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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket, three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match, and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
train, self discovery, couple relations, society, couples, social differences, on the road, railway, multiple storylines, soccer, football, migration ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
italy, scotland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Style:
black and white, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Plot:
train, railway, caper, girls' school, nylons, partner, disorder, heroes, crime gone awry, gang, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s
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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: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Girl on the Train is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
anti semitism, destructive relationship, false accusation, couple relations, dishonesty, society, journalism, seduction, railway, train, coming of age, media ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
Style:
sincere, captivating, suspense
Plot:
japanese occupation, combat, world war two, sino japanese war, railway, fight, fight for freedom, freedom fighter, world war, ambush, fight for justice, martial arts ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
china
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
Style:
gothic horror, anthology, suspense, dark fairy tale, scary ...
Plot:
cemetery, edgar allan poe, old mansion, murder, paranoia, mansion, raven, hypnosis, literary, trippy, dying, death sentence ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Cinders and ashes...there's trouble on the tracks for Thomas and his friends! The Troublesome Trucks delight in causing chaos for Thomas, as Annie, Clarabel and Toad encounter unexpected high-speed adventures. Oily Diesel gives Paxton a fright, ...
Style:
light, entertaining, funny, captivating, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
friendship, race, thomas the tank engine, teamwork, train, children, friends, anthropomorphic train, toy train, best friend, speed, railway ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In this supernatural horror film, Carrie Baldwin is freed from prison under the conditions of a work-release program in Reaptown, Nevada. As she struggles to find her missing sister while working the night shift as a security guard for the Reaptown ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, mystical, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal investigation, railway, supernatural horror, paranormal, sisters, paranormal activity, evil, parole, mysterious disappearance, mysticism, paranormal phenomena ...
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Thomas the Tank Engine rediscovers the lost railway town of Great Waterton. A new engine named Stanley is brought to help restore the town, but Thomas becomes jealous when Stanley wins over his friends.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
thomas the tank engine, friendship, young heroes, best friend, youth, disorder, escapades, friends, train, lost city, anthropomorphic train, railway ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
When trouble strikes at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Thomas is sent to help his Narrow Gauge engine friends. While shunting and hauling, he catches a glimpse of a small engine trying to hide, yet no one will provide any clues to the engine's ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
thomas the tank engine, best friend, imaginary, friends, friendship, escapades, family relations, young heroes, anthropomorphic train, group of friends, toy train, railway ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Thomas discovers mysteries of the past and must help a new friend, save a ruined castle and may even find some treasure when Sir Robert Norramby comes to the Island of Sodor.
Style:
entertaining, light, funny, captivating
Audience:
kids
Plot:
thomas the tank engine, anthropomorphic train, castle, friendship, help, hidden treasure, toy train, friend, treasure hunt, treasure, assistant, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 60s, year 1965, 21st century
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Animation, Action, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Takayama enters the training program of JNR with the ambition of becoming one of the venerable train company's engineers. As a trainee he is teamed up with fight-ready Sakurai and stolid Iwaizumi and fellow Haruka Kōmi who has encyclopedic ...
Style:
anime, stylized, romantic, captivating, futuristic ...
Plot:
terrorism, harem, business venture, workplace situations, society, ambition, coworker, railway, rebellion, workplace intrigue, love and romance, rebelliousness ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable. A flash of lightning reveals what looks like giant footprints on the slope above, but a landslide has begun and Thomas cannot stay to investigate. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
thomas the tank engine, best friend, friendship, heroes, escapades, danger, imaginary, railway, toy train, island, friends, anthropomorphic train ...
Time:
2010s
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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: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Bear cub, Buttons, and his fox companion, Rusty, take a ride on a freight train bound for the city. Now they're lost and must get home before Christmas but first they gotta dodge people, cars, and other dangers.
Style:
sentimental, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, friendship, holiday, house, train travel, fox, children, heartwarming, companionship, railway, bear cub, freight train ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A story about an armored train number 56 and his actions during WWII.
Style:
patriotic, intense, period piece, tension, action drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
red army, world war two, soldier, military, railway, battles, protection, fortress, eastern front, heroism, frontline, combat ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, kiev ukraine, ussr
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Germany
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Titipo the train is out to prove that he's got what it takes to help the folks of Train Village ride the rails safely and reliably.
Style:
lighthearted, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
train, friendship, train conductor, children, teamwork, anthropomorphic train, friends, lifestyle, anthropomorphic vehicle, anthropomorphism, toy train, role model ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a train unexpectedly starts up, taking only pets with it, the animals discover that Hans, a badger with a grudge is behind it all. While the crash seems inevitable, the animals can count on Falcon, a roguish Raccoon who will do anything to save ...
Style:
action comedy, light hearted, suspense
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
train, pets, rescue, police dog, heartwarming, teamwork, talking animal, friendship, railway, heist, buddy cop, villain ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Thomas lights up the tracks in a magical Christmas collection! Watch as your favourite engines prepare for a festive celebration. Charlie discovers how much fun snow can be whilst Percy gets covered in so much snow that Thomas cannot find him! Salty ...
Style:
captivating, light, funny, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
christmas, thomas the tank engine, holiday, friendship, party, problem solving, children, snow, train, winter, christmas present, christmas spirit ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On 2 December 1975, a journalist is one of many passengers on the slow train that is kidnapped near Wijster by young South Moluccans. After some terrifying moments, he makes contact with the hijackers and starts acting as their go-between. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
railway, journalism, terrorism, negotiation, trauma, siege, social commentary, media coverage, moral ambiguity, slow burn, ethical dilemma, autobiography ...
Time:
70s
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Railway Anti-Criminal Task Force (RATs) investigates three unrelated murders happened in a train.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, twisted, atmospheric ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, murder, train, railway, multiple murder, police procedural, interrogation, justice, deception, morality, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
india
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 classic. On the eve of the Second World War, a train carrying an assortment of passengers, pulls out of a small town in Bavaria. When one of the passengers, a kindly old lady, mysteriously disappears the other ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, mind game, secret agent, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, american abroad, train, world war two, railway, intrigue ...
Time:
1930s, year 1979, pre world war two, year 1939
Place:
germany, london, austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ultimately doomed, quest to ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
railway, racism, train, friends, escapades, society, obsessive quest, ambition, obsession, self discovery, against the odds, train station ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
usa, california, san francisco, new york, pasadena california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The SS puts a slutty nightclub singer in charge of a train car full of prostitutes whose "services" are reserved solely for Adolf Hitler.
Style:
sexploitation film
Plot:
orgy, perversion, sexploitation, sexual cruelty, lesbian sex, fetish, nazi, world war two, sexual perversion, sexual attraction, sexual assault, train ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, save the day, danger, race against time, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway, extortion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
winter, grief, mourning, nostalgia, bittersweet, loneliness, loss, character study, memory, regret, aging, family tragedy ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, epic, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, war, world war two, japanese soldier, autobiography, biopic, japanese occupation, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, haunted by the past, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place:
burma, england, asia, thailand, japan
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