Runaway Train (1985)

This film surprised me. There are lots of movies from 1985 that are still popular and familiar today: Back to the Future, The Goonies, Weird Science, Rocky IV, Rambo: First Blood - Part Two. But this movie wasn't even that popular forty years ago, let alone is even known about in 2025. It starts off as a fairly typical prison film, but becomes an action thriller with a certain amount of depth. It's graphic, it's violent, it's beautifully shot, and its ending is perfect.