, chases and races, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, chicago ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Style:
cerebral, political, philosophical, anthology, surreal ...
Plot:
train, politics, butterfly effect, philosophy, dialogue, art, existentialism, destiny, time travel, communism, female nudity, love ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, near future, 70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, libya, california ...
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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
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