Movies like The Story of the Tram (1994)
The best movies like The Story of the Tram (1994) are The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Queen of the Desert (2015) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965). If The Story of the Tram hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Third Man (1949)7.9/10 from 2,226 votes
- NewestOfficial Secrets (2019)Released 2019
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisQueen of the Desert (2015)
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Aristocats (1970)
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBumblebee (2018)
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisComfort and Joy (1984)
Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe First Great Train Robbery (1978)
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnna and the King (1999)
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIrma la Douce (1963)
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOfficial Secrets (2019)
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHopscotch (1980)
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUp in the Air (2009)
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Railway Children (1970)
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDesign for Living (1933)
Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Founder (2016)
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCome September (1961)
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Living Daylights (1987)
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoneyball (2011)
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Story of the Tram?
The closest matches to The Story of the Tram are The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Queen of the Desert (2015) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Story of the Tram?
Start with The World's Fastest Indian (2005), the closest match to The Story of the Tram.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Story of the Tram?
The Third Man (1949), rated 7.9/10 by 2,226 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Story of the Tram?
Official Secrets (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Story of the Tram?
Yes: The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Queen of the Desert (2015) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965).
How are movies similar to The Story of the Tram chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Story of the Tram, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.