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Plot Summary:
A stock car racer gets involved with gangsters trying to fix a race.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Hot Rod (1979)
Plot Summary:
A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son wins the race.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Deuce Coupe (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers are seperated by the love for the same woman - but they get united again by their fascination for speed and racing cars.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Gas in the Veins (1970)
Plot Summary:
Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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King of the Mountain (1981)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Hill.".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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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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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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Silver Dream Racer (1980)
Plot Summary:
David Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: independent film, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, twist ending
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Jump (1971)
Plot Summary:
A Southern stock-car driver puts his rising career in the hands of a race promoter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Young Racers (1963)
Plot Summary:
A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sincere, realistic, talky, semi serious, psychotronic
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Trading Paint (2019)
Plot Summary:
A stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Overhaul (2023)
Plot Summary:
When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: road movie
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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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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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Pit Stop (1969)
Plot Summary:
Richard Davalos plays Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk who comes to the attention of car enthusiast Grant Willard. Willard bails him out of jail and offers him sponsorship as a race car driver. Bowman eventually accepts and becomes entranced by the tricky "figure eight" track Willard introduces him to. The king of the track is cocky and talented hot dogger Hawk Sidney (Hill regular Sid Haig in one of his most memorable and entertaining roles). Bowman and Sidney clash and Bowman sets his sights on knocking the latter of his perch while stealing his girl Jolene. This is just the beginning for the ruthless Bowman who will let nobody stand in his way and will attempt to destroy any man, and seduce any woman who crosses his path. Pretty soon he has his eyes on Ellen McLeod the wife of champion racer Ed McLeod who he befriends. Will he betray his friends and colleagues on the eve of The Big Race, or will he finally discover he has a conscience?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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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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Dirt (2018)
Plot Summary:
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: inspirational, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
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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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Michel Vaillant (2003)
Plot Summary:
Michel Vaillant is # 1 of pilots, undisputed champion in rallying in all circuits in the world. His success arouses admiration and envy. Ruth Wong, director of Team Leader, is determined to break his streak and avenge the memory of his father, founder of Leader. She is capable of anything to achieve her goal.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action thriller, stylized
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Grand Prix (1966)
Plot Summary:
Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his team after a crash at Monaco that injures his teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for another team, and starts dating Stoddard's wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: retro, cynical, technicolor, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, epic
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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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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 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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Gran Turismo (2023)
Plot Summary:
The plot is undisclosed at this time; the project is based off of the popular video game series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: action adventure, motivational, inspirational, road movie, action packed, thrilling
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Driven (2001)
Plot Summary:
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to the top of the rankings, Tanto must first deal with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which nearly took his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: intense, serious, realistic, stylized, fast, freeze frame, exciting, romantic, sexy, feel good
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Rush (2013)
Plot Summary:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 504000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: inspirational, realistic, motivational, tense, suspense, exciting, atmospheric, scenic, intense, captivating
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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