Train ride movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant train ride movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, cult classic, road movie, entertaining and touching films and TV shows about / with train travel, train, railway, friendship, flashback, train station, couples, on the road, travel and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as train ride: Transsiberian (2008), The Polar Express (2004), Runaway Train (1985), Narrow Margin (1990), Zootopia (2016), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Around the World in 80 Days (2004), The Grifters (1990), Breakheart Pass (1975), The Great Train Robbery (1978).

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 6.6
 55K
Transsiberian (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
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, tense, twist ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: train, travel, murder mystery, murder, snow, couples, sexual tension, drug, winter, train travel, drug smuggling, marital problem ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: russia, china, siberia
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The Polar Express (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 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: feel good, computer animated, fairy tale, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, magic, train, railway, dream, santa claus, snow, winter, xmas, good versus evil, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: michigan
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 7.2
 33K
Runaway Train (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Style: road movie, suspense, intense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: train, survival, runaway train, prison, prisoner, wilderness, snow, chases and races, violence, winter, fugitives, train crash ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: alaska, usa
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style: touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: prodigy, genius, young heroes, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, loneliness, cowboy, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, tragedy ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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 6.6
 10K
Narrow Margin (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, hitman, witness protection, mafia, testimony, police investigation, chase, district attorney, organized crime, gangster, uncover truth, train travel ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, canada, los angeles
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 8.0
 541K
Zootopia (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Style: feel good, 3d animation, funny, allegory, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, police, furry, happy ending, female protagonist, stereotypes, rabbit, friendship, prejudice, conspiracy, racial relations ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
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, introspection, journey, on the road, suicide attempt, road trip, reconciliation, travel, magic realism, wanderlust, complex characters ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: india, himalaya, asia, new york
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: steampunk, martial arts, inventor, scientist, journey, friendship, road trip, train, on the road, one against many, chase, travel ...
Time: 19th century, year 2004, victorian era, 2000s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, london, china, turkey, san francisco ...
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 6.9
 30K
The Grifters (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot: con artists, femme fatale, betrayal, con trick, caper, swindle, con men, couples, rivalry, intrigue, motel, revenge ...
Time: year 1990, 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
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Breakheart Pass (1975)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, train, indians, secret service, gunfight, u.s. marshal, murder mystery, governor, prisoner, danger, train travel, tough heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: usa, utah
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style: suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot: train robbery, heist, robbery, british, betrayal, train travel, master criminal, partner, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1979, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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The Final Journey (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman he once loved.
Style: road movie, captivating, disturbing, psychological, sensitive
Plot: grandfather granddaughter relationship, father daughter relationship, widower, death of wife, war criminal, train travel, grandfather, elderly man, relationship problems, family relations, grandparent, tragic love ...
Time: year 2014
Place: kiev ukraine, berlin germany, ukraine, germany, poland ...
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 7.1
 10K
Going Places (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. ...
Style: road movie, sexy, sex comedy, erotic, cynical ...
Plot: sex, breast feeding, strong sexual content, trio, sexual harassment, sexuality, sexual assault, rape, hotel, male nudity, thief, female nudity ...
Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect ...
Style: sentimental, touching, road movie, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: date night
Plot: road trip, family relations, holiday, family reunited, loss of spouse, loneliness, father son relationship, retired, dysfunctional family, widower, family drama, bus trip ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love affair, love triangle, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, fall in love, longing, train travel, infidelity, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, librarian ...
Place: china, asia
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
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, serious, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: book, self discovery, friendship, writers, teacher, suicide attempt, train travel, poet, dictatorship, investigation, obsessive quest, resistance ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974, 21st century
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal, europe, switzerland, spain
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, train, murder, twists and turns, private detective, multiple suspects, conspiracy, justice, railway, perfect crime ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place: new york, persia, greece, britain, turkey ...
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Illusive Tracks (2003)
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, neo noir, dark comedy ...
Plot: train, murder, infidelity, mysterious character, group of strangers, dark humor, dishonesty, danger, passenger, men hatred, nun, train travel ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, eastern europe
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Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state ...
Style: humorous, feel good, exciting, semi serious, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot: young heroes, little people, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, family relations, rescue, friendship, imaginary, good versus evil, danger, disorder, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, france
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 7.3
 4K
Sunflower (1970)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, sentimental
Plot: world war two, fascism, train travel, flashback, subway, bigamy, railway, eastern front, fake illness, italian man, foreigner, cemetery ...
Place: soviet union, russia, milan italy, moscow russia, europe ...
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 7.2
 19K
Scarecrow (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot: drifter, road trip, on the road, friendship, prison, attempted rape, character study, self discovery, violence, introspection, mental breakdown, car wash ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, california, denver colorado, detroit ...
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Chennai Express (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot: chance meeting, fall in love, wild ride, escapades, domineering father, father daughter relationship, escape, gangster, temple, road trip, wedding planning, love ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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The Golden Dream (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Guatemala
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
Style: road movie, serious, touching, rough, sincere ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: immigrant, u.s. mexico border, on the road, coming of age, friendship, follow your dream, hopes, leaving home, border crossing, border, danger, slaughterhouse ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, central america, guatemala, usa, latin america
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, art house, sexy, cynical ...
Plot: surrealism, virginity, humiliation, maid, manipulation, sexuality, nudity, unrequited love, satire, older man younger woman relationship, absurd humor, fool ...
Time: 20th century, year 1977, 70s
Place: paris france, europe, spain, madrid, france
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Mighty Express: A Mighty Christmas (2020)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
Story: The Mighty Express welcomes a new train and speeds into a snowstorm to deliver Santa’s presents and save Christmas for all the kids in Tracksville.
Style: stylized, fairy tale, feel good, touching, whimsical
Plot: christmas, magic, miraculous event, belief, railway, christmas present, christmas eve, gift, friendship, life philosophy, dream, holiday ...
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 7.4
 5K
Us and Them (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make ...
Style: realistic, clever, sweet, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: encounter, unlikely couple, train travel, destiny, couple relations, love and romance, opposites attract, dysfunctional relationship, bittersweet, happy ending, unfulfillment, comedy of errors ...
Time: 2010s
Place: thailand, china
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 6.6
 53K
French Kiss (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: French Kiss is director Kasdan’s best film since the Bodyguard. The plot involves a couple in love and one woman’s attempt to fly to Paris to get her lover back from a business trip and marry him. On the way she unknowingly smuggles something of ...
Style: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: fall in love, unlikely couple, couple relations, unlikely partners, wine, love and romance, fear of flying, breakup, love, escapades, vineyard, smuggling ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe, cannes, riviera ...
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 6.6
 222K
EuroTrip (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
Style: teen sex comedy, road movie, sex comedy, funny, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, boys' night ...
Plot: travel, youth, vacation, sexual humor, obsessive quest, marijuana, nothing goes right, culture clash, nudity, comedy of errors, road trip, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, paris france, italy, germany, ohio ...
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 6.6
 76K
Derailed (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, rough, twist ending ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, blackmail, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, police investigation, couples, rape, danger, betrayal, disorder, femme fatale ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.7
 5K
Lassie (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sad ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, rescue, friendship, parents and children, getting home, lassie, animal, youth, christmas, little girl, meme ...
Time: year 2005, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, england, scotland, yorkshire, scottish highlands ...
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