The Railway Man fingerprintStrong craft, a touch of humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
A real life story, history, and the mind
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Railway Man is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
A real life story, history, and the mind
Its world is built around a real life story, history, and the mind.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Revenge is never a straight line.
Overall: Similar vibe.
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The Railway Man is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 66/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 67%, and Metacritic 59). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 56 min
The Railway Man runs 1 h 56 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 63 and audiences 70 out of 100, so both groups see The Railway Man much the same way.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $18 million to make and earned $24 million worldwide, 1.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in Australia, France, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom.
+29GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Railway Man in 43 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 12 storytelling tropes for The Railway Man, including Befriending the Enemy, Cold-Blooded Torture, Driven to Suicide.
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