Movies like The Great Race

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The Great Race (1965)
 7.2
 20K
The Great Race (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Style: epic, funny, slapstick, road movie, slapstick comedy, spoof, humorous, feel good, captivating, parody ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: swashbuckler, car, racing, royalty, sword fight, on the road, steampunk, race, mechanic, auto racing, road trip, cowboy, villain, duel, drunkenness, organ, around the world, dual role, bar fight, polar bear, car chase, car racing, train, car race, destiny ...
Time: 1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1920s
Place: alaska, paris france, new york, america, france, europe, siberia ...
Keyword: sport, oldies, partners, poster, gong

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Most similar movies to The Great Race

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, exciting and semi serious films with plots about disorder, rivalry, friends, escapades, partner, chases and races and chase mostly in Comedy, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Great Race: The Cannonball Run (1981), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Rat Race (2001), Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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. ...
Style: road movie, humorous, light, entertaining, hilarious ...
Plot: on the road, car race, chase, car chase, racing, road trip, race, rivalry, car, escapades, classic car, auto racing ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
Style: road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: auto racing, racing, car, car chase, race, car race, smuggling, cheating, fast car, rivalry, disorder, friends ...
Time: year 1969, 1920s
Place: europe, scotland, monte carlo, italy, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Star studded comedy about a early 20th century air race from Britain to France.
Style: funny, humorous, road movie, dieselpunk, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: aviation, airplane, aviator, steampunk, flying, road trip, farce, competition, stereotypes, prize, tournament, contest ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1900s, edwardian era, prehistoric times
Place: london, england, france, paris france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: entertaining, melancholic, light, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: auto racing, car chase, racing, happy ending, justice, heist, buddies, contests and competitions, frame up, escapades, danger, undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: monte carlo, paris france, france, europe, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story: A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Style: road movie, humorous, funny, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: treasure hunt, on the road, car chase, race, treasure, road trip, chase, greed, money, competition, twists and turns, disorder ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1916
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: steampunk, martial arts, inventor, scientist, journey, friendship, road trip, train, on the road, one against many, chase, travel ...
Time: 19th century, year 2004, victorian era, 2000s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, london, china, turkey, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 123K
Rat Race (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, on the road, chase, bet, mother daughter reunion, escapades, casino, gambling, rivalry, chases and races, race ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, new mexico, cuba, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: George Hamilton stars in a dueling dual role as twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after the dashing Don Diego Vega inherits his father's famous sword and costume, a broken ankle prevents the masked avenger from fulfilling his heroic ...
Style: parody, spoof, cult classic, funny, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zorro, swashbuckler, superhero, satire, glbt, sword fight, destiny, chase, camp, lgbtq, peplum, sorcery ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 1840s
Place: mexico, latin america, los angeles, madrid, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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My Fellow Americans (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a ...
Style: humorous, witty, political, light, entertaining ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, assassination, president, satire, unlikely friendships, happy ending, conspiracy theory, betrayal, buddies, odd couple, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: washington d.c., usa, ohio, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 9K
Cabin Boy (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Style: humorous, melancholic, talky, absurd, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot: adventurer, prank, mistaken identity, goofy hero, prostitute, nothing goes right, danger, insanity, justice, stupidity, sea, boat ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: usa, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 17K
The Love Bug (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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.
Style: humorous, sweet, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: car, auto racing, racing, car race, hippie, race, auto mechanic, chase, happy ending, rivalry, car trouble, adaptation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 135K
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard trails Princess Pei Pei when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, ...
Style: light, entertaining, action comedy, funny, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot: martial arts, princess, buddy, rescue, society, kung fu, buddy cop, wild west, gunfight, partner, unlikely partners, odd couple ...
Time: 19th century, year 2000, y2k, 1880s
Place: china, north america, asia, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 28K
Snow Dogs (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: dog, dog sled, pets, fish out of water, small town, animal, friendship, against the odds, talking animal, dentist, adoption, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 8K
The Villain (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
Style: funny, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: chase, disorder, escapades, goofy hero, nothing goes right, wild west, robbery, partner, friends, kidnapping, rescue, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.9
 4K
Stroker Ace (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, not serious, feel good, humorous, fast
Plot: racing, car chase, auto racing, blonde, virgin, car, rivalry, motor racing, race, driver, hillbilly, motor sport ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
Style: teen, feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: car, car race, auto racing, father daughter relationship, college, racing, underdog, teenage girl, friendship, rivalry, family relations, chases and races ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Boston proper meets the Wild West as Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, and Karl Malden star in a fish-out-of-water comedy for everyone! To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold ...
Style: funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good, spoof
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, prizefight, gold rush, old west, stowaway, partner, silly humor, treasure hunt, mischievous children, pets, escapades, adventurer ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967, 1840s
Place: san francisco, boston, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Style: road movie, humorous, spoof, cult classic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car, car chase, chase, racing, race, auto racing, classic car, speed, gangster, road trip, car race, on the road ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, connecticut, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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.
Style: road movie, spectacular, action comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, sheriff, trucker, chase, elephant, racing, road trip, desert, on the road, carsploitation, beer ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Style: sex comedy, romantic comedy, rom com, laugh out loud, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, journalist, magazine, car, music and dance, screwball, writers, woman with a gun, scam, womanizer, impersonation, seduction ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.6
 430
Safari 3000 (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: road movie, independent film, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: auto racing, racing, car, reporter, chase, fast car, mitsubishi, race, classic car, violent content, rally, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.0
 9K
Surf Ninjas (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance are magically-induced martial arts prowess. Using their new powers they act to overthrow the island's ...
Style: humorous, slapstick, independent film, slapstick comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: ninja, surfing, martial arts, destiny, hand to hand combat, fistfight, brother brother relationship, surfer, adoptive father adopted son relationship, royalty, showdown, high school ...
Time: year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, southeast asia, usa, asia, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.7
 5K
Condorman (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her ...
Style: spoof, humorous, cult classic, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot: espionage, spy, superhero, cold war, car chase, comic book, chase, villain, cartoonist, spying, mission, superpower ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: former yugoslavia, moscow russia, istanbul turkey, monte carlo, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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.
Style: road movie, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: road trip, car chase, on the road, trucker, truck, carsploitation, police chase, sheriff, car, convoy, truck driver, trucking ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Cannonball Fever (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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? ...
Style: humorous, road movie, independent film, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: car chase, racing, auto racing, race, classic car, chase, car, carsploitation, car race, on the road, satire, fast car ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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!" ...
Style: funny, humorous, slapstick, exciting, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: car race, racing, farce, sport competition, stupidity, auto racing, betrayal, satire, competition, comeback, championship, teamwork ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is ...
Style: epic, cult classic, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swashbuckler, three musketeers, musketeer, medieval, royalty, literary, royal family, nobility, swordsman, sword duel, european history, sword fight ...
Time: 17th century
Place: paris france, france, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.0
 118K
Maverick (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and ...
Style: exciting, humorous, funny, light, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: gambling, poker, cons and scams, twists and turns, gambler, unlikely partners, card playing, robbery, strong female character, wild west, con men, heist ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, victorian era
Place: oregon, america, persia, mississippi, louisiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
George of the Jungle (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of ...
Style: slapstick comedy, humorous, parody, slapstick, spoof ...
Audience: family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: jungle, fish out of water, childhood, tarzan, rescue, gorilla, goofy hero, elephant, heiress, friendship, monkey, happy ending ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: san francisco, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Style: rom com, hilarious, family comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: racing, auto racing, chase, herbie, car, greed, car chase, name calling, driving, motor racing, suburbs, colosseum ...
Place: san francisco, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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