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Plot Summary:
An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Made in Chinatown (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese nobody sets out to become a Don in the Italian Mafia. It turns out that earning respect, finding love, and discovering his identity doesn't come so easy. He'll have to fight his way to the top.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: cult classic, parody, independent film, spoof, cult film
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The Tail Job (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nicholas Moore hires taxi driver Trevor to help catch his fiance cheating. With misunderstandings, and mistaken identity, these defective detectives find themselves on an adventure more dangerous than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Finding Camille (2017)
Plot Summary:
When dutiful and loyal Camille decides to go on a road trip down memory lane with her Alzheimer's suffering father, she must learn to let her father go or risk losing her own chance at a life and happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: romantic, road movie
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Hot Summer in Barefoot County (1974)
Plot Summary:
A city cop is sent out to the country to go undercover and bust up a ring of moonshiners run by a woman and her three hot teenage daughters.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Four's a Crowd (2022)
Plot Summary:
Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Moonrunners (1975)
Plot Summary:
Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro (2014)
Plot Summary:
After their fathers death, two brothers dispute the inheritance: the local movie theater known as Linterna Mújica. Their dispute may or not bring the town to its apocalypse, but it will for sure turn it upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, futuristic, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Little Dragons (1979)
Plot Summary:
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy, cult film
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They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
Plot Summary:
Get set for all the zany fun in this hilarious comedy about an Asian immigrant that everyone calls "Bruce", because of his resemblance to the legendary Bruce Lee. Bruce unknowingly works as cook for the Mob and is duped into making deliveries of "Chinese Flour"-which is really cocaine-all across the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, independent film, psychotronic, realistic, not serious, fast, road movie, parody, funny
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Rabhasa (2014)
Plot Summary:
US return student Karthik pledges to marry his uncle Dhanunjay's daughter Indu, which was his mother's wish. A small family feud ends with both the families getting separated. He joins Indu's college to convince her to marry him, but mistakenly assumes Bhagyam as Dhanunjay's daughter. Later, Karthik realizes that Indu is his cousin but she is already in love with another guy. He gets entangled in a risky situation when he tries to help a stranger. The rest of the story is all about how he controls the damage and fulfills the wish of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Booted (2011)
Plot Summary:
Booted is a comedy with heart about Will Kelinsky, a charming deadbeat who meets his inevitable fate when his car gets booted in downtown Philadelphia due to a vast sum of unpaid parking tickets. Now he's stranded with a backseat of spoiling groceries, a massive parking ticket, and a fed up girlfriend back at home. Doing what any reasonable man would do, Will converts his immobilized car into a booming hot dog stand in an attempt to make enough money to pay off his fines before his fed-up girlfriend leaves him for good. But to do so, he'll have to contend with low-rent mobsters, an army of hungry homeless people, and one angry meter maid. Booted is a surprisingly heartfelt story about realizing what's most important in life and the things you'll do to get it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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The White River Kid (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer, who is running from the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, road movie, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Purgatory Blues (2001)
Plot Summary:
Loser drug addict Jack winds up in hell after he gets killed by Steve, who's the abusive husband of the sweet Martha. Jack strikes up a deal with the head demon known as The Principal to get out of hell and return to life: He has 72 hours to corrupt an innocent soul or else he'll be condemned to Hades forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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In the Game (2018)
Plot Summary:
Roland is reached by the illness of'Alzheimer's and his family is the small-care with him, except his grandson JB which n'has that'a single goal to play the final of basketball in Paris. But the parents of JB blocked this weekend, asking him to monitor his grand-father. Therefore nothing will happen as expected because JB will lead Roland with him in his trip.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining
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Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
Plot Summary:
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throught the car.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, road movie, grindhouse, hispanic, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, clever
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Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Assigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but the school's liberal, politically correct environment is more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: entertaining, action comedy, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, ridiculous
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Race Gurram (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ram and Lakshman a.k.a Lucky are brothers. Ram is a sincere guy who grows up to become an honest cop. Lucky is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys life. Ram and Lucky have a tom and jerry kind of fight going on. Siva Reddy is a factionist who wants to become a politician. Ram gathers evidence against Siva Reddy and Lucky unintentionally intercepts them. The rest of the story is all about the race between Lucky and Siva Reddy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, tense, light, captivating, realistic
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Burnout (2014)
Plot Summary:
For all who remember Cannonball Run. Here is a modern twist on the subject. The longest, wildest and funniest car race, ever. From Oslo to the North Cape. The only rule is getting there first!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, road movie, fast
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Cannonball Run II (1984)
Plot Summary:
The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie, parody, humorous, spoof, cult classic, offbeat, feel good, not serious, fast, hilarious
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The Big Bus (1976)
Plot Summary:
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on his luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, road movie, spoof, absurd, funny, surreal, intense, humorous, not serious, surprise ending
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Crazy Famous (2017)
Plot Summary:
A fame obsessed average Joe escapes a mental institution with a band of misfits for one last desperate attempt to be famous.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, humorous, entertaining
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The Machine (2023)
Plot Summary:
Bert Kreischer faces a familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Together, he and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family while they attempt to find common ground.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: action comedy, dark comedy
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Tooken (2015)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of the "Taken" franchise. An ex-CIA agent who is now a mall security guard discovers that things are being taken from him. He must team up with his mom, also an ex-CIA agent, to defeat his rival and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, exciting, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Three Fugitives (1989)
Plot Summary:
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, road movie, sentimental, humorous, detective, exciting, feel good, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Plot Summary:
A tough cop's (Sylvester Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Estelle Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, the film draws to a denouement involving the title of the film and the revelation that even though she seems frail and weak she is capable of strong actions in some circumstances, i.e. when her son is threatened by thugs and she shoots herself in the shoulder.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, not serious, action comedy, cult classic, family comedy, realistic, surprise ending, romantic
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Hit and Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, intense, funny, humorous, surreal, stylized, semi serious, exciting, light, action comedy
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The Prince and the Pirate (2001)
Plot Summary:
After his father's death, elementary school teacher Leopoldo discovers he has to share the inheritance with a half-brother he didn't know existed: hustler and small-time crook Melchiorre, currently in jail.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Full Speed (2016)
Plot Summary:
A family together with their grandpa go on a vacation, when their new car won't stop and it nearly escapes crashing into a hundred cars.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, funny, road movie, light, humorous
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The Discoverers (2012)
Plot Summary:
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film, whimsical
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Bird on a Wire (1990)
Plot Summary:
A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, road movie, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, light, action comedy, clever, breathtaking