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Plot Summary:
A whiskey-fueled writing assignment takes one man on an epic motorcycle road trip through the bars and taverns across the American West. Riding a 1960 BMW R60/2, the journey leads Sanders from the red rock deserts of Arizona and Utah north to the mountains of Montana. With help of fellow traveler and sage, Northway and a variety of other colorful characters along the way, Sanders gets learns the way of the road and the zen of the bar.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, retro, neo western
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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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Recon: A Filmmaker's Quest (2012)
Plot Summary:
An independent filmmaker, journeys to 12 countries across 4 continents. With a digital camera and his passion; He wrote the most amazing script and he has the vision: Let the planet and mankind directing his path. Life's wonders will be the ultimate teacher. Unexpected characters ranging from moviestars to mobsters will help guide his dream. Join the Quest !! and experience the Filmmaker's passionate essence.
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Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, underground film, captivating, independent film, offbeat
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Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
Plot Summary:
Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Gumball 3000: The Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
A 3000 mile race from San Francisco to Miami that took place in the Spring of 2003. 150 cars and stars created all kinds of mayhem and chaos over 6 days racing from coast to coast!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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The Widow's Might (2009)
Plot Summary:
From the creators of Bubble Trouble and Heartstrings comes an all new feature-length comedy adventure! John Moore and Cameron Cavillo are buddies; aspiring filmmakers with the dream of winning the prestigious American Viewfinder film festival. When an acquaintance of Cameron's, an elderly Widow, faces losing her home to the outrageous property taxes in her area, the Moore family takes action.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, christian film, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Huckleberry Finn (1975)
Plot Summary:
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: costume drama, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Almost Heroes (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, exciting, not serious, cult classic, hilarious, inspirational, talky, slapstick comedy, parody
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Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three boy scouts, one a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, and their pretty girl friend hunt for the lost treasure of the legendary bank robber in 1950s Utah. A modern gang of outlaws wants to grab the loot, too, and soon the intrepid heroes are fleeing for the lives on trains, rafts and automobiles.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating
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American Dresser (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a recent widower consumed with regret seeks absolution in riding his motorcycle cross-country to confront the mistakes of his past, he unexpectedly discovers that life is about moving forward, one mile at a time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: melancholic, psychological, sentimental, road movie, thought provoking, depressing, captivating, disturbing, retro
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Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Jackals (1967)
Plot Summary:
Bandits target a gold miner and his granddaughter in 19th century South Africa. Robert Gunnar is the bandit with a heart of gold, who is after Price's cache of gold, but falls in love with Diana Ivarson, who has hair of gold (bleach).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic
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The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
Plot Summary:
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, natural horror, retro, wild
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The Oil Prince (1965)
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'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Wrath of God (1972)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, historical drama, political drama
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The Frisco Kid (1979)
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Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, talky, semi serious, funny, clever, slapstick, entertaining, slapstick comedy, offbeat
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Ass Backwards (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, underground film, independent film
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Storm Rider (2013)
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Spoiled 18-yr-old Dani Fielding's world is turned upside down when her father gets arrested for securities fraud, and she has to leave her upscale life in the city to stay with her gruff Uncle Sam out in the country. As Dani and her uncle struggle to bond, she's given an orphaned horse to foster and train. Dani pours her affection into this young horse, calling her Stormy and giving her all the attention she's missing from her unsettled life. Dani soon realizes that truly caring about others is the answer to most of life's biggest problems. And when her uncle and friends need her the most, Dani and Stormy work together to save the day and learn the true meaning of the word, family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, light, thought provoking, captivating, feel good, semi serious
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A Night in Old Mexico (2013)
Plot Summary:
Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hops in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It’s just another night in Old Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, tense, road movie, captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film, neo western
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Land Ho! (2014)
Plot Summary:
A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, road movie, captivating, funny, cult classic, semi serious
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Roadside Prophets (1992)
Plot Summary:
Sid and Nancy screenplay author Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with this tale of a factory worker name Joe (X front man John Doe) who hits the road on his Harley to scatter the ashes of a co-worker. Joined by wannabe biker Sam (Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys), Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters (played by the likes of David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary and Arlo Guthrie) along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, talky, humorous, semi serious, scenic, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Ovunque tu sarai (2017)
Plot Summary:
Francesco, Carlo, Loco e Giordano, lifelong friends, depart from Rome towards Madrid to celebrate the bachelor party of Francesco but above all to make, as happened on other occasions, a trip together. In fact, the trip is also an excuse to go see their favorite team away in the Champions League. In their path intersect to Pilar, a beautiful Spanish singer who, unknowingly, brings havoc within a close-knit group favoring, including unexpected, laughter and comical situations, even the come to diversity afloat, insecurities and never those words. On their return, nothing will be as before.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, road movie, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Harley and the Davidsons (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, "Harley and the Davidsons" charts the birth of this iconic bike during a time of great social and technological change beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Walter, Arthur and Bill risked their entire fortune and livelihood to launch the budding enterprise. Each of these men faced very different challenges, but it was the motorcycle that united their dreams and ambitions. Walter, Arthur, and Bill cemented Harley-Davidson's reputation as a builder of bikes that go anywhere, can ride hard and ignore all the rules. It's a legacy that has endured over 100 years - and at the heart of the brand and its loyal riders.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: factual, educational, semi documentary, colorful, colourful
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Wild Hogs (2007)
Plot Summary:
Restless and ready for adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, not serious, hilarious, slapstick, parody, philosophical
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, fantasy adventure, road movie, exciting, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, light, romantic
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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, anamorphic, serious, independent film, black comedy, neo western
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The Deadly Companions (1961)
Plot Summary:
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Winterhawk (1975)
Plot Summary:
Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, grindhouse
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How the West Was Won (1962)
Plot Summary:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, intense, serious, realistic, breathtaking, retro, offbeat, anthology, aesthetic
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Easy Rider (1969)
Plot Summary:
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychedelic, avant garde, cult classic, offbeat, independent film, atmospheric, surreal, dark comedy, realistic
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Plot Summary:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 797000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense, visual, realistic, stylized, scenic, cult classic