Movies like Rat Race
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Rat Race (2001)
130K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
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 $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, fast, parody, light, feel good, hilarious, exciting, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, casino, escapades, on the road, road trip, mother daughter reunion, dumb, rivalry, chase, bet, chases and races, gambling, american football, desert, contest, cow, squirrel, museum, race, creativity, racing, brothers, obsessive quest, nothing goes right, millionaire ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, cuba, nevada, usa, mexico, united states
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Most similar movies to Rat Race
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, chase, culture clash, farce and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Rat Race: The Cannonball Run (1981), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Wild Hogs (2007), The Great Race (1965), Vacation (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, hilarious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
treasure hunt, on the road, race, car chase, treasure, road trip, competition, chase, greed, money, twists and turns, disorder ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1916, 70s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
cult classic, road movie, humorous, light, hilarious ...
Plot:
chase, car race, on the road, car chase, racing, road trip, rivalry, race, escapades, car, auto racing, classic car ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
usa, arizona, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
road trip, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
127K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Restless and ready for adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
Style:
road movie, funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, motorcycle, midlife crisis, motorcycle gang, biker gang, on the road, biker, small town, happy ending, self discovery, skinny dipping, chase ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, california, ohio, usa, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
83%
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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. ...
Style:
epic, slapstick, road movie, funny, spoof ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
swashbuckler, royalty, car, racing, sword fight, auto racing, mechanic, on the road, race, steampunk, cowboy, duel ...
Time:
1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, paris france, alaska, siberia, america ...
Similarity:
100%
131K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, teen, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family vacation, dysfunctional family, vacation, amusement park, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, highway travel, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, grand canyon, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, memphis, arizona, san francisco, usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but ...
Style:
action comedy, entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, murder, buddies, vengeance, amateur detective, female martial artist, fight scenes, chase, good versus evil, creativity, runaway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2003, 1880s
Place:
england, china, new york, nevada, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe -- '70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world ...
Style:
parody, humorous, spoof, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
time travel, spy spoof, spy, undercover, father son relationship, james bond spoof, female assassin, satire, dumb, disorder, master villain, good versus evil ...
Time:
70s, year 2002, 60s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place:
japan, belgium, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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65K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, light, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
janitor, lifeguard, white trash, blonde, marriage proposal, oil rig, crossdresser, highway travel, road trip, lone hero, adaptation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
california, idaho, louisiana, austin texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he ...
Style:
funny, light, cult classic, breathtaking, humorous ...
Plot:
heist, master thief, art theft, sarcasm, twists and turns, gangster, cia agent, megalomaniac, husband wife relationship, gold, villain, coercion ...
Time:
15th century, 90s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
188K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.
Style:
road movie, sexy, teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
road trip, college, sex, sex scene, nothing goes right, high school, foot fetish, sex tape, stupidity, cross country, loss of virginity, nerd ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, austin texas, new york state, boston, texas
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, teen, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
one night stand, blonde, disorder, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, stupidity, urban, drunken woman, nothing goes right, news reporter, stereotypes, mentor, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cousins Bo, Luke and Daisy are sent to Hazzard County, Georgia for the first time to live with their Uncle Jesse. Jesse is a farmer and a moonshiner and is constantly battling his old rival Boss Hogg who is the corrupt city commissioner of the small ...
Style:
sexy, not serious, exciting, humorous, raunchy comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, nothing goes right, nudity, friendship, youth, countryside, siblings relations, friends, save the day, buddies, voyeurism, voyeur ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, sex comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, marijuana, stoner, stoned, weed, sex scene, female nudity, adultery, nothing goes right, dumb, party, food ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, amsterdam, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, absurd, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
road trip, dumb, dimwit, stupidity, buddies, toilet humor, parakeet, odd couple, friendship, bromance, misfit, travel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Action
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He ...
Style:
exciting, slapstick, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
adventurer, treasure hunt, humour, fistfight, island, treasure, partner, disorder, friends, reluctant partners, danger, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
satire, stupidity, goofy hero, airplane, aviation, air force, secret mission, heroic mission, save the day, disorder, military base, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1971, 70s, year 1975 ...
Place:
iraq, mediterranean sea, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sexy, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, bounty hunter, love story, love and romance, enemies to lovers, divorce, relationships, escapades, reporter, murder, marriage, runaway ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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23K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 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, road movie, exciting, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, hostage, chase, passionate kiss, gunfight, pursuit, on the road, stockholm syndrome, car, danger, unlikely couple, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
mexico, usa, california, los angeles, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
920K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
treasure hunt, wilderness, river, friendship, escapades, hippie, camp, homoeroticism, friendship between men, campfire story, camping, grizzly bear ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, washington state, usa, costa rica, mexico
Similarity:
71%
104K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
Style:
road movie, humorous, slapstick, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, dumb, stupidity, nothing goes right, odd couple, death of father, skinny dipping, twists and turns, on the road, entrepreneurship, immaturity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, chicago, ohio, seattle
Similarity:
100%
237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, treason, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, exciting, light, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, unlikely couple, opposites attract, chase, adventurer, escapades, jungle adventure, treasure map, travel, map, stranded ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
south america, colombia, new york, latin america, central america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Style:
road movie, intense, funny, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
car chase, twists and turns, beautiful scenery, danger, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, car, classic car, chase ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new jersey, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
63K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, cult classic, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, fandom, friendship, fan, last wish, blonde, stoner, rivalry, buddy, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
90s, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k ...
Place:
iowa, usa, texas, north america, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays ...
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, road movie, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
vacation, dysfunctional family, travel, on the road, road trip, american abroad, tourist, american tourist, family relations, nothing goes right, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Monaco, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
Style:
parody, hilarious, humorous, clever, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
agent, spy, goofy hero, secret service, comedy of errors, british, secret agent, farce, espionage, spy spoof, sarcasm, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, cornwall, france, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
148K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, treasure, buddy, bounty hunter, lone hero, chase, tough guy, fight, gold, amazon rainforest, respect ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, los angeles, south america, california
Similarity:
100%
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