Train Movies

The subject of the first essay is cinema itself: an apparatus of representation wherein fact and fiction are recreated. As such, the pro-filmic facts...

The Chuo Line, a cursed line where accidents and suicides often occur. The story centers on a couple who both live along the Chuo Line. When they try...

A pair of strangers in a train clash over an unknown threat which takes the life of a fellow passenger. Is it the religious end of times or is there...

First days of September 1939. The government decides to transport the Polish gold stored in the treasury of the National Bank of Poland out of the...

One of the many arrivals of a train filmed in the first years of cinema, this version was shot in Asnières-sur-Seine by Henri Joly with the...

A short documentary about the construction of the parisian subway in the 50s.

This short film follows the story of two gay men in Mumbai who meet and fall in love in regular train journeys. Burdened with the larger social (and...

An Amtrak train pulls out of Penn Station in New York City on a cold, sunny February morning. The train moves forward as the landscape...

When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...

The re-signalling of 1000 track miles from the River Weaver to the Clyde brings the whole line from London to Glasgow under one system of push-button...

A story about a train as it reflects our path of life. On it, like in life, people experience friendship and love, and sometimes feel lonely. On...

A living person and a ghost balance their long distance relationship.

Climb aboard the historic Cog Railway for a trip up New England's highest peak on the first mountain climbing train.

An unnamed human travels aboard a train full of fantastical creatures.

Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night. In a single, 145-minute take, the film depicts the families and how...

Set in the year 2005, Chrysanthemum is ready to leave New York City but must first relieve any doubts or anxieties with her best friend Esperanza....

Experimental short of a woman's reflection in a train window.

Tracing the heritage of Indian railways, this documentary explores the evolution of train travel and its lasting impact on people, culture, memory...

A production of the association of American Railroads outlining the wonders of America's rail system.