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Taken for a Ride (1996)
, 55minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about technology, Road movies
Taken for a Ride begins with interviews on the inefficiencies and congestion on Los Angeles' highways. Next, the film displays a variety of archival footage on streetcar systems around the United States, demonstrating that streetcars were a widespread and efficient means of transportation. The film continues into a description of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy, starting with a history of National City Lines and Pacific City Lines and General Motors' investment in both companies. The film builds the argument that streetcar systems purchased by these companies were deliberately sabotaged through service reductions and fare increases, then replaced with profitable, less convenient, bus systems. Next, the film makes a connection between this conspiracy and the construction of the Interstate Highway System and the suburbanization of America in the face of the Highway revolts in the 1960s and 1970s. The film ends with footage of the reduction of Philadelphia's trolleybus system at the time of filming.
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Rail transport films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, L'Or
Actors Thomas Dekker, Lacey Chabert, Pat Musick, Dom DeLuise, René Auberjonois, David Carradine
The story starts off in New York City setting sometime after the first movie (which began in 1885) presumably between 1886 and 1889, as Fievel and Tony discover that an ancient treasure lies underneath Manhattan when snooping around an abandoned subway (the Beach Pneumatic Transit system) and stumbling upon the remains of a dead mouse clutching a treasure map, deciding they must find it with the help of an archaeologist Tony knows: Dr. Dithering, along with fighting five villains as well.
Train Birds (1998)
, 1h27Origin German
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies
Actors Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Kati Outinen, Peter Lohmeyer, Kari Väänänen, Nina Petri
Hannes, a truck driver from Germany, is a train timetable enthusiast who dreams of winning the first prize at the International Timetable Contest that is to be held in Inari, Finland. When his boss ruins his plans to travel to Inari, Hannes knocks his boss unconscious and leaves the country. While on his trip to Finland by train, his boss is found dead at his office, making Hannes the prime suspect. During his journey, unaware that he is being pursued, Hannes meets many new people, including the love of his life.
Night Train (2009)
, 1h23Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schweighöfer, Richard O'Brien, Togo Igawa
Two passengers (Sobieski and Zahn) and the conductor (Glover) discover that a person died in their night train cabin after taking an overdose. They come across "valuable jewels" in a small box which the man had brought with him and decide to keep it for themselves. Their plan begins to fall apart as they become suspicious of each other as well as outside forces.
Runaway (2009)
, 9minutesDirected by Cordell Barker
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Richard Condie
The film's story takes place aboard an out-of-control train. Barker intended the film to be a parable about life, and how the ruling class tries in vain to insulate itself from the fate suffered by the lower classes:
Railways (2010)
, 2h10Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Kiichi Nakai, Reiko Takashima, Yuika Motokariya, Shirō Sano, Tomoko Naraoka, Masanori Ishii
The movie tells the story of a 49-year-old office worker, who quits his job in Tokyo to become a train driver on the rural Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture.
Métamorphose d'une gare (2010)
, 1h20Directed by Thierry Michel
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about technology
The new Guillemins station in Liège was a huge project undertaken by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, who had already directed construction of stations in Zurich, Lisbon and Lyon. The site presented many challenges. The film follows the project from start to end over a nine-year period. It documents the issues, frictions and tension of the project as well as the pride and enthusiasm of the people involved. The result was a modern cathedral of European high-speed rail. The project was controversial, being criticized as being too grandiose, too expensive to maintain and not well-adapted to the Belgian climate. In the process many old buildings were destroyed and the whole neighborhood was disrupted.
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
, 1h22Directed by Elliot M. Bour
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Alyson Stoner, Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Warburton, Brenda Song, Corbin Bleu
Little E. wakes the control tower up, so she can start work. She dreams of being a dream hauler. But the control the tower confirms that she is too small to pull her own train. She gets a little help from Rusty, an old and wise Engine.
