Life Is a Miracle (2004), The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), O.S.S. (1946), Living It Up (1954), Whispering Smith (1948), Tideland (2005), Jesse James at Bay (1942), Railroad Tigers (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Railroad Tracks movies.
Storyline: What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..—Aline
Plot Keywords: engineer, wife, son, soldier, nurse, lover, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The residents of a small English village are about to lose their ancient railroad. They decide to rescue it by running it themselves, in competition with the local bus company.—Blair Stannard <stannard@sonetis.com>
Plot Keywords: townsperson, wealthy man, railway inspector, vicar, clerk, bus driver, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: John Martin is part of an American spy team dropped into France during World War II to destroy the French railway system. After successfully blowing up a tunnel he runs back to save Ellen and is told "Never come back for me again." Later he must choose whether or not to obey her wishes.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: soldier, spy, agent, commanding officer, american, secret agent, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Pretty Wally Cook, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg, a young man from New Mexico who is believed to be dying as a result of radioactive poisoning. Before she arrives out west, Homer learns from his doctor that the diagnosis was a mistake and he's perfectly healthy. That doesn't stop them from accepting Wally's offer of an all- expenses paid trip to New York. Everyone in New York takes pity on Homer, while Homer and his doctor try to keep up their pretense.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: railroad worker, doctor, reporter, editor, love interest, charming, unrestrained ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Smith as an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: police officer, railroad worker, friend, ex-wife, gang leader, train robber, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah dead in his chair, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads enter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens.
Plot Keywords: young girl, father, mother, taxidermist, mentally challenged boy, friend, dreamy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jesse look alike in Burns, hires him to wreak havoc on the ranchers. When Jesse kills Burns he switches clothes and goes after the culprits.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: jesse james, sheriff, newspaper reporter, look-alike, gambler, love interest, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In December 1941, The railway from Tianjin to Nanjing in East China became a key military transportation route, heavily guarded by Japanese soldiers. Ma Yuan, a railroad worker and his group of freedom fighters find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks when they decide to ambush a heavily armed military train filled with desperately needed provisions. Unarmed and outnumbered, they must rely on their wits to battle an entire army.—AnonymousB
Plot Keywords: railroad worker, freedom fighter, soldier, sharpshooter, thug, leader, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: army officer, railroad engineer, railroad worker, boss, daughter, southerner, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a railroad agent by Beau Santee, a Sundown businessman who wants to keep the railroad away from his town, Dan is nearly killed by Santee's henchman, Mark Faber. Dan discovers that his old pal Curt works for Santee. Even after learning Dan's true identity, Santee considers him trouble and plots to get rid of him. With the help of Curt's son Stony, Dan tries to get Curt to take a stand on the right side of the law.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: lawman, agent, friend, henchman, son, businessman, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line. Now the killers are after her because they think she has the maps.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: banker, sheriff, cowboy, orphan, kidnapper, schoolmaster, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lilly, and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine he's hidden all these years and couldn't get running.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: train, train conductor, caretaker, granddaughter, cousin, bully, lighthearted ...
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