Movies like Motorama
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Motorama (1991)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.
Style:
road movie, surreal, humorous, semi serious, grim, cult classic, offbeat, cynical, surprise ending, independent film ...
Plot:
boy, on the road, youth, juvenile delinquent, american dream, coming of age, contests and competitions, partner, supernatural, chases and races, rivalry, fish out of water, buddies, obsessive quest, surrealism, young couple, road trip, children, child in peril, automobile, alien invasion, childhood, contest, squirrel, gas station ...
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Most similar movies to Motorama
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and road movie films with plots about on the road, road trip, friends, disorder, youth, runaway and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Motorama: Interstate 60 (2002), Josh and S.A.M. (1993), After Hours (1985), Rubin and Ed (1991), Nothing (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Style:
road movie, surreal, witty, enigmatic, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, life philosophy, dream girl, choice, alternate reality, twists and turns, mentor, on the road, self fulfillment, wish come true, surrealism ...
Time:
year 2002, future, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, youth, nothing goes right, brother brother relationship, journey, cross country, on the road, family relations, family life, sibling relationship, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, texas, florida, usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style:
surreal, black comedy, funny, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dark humor, twists and turns, subway, city life, nothing goes right, suicide, mistaken identity, artist, coincidence, female nudity, diner, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed'd ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, cult classic, surreal, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, desert, loner, surrealism, salesman, name calling, quirky character, cat, travel, friendship, odd couple ...
Time:
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Place:
utah, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew (Andrew Miller), an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave (David Hewlett), a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt. Just when it ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, surreal, dark comedy, mind twisting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
nothing goes right, friendship, supernatural, goofy hero, misfit, fish out of water, partner, imaginary, youth, social satire, analysis, trippy ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
road movie, light, talky, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
motorcycle, on the road, biker, hotel, road trip, life philosophy, friendship, bike, biker gang, obsession, journey, loner ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, seattle, los angeles, las vegas, nevada ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
amusement park, friends, partner, best friend, family relations, couples, introspection, couple relations, moral dilemma, youth, buddies, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Style:
road movie, ironic, melancholic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, parents and children, love and romance, introspection, human nature, lifestyle, obsessive quest, boy, friendship ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s
Place:
oregon, new orleans, california, new jersey, reno nevada
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John ...
Style:
enigmatic, melancholic, semi serious, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, conspiracy, dark humor, neighbor, alien, redemption, catastrophe, fbi, nothing goes right, dishonesty, investigation, disorder ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, road trip, obsessive quest, on the road, partner, mentally unstable, buddies, misfit, injustice, love triangle, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
california, seattle, new york, utah
Similarity:
22%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Style:
road movie, funny, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
road trip, mischievous children, prank, holiday, culture clash, nothing goes right, foe turned friend, working class, unlikely friendships, reluctant partners, partner, thanksgiving ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, georgia, usa, australia, london
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, clever, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
competition, dark humor, obsession, loser, fish out of water, social misfits, disorder, rivalry, children, revenge, opponent, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Corey (Fred Savage) refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis), who notices that Jimmy has a special ...
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, computer game, video game, competition, on the road, child, children, boy, teenager, kids and family, underdog, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
california, utah, usa, los angeles, nevada ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland.
Style:
road movie, realistic, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, friends, buddies, partner, youth, obsessive quest, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, city life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A dark, comedic thriller about fraud, bank robbers and a search for love.
Style:
independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot:
psychopath, estrangement, disorder, dark humor, vengeance, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, dishonesty, on the run, parents and children, on the road, store ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, light, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, brother brother relationship, on the road, friendship, family relations, disorder, youth, escapades, little boy, phd, migrant, mexican cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
mischievous children, partner, self discovery, youth, nothing goes right, unlikely partners, teenage life, road trip, teenage girl, teenager, stepmother, swamp ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, bleak, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
culture clash, on the road, winter, death, snow, journey, arctic, spirit, fish out of water, self discovery, misfit, society ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
japan, iceland, europe, asia, tokyo ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation he is given a second chance, all he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country. What could possibly go wrong?
Style:
humorous, road movie, black comedy, hood, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
school, teacher, road trip, friendship, on the road, bus, orphan, ex convict, gangster, black, urban, satire ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa, Rwanda
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"Africa United" tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg. But the problems begin when Fabrice, Dudu ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sincere, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
hopes, soccer, on the road, friendship, football, follow your dream, adventurer, escapades, young heroes, optimism, road trip, child's point of view ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, tanzania, congo ...
Similarity:
19%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, road movie, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, on the road, friendship, young lovers, road trip, culture clash, male bonding, travel, adolescence, adolescence vs adulthood, student life, obsessive quest ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1985, 80s, future
Place:
texas, austin texas, vietnam
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
Style:
mumblecore, humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
aging, road trip, human spirit, buddies, elderly, self discovery, friendship, disorder, on the road, old age, travel, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence. Inspired by a true story and remake of the Belgian film Hasta La Vista
Style:
road movie, sincere, humorous, semi serious, cute
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
paralysis, disability, brothel, self discovery, quadriplegic, friends, escapades, buddies, obsessive quest, terminal illness, friendship, independence ...
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Matt and Eddie are two young men from the mid-west travelling to California to see the sights - primarily semi-clad women on beaches. They hop into their car and head off through the desert...
Style:
sexy, independent film, sex comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
campfire story, desert, road trip, car, best friend, nudity, car crash, summer, surrealism, partner, youth, nothing goes right ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa, ohio
Similarity:
18%
482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar ...
Style:
entertaining, light, emotional, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
lsd, friendship, chase, on the road, fbi, train, hippie, unlikely friendships, prison, criminal heroes, partner, mistaken identity ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s, 80s
Place:
oregon, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, talky, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, satire, on the road, motor home, self discovery, quitting a job, cross country trip, married couple, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place:
las vegas, arizona, nevada, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this sequal to "Escape From Witch Mountain," Tia and Tony leave their safe refuge on witch mountain for a trip to Los Angeles. Tony is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Gannon and his spinster partner Letha and brainwashed into helping Gannon ...
Style:
saga, humorous, epic, gothic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, boy, gang, mad scientist, spaceship, child abuse, brother sister relationship, greed, witch, supernatural, alien, psionic power ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
mental institution, dark humor, contests and competitions, surrealism, art, eccentricity, contest, mental breakdown, alternate reality, escapism, satire, anxiety ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
18%
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