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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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Joyride to Nowhere (1977)
Plot Summary:
Teenage friends Cindy and Leah have decided to leave their abusive homelives behind, stealing Cindy's father's car and setting out on the road to freedom. On the way, they meet up with a sleazy guy named Tank who invites them up to his place. As Tank showers, the two girls decide to take off, stealing Tank's wallet and his car. His car, however, happens to contain $2 million from a bank job he just pulled off, and Tank is now rather intent on tracking the pair down and reclaiming what's his.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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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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Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
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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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
Similar in 85%
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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Hi-Riders (1978)
Plot Summary:
Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, independent film
Similar in 78%
Flash and the Firecat (1975)
Plot Summary:
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film
Similar in 76%
Highway Racer (1977)
Plot Summary:
Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, perverse
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A Small Town in Texas (1976)
Plot Summary:
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cop Killers (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, poliziottesco, tripping, surprise ending, psychotronic, cult film
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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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The Lady in Red (1979)
Plot Summary:
1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, erotic, sentimental
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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
Plot Summary:
Candy and Ellie Jo are a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into small-town banks with a carload of dynamite! When they take Slim hostage, it begins a thrill-packed crime spree across the state of Texas.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, psychotronic, grindhouse, action thriller, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Macon County Line (1974)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and based on fact.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, grindhouse, poliziottesco
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The Last Run (1971)
Plot Summary:
A former getaway driver from Chicago has retired to a peaceful life in a Portugese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job, involving driving a dangerous crook and his girl-friend to France.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, retro, action thriller
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Big Bad Mama (1974)
Plot Summary:
Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy, independent film, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo noir
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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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The Wild Racers (1968)
Plot Summary:
Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in Europe. After limited success he manages to win the Spanish Grand Prix. His love life however, is much less successful and his winning on the track only serves to alienate the woman he loves - with unhappy consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, 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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Moving Violation (1976)
Plot Summary:
Eddie Moore is a young drifter passing through the small town of Rockfield when suddenly he gets harassed by corrupt sheriff Leroy Rankin and his Deputy, Tylor. Later he meets up with waitress Camille "Cam" Johnson and both skinny dip in a swimming pool owned by H.L. Rockfield, the richest man in the area. Later Tylor shows up at his mansion and starts criticizing his business practices, something that he doesn't know is Sheriff Rankin is also there and hears every word he said, he then shoots Tylor and staggers away and manages to seek refuge in the back of Cam's van. Felling his reputation as Sheriff will be tarnished if anyone finds out about it. He blames Eddie and Cam for the killing and puts out an APB. Endess car chases and shootouts ensue as they try to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, road movie, independent film, grindhouse
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The Bang Bang Gang (1970)
Plot Summary:
1930's: Adam and Leroy tries to rob a cafe, but finds out that two girls are already trying to do the same. Instead of arguing with them they join them in a robbery-spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film
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White Lightning (1973)
Plot Summary:
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, colorful, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, black comedy, double entendre, southern gothic
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Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Plot Summary:
Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 84%
Vanishing Point (1971)
Plot Summary:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, retro, political, art house
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Thieves Like Us (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. The film is based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. The novel is also the source material for the 1949 film They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, sincere, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 89%
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, surprise ending, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, bad ending, grim
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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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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
Plot Summary:
A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, neo noir, poliziottesco
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Plot Summary:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: talky, intense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, road movie, neo noir, psychological, realistic
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Plot Summary:
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, action thriller, exciting, light, captivating, spiritual, crime drama, buddy comedy, black comedy