The world of cinema has, a lot of times, used trains (moving and still) as a backdrop for movie scenes packed with action. We decided to enlist 10 Hollywood movies which have a train playing one of the central characters.
10. Source Code
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| Source Code |
The Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhall in the lead, is a sci-fi action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
IMDB Rating: 7.59. Runaway Train
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| Runaway Train |
Runaway Train is the story of a hardened convict and a younger prisoner who 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.
IMDB Rating: 7.38. Unstoppable
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| Unstoppable |
Unstoppable is a drama about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. The movie puts an engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor in a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town.
IMDB Rating: 6.87. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
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| Taking of Pelham 123 |
This racy thriller drama features John Travolta as a miffed hijack of a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher (Denzel Washington) into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.46. Wild Wild West
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| Wild Wild West |
Wild Wild West is the story of the two best hired guns (Will Smith and Kevin Kline) in the West who must save President Grant from the clutches of a 19th century inventor-villain.
IMDB Rating: 4.55. The Polar Express
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| Polar Express |
Starring Tom Hanks, this is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
IMDB Rating: 6.64. Murder on the Orient Express
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| Murder on the Orient Express |
The film (and book) features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Albert Finney stars as Poirot, who is asked by his friend Bianchi (Martin Balsam), a train company director, to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon, Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark), aboard a train with an all-star cast of suspects, including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman (delivering an Oscar-winning performance), Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York and Anthony Perkins. The screenplay was penned by Paul Dehn and an uncredited Anthony Shaffer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3 3. Harry Potter
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| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Although not all about train, its hard to not include this movie when we talk about "great train movies". Who could forget the magical journey from Platform No 9 3/4 of the King Cross Station in London that the student of School of Witchcraft and Wizardry take aboard the scarlet steam engine named the Hogwarts Express to reach Hogwarts.
IMDB Rating: 7.52. The Great Train Robbery
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| The Great Train Robbery |
Among the earliest existing films in American cinema - notable as the first film that presented a narrative story to tell - it depicts a group of cowboy outlaws who hold up a train and rob the passengers. They are then pursued by a Sheriff's posse. Several scenes have color included - all hand tinted.
IMDB Rating: 7.51. A Hard Day’s Night
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| A Hard Day's Night |
A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film was made in the style of a mockumentary, describing a couple of days in the lives of the group ofcourse on board a train.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
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