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FilmNC-172019

Polar

ActionCrimeDrama

Directed by Jonas Åkerlund

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers. From TMDB

134 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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Polar is a 2019 action crime drama film, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, starring Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens and Katheryn Winnick.

  • 120 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
  • posts span Jan 28, 2019 to Nov 4, 2026

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  • Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    We put on Polar Express last night, which I hadn’t seen in 20 years. That’s… a weird weird movie. So weird.

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  • Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.comBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    I tried to watch the Amazon Santa… heist movie (?) Red One starring The Rock, JK Simmons, Chris Evans, Nick Kroll, and Lucy Liu alongside Polar Express-like CGI and I am starting to believe Bezos could find a way to blow $600m on a wedding. At least a wedding would be memorable.

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  • Jop @jopdbob.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    [FULL]-Oscar, Polar, & Kingston- After filming something for Kingston's upcoming movie, the actors decided to film a little "something" themselves. Oscar & Polar: @zanjideaf7.bsky.social Kingston: @rollingracoon.bsky.social Voices: @lunarlegacy.bsky.social SFX: @opennsfwsp.bsky.social

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  • donoteat @donoteat.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    was happy to learn today that in the 2004 Polar Express film the locomotive is canonically equipped with poling pockets, meaning the crew got up to far more dangerous shit in the yard in the off-season than anything in regular service depicted in the film

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  • Elizabeth Blackstock @elizablackstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    Polar Express is a horror movie

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  • Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    The Polar Express is a horror film and not the good kind.

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  • TrashMarine @trashmarine.neocities.orgBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Fuck you, The Polar Express is a top 10 Christmas film. I think about this scene all day every day.

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  • NightBear @nightbears.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    New illustration! Polar bear character from the movie Goat!🐻‍❄️🏀 I'm not sure of her name, maybe it's "Propp". I loved making this art! In this art, I tried to make a more elaborate illustration, but I think there's a lot to improve. If anyone has any painting tips, I'd appreciate hearing them!

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  • David Lebo @leboism.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2023

    I don't know where this rehabilitation of the Polar Express movie came from, but I'm putting my foot down. No. We are not doing this. We are not acting like this correctly forgotten uncanny valley filler arc of a movie is good

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  • RoBOOgoblin 👻 @ttrpgifs.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

    The Polar Express is a horror movie.

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  • Liz, a queen of sharks- @thesharkqueen.comBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    My 8-yr-old just put on the Polar Express, then left the room. Did I look like I needed the world’s longest, least interesting Christmas movie on in the background to help me work?

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    Twenty years ago today, The Polar Express was released. This film really has become a massive comfort film for me as it really is such a fun Christmas film that gets me in the holiday mood thanks to its story, visuals, and songs. Always a fun watch.

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  • $ex Toilet the Ying Yang Man @redicnomad.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    Trying to convince my mom The Polar Express is made with computers. I feel like this is what the first fully AI movie will look like ( also it's extremely weird and scary??? )

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  • Kenresek 🔞 @kenresek.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2024

    Fennix and Polar Patroller movie night CW: male on male, fart #furry #fart #furryfart

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  • Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    Every holiday season little kids go to school in their pajamas, drink hot chocolate, and watch the most terrifying movie ever made, The Polar Express

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  • Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.comBluesky · Dec 22, 2025

    At max speeds of 110 mph, Michigan could provide rail service between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 95 minutes, 20% faster than driving. For fun, you could name it the "Polar Express," given Grand Rapids is where the movie takes place!

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  • Heidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    I’m watching Polar Express while I make dinner and I have never seen a more viscerally disturbing film.

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  • Rick Dhaliwal @dhaliwalsports.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the best x-mas movie all-time but I also like Elf, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Burl Ives), Bad Santa, The Polar Express (Tom Hanks), A Christmas Carol (Jim Carrey).

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  • Kevin Elf Böy 🧝‍♂️ @kevinterribly.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2025

    I remember when a lot of people said that The Polar Express is a horror movie but is it really a horror movie I beg to differ.

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  • Josh Eberley @josheberley.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    Is the Polar Express the most overrated Christmas movie?

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  • Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.comBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    I like the Polar Express movie actually

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  • Conor @ernekid.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    It's funny that Robert Zemeckis's greatest cultural legacy is that he inadvertently saved a bunch of heritage Railways with his crappy CGI movie because doing Polar Express events at christmas basically now cover their operating costs

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  • Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    Gf asked if "Murder on the Orient Express" was the inspiration for Polar Express. I had to tell her: A) I haven't seen Polar Express B) I doubt that Disney made a movie about Santa solving a murder on a train C) literally all I want is a movie about Santa solving a murder on a train.

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  • Cesar Jimenez @jimenopolix.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    So I heard that Universal and Disney came to some agreement to showcase some Universal films on Disney+. I checked the app... no Shrek movies on mine, but there IS "Scared Shrekless". And then I found another something interesting... The freakin' POLAR EXPRESS film is on there!

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  • Ant @agramuglia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    I mentioned this months ago in my Polar Express vid, but yeah, this movie took a brilliant idea and absolutely soiled it.

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  • Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    [P] I have my own irrational nostalgia for bad shows and movies from my childhood. Everyone should love what they love free from judgement. Except for THE POLAR EXPRESS. That movie is way fucked up.

