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1. The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, Kate Winslet
Votes: 255,290 | Gross: $130.18M
2. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,993 | Gross: $5.73M
3. 49th Parallel (1941)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman
Votes: 7,676
4. Jackie & Ryan (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Family, Music
A modern day train hopper fighting to become a successful musician, and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter, defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each others lives forever.
Director: Ami Canaan Mann | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 4,722
5. Floating Skyscrapers (2013)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a young man discovering his homosexuality, while his girlfriend tries to cling onto him.
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski | Stars: Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner, Katarzyna Herman
Votes: 3,232
6. Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two people face a seemingly-insurmountable obstacle that might stand between them and a last chance at love.
Director: Ed Stone | Stars: Amanda Peet, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Paulson, Blair Brown
Votes: 8,217
7. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Drama
In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Votes: 2,336
8. Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967)
92 min | Comedy, Music
Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight and theyre on their way to Florida. Here is where our intrepid heroes find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Larry E. Jackson | Stars: Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Sonny Tufts, Robert V. Barron
Votes: 165
9. American Nomads (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Well done BBC Documentary focusing on drifters, drop-outs, tramps and RV snowbirds, squatters, hermits, cowboys and Indians in the American Southwest. Very interesting stories on how and ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Troyna | Stars: Richard Grant, Comfrey Root
Votes: 143
10. Catching Out (2003)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Crime
This documentary explores the world of hobos and freight train hopping. Filmmaker Sarah George follows Switch and Baby Girl, two hobos who must give up the rails when Baby Girl becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah George | Stars: Baby Girl, Isaiah, Jessica, Luther the Jet
Votes: 105
11. Train on the Brain (2000)
50 min | Documentary
Alison Murray travels as a hobo on freight trains across Canada and the US. She gets to know the community of train riders, especially the many girls riding the rails.
Director: Alison Murray
Votes: 59
12. Alibi Mark (1937)
Approved | 13 min | Short, Drama, Crime
When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Floyd Gibbons, Dennis Moore, Cliff Storey, Fred Whitehouse
Votes: 90
13.
ALF (1986–1990)
Episode:
Night Train
(1987)
TV-G | 20 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
ALF reminisces his "adventures" on Melmac. Willie reveals that when he was 17, he hopped on trains and crossed the whole country. ALF gets excited about the idea and talks Willie into taking him to the rail yard.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory
Votes: 299
14.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Riding the Rails
(1998)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of young teens who hopped freight trains in search of work and adventure during the Great Depression.
Directors: Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys | Star: Richard Thomas
Votes: 37
15.
American Rust (2021–2024)
Episode:
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
(2021)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama
Grace enlists help in her effort to unionize the dressmakers. The sheriff gets an anonymous tip about the murder in the steel mill.
Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Maura Tierney, David Alvarez, Bill Camp
Votes: 303
16.
The Cleveland Show (2009–2013)
Episode:
Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'
(2011)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Cleveland and Rallo share a bonding experience through "mutton bustin'," but Rallo soon runs away with his sheep when he learns about his sheep's ultimate fate.
Directors: Matt Engstrom, Albert Calleros, Anthony Lioi | Stars: Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Reagan Gomez-Preston
Votes: 259