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Don’t know if it was listed, but it’s got a pretty good train scene.
Damn crazy Russians.
Hitchcock wins, he must have had the most train scenes.
The Sternberg/Dietrich Shanghai Express is another goodie.
Has anyone mentioned one of the first films ever: the Lumiere Brothers’ ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN AT THE STATION AT LA CIOTAT (1895)? It’s not ten minutes long, but almost the whole film shows the train.
You’ve no doubt heard the story of how the patrons supposedly fled the theater and ducked for cover thinking that the approaching train would run them over.
Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest, of course.
Also a couple Melville’s – Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic.
I wish I could say Transsiberian but that movie was a disappointment.
John Frankenheimer’s The Train with Burt Lancaster. Little piece of trivia, durning the filming Burt Lancaster had a day off from shooting and went to play golf. He tore a ligament in his leg and came to the set the next day limping very badly. Instead of shutting down production for any length of time they added a scene where he got shot in the leg and were able to continue on schedule.
Julia
Taking of Pelham 123
Bananas (does that count?)
Murder on the Orient Express
Shadow of a Doubt
The Manchurian Candidate (62)
The Lady Vanishes (orig, but the remake is ok)
Tickets (at least the Ken Loach episode)
My Little Chickadee
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (orig.) Robert Shaw kills.
“Weekend At Bernie’s”. I took two trains to get there.
i like ‘night train to munich’ (carol reed).
Jacques Tourneur’s BERLIN EXPRESS.
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
2046 By WKW
Thirst By Bergman which is later echoed in The Silence.
Transsiberian, the best movie that takes place entirely on a train ride!
Did anyone mention Before Sunrise? I’m not sure if it adds up to 10 minutes, but the film is bookended by big train scenes.
Some Like It Hot has great train sequences, including Monroe singing and dancing in the aisles.
Dutchman (1966), with Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr. A racial drama that takes place entirely in the NYC subway, although apparently shot in England.
Buster Keaton
Our Hospitality (1923)
The General (1926)
The Railrodder (1965)
and Preston Sturges’ The Palm Beach Story
Key train ride for me is Gabin and Carette riding La Lison in LA BETE HUMAINE…
Also, the opening of SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS in the fake film-within-the-film.
Emperor of the North…
Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin face off aboard a fast moving locomotive in “the Fight of the Century!”
I’ll throw in the musical sequence in “42nd Street,” set on a train but done on a stage of course.
And I am a closet lover of “Murder on the Orient Express.” A beautifully shot, if campy, film with an amazing cast.
throw momma from the train, of course
There must be at least 10 minutes worth of train and subway scenes in The French Connection.
The Narrow Margin and Von Ryan’s Express
lady vanishes and strangers on a train…
to quote Stan Lee, “Nuff Said!”
Don’t know if it adds up to 10 minutes, but all the sequences with Tobey McGuire coming home on the train in ‘The Ice Storm.’ “Next up, New Haven, Connect-i-cut, New Haven, Connect-i-cut!”… the Fantastic Four comic…the shots out the window… Ang Lee captures melancholy, and bittersweet, like nobody’s business.
Also, the train robbery sequence in AOJJBCRF. It’s really brutal. Incredibly tense build-up, and then awful brutality. Sure sets up that JJ is not supposed to be a sympathetic character.
I’ll 3rd or 4th RUNAWAY TRAIN. Brutal.
And Greg, come out of the MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS closet with pride. The movie’s great, in not Lumet’s most personal or heartfelt achievement. Gorgeous movie. Gorgeous score, look and atmosphere.
Once again, I’m not sure if this adds up to 10 minutes of film, but, the “murder” scene in Double Indemnity is all about a train.
The Iron Horse, John Ford’s first big hit, is about the creation of a the transcontinental rail line, so it counts.
The Great Train Robbery? Yes.
Kawalerowicz’s POCIAG (1959)
Dieterle’s THE LAST FLIGHT (1931)
Benning’s RR (2007)
Gance’s LA ROUE (1923)
De Palma’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)
i watched terror train the other day with jamie lee curtis and i solved the identity of the killer!
Jacques Tourneur’s Berlin Express (1948) is being released on region 1 dvd in December. Being a big fan of Tourneur’s films I’m pretty excited to finally see this one. From what I’ve heard it’s supposed to be pretty good. The trailer I included is not of very good quality, but isn’t that clown standing next to Robert Ryan downright spooky?
Ally the Manic Listmaker
La double vie de Veronique
Secret Defense (Metro – is at least 20 minutes of the 2 1/2 hour long film).