Atomic Train (1999)
, 2h48Directed by David Jackson, Dick Lowry
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Rail transport films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales, John Finn, Mena Suvari, Erik King
A waste disposal company has a Russian nuclear bomb to transport, and an employee decides to save money by concealing it on a freight train. This train is also loaded with hazardous and flammable chemicals, including metallic sodium, which spontaneously ignites on contact with water. The train suffers a brake failure and becomes a runaway heading for Denver. John Seger, a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator, boards the train and with the assistance of the railwaymen tries various ways to stop the train. Several ideas are tried, such as coupling a following train to the caboose (the coupling mechanism on the caboose breaks, which also results in the death of one of the train's crew members), a derailing attempt (after it is revealed the catastrophe the chemicals would cause if ignited) in which a helicopter narrowly avoids being hit, and finally, an attempt at manually activating the brakes (via hitting a part of the engine mechanism with a wrench). The final attempt works successfully, but is short-lived. The following rescue train, unaware of the freight's slowing, speeds forward and crushes the caboose (killing an injured crew member in the process). The force disengages the brakes, this time for good, causing the train to speed up once again. Meanwhile, Denver residents are struggling to collect their families and then leave town, despite rioters, looters, and gridlock. Realizing that there is no way to stop it, John and the engineer (who was initially reluctant) abandon the train by jumping off before it can speed up too much.
The Navigators (2001)
, 1h36Directed by Ken Loach, Dean Andrews, Joe Duttine, Robert "Rob" Dawber
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Politique, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Dean Andrews, Thomas Craig, Joe Duttine, Steve Huison
The film follows five railway workers – John, Paul, Mick, Gerry and Len – in a Yorkshire depot affected by the privatisation of British Rail in 1995. The men are informed by their supervisor that they are now working for a company called East Midlands Infrastructure, and are competing with rival track companies.
, 4minutesOrigin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Sophie Forte, Pascal Casanova
A man on a crowded metro train gathers the attention of the passengers in his train car, saying that he has an announcement to make. The passengers at first seem to think that the man is one of the typical train-entertainers that frequent metro trains. But the man says that he is simply looking for love. He says that he is well off, educated, and not unattractive, and that he is simply looking for someone to share life's precious moments with. After a long speech (and brief debate with another male passenger), the man says that any interested women should get off at the next stop. A woman (who has been shown smiling throughout the man's speech) promptly stands up as soon as the train slows down, and steps off to the platform. Obviously excited, she is waiting for the man to step off to join her. As she stares his way, the man tells her through the closing train door, "Miss, it was only a skit..." The train doors shut and train speeds off leaving the woman standing alone and dejected on the platform.
Rajdhani Express (2013)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Jimmy Shergill, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sudhanshu Pandey, Pooja Bose, Sayali Bhagat, Mukesh Rishi
Red Zone Cuba (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Coleman Francis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Political films
Actors John Carradine, Coleman Francis, Anthony Cardoza
In the film's opening sequence, a young reporter asks a train engineer (Carradine) about three men—Griffin, Cook and Landis—who hopped his freight train years back. "He ran all the way to hell," the engineer remarks about Griffin. The title sequence follows, and afterwards the film proper picks up.
It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Danièle Thompson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes La provence, Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Kad Merad, Monica Bellucci, Max Boublil, Éric Elmosnino, Valérie Bonneton, Lou de Laâge
Une famille juive se retrouve à l'occasion simultanée du mariage de la fille de Roni et du décès de l'épouse de Zef.
Elizabethan Express (1954)
, 20minutesGenres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about technology
Actors Alan Wheatley, Howard Marion-Crawford
The film follows the preparation behind the service, as well as focusing on one particular journey. The 'star' of the film is the Gresley A4 60017 Silver Fox, although the film makes a point of featuring many railway employees, for example the maintenance men, the driver and fireman and the station master at Waverley Station "who has a very high sense of occasion". The train completes its journey in its timetabled 6hrs 30mins.