Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "railroad-company"

1. Unstoppable (2010)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Thriller

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee

Votes: 207,893 | Gross: $81.56M

2. Human Desire (1954)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 6,360

3. Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.

Director: Paul Johansson | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Edi Gathegi

Votes: 14,324 | Gross: $4.75M

4. Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? (2014)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything..

Director: James Manera | Stars: Kristoffer Polaha, Laura Regan, Rob Morrow, Peter Mackenzie

Votes: 3,895 | Gross: $0.85M

5. Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy.

Director: John Putch | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Patrick Fabian

Votes: 7,646 | Gross: $3.34M

6. The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Western

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall, Luke Askew, R.G. Armstrong

Votes: 2,392 | Gross: $0.14M

7. Night Passage (1957)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster

Votes: 4,550

8. China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)

R | 102 min | Romance, Western

The railroad hires a condemned killer to murder an uncooperative rancher but the assassin fails to deliver, prompting the railroad men to go after him instead.

Directors: Monte Hellman, Tony Brandt | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Warren Oates, Fabio Testi, Sam Peckinpah

Votes: 1,412

9. The Brave Locomotive (2023)

7 min | Animation, Short

In this Old West musical tale with 1940s flair, a fearless little train and his engineer confront obsolescence as bigger, faster, and more automated machines take center stage.

Director: Andrew Chesworth | Stars: Kari Shaw Akers, Joanna Jahn, Drew Jansen, Andra Suchy

Votes: 133

10. Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016)

117 min | Drama, Western

Apache chief Winnetou forms a friendship with a German immigrant rail road engineer Karl May, named afterwards Old Shatterhand.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Nik Xhelilaj, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jürgen Vogel, Milan Peschel

Votes: 1,018

11. The Toast of New York (1937)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Notorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress.

Directors: Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall | Stars: Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie

Votes: 1,214

12. Denver & Rio Grande (1952)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Western

A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers

Votes: 620

13. Aces 'N' Eights (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Action, Drama, Western

Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law ... See full summary »

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner, Ernest Borgnine, Jeff Kober

Votes: 846

14. 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Drama

Union activist Asa Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Rail Company in 1920s America.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters

Votes: 360

15. The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway (1974– )

Documentary, Drama, History

A dramatized documentary about the political and engineering struggle to build Canada's first trans-continental railway.

Stars: Pierre Berton, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes, Joseph Shaw

Votes: 67

16. Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside Yosemite National Park, is on ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Peter Alexander, Jeri Arredondo, Henry Gibson, Michael Stipe

Votes: 178 | Gross: $0.02M

17. Metal Road (2017)

27 min | Documentary, Short

For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads, maintaining the trans-continental network. Metal Road explores the dynamics of livelihood, family and the railroads, through the lens of one workday on the 9001 Heavy Steel Gang.

Director: Sarah Del Seronde | Stars: Kenneth Barney, Jerry Curley, Marshall Ben, Burt Carter

18. The Peacemaker (1956)

82 min | Western

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Mitchell, Rosemarie Stack, Jan Merlin, Jess Barker

Votes: 120

19. The Road Taken (1996)

52 min | Documentary, History

The story of African-Canadian railroad porters on the Canadian railways.

Director: Selwyn Jacob | Stars: Frederick Ward, Eddie Bailey, Earl Briscoe, Lee Williams

Votes: 9

20. A Tax from the Rear (1920)

Animation, Short, Comedy

Jerry struggles to file his income tax report.

Director: Walt Hoban

21. Mythos Winnetou (2016 TV Movie)

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Stars: Mario Adorf, Wolfgang Bahro, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice

Votes: 10

22. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Wild West's Biggest Train Holdup (1965)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

The aging and ailing sheriff of Washoe County, Nevada gets a big assist from his deputy in the county's fight with the Central Pacific railroad over payment of back taxes.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Charles Bateman, Pat Priest, Roy Barcroft, Tyler McVey

Votes: 34

23. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: Bridge Party (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what. When the railroad makes a series of trumped up charges against the ... See full summary »

Director: William Conrad | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, James Barton

Votes: 68

24. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
Episode: Transcontinental Railway (2003)

TV-PG | Documentary, Drama, History

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Director: Paul Bryers | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Lorenzo Baca, Al Cacioppo, Mark Camaren

Votes: 37

25. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode: Death or Taxes (1961)

30 min | Western

Garrett rides into a boomtown that a railroad considers their personal fiefdom. Not only does the company run crooked gambling houses to keep their workers broke, but they refuse to pay ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Alan Baxter, Will Wright

Votes: 10

26. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Downfall (1962)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Joseph December is a legitimate businessman and the scion of a wealthy family who own the Great Lakes Pacific railroad which, by all accounts, is on its last legs. With Eliot Ness receiving... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Stack, Steven Hill, Simon Oakland, Stefan Schnabel

Votes: 57

27. The Good Wife (2009–2016)
Episode: Crash (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alicia and Will represent three widows who are suing the freight train company their husbands worked for after a fatal accident, while Diane asks Kalinda to gather information on a lawyer who may be considered as a new partner.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips

Votes: 821

28. The Deep End (2010)
Episode: Nothing Personal (2010)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama

When a promising female tennis star loses her scholarship, Susan gives Beth and Dylan the challenging pro-bono case -- which questions the player's personal identity -- while Liam and Malcolm are pitted against each other.

Director: Adam Arkin | Stars: Matt Long, Billy Zane, Clancy Brown, Norbert Leo Butz

Votes: 26