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Old 12-29-2022, 09:46 PM   #1
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Default Favorite 5-10 films set on train or ship/boat

Talking about films where a majority (or a large part of key segments) take place on train or ship/boat. Examples include in the order of release:

The General (1926)
Shanghai Express (1932)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Lifeboat (1944)
The African Queen (1951)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Train (1964)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Horror Express (1972)
Jaws (1975)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Titanic (1997)
Transsiberian (2008)
Captain Philips (2009)
Unstoppable (2010)
Source Code (2011)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
and so on.

There is Night Train to Munich (1940) too but here the train segment is more like a part of an escape segment. Similarly, the Lady from Shanghai (1947), Strangers on a Train (1951), Cape Fear (1962 & 91), etc.

What are your favorite 5-10 such films?

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Old 12-29-2022, 10:03 PM   #2
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1. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
3. Bullet Train
4. Source Code
5. In the Heart of the Sea
6. Snowpiercer
7. Death on the Nile (2022)
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Old 12-29-2022, 10:35 PM   #3
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Good mentions already; here are some others:
Treasure Island (1950)
Hook (1991)
White Squall (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Treasure Planet (2002)
The Polar Express (2004)
Kon-Tiki (2012)
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Old 12-29-2022, 10:40 PM   #4
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Also From Russia with Love (1963) - many key segments of the film takes place on a train!
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Silver Streak (1976)
Still remember seeing this in the theater, one of the more likable pictures of the 70s.
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Old 12-29-2022, 10:55 PM   #6
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Wind (1992) directed by Carroll Ballard is quite good too. It's like Days of Thunder but with sail boats. It's on my wish list.
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:13 PM   #7
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Runaway Train
Titanic
Captain Blood
The Commuter
The Sea Hawk
The Lone Ranger
The Poseidon Adventure
Jaws
The Abyss
The 15:17 to Paris

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Old 12-29-2022, 11:15 PM   #8
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I like movies set on train, but could only come up with the following:

Breakheart Pass (1975)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Narrow Margin (1990)
Emperor of the North (1973)

Movie on ship:
Bitter Moon (1992)
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:40 PM   #9
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A Night to remember
The Poseidon adventure
Aguirre, Wrath of God
Under Siege 2
The taking of Pelham 1,2,3

...and The Wild Bunch for a Great train robbery and escape sequence

Last edited by RFK; 01-02-2023 at 07:24 PM. Reason: Misread heading as ships, trains & planes. Little buzzed.
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:57 PM   #10
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From Russia with Love
Horror Express
Terror Train
Dead Calm
Jaws
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Knife In The Water
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Jaws
Deep Rising
Runaway Train
Terror Train
Under Siege 2
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Titanic
Moana
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Go West
At the Circus
Monkey Business
A Night at the Opera

Chattanooga Choo Choo (pretty bad but love Barbara Eden)


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Old 12-30-2022, 04:24 AM   #15
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Some good films so far.

I'll say quickly:

Train to Busan (horror)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Midnight Run
Horror Express

Polar Express was interesting for Christmas.
Bullet Train was interesting.

Yes, Deep Rising was a classic horror IMO on a giant cruise boat.
Titanic was interesting.
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"The General" (1926)
"Brief Encounter" (1945)
"Strangers on a Train" (1951)
"The Narrow Margin" (1952)
"North by Northwest" (1959)
"From Russia With Love" (1963)
"Von Ryan's Express" (1965)
"Dark of the Sun" (1968)
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974)
"The Great Train Robbery" (1978)

Honorable Mentions:

"The Train" (1964)
"Before Sunrise" (1995)
"Compartment No. 6" (2021)
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Strange Cargo (1940). It's my second favorite of the eight films Joan Crawford and Clark Gable made together.
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The Immigrant (C. Chaplin, 1917)
The Navigator (B. Keaton, 1924)
The General (B. Keaton, 1926)
Steamboat Bill Jr (B. Keaton, 1928)
Shanghai Express (J. von Sternberg, 1932)
The Princess Comes Across (W.K. Howard, 1936)
The Lady Vanishes (A. Hitchcock, 1938)
The Lady from Shanghai (O. Welles, 1947)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (W. Herzog, 1972)
Titanic (J. Cameron, 1997)

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Old 12-30-2022, 04:48 PM   #19
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A few more films where key segments take place on train or boat/ship:

Love Affair
An Affair to Remember
Purple Noon
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