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Best films about/involving trains

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We’re going station to station hunting for your ten favorite films of the twentieth century (and the centuries either side) set on the railway. Some like it hot, some like it polar; the general rule is there has to be some significant action on a train. Think dining cars, roof chases, conversations in compartments (especially number six), strangers meeting, ladies vanishing and brief encounters at railway stations. 1, 2, 3: all aboard. There’s a blind chance you’ll make it before sunrise after a hard day’s night piercing snow—as long as you’re not in the wrong trousers.

Most mentioned

  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
  • The General
  • Before Sunrise
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Unstoppable
  • Spirited Away
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Some Like It Hot
  • The Polar Express
  • Brief Encounter
  • Runaway Train
  • Once Upon a Time in the West

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  • 9214
  • Bound for Glory
  • Pather Panchali
  • New York Subway
  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Those Eyebrows

Those Eyebrows 40 films

  • Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
  • Royal Train
  • Arrivée d'un train à Perrache
  • Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train
  • Black Diamond Express
Wiigy

Wiigy 1,204 films

  • Last Train to Christmas
  • Train to Busan
  • Unstoppable
  • Bullet Train
  • Snowpiercer
Joel

Joel 30 films

  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • The Goat
  • Our Hospitality
  • The General
November

November 86 films

  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • Snowpiercer
  • Bullet Train
  • Unstoppable
  • Murder on the Orient Express
Tim

Tim 33 films

  • The Edge
  • Southern Pacific Cab Forward Collection
  • Santa Fe Mainline Memories
  • Pittsburgh Line Blues
  • End of the Line
Major_Kong

Major_Kong 28 films

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Source Code
  • Unbreakable
  • The Station Agent
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
ykg

ykg 47 films

  • TransSiberian
  • Runaway Train
  • The Warriors
  • Silver Streak
  • Murder on the Orient Express
Majoofi

Majoofi 18 films

  • The Great Train Robbery
  • One Week
  • The General
  • Beggars of Life
  • The Steel Road
Nel Espina

Nel Espina 161 films

  • Black Wind
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • The Arrival
  • The General
  • A Train Arrives at the Station
Juan Ramón Ríos

Juan Ramón Ríos 10 films

  • Snowpiercer
  • King of New York
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Mystery Train
  • Train Birds
Clara_Atlanta

Clara_Atlanta 22 films

  • The General
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Twentieth Century
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Snowpiercer
Mark Field

Mark Field 20 films

  • The General
  • RRR
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • The Red Shoes
Kyle

Kyle 38 films

  • The General
  • The Wind
  • Beggars of Life
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • Double Indemnity
Travis D. Johnson

Travis D. Johnson 10 films

  • The Great Train Robbery
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Train
  • Train to Busan
  • The Lady Vanishes
TheBlackLash

TheBlackLash 15 films

  • The General
  • The Ghost Train
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Silver Streak
  • Terror by Night
JTFX

JTFX 10 films

  • The Polar Express
  • Stand by Me
  • Skyfall
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
nathan

nathan 20 films

  • Spider-Man 2
  • Paddington 2
  • Some Like It Hot
  • North by Northwest
  • Spirited Away
Robert Speewack Bojorquez

Robert Speewack Bojorquez 10 films

  • The General
  • Go West
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Before Sunrise
  • Shanghai Express
Eduardo Ramírez

Eduardo Ramírez 31 films

  • Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
  • Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • Emperor of the North
  • Late Night Trains
  • Express to Terror
Josias Troyer

Josias Troyer 10 films

  • Before Sunrise
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Snowpiercer
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Skyfall
Adam Kroksh

Adam Kroksh 10 films

  • Snowpiercer
  • The Golden Dream
  • Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
  • Spirited Away
  • All of Me
okrc (J.Arturo)

okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films

  • Twentieth Century
  • The General
  • Brief Encounter
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The French Connection
J_NC

J_NC 10 films

  • The Train
  • Breakheart Pass
  • The Warriors
  • Money Train
  • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Noir Ninja

Noir Ninja 10 films

  • Train to Busan
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • The Harder They Fall
  • Bullet Train
Franzi

