The "Films on a Train" Blu-ray thread

[noirjunkie]

A train is one of my favorite film settings, so I thought I'd make a thread dedicated to this sub-genre.

This post is divided into three lists.

1. The first list only includes films that take place at least almost entirely on a train or feature a train that is absolutely central to the plot.

2. The second list includes films that contain at least one pivotal scene that involves a train, but do not feature a train as pivotally as the films in the first list. The second list will be trickier to put together, but in essence, every film on it should feature a train that somehow figures meaningfully into the overall story (in other words, just because a few characters spend a couple minutes on a train, that doesn't mean the train is significant).

3. The third list is a bonus list of films that, as of now, meet the criteria for inclusion in List #1 but have only been released on DVD. Some of them, such as Sudden Fear, are slated for future blu-ray releases, and once they have been released on blu, they'll be moved to list #1.

All lists are organized chronologically. Also, I've decided to include subway films like The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, since subways are basically underground trains.

Please post the films I haven't yet included. If you make a suggestion, please include your rationale for why it belongs on either List #1 or List #2. I might not have seen the film(s) you're suggesting, so you'll need to post your reasoning for why the film(s) in question should be added to the OP. Thanks.

List #1

List #2

List #3

[Scottie]

From Russia With Love?

[TheGeneral]

Unstoppable

[RebelPrince1986]

[pksmith74]

Snowpiercer
Throw Momma From the Train
Runaway Train
3:10 to Yuma

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by iScottie

From Russia With Love?

If the film doesn't take place on the train, it needs to be about the train. From what I can remember (it's been a long time since I've seen it), this film doesn't meet that criteria.

Originally Posted by pksmith74

Snowpiercer
Throw Momma From the Train
Runaway Train

Regarding Throw Momma From the Train, see my comment above. I'll add Snowpiercer once a pre-order is up. Adding Runaway Train now.

[TheGeneral]

http://www.americabyrail.com/Blog/ta...-All-Time.aspx

[TheGeneral]

Originally Posted by iScottie

From Russia With Love?

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

If the film doesn't take place on the train, it needs to be about the train. From what I can remember (it's been a long time since I've seen it), this film doesn't meet that criteria.

FWIW, the link just provided lists that as one of the "best train action movies"

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by TheGeneral

FWIW, the link just provided lists that as one of the "best train action movies"

I know, but that list includes a lot of films with only tangential connections to trains. Does anyone really consider Back to the Future: Part III a train movie?

To keep it simple, I'm not including films that only feature a single scene, or even a few scenes, or a trains. Otherwise, the list would become incredibly bloated. I'm trying to keep it pared down.

Also, to preemptively address this issue: just because the title has the word "train" in it, that doesn't mean the film is primarily set on or about a train (e.g. Strangers on a Train, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, etc.).

[CastrosfriendChe]

Under Siege 2

[pro-bassoonist]

[deltasun]

Definitely Snowpiercer would be a great addition to this list.

[rkolinski]

The Cassandra Crossing

[Rich65]

Strangers on A Train

[BobbyMcGee]

What about The Lone Ranger?

Maybe a bit of a stretch but also Shadow of a Doubt?

[I KEEL YOU]

[Thomas Irwin]

Broken Arrow?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Broke...w-Blu-ray/244/

[thebard]

Throw Momma and the film it pays homage to, Strangers on a Train, meet your criterion of a train being central to the plot, IMO.

Other than that: The Railway Man, Wild Wild West, Passage to India (because the events are set into motion by them missing the train), The Fugitive and Super 8 (only one scene each, but pivotal ones), and Bridge on the River Kwai as it's a railway bridge (and

[Show spoiler]a great train crash

at the end).

[octagon]

Weird, I just watched a train movie.

Terror by Night

It's part of the Sherlock Holmes Collection. Not really one of the best of that lot but I have a soft spot for it nonetheless.

[octagon]

Speaking of train movies, has anybody seen this...



I picked it up for like a dollar at a Blockbuster closeout a few years ago and the review didn't exactly make me eager to pop it in.

Anybody want to talk me into it?