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  • EtchIsSketchy @etchissketchy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    The Polar Express movie is 20 years old today so here's a throwback to the Christmas art I did last year #TinAndPoncho #ThePolarExpress

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  • Ant @agramuglia.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Twenty years ago, The Polar Express film adaptation came out. Tom Hanks starred as half the cast in this Robert Zemeckis Christmas movie that charmed a generation of children...and annoyed a lot of people. Let's talk about it. Thumbnail: @linesinmotion.bsky.social

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    The Polar Express is a movie about Tom Hanks having a bad day at work.

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  • Kadath @kadath.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    Watched Polar, the 2019 action film starring Mads Mikkelsen. The trailers made it look like a Metal Gear Solid knockoff, but it’s more akin to Kill Bill meets John Wick. It starts off kinda irreverent and glossy but by the midpoint it gets really interesting and violently cathartic. Good flick!

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  • Esoteric Collector @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    The Phantom of the Opera Universal Studios 1925 Lon Chaney My Phantom of the Opera model I painted Polar Lights Models 2000 The masterpiece silent film based on Gaston Leroux's novel of the same name. #UniversalMonsters #ThePhantomofTheOpera #LonChaney (A short thread continue reading)

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  • Ant @agramuglia.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    If you haven't seen it yet, I did a review of the movie The Polar Express, where I analyzed where this train related movie....derailed? ...i feel like Fozzy Bear writing these descriptions.

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  • Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.comBluesky · Dec 30, 2023

    I’m an honest enjoyer of the Polar Express movie.

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  • Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2025

    5yo: “Today we watched a scary A.I. movie at school.” (It was Polar Express.)

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    The Polar Express is a movie about when you go with your friend to their church, and you have to figure out all the rituals on the fly.

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  • BOO-lie @MCM G-05 @bailierosenlund.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Beloved action film, The Polar Express

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  • Furry Found Footage ➡️ FURPOC @furryfootage.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    ALSO THE POLAR BEAR ANTHRO IN THE CENTER OF THE POSTER IS IN THE MOVIE FOR MAYBE TWO MINUTES

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    The Polar Express is a movie about a child who has a psychotic break that persists into adulthood.

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  • AllyKat's Art Blog (AKArtz) @allykatartz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    The man! The myth! The nerdy kid from The Polar Express movie sound-alike LEGEND! PANOOTS is BACK! (at least for a little bit, to stream Bananza!) [ #AKArtz ]

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  • Josiah @joesighyuh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    25 Days of Christmas Movies! Day 6: The Polar Express

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  • Liam @backinthecrowd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    I retract all past criticism of the film Polar Express for the uncanny valley effect of the animation. At least it was actually created by artists.

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  • DianeD 🇦🇺 @rogueytwinkles.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2024

    Hubby and I are watching our fav Christmas movie… The Polar Express! Yep we are big kids at heart!😉

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  • HAUNTonic 👻 @huntonic.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    I'm sorry, I do not like the Polar Express movie.

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  • Actually Andrew @actuallyandrew.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Polar Express is the closest a western movie has ever gotten to being a Studio Ghibli movie.

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  • HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.blacksky.appBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    The Polar Express is a Christmas movie BC IT’S ABOUT CHRISTMAS. Elf is a Christmas movie bc IT’S ABOUT CHRISTMAS. DREAMGIRLS IS NOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS 😭😭

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  • Inaiah @inaiahlujan.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2025

    About Me: Queer, poly, Indigenous (Latinx + Jicarilla Apache). Bi-Polar. Film photographer, filmmaker, musician, and designer. Sober since 2019. Mental health advocate. Lover of tarot, astrology, and intentional creativity. Own a production company + 4 pets. Let’s connect!

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Tonight's movie for Halloween. Yep watching Monster House working are way down the Halloween movie list hahaha. It's an intriguing animated film that uses the same technology that created Polar Express . #filmsky #monsterhouse #animation #halloween

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  • Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2025

    Oh wow. It’s like a Nutty Professor movie there, or Polar Express.

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  • Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2025

    Is Polar Express the first holiday-themed horror movie

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  • Joe @joelastname.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    I don't usually play Last Four Friday but my current crop is too wild not to share. note: the Polar Express viewing was actually the film synced up to The Dark Side of the Moon for some reason

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  • Julie 🎃👻🎶 @juliemch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2025

    #JuneMovieChallenge Day 4. Someone in a movie takes a train trip. The Polar Express (2004)

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  • L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.appBluesky · Dec 23, 2025

    The Polar Express movie still gives me the creeps

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  • Josh @jmcain.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    The Polar Express is such an underrated Christmas film tbh

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  • Sonny Side Up 🍳🏳️‍🌈 @misonnyside.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    My dad put on Polar Express. This uncanny valley ass movie 😭

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  • 🌯👻 Boorito Zen 👻🌯 @burritozen.netBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Make a movie scarier Polar Express 2

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  • Andrewb72 @andrewb72.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2025

    The Polar Express is a better film than Home Alone....just my personal opinion of course.

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  • Kanto_141 @kanto141.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    What is everyones favourite Christmas film? Mines the Polar Express!

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  • The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🎃 🍉 🏳️‍🌈 Halloween Era @theautisticart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    What is a Movie that No One in the World could ever make You Hate? For Me... 'The Polar Express' 🖤

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    Tonight's Christmas film The Polar Express It's a great story based upon a amazing book and it's visually a incredible film #filmsky #thepolarexpess #christmas

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  • R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    That time Ken Jacobs wrote about The Polar Express for Film Comment: www.filmcomment.com/blog/ken-jac...

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