Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali 1955

7.90

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

1955

Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains 1966

7.30

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.

1966

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles 1974

7.20

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.

1974

Railroad Tigers

Railroad Tigers 2016

6.02

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

2016

Central Station

Central Station 1998

8.10

An emotional 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.

1998

Bodyguard

Bodyguard 2011

5.20

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.

2011

A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale 1944

6.90

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

1944

Switchback

Switchback 1997

6.00

After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.

1997

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery 1903

7.01

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.

1903

Emperor of the North

Emperor of the North 1973

6.70

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

1973

Speedy

Speedy 1928

7.31

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.

1928

Jesse James

Jesse James 1939

6.40

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

1939

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1964

6.90

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.

1964

This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned 1966

6.30

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.

1966

Night Passage

Night Passage 1957

6.40

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.

1957

Union Pacific

Union Pacific 1939

6.50

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?

1939

The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse 1925

6.70

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

1925

Fingerprints

Fingerprints 2006

5.71

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.

2006

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953

7.00

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.

1953

The Olsen Gang on the Track

The Olsen Gang on the Track 1975

7.20

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.

1975

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys 2012

8.70

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

2012

Eisenbahn-Romantik

Eisenbahn-Romantik 1991

8.30

Railway-related documentary covering modern railway systems, museum railways and their facilities as well as items on model railway layouts. Politics and criticism is not left out; the series reports on closures, controversial model ideas, delays to reconstruction plans or smart commuter transport concepts.

1991

Japan Railway Journal

Japan Railway Journal 2015

8.00

Discover the secrets of Japan's railways, from the newest technologies and systems in use, to travel tips and must-see places.

2015

Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels 2011

7.60

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

2011

Train Cruise

Train Cruise 2013

1

Criss-cross Japan by rail. Enjoy an amazing diversity of nature and scenery across the four seasons, exploring both well-known and hidden Japan.

2013

Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys 2010

7.30

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

2010

Rail Away

Rail Away 1996

1

Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.

1996

Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railroad Journeys 2016

9.00

Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.

2016

Jericho

Jericho 2016

6.50

In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.

2016

Paddington Station 24/7

Paddington Station 24/7 2017

6.30

With visitor numbers approaching 70 million every year, Paddington is one of the UK's busiest transport hubs.

2017

Rail Wars!

Rail Wars! 2014

6.10

Takayama enters the training program of JNR with the ambition of becoming one of the venerable train company's engineers. As a trainee he is teamed up with fight-ready Sakurai and stolid Iwaizumi and fellow Haruka Kōmi who has encyclopedic knowledge of trains. Together they learn how security officers for the train line work and get involved in more than one tricky situation.

2014

Gulag, the Story

Gulag, the Story 2020

7.90

A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.

2020

Railroad Alaska

Railroad Alaska 2013

7.00

Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train drivers – Railroad Alaska illustrates the battle against ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska’s critical 500-mile long railroad rolling to deliver life sustaining supplies. From controlled avalanches to prevent catastrophe, to fascinating characters, like Jim James, the one-handed handy man, learn what it takes to keep this train on track.

2013