The Railway Man

"Revenge is never a straight line."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.8/10

772 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Other Awards

🏆 2 wins•📋 4 nominations

Won

AACTA for Best Adapted Screenplay

AACTA for Best Original Music Score

Nominated

AACTA for Best Film

AACTA for Best Cinematography

AACTA for Best Costume Design

AACTA for Best Sound

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$18.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$24.2M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$6.2M

ROI: +34%

Budget Recovery134% of budget

$0|Budget: $18.0M|Revenue: $24.2M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

15.5K

Daily Avg

258

7-Day Trend

+32%

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Based On

The Railway Man

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Australia

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3 Locations Found

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Story Setting

Set In

Thailand

Time Period

1980s

Themes & Subjects

#pacificwar#worldwarii

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Garry Phillips

Film Editing

Martin Connor

Music / Score

David Hirschfelder

Costume Design

Lizzy Gardiner

Production Companies

Starz Entertainment

Distributors

PlaionNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Railway Man

Available in 43 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Fawesome	Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	—	Plex	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaR	Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels	Hoopla, Plex	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	Foxtel Now, Beamafilm	ABC iview, Beamafilm, Hoopla	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Beamafilm	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

CanadaR

AustraliaM

Germany12

FranceTP

Brazil12

Switzerland16

+9 more countries

Production

Director

Jonathan Teplitzky

Writers

Andy Paterson, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Eric Lomax

Production Companies

Archer Street ProductionsPictures in ParadiseLatitude MediaThai Occidental ProductionsSilver ReelLionsgate

Cast

Colin Firth

Eric

Nicole Kidman

Patti

Stellan Skarsgård

Finlay

Jeremy Irvine

Young Eric

Hiroyuki Sanada

Nagase

Tanroh Ishida

Young Nagase

Michael MacKenzie

Sutton

No Image

Jeffrey Daunton

Burton

Tom Stokes

Withins

Bryan Probets

Major York

Tom Hobbs

Thorlby

Sam Reid

Young Finlay

Tags & Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)world war iivictimredemptionbased on true storyautobiographyrevengetorture

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