Railway movies and TV shows – page 3
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: China
TV show
Style:
historical drama, heroic, sentimental, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
train, railway, police procedural, fighting crime, public service, steam train, law and order, brotherhood, journey, social change, mistaken identity, urbanization
Time:
70s
Place:
china
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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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
Thomas and Percy have a special Special as they try and try again to bring balloons to Mr. Bubbles' Big Balloon Show. At the Children's Steam Fair, Emily learns there are great rewards - and laughs - in helping others, Kevin tries his hook ...
Style:
lighthearted, entertaining, funny, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
balloon, friendship, problem solving, thomas the tank engine, anthropomorphic train, railway, teamwork, safe, train, toy train, train travel, friend ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Known on the Island of Sodor for his fine scarlet coat and occasional high-falutin' attitude, James has been a fan favorite from the very beginning. Children love his big grin and jovial way - - - adults connect with his kind heart and warm ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, preschool
Plot:
friendship, problem solving, thomas the tank engine, train, railway, children, friend, train travel, toy train, group of friends, friends, anthropomorphic train ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
Trouble on the tracks! Freight Nate gets tricked into participating in a high-speed race — with all the Mighty Express cargo cars at stake!
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, lighthearted, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
train, race, friendship, children, railway, anthropomorphic train, ambition, rivalry, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic vehicle, competitor, safe ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Island of Sodor is always bustling with activity, yet when the engines try to be "Really Useful" they often find themselves in some messy muddles. James tries to prove he's not afraid of the dark, or too vain to haul smelly fish, ...
Style:
light, funny, captivating, entertaining, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, thomas the tank engine, railway, train, children, best friend, toy train, problem solving, anthropomorphic train, friends, young heroes, teamwork ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
Style:
tense, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
resistance, heroism, railway, courage, militia, sino japanese war, underground movement, wartime, anti communism, war, communism, fight ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Join Thomas and his friends in this exciting adventure to the mainland that shows us friendship is more important than being the favorite engine. Can Thomas and the new experimental engines save James and help bring him back to the Island of Sodor?
Style:
light, funny, captivating, entertaining, heroic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, anthropomorphic train, railway, children, teamwork, train, group of friends, friend, best friend, travel, toy train, friends ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
united kingdom
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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: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, slasher, cult classic ...
Plot:
train, sadomasochism, female nudity, sex scene, nudity, rape, bondage, railway, hotel room, lust, sexuality, stranger on a train ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
antwerp, france, europe, belgium, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style:
homoerotic, epic, period piece, freeze frame, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
buddy, friendship, shootout, old west, bank robbery, cowboy, friendship between men, last stand, gunfight, fugitive, heist, robbery ...
Time:
1900s, 1890s, 20th century, ancient times, year 1969 ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, wyoming, new york, latin america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the ...
Style:
grindhouse, lyrical, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, erotic scene, depression, storytelling, female nudity, justice, mafia, visceral, loneliness, train, chases and races, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1972, 1920s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, arkansas, chicago, illinois, memphis
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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: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Style:
road movie, sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, train, french resistance, love, world war, railway, occupied france, refugee, unhappy ending, judaism, wartime, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1943
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A shy co-ed and her classmates travel to Europe to see a ritual. With a satanist/professor with them, he lures them into deadly traps to become sacrifices to Satan. One co-ed is a virgin, the main key to bring Satan back to life. But can the co-ed ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witchcraft, college, railway, virginity, satanist, serial killer, witchery, supernatural, religions or cults, cons and scams, curses spells and rituals, countryside ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia, balkan, serbia, los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jason (David Naughton) moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband... The Mister. After some near-fatal encounters with the violent specter he seeks local exorcist Vincent Tuttle (Kevin ...
Style:
independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, railway, monster, doom, murder, train wreck, possession, supernatural, train, profanity, violent content, nudity ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart ...
Style:
entertaining, buddy comedy, semi serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
steampunk, reluctant partners, partners against crime, old west, disorder, escapades, heroes, buddy cop, rivalry, spy spoof, inventor, buddy ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 1860s, year 1999, 1870s ...
Place:
utah, west virginia, usa, washington d.c., new orleans ...
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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, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harring), who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret container from the Slovakian ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
runaway train, train, terrorism, die hard, one man army, terrorist plot, race against time, fight scenes, rescue, secret agent, tough heroes, save the day ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
vienna, europe, hong kong
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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: 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: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Under a powerful Mayan curse, snakes are hatched inside a young woman, slowly devouring her from within. Her only chance for survival is a powerful shaman who lives across the border. With only hours to live, she jumps on a train headed for Los ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, scary, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snake, curse, transformation, giant snake, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, train, deadly creature, danger, confined, killer animal, characters killed one by one ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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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: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch. But when he encounters a retired poetry professor, his plans take an unlikely turn. With no place to stay, the professor ...
Style:
atmospheric, witty, humorous, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
professor, friendship, small town, partner, bittersweet, train, railway, chance meeting, bank robber, thief, heist, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, intense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
book, dictatorship, writers, chess, friendship, self discovery, suicide attempt, teacher, train travel, amateur detective, poet, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, 21st century
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal, europe, spain, switzerland ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, emotional, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In an alternate reality in Japan, railroads were the most popular form of travel and transportation. But the difference with these railways is that the trains were paired up with humanoid modules called “Railords.” Due to a popular new form of ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating, edutainment ...
Plot:
slice of life, railway, fantasy world, technology, heroes, teamwork, getting home, dream world, society, young heroes, humanoid, save the world ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style:
road movie, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, immigrant, u.s. mexico border, street gang, juvenile delinquency, gang member, social problems, family reunited, mexican drug cartel, illegal immigrant, rape, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, central america, mexico city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. He goes to Washington to live and work with his sister's family. But the world ...
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, affectionate ...
Plot:
train, robbery, redemption, railway, biopic, photography, redheaded woman, released from prison, exodus, indians, stranger on a train, highwayman ...
Time:
year 1982, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century, 90s
Place:
canada, british columbia, vancouver, usa, washington d.c. ...
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