Franzi 10 films

  • Closely Watched Trains
  • Trans-Europ-Express
  • Brief Encounter
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • North by Northwest
Elias

Elias 10 films

  • Mission: Impossible
  • The General
  • Before Sunrise
  • The Train
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Michael Atlan

Michael Atlan 10 films

  • Blind Chance
  • The Secret in Their Eyes
  • Personal Shopper
  • Central Station
  • Trans-Europ-Express
Alvaro D. Ruiz

Alvaro D. Ruiz 10 films

  • 2046
  • Snowpiercer
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The General
  • The Cassandra Crossing
Maarten Rogier

Maarten Rogier 10 films

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Train to Busan
  • Spirited Away
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Snowpiercer
sean

sean 10 films

  • The General
  • The Train
  • The Bra
  • Snowpiercer
  • Compartment No. 6
Erkki Lindpere

Erkki Lindpere 10 films

  • Doctor Zhivago
  • From Russia with Love
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • The Narrow Margin
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
Kenneth_C

Kenneth_C 10 films

  • Stand by Me
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Before Sunrise
  • Some Like It Hot
  • The French Connection
Matt Conte

Matt Conte 14 films

  • Unstoppable
  • Before Sunrise
  • Train to Busan
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • EuroTrip
Ryan

Ryan 10 films

  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Before Sunrise
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • The Girl on the Train
  • Murder on the Orient Express
Troy Cornett

Troy Cornett 10 films

  • The Wild Bunch
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Runaway Train
  • Unstoppable
  • Snowpiercer
Zachary Stein

Zachary Stein 12 films

  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • Spirited Away
  • Train to Busan
  • The General
Danny Fain

Danny Fain 10 films

  • Snowpiercer
  • The Wind Rises
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • The Polar Express
  • Before Sunrise
Mason Jones

Mason Jones 10 films

  • Out of Scale
  • Hugo
  • The Wrong Trousers
  • The Station Agent
  • Strangers on a Train
John Chadwick

John Chadwick 35 films

  • Train to Busan
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Before Sunrise
  • Unbreakable
  • Spirited Away
Survivorfan

Survivorfan 6 films

  • The General
  • Silver Streak
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Runaway Train
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Kent Graham

Kent Graham 10 films

  • The Ghost and the Darkness
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Train to Busan
Travis LaBrucherie

Travis LaBrucherie 10 films

  • Unstoppable
  • The Fugitive
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Great Train Robbery
PF4Eva

PF4Eva 10 films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
  • The American Friend
  • The Tall Target
  • The Narrow Margin
  • The Passionate Friends
Kabir

Kabir 16 films

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Man with a Movie Camera
  • La Chinoise
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Memories of Murder
Jamie Ragins

Jamie Ragins 10 films

  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
  • The French Connection
  • Before Sunrise
  • Back to the Future Part III
Andrew Franklin

Andrew Franklin 10 films

  • End of the Line
  • Atomic Train
  • Unstoppable
  • North West Frontier
  • Back to the Future Part III
Stallings

Stallings 10 films

  • Emperor of the North
  • Unstoppable
  • The General
  • Runaway Train
  • Snowpiercer
Chris

Chris 11 films

  • The General
  • One Week
  • North by Northwest
  • Paddington 2
  • RRR
Christian

Christian 10 films

  • Double Indemnity
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • The Station Agent
  • Before Sunrise
Gadnuk

Gadnuk 10 films

  • The General
  • Double Indemnity
  • Before Sunrise
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Strangers on a Train
Julio Olivares

Julio Olivares 10 films

  • Train to Busan
  • Snowpiercer
  • Spirited Away
  • The Warriors
  • A Hard Day's Night
V. Vargas

V. Vargas 9 films

  • Terror Train
  • Torque
  • Skyfall
  • Spectre
  • Train to Busan
JimzoxGrind

JimzoxGrind 10 films

  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Terror by Night
  • The Narrow Margin
  • The Hero
  • Horror Express
pramitheus

pramitheus 10 films

  • Brief Encounter
  • End of the Line
  • The First Great Train Robbery
  • From Russia with Love
  • The General
Travis McClain

