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Plot Summary:
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Darktown Strutters (1975)
Plot Summary:
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Action, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick, campy, cult film
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Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics (1989)
Plot Summary:
An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she is leaving with her lover. He then sets off in pursuit of them, but in the process runs into another woman who is on the run from her crazed lover who is chasing her as much to get his stolen motorcycle back as he is to actually find her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Diamonds and Guns (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this romantic comedy, set in Las Vegas, "Diamonds & Guns" follows best friends Ashley(Renee O'Connor, of Xena:Warrior Princess) and Bria as they set off to change their luck. From the Sunset Strip to the Vegas Strip, they cannot seem to escape their troubles. In a comedy of errors, they find themselves wrapped up with the mob, chased by a hitman, and falling in love with the least likeliest guys. What happens in Vegas...just may alter their fortunes forever. Who will make it out alive? Who will end up with who? Place your bets... "Diamonds & Guns".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags:
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Hog Wild (1980)
Plot Summary:
A boy (Tim Warner), expelled from military school, returns home to his fathers disappiontment. He discovers that a motorcycle gang has been terrorizing his high school, and falls in love with the girlfriend (Angie Barnes) of the gang's leader (Bull). He battles the gang, and wins both the admiration of his father and the love of the girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two unemployed stuntmen smuggle marijuana out of Mexico. Early embarassing roles by Reiner and Marshall!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Swim Team (1979)
Plot Summary:
A new swimming coach is hired to break a team's seven-year losing streak.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, teen sex comedy, independent film
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Evel Knievel (1974)
Plot Summary:
Pilot for an adventure/comedy series starring Sam Elliott as the title character and Gary Barton as his sidekick. In the pilot Evel Knievel must compete against a female motorcycle daredevil.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
Plot Summary:
Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden (Baker), nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright (Sarandon) intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran (Hagman) wants the race completed by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Out of Sight (1966)
Plot Summary:
Teenage beach party/spy spoof/musical comedy about a plot to bomb a music fair. As his boss is on vacation, a superspy's butler must come to the rescue, while being pursued by a trio of gorgeous assassins who're agents of F.L.U.S.H. Features George Barris hotrods, along with the musical talents of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and the only film appearance of The Turtles.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spy comedy, psychotronic, spoof, comic
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The Fast Lady (1962)
Plot Summary:
A Scottish civil servant (Stanley Baxter) must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's (Julie Christie) tycoon father (James Robertson Justice).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Torque (2004)
Plot Summary:
Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey, leader of the most feared biker gang in the country. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name from the murder with Trey and his gang looking for his blood.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: entertaining, surreal, sexy, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed, stylized, action thriller, romantic
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Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Plot Summary:
Old Mr. Parker has made millions inventing and selling games. At the beginning of the movie, he dies and his relatives gather for the reading of the will. However, Old Mr. Parker is a game player to the last, and his will stipulates a Scavenger Hunt to determine which relative will get the inheritance. The winner of the scavenger hunt gets all the money, the rest get nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: entertaining, offbeat, humorous, not serious
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Wheels of Fortune (2020)
Plot Summary:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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Pink Angels (1971)
Plot Summary:
Six rough and tumble motor cyclists meet at the side of an empty highway to plan their adventurous excursion cycling to Los Angeles. The burly bunch are Michael (John Alderman), David (Tom Basham), Henry (Bob Bihiller), Arnold (Bruce Kimbal), Eddie (Henry Olek) and Ronnie (Maurice Warfield). They're deceptive: although they look like the adventure addicted non-conformists of today out to raise Hell as they brawl their way over countryside and local towns, actually the six are on a different type of trip to the City of the Angels.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: cult classic, surreal, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, queer cinema
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The Prize Fighter (1979)
Plot Summary:
"Bags" the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some moneymaking fights. But when Bags and Shake discover that the bouts have been rigged, they end up with their backs to the wall and must fight back -- literally.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny
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The Long Dumb Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, humorous, captivating, light, buddy comedy
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Tomboy (1985)
Plot Summary:
A budding female race-car driver finally meets her racing idol and unbelievably they fall in love...a love that's quickly put to the test when, having received the chance to show her racing talents, the two find themselves in a race for a multi-million dollar sponsorship contract.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, entertaining, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Yusuf Yusuf (2014)
Plot Summary:
Since his childhood, interested in cars, car races and dreamed to be a rally pilot but became a minibus driver in Ankara. This movie tells Yusuf's story full of action as well as comedy.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, road movie
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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 Gumball Rally (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, cult classic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, fast, cult film
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Born to Ride (2011)
Plot Summary:
The stars of Starship Troopers are back in action! Mike (Casper Van Dien) decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex (Patrick Muldoon), but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. Carrying evidence that could get them killed at any minute, the boys are chased on the open road but turn their skills to their own advantage. William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Theresa Russell (Wild Things) also star in this gun-blazing, rip-roaring adventure from the director of Every Which Way But Loose youll never forget!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, retro
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Death Race 2000 (1975)
Plot Summary:
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, suspenseful, cult classic, humorous, entertaining, stylized, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic
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Safari 3000 (1982)
Plot Summary:
Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days before the start, so she hires ex-stuntman Eddie and buys a wreck of a car from her last money. Eddie can help her to a new motor - by stealing it from the ruthless count Borgia, who from now on is their hardest and meanest competitor in the rallye.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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Carquake! (1976)
Plot Summary:
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fast, poliziottesco
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Superfast! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento's LA gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross LA crime kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol who hides his cash in a downtown Taco Bell. The gang's outrageous plan is as daring as it is ridiculous and will see them towing the whole damn restaurant, at crazy speeds.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, light, realistic, fast
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The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner, Boss Hogg. Their efforts constantly find the 'Duke Boys' eluding authorities in 'The General Lee', their 1969 orange Dodge Charger that keeps them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town's Sheriff, Roscoe P. Coltrane.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, funny, absurd, ironic, scenic, sex comedy, southern gothic
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Freebird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Rock and Roll Road Movie Comedy set in Wales.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light, captivating
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Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Plot Summary:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 248000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, not serious, parody, slapstick, psychological, road movie, feel good, black comedy
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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Plot Summary:
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, light, cult classic, entertaining, hilarious, exciting, feel good, funny, captivating
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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