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Blazing Saddles(1974)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Western, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 811 votes)

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

Railroad Tigers(2016)

3.0/5 (with 55 votes)

A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.

Central Station(1998)

1h 53min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 363 votes)

An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Emperor of the North(1973)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 58min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 49 votes)

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Bodyguard(2011)

2.7/5 (with 56 votes)

Lovely Singh is extremely respectful of Mr Rana and his daughter Divya. While appointed as Divya's bodyguard, he falls in love with a girl he has never met, unaware that she is none other than Divya.

Pather Panchali(1955)

2h 5min | Drama, History
4.1/5 (with 158 votes)

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

The Great Train Robbery(1903)

12min | Crime, Action, Western
3.5/5 (with 257 votes)

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

Jesse James(1939)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Western, Crime, Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 40 votes)

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

This Property Is Condemned(1966)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 39 votes)

A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to escape Alva's mother's (Hazel) clutches and the town's revenge.

Canadian Pacific(1949)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Western, Adventure, History, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

Closely Watched Trains(1966)

1h 33min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 95 votes)

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

Tycoon(1947)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 8min | Action, Drama, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter.

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Night Passage(1957)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Western
3.2/5 (with 25 votes)

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

The Titfield Thunderbolt(1953)

1h 24min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 22 votes)

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

North West Frontier(1959)

2h 9min | Adventure
3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.

Union Pacific(1939)

2h 15min | Drama, Western
3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

A Canterbury Tale(1944)

2h 4min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Speedy(1928)

1h 25min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 34 votes)

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.

Directed by Ted Wilde - With Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, ...

7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

1h 40min | Fantasy, Mystery, Western
3.6/5 (with 37 votes)

An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks(2003)

9h 11min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 16 votes)

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Directed by Wang Bing

The Virginian(1946)

1h 30min | Western
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.

Fingerprints(2006)

1h 35min | Mystery, Horror, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 23 votes)

Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

Dakota(1945)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 22min | Western
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to be extended into Dakota, plans to use their $20,000 nest egg to buy land options to sell to the railroad at a profit. On the stage trip to Ft. Abercrombie, their fellow passengers are Jim Bender and Bigtree Collins, who practically own the town of Fargo and Devlin is aware that they are prepared to protect the little empire... trying to drive out the farmers by burning their property, destroying their wheat, and blaming the devastation on the Indians. Continuing their journey north on the river aboard the "River Bird', Sandy and John meet Captain Bounce, an irascible old seafarer. Two of Bendender's henchmen, Slagin and Carp, board the boat and relieve John of his $20,000 at gunpoint. Captain Bounce, chasing the robber's dinghy..

Santa Fe(1951)

1h 28min | Western
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1998)

1h 40min | Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
2.5/5 (with 8 votes)

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?

The Great Locomotive Chase(1956)

2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.

Man from God's Country(1958)

2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a railroad agent by Beau Santee, a Sundown businessman who wants to keep the railroad away from his town, Dan is nearly killed by Santee's henchman, Mark Faber. Dan discovers that his old pal Curt works for Santee. Even after learning Dan's true identity, Santee considers him trouble and plots to get rid of him. With the help of Curt's son Stony, Dan tries to get Curt to take a stand on the right side of the law.

Directed by Paul Landres

Our Departures(2018)

3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.

Rails Into Laramie(1954)

1h 20min | Western
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

The Olsen Gang on the Track(1975)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Crime
3.5/5 (with 20 votes)

Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.

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