Movies like Smokey and the Bandit

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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
 7.0
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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, feel good, cult classic, exciting, humorous, grindhouse, action comedy, romantic comedy, spectacular ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: road trip, car chase, on the road, trucker, truck, carsploitation, police chase, sheriff, car, truck driver, convoy, trucking, beer, racing, gas station, speed, classic car, police, redneck, american football, modern western, bootlegging, man with no name, cheerleader, anti authority ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: texas, mississippi, alabama, austin texas, usa, atlanta georgia, georgia ...
Keyword: buddy movie, partners, visit, trailer trash

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Most similar movies to Smokey and the Bandit

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, road movie, realistic and fast films with plots about car chase, chases and races, chase, car, car crash, automobile and on the road mostly in Action, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Smokey and the Bandit: The Cannonball Run (1981), Convoy (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Vanishing Point (1971), Hooper (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
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%
 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 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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Vanishing Point (1971)
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, on the road, hitchhiker, hippie, driver, desert, road trip, chase, radio station, on the run, truck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: san francisco, utah, california, colorado, nevada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 8K
Hooper (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Burt Reynolds plays a legendary stunt man known as Sonny Hooper, who remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic
Plot: stuntman, hollywood, filmmaking, car, classic car, car chase, chase, gunfight, redneck, carsploitation, horse race, filmmaker ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: usa, california, alabama, los angeles, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, biker, tough guy, farce, fight, orangutan, monkey, martial arts, motorcycle gang, woman in danger, dishonesty, wager ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 123K
Wild Hogs (2007)
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, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: road trip, motorcycle, midlife crisis, motorcycle gang, biker gang, on the road, biker, small town, self discovery, happy ending, chase, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new mexico, california, ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner, Boss Hogg. Their efforts constantly find ...
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, funny ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: friends, redneck, chases and races, misfit, racing, car chase, buddies, heroes, incompetent police, countryside, stupidity, justice ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Cousins Bo and Luke Duke and their car "General Lee", assisted by Cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, have a running battle with the authorities of Hazzard County (Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane), plus a string of ne'er-do-wells often ...
Style: sitcom, retro, semi serious, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, medieval, hillbilly, guy, fight, best friend, small town, racing, auto mechanic, hunter, team, fight scenes ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, colorado, southern usa, georgia, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
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%
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, road movie, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the road, orangutan, road trip, revenge, farce, boxing, motel, motorcycle, monkey, country music, one against many, beer ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: california, colorado, new mexico, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
 5.5
 5K
Carquake! (1976)
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, ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racing, chase, car, on the road, auto racing, carsploitation, race, car chase, violence, death, mafia, automobile ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style: funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: music, chase, blues, road trip, buddy, rock and roll, car chase, police chase, on the road, carsploitation, prison, race against time ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: chicago, illinois, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.1
 37K
Hit and Run (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
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, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: car chase, beautiful scenery, twists and turns, danger, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, classic car, chase, on the road ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 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 ⇓
22%
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White Lightning (1973)
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, redneck, hicksploitation, chase, speed, classic car, truck, criminal activity, automobile, racing, corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.8
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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 ⇓
22%
 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 ⇓
21%
Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Vanishing Point (1997)
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, on the road, highway, car chase, pursuit, chases and races, obsessive quest, race against time, fighting the system, getting home, law enforcement, car ...
Time: 90s
Place: albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
 6.3
 210K
Knight and Day (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately ...
Style: romantic, exciting, entertaining, action comedy, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, chase, cia, espionage, couples, on the run, chases and races, undercover, secret service, assassin, gunfight ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: boston, austria, spain, kansas, andalusia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.0
 89K
Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.4
 790
High-Ballin' (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke (Jerry Reed) and his visiting friend, Rane (Peter Fonda), put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, grindhouse, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: trucker, bar fight, truck, hitchhiker, car chase, vigilante, speed, vigilante justice, trucking, canuxploitation, friendship, on the road ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
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, on the road, vacation, youth, cross country, plan gone awry, small town, dog, couple relations, family holiday, relatives, summer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.9
 383
Moonrunners (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy
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: road movie
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, hillbilly, car, small town, hicksploitation, classic car, speed, automobile, redneck, racing, car race, jail ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.9
 265K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, ufo, friendship, first contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, alien encounter, space travel, buddies, chase ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1940s, 80s, future ...
Place: nevada, arizona, usa, austin texas, wyoming ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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