Movies like Convoy
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Convoy (1978)
21K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
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, dark comedy, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, black comedy, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, highway, police brutality, car, racism, villain, leader, injustice, car accident, manhunt, individualism, feud, faked death, showdown, reluctant hero, unlikely hero, destruction of property, cynicism, corrupt sheriff ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico, mexico, las vegas
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Most similar movies to Convoy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, road movie, serious and suspenseful films with plots about chase, car, revenge, car chase, car accident, truck and gunfight mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Convoy: Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), Carquake! (1976), White Lightning (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, convoy, truck driver, driving, car ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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, crying, spectacular, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, car chase, truck, sheriff, trucker, desert, on the road, elephant, racing, road trip, car crash, argument ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, miami, atlanta georgia, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, road trip, female nudity, sheriff, on the road, pursuit, fish, retirement, nudist, car chase, ku klux klan, trucker ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
texas, florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
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, ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racing, chase, car, on the road, carsploitation, auto racing, race, mafia, death, violence, automobile, car chase ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Style:
grindhouse, neo noir, colorful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, hicksploitation, redneck, chase, bartender, swamp, skinny dipping, speed, classic car, criminal activity, automobile ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
Style:
intense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, martial arts, trucker, small town, corruption, vengeance, missing person, justice, police corruption, judge, buddies, partner ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, california, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, independent film, dark comedy, f word
Plot:
martial arts, wrestling, amnesia, thug, buddy, mobster, drug, fugitive, bare chested male, car crash, shootout, smuggling ...
Place:
los angeles, langley virginia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
car chase, car, driver, hitchhiker, on the road, road trip, radio station, on the run, chase, driving, reckless driving, rattlesnake ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
san francisco, california, colorado, utah, denver colorado ...
Similarity:
50%
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, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the road, kidnapping, bail bondsman, bounty hunter, car chase, on the run, baby, tough guy, money, shootout, machine gun, disguise ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
sacramento california, usa, california, las vegas, reno nevada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, neo noir, surprise ending, independent film ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
hillbilly, car chase, bartender, car, car race, racing, automobile, hicksploitation, redneck, classic car, speed, small town ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, tripping, poliziottesco, surprise ending ...
Plot:
exploitation, murder, crime gone awry, cruelty, anti hero, drug dealer, shootout, cocaine, nihilism, cop killer, hostage, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When his wife goes into a troubled labor while he is on the road over 1200 miles away James Kowalski, an ex race car driver and a former Army Ranger, attempts to elude police while trying to get home. After numerous chases he turns into a Native ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police chase, highway, car chase, on the road, pursuit, chases and races, obsessive quest, law enforcement, getting home, race against time, fighting the system, car ...
Time:
90s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, vietnam war, biker gang, motorcycle, bike, stoner, motorcycle gang, best friend, gangster, buddies, military, society ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
vietnam, california, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vietnam veteran, motorcycle gang, home invasion, hospital, intimidation, motorcycle, biker, vietnam war, small town, murder, rape ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, usa, asia, vietnam, florida ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they ...
Style:
road movie, meditative, atmospheric, grindhouse, disturbing ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
car chase, on the road, mechanic, hitchhiker, auto racing, road trip, existentialism, desert, rivalry, drag racing, driving, wager ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s, 1950s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., santa fe new mexico, north america, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, woman with a gun, boxing, music, police, gambling, private detective, gang ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in ...
Style:
political, tense, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, revenge, corruption, vigilante justice, land grab, government corruption, miscarriage of justice, land dispute, environmental destruction, shootout, environmental, car ...
Time:
year 1976
Place:
arkansas, usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
car, car chase, street racing, car race, race, ford mustang, race against time, frame up, cross country, justice, racing, driver ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new york, detroit ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
Style:
independent film, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
rape, hippie, vigilante, half breed, native american reservation, one man army, skinny dipping, school, martial arts, counterculture, vigilantism, small town ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century, 80s
Place:
arizona, new mexico, asia, usa, vietnam
Similarity:
27%
68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
Similarity:
27%
157
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Truckers battle a Nazi who has hidden out in Mexico. Subplot involves the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, road movie, neo noir ...
Plot:
truck, trucking, trucker, chase, war criminal, violence, conspiracy, investigation, nazi hunter, truck driver, race, desert ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, arizona, tucson arizona, usa
Similarity:
26%
182K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Style:
exciting, captivating, action adventure, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
bouncer, revenge, sociopath, bar fight, female bartender, one against many, martial arts, male nudity, mixed martial arts, fighter, beefcake martial arts, avenge ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy, florida
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For old friends Roger (Peter Fonda) and Frank (Warren Oates) and their wives (Lara Parker of Dark Shadows and Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H), it was supposed to be "the best damn vacation they ever had." But their RV road trip takes a deadly ...
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, psychotronic, depressing, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
car chase, satanic ritual, folk horror, car, occult, satanic cult, vacation gone wrong, carsploitation, supernatural, witch, devil, vacation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
colorado, usa, texas, san antonio texas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon ...
Style:
grindhouse, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, african american, redneck, martial arts, brother, prostitute, betrayal, interracial relations, racism, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
kansas city, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
26%
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, chase, robbery, mechanic, carsploitation, on the run, car, reckless driving, manhunt, blonde, mind game, tragedy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, southern california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man takes up truck-driving to investigate his trucker father's suspicious death.
Style:
suspense, sexy, independent film, noir
Plot:
trucker, truck, revenge, investigation, road trip, blue collar, mysterious death, father son relationship, male protagonist, family tragedy, corruption, isolation ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
756K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, adult
Plot:
car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style:
harsh, stylized, suspense, road movie, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, gunfight, ex convict, redemption, on the run, teenage girl, road trip, race against time, chase, violence, desert ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, new mexico, santa monica california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the info they find. Soon the Feds are running all over ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kennedy assassination, police detective, border patrol, conspiracy, police investigation, danger, witnessing a crime, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, political conspiracy, assassination, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, san antonio texas, austin texas
Similarity:
26%
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