6 Best Luxury Train Journey Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 26, 2026

Trapped together on a lavish train, passengers find murder, espionage and chaos. Murder on the Orient Express appears in 1974 and 2017, each with a detective among suspects snowed in, The Lady Vanishes and From Russia with Love bring the espionage, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three has hijackers seizing a New York subway train. Silver Streak has a publishing executive witnessing a murder aboard a cross-country train.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A detective interrogates a train carriage full of suspects after a murder mid-journey.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Silver Streak (1976)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A publishing executive witnesses a murder aboard a cross-country train and becomes the target of the killers.

Directed by Arthur Hiller · 1h 54m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Armed hijackers seize a New York City subway car and hold its passengers for ransom.

Directed by Joseph Sargent · 1h 45m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A renowned detective must identify a killer among the passengers trapped on a snowbound train.

Directed by Sidney Lumet · 2h 08m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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From Russia with Love (1963)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Bond is lured into a Soviet honey-trap operation built around stealing a decoding device.

Directed by Terence Young · 1h 55m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Lady Vanishes (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A young woman aboard a European train insists a kindly governess has vanished, though no one else remembers her.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, Criterion Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Luxury Train Journey Movies

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Silver Streak (1976)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

From Russia with Love (1963)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

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