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Plot Summary:
Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, slapstick comedy, parody
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Car Crash (1981)
Plot Summary:
When successful racer Nick, with friend and business manager Paul are threatened off the racing circuit they call in a favor from a stock car mechanic who delivers more than they bargained for as he gives them the ultimate power car which he has spent years perfecting.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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Thunder and Lightning (1977)
Plot Summary:
A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Plot Summary:
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by it's Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick
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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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Shooting Stars (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, spoof, parody
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Supervan (1977)
Plot Summary:
A man named Clint enters a solar-powered van called Vandora into a competition called Freakout.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Midnite Spares (1983)
Plot Summary:
After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father's untimely death, Steve pursues the criminals and attempts to capture them as well as prove his prowess as a racecar driver.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Double Nickels (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Speedtrap (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, detective
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Texas Detour (1978)
Plot Summary:
Stunt driving was no problem. It was real life that was out to get him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychotronic, independent film
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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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White Line Fever (1975)
Plot Summary:
An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, sexual, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, fast, poliziottesco, sexy
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Hooper (1978)
Plot Summary:
Burt Reynolds plays a legendary stunt man known as Sonny Hooper, who remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, funny, light, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, dramatic
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Stingray (1978)
Plot Summary:
Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. When they attempt to recover their stash with their leader, Abigail, they find out that two happy-go-lucky dudes, Elmo and Al, have bought the car. They quickly pursue the two along with the police who think that the car's new owners are the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action comedy, independent film
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The Junkman (1982)
Plot Summary:
As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a fiery battle, turning highways and city streets into a blazing junkyard.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 829
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: action thriller, independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, cult film
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Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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Eat My Dust (1976)
Plot Summary:
Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her for a ride in a souped-up race car owned by local racer Big Bubba Jones. Hoover's father Harry, who's also the local sheriff is furious at the situation and orders his bumbling deputies to go after him. With the Sheriff's office overflowing with concerned parents and citizens and his deputies failing to catch him. He enlists the help of Jones and fellow racers to capture him. It culminates in a thrilling car chase finale through the rural countryside.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, action comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, parody, funny, sexy, suspense
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Stroker Ace (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, cult film
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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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Burnout 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
After two years in prison for participating in an illegal street race, Roy says no to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk. But then he hears that his daughter will participate with a boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, suspenseful
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
Plot Summary:
An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, road movie, independent film, realistic, semi serious, fast, feel good, unusual plot structure, surreal, splatter
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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Plot Summary:
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, feel good, cult classic, exciting, humorous, grindhouse, action comedy, romantic comedy, spectacular
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Runaway Car (1997)
Plot Summary:
A nurse apprentice, who had a bad day at work, meets a computer programmer at a car garage. The man is urged to go somewhere, but his car is not ready yet, so the nurse offers him a ride. Before leaving the man, they pick up the nurse's baby nephew. Once on the street, they almost run over a young man. Not knowing if he is hurt, they pick up the man too. But the worst luck begins when the car brakes break down.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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Bounty Hunters (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lee Shan and Ayo are ex-Interpol agents who are now bounty hunters, chasing fugitives for cash rewards. When the two of them are framed for a hotel-bombing, they join hands with a legendary bounty hunter named Cat, along with her teammates, to find the real bomber.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: China, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, light
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Plot Summary:
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, action comedy, spectacular, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, crying, weeping
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Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Plot Summary:
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick, road movie, action comedy, independent film, fast
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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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The Chase (1994)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, funny, christian film, feel good
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The Bounty Hunter (2010)
Plot Summary:
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, sexy, entertaining, road movie, feel good, romantic comedy, absurd, exciting