Total Recall: Train Movies

Summary

We don't see them produced as often as we used to, but Hollywood has been making movies about trains since the dawn of cinema. It's a long, rich tradition that stretches back to the silent era, so when we saw that Tony Scott and Denzel Washington's latest collaboration, Unstoppable, was an action thriller about a killer runaway train loaded with nuclear explosives... well, naturally, we decided to dedicate this week's Total Recall to some of the most noteworthy entries in the long list of railroad movies. At a mere dozen entries, this chronologically-arranged list is obviously far from complete, but we think you'll find some of your favorites (and at least one unnecessary sequel). Which movies would you add? Let us know in the comments! Back to Article

Comments

ryan j.

ryan jordan

Great Train Robbery starring Sean Connery..a Classic

Nov 12 - 09:09 AM

César B.

César Becerra

No love for Von Trier's Europa?

Nov 12 - 10:01 AM

Basterd J

Pack Brinton

No Training Day?? This list is whack!!

Nov 12 - 10:22 AM

doomzdavo

Doomz Davo

Lol corny

Nov 14 - 11:24 PM

Luke W.

Luke Walker

The King was the man.

Nov 12 - 02:19 PM

curiouspaul

Paul C

It's already been mentioned, but omitting John Frankenheimer's The Train shows that RT hasn't done their homework. The train crashes in that are far more visceral and convincing than Unstoppable.

Someone's mentioned the original, but the remake of Narrow Margin with Gene Hackman is pretty decent too.

At the other end of the quality scale there's Avalanche Express, but I know this isn't a list of bad train movies.

Nov 12 - 03:30 PM

curiouspaul

Paul C

Three great, charming train pics: Closely Observed Trains, The Titfield Thunderbolt, and The Railway Children.

Nov 12 - 03:35 PM

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