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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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Speedway (1968)
Plot Summary:
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 86%
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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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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Six Pack (1982)
Plot Summary:
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant stepfather. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, light, romantic, road movie, sexy
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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 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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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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Fireball 500 (1966)
Plot Summary:
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
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Thunder Alley (1967)
Plot Summary:
Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious
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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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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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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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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Plot Summary:
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, melancholic, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, fast, surprise ending
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The Love Bug (1969)
Plot Summary:
Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various close escapes in between. Three further Herbie movies were to follow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, funny, family comedy, exciting
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" But when a rival French driver coasts onto the track to challenge their records, they'll have to floor it to retain their top-dog status.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, slapstick, exciting, parody, spoof, cult classic, satirical, feel good, epic
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Semi-Tough (1977)
Plot Summary:
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, crying, weeping, parody
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Born to Race: Fast Track (2014)
Plot Summary:
Danny Krueger is a twenty-year old drag racer who plays by his own rules. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young drivers in the world. Tension soars on and off the track, and a terrible incident leaves Danny without a racing partner. Facing dismissal from the academy, Danny is forced to team up with an old rival. The pair must learn to set aside their differences as they vie for rookie spots on a professional racing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, action thriller, feel good, independent film
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Days of Thunder (1990)
Plot Summary:
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, inspirational, intense, serious, realistic, suspense, psychological, romantic comedy, cult classic, action adventure
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Red Line 7000 (1965)
Plot Summary:
The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée Holly, but before she arrives, he dies in a race. Since she hasn't got the money to travel back, she stays. The young and very ambitious talent Ned Arp joins the team and immediately starts wooing Pat's sister Julie. Third in the team is womanizer Dan McCall, who brings with him his current girlfriend Gabrielle from Paris. So the basic theme of this soap is "Who with whom?" Written by Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Plot Summary:
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: inspirational, uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
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Le Mans (1971)
Plot Summary:
Steve McQueen is ideally cast as a champion race car driver, participating in the famed 24-hour race headquartered in Le Mans, France. Though dedicated to Going for the Gold, McQueen finds time to romance widowed Elga Andersen. The dramatic angle to this plot wrinkle is that McQueen may well have been responsible for the death of Andersen's husband during a previous car pile-up. Director John Sturges, who'd previously helmed Steve McQueen's legendary motorcycle chase scenes in The Great Escape, was originally slated to direct Le Mans, but withdrew from the project; it was then taken over by Lee H. Katzin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, road movie, entertaining, independent film, atmospheric, thought provoking, clever, enigmatic
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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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Redline (2007)
Plot Summary:
A gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized by exotic car fanatics.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, sentimental, feel good, entertaining, serious, realistic, fast
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The Last American Hero (1973)
Plot Summary:
A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, sincere, fast
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Winning (1969)
Plot Summary:
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious
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Born to Race (2011)
Plot Summary:
Born To Race is the story of Danny Krueger, a rebellious young street racer on a collision course with trouble. After an accident at an illegal street race, he is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father, a washed up NASCAR racer. When Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he's forced to seek his father's help in taking down the local hot shot.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film, fast, serious
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Greased Lightning (1977)
Plot Summary:
This film is based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing champion in America.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black comedy, exciting, realistic, semi serious
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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Plot Summary:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 447000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: inspirational, exciting, realistic, captivating, motivational, historical drama, retro, feel good, epic, emotional