Travis McClain 10 films

  • Schindler's List
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Matrix
  • Inception
  • La La Land
123456789e

123456789e 15 films

  • Before Sunrise
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • The General
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Snowpiercer
Or 🎬🏴‍☠️✨

Or 🎬🏴‍☠️✨ 10 films

  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • The General
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Strangers on a Train
Keiji Muramoto

Keiji Muramoto 58 films

  • Twentieth Century
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Joseph

Joseph 10 films

  • Trainspotting
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Stand by Me
  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
Giannis Papaspiliou

Giannis Papaspiliou 10 films

  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
  • Source Code
  • Bullet Train
  • Murder on the Orient Express
Matt Jackel

Matt Jackel 8 films

  • The General
  • Brief Encounter
  • Snowpiercer
  • Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • Unstoppable
sailordanae

sailordanae 10 films

  • North by Northwest
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Brief Encounter
  • Speed
sprouticus

sprouticus 10 films

  • Brief Encounter
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • The Harvey Girls
  • Horror Express
  • The Ladykillers
💜 rowe 💜

💜 rowe 💜 10 films

  • Train to Busan
  • Snowpiercer
  • Lion
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Slumdog Millionaire
Dom

Dom 7 films

  • Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Maciej Hutt

Maciej Hutt 1 film

  • North by Northwest
  • Train to Busan
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Double Indemnity
Isha 🦕

Isha 🦕 10 films

  • The General
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Night Train to Munich
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Tall Target
Joseph Blackwell

Joseph Blackwell 19 films

  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Daybreak Express
  • The Flying Train
  • The General
Shea

Shea 10 films

  • Runaway Train
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
  • The Lady Vanishes
Mikey Flixx

Mikey Flixx 18 films

  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Train to Busan
  • Brief Encounter
  • North by Northwest
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ciara

Ciara 10 films

  • Man of the West
  • Six Shooter
  • The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • The General
  • Blind Chance
Richard

Richard 10 films

  • The General
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Station Agent
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Blazing Saddles
Adam Butterworth

Adam Butterworth 10 films

  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Murder She Said
  • The American Friend
Chris Hormann

Chris Hormann 15 films

  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The First Great Train Robbery
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • The Train
  • La Bête Humaine
mooveefan

mooveefan 10 films

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Murder on the Orient Express
Neal Cross

Neal Cross 10 films

  • Before Sunrise
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • 5 Centimeters per Second
  • Paddington 2
  • Spirited Away
Nate Sharp

Nate Sharp 10 films

  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Brief Encounter
  • Paddington 2
  • The Wrong Trousers
  • The Polar Express
Wendell Everett

Wendell Everett 10 films

  • Train to Busan
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Snowpiercer
  • Spirited Away
  • Pather Panchali
Ryley Trahan

Ryley Trahan 20 films

  • Closely Watched Trains
  • The Train
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Von Ryan's Express
  • Night Mail
enricioni

enricioni 10 films

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Double Indemnity
Spencer

Spencer 29 films

  • Train to Busan
  • The Fugitive
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Snowpiercer
  • Mission: Impossible
scott marvel

scott marvel 10 films

  • Silver Streak
  • Unstoppable
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Lady Vanishes
Flicks With Friends

Flicks With Friends 10 films

  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Night Train to Munich
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
Noah Mulder

Noah Mulder 13 films

  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Train to Busan
  • Before Sunrise
  • Snowpiercer
  • Compartment No. 6
Amelia

Amelia 10 films

  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Unbreakable
  • The Ghost and the Darkness
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
cloni99

cloni99 10 films

  • Spider-Man 2
  • Batman Begins
  • Unbreakable
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Polar Express
Daniel

Daniel 10 films

  • The Polar Express
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Snowpiercer
  • Train to Busan
  • Before Sunrise
julian't

julian't 5 films

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Spirited Away
  • Trainspotting
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • The Lady Vanishes
6822222

6822222 10 films

  • RR
  • The General
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • Closely Watched Trains
system147

system147 10 films

Still from Unstoppable (2010)