Movies like Carquake!

If you like "Carquake!" you are looking for road movie, cult classic and humorous movies about / with racing, chase, car, on the road, auto racing, carsploitation and race themes of Action, Comedy and Crime genre shot in Hong Kong or USA.
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Carquake! (1976)
 5.5
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Carquake! (1976)
Original name: Cannonball
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Style: road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fast, poliziottesco ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racing, chase, car, on the road, auto racing, carsploitation, race, car chase, mafia, violence, death, automobile, truck, speed, auto mechanic, driving, exploitation, fast car, heroes, hostage, misfit, rally, adventurer, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey, united states of america
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Carquake!

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, fast, humorous and exciting films with plots about car, car chase, chases and races, chase, automobile, racing and carsploitation mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Carquake!: The Cannonball Run (1981), The Gumball Rally (1976), Death Race 2000 (1975), Cannonball Run II (1984), The Junkman (1982). 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%
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: road movie, laugh out loud, funny, cult classic, fast ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: car chase, car, auto racing, racing, car race, road trip, carsploitation, race, redneck, classic car, speed, driving ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. ...
Style: road movie, grindhouse, suspenseful, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: car, carsploitation, dystopia, racing, dystopian future, car chase, distopia, chases and races, danger, auto racing, post apocalyptic, rivalry ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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The Junkman (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: action thriller, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, car chase, carsploitation, car, racing, speed, car crash, driving, hitman, save the day, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 18K
Convoy (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Style: road movie, surprise ending, exciting, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, chase, on the road, police, rebellion, carsploitation, road trip, car, trucker, classic car, redneck ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, heist, chase, car thief, driving, car, police, police investigation, carsploitation, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, robbery, mechanic, carsploitation, car, police, exploitation, partner, reckless driving, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: 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.
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police chase, car, carsploitation, couples, disorder, eccentric family, partner, young lovers, odd couple, criminal heroes, on the road ...
Time: 70s
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.3
 10K
Thunderbolt (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, car chase, kidnapping, auto mechanic, police, racing, auto racing, master criminal, police investigation, vengeance, partners against crime, car ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.8
 22K
The Chase (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car ...
Style: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, hostage, on the run, chase, gunfight, pursuit, kidnapping, car, on the road, escapades, unlikely couple, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly ...
Style: exciting, intense, entertaining, stylized, suspense ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night
Plot: heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, car thief, car theft, caper, master criminal, danger, racing, theft ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, action thriller, action packed, serious ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night
Plot: street racing, car, car chase, racing, car race, buddy, chases and races, race, sports car, auto racing, heroes, police ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, los angeles, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.5
 309K
Fast & Furious (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action packed, fast, suspense ...
Audience: teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, car, chases and races, car race, street racing, friendship, racing, undercover cop, vengeance, cop, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico, dominican republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Style: exciting, action packed, serious, suspense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, car, street racing, car race, high school, race, racing, auto racing, foreigner in japan, car racing, chases and races, troublemaker ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.5
 10K
Black Dog (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
Style: road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: truck, car chase, rescue, chases and races, chase, fugitives, gang, arms dealer, race against time, on the run, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, undercover cop, car, chase, car race, street racing, drag racing, chases and races, gang, heist, undercover, robbery ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. ...
Style: road movie, action comedy, fast, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, sheriff, road trip, retirement, fish, hallucination, car chase, on the road, ku klux klan, carsploitation, trucker, truck ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.4
 989
Eat My Dust (1976)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: road movie, independent film, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, car, carsploitation, auto racing, exploitation, racing, automobile, redneck, trucker, truck, chase, classic car ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.1
 632
Fireball 500 (1966)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: auto racing, car, carsploitation, hillbilly, racing, motor racing, car chase, car race, special agent, love triangle, cross country, on the road ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: usa, north carolina, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.0
 48K
Bird on a Wire (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Style: road movie, suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: chase, false identity, corruption, car chase, tiger, justice, on the run, motorcycle, betrayal, fbi, violence, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york, detroit, wisconsin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.1
 413K
Furious 7 (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Style: exciting, entertaining, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: chases and races, revenge, car chase, car, race, chase, car race, racing, danger, street racing, classic car, funeral ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, tokyo, dominican republic, los angeles, peru ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Spain, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, entertaining, action adventure ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, car, chases and races, car race, street racing, speed, heist, racing, chase, hotshot, car theft, auto racing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, seattle, spain, england, canary islands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, fbi, revenge, law enforcement, vengeance, brutality, twists and turns, murder, on the run, crime gone awry, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.5
 45K
Taxi (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
Style: hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car chase, taxi driver, taxi, partners against crime, law enforcement, buddy cop, disorder, buddies, rivalry, odd couple, gang, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.2
 5K
Burnout (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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!
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: car, race, father daughter relationship, chases and races, contests and competitions, family relations, family problems, parents and children, ambition, racing, police, drag racing ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Italian Job (1969)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over ...
Style: cliffhanger, exciting, humorous, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, caper, robbery, mafia, heist, thief, chase, gold, police, prison, perfect crime, car ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: italy, england, turin italy, bolivia, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.7
 3K
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, nudity, gangster, kidnapping, male nudity, violence, car chase, outlaw, car, criminal, sleaze, age difference ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.3
 12K
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Clint Eastwood plays a bounty hunter who helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, talky, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the road, bail bondsman, chase, criminal heroes, kidnapping, chases and races, classic car, gunfight, car, bounty hunter, crime gone awry, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: usa, sacramento california, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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