kieran's - 20 best films set on trains List
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Train to Busan (2016)Busanhaeng
As an unidentified virus sweeps the country, the Korean government declares martial law. As the country descends into chaos, one city, Busan, is rumoured to have successfully fended off the virus outbreak and remains the only beacon of hope for those not yet infected. But when the virus breaks out on an express train to Busan, passengers on board must fight for their own survival...453 km from Seoul to Busan. The struggle to survive. Get on board to stay alive! - Director:
- Sang-ho Yeon
- Cast:
- Terri Doty, Yoo Gong, Eun-kyung Kim
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A high speed roadtrip through modern creativity, STATION TO STATION is a revolutionary feature comprised of 62 one-minute films highlighting an exciting and eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, places, and perspectives. In the summer of 2013, a train designed as a kinetic light sculpture by artist Doug Aitken traveled from New York City to San Francisco over 24 days. Rolling into ten stations on the route, the train set in motion a series of happenings, each unique to its location and mix of creative participants.
The film includes profiles, intimate moments on the train, conversations, and performances at the happenings: Ed Ruscha describing the discoveries to be made in the great American landscape; Beck performing with a gospel choir in the Mojave desert; Jackson Browne reflecting on the influence of the railroad on his music, and many more. STATION TO STATION is a kaleidoscope of experience and artistic production, as much as it is a story of our evolving creative culture.- Director:
- Doug Aitken
- Cast:
- Francis Scott Key White, Miss Alex White
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Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other - to become brothers again like they used to be. Their spiritual quest, however, veers rapidly off course (due to events involving over the counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer and a laminating machine, at this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
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One man is out to get back what was unjustly taken away from him... The other is willing to do whatever it takes to stop him in order to serve justice; both are pitted against each other... And both are pitted against time. Lives have already been destroyed and more lives are about to be devastated as a train speeding from Glasgow to London holds the fate of Aakash Rana (Ajay Devgn) and counter Terrorism Commander Arjun Khanna (Anil Kapoor), and only one of them will succeed. - Director:
- Priyadarshan
- Cast:
- Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Lee Nicholas Harris
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In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) puts him in the middle of a Hitchcockian murder plot. Leaping on and of the train, in and out of roomettes, bars and dining cars, George teams up with an amiable, small-time crook (Richard Pryor) to defy the murderer's henchmen, FBI agents and a host of other outrageous characters. - Director:
- Arthur Hiller
- Cast:
- Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh
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