Movies like Smokey and the Bandit
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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
62K
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, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, truck driver, convoy, driving, car, trucking, modern western, gas station, beer, racing, speed, american football, profanity, bootlegging, cheerleader, anti authority, classic car, police ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, mississippi, alabama, austin texas, usa, atlanta georgia, georgia ...
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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 exciting films with plots about chase, car, car chase, chases and races, partner, runaway and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Smokey and the Bandit: The Cannonball Run (1981), Convoy (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), Any Which Way You Can (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, 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%
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, dark comedy, surprise ending, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, police brutality, highway, car, corrupt sheriff, state trooper ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
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, spoof, humorous, cult classic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
car, car chase, race, chase, racing, car race, auto racing, speed, classic car, road trip, on the road, gangster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, connecticut, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, 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, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
friends, car chase, misfit, chases and races, redneck, buddies, racing, disorder, heroes, countryside, incompetent police, woman in short shorts ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia
Similarity:
100%
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, cult classic, entertaining, exciting, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, biker, tough guy, farce, abduction, orangutan, motorcycle gang, fight, machismo, feud, vendetta, wager ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
stuntman, filmmaking, hollywood, car, classic car, car chase, chase, horse riding, gunfight, redneck, truck, police ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, birmingham alabama, alabama ...
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:
100%
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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, not serious, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, medieval, hillbilly, deep south, nylons, bartender, guy, uncle, racing, auto mechanic, fight scenes, hunter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, colorado, southern usa, georgia, kentucky
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, 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:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 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, funny, laugh out loud, cult classic, fast ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
car chase, car, auto racing, racing, car race, road trip, carsploitation, redneck, car racing, auto mechanic, speed, driving ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: 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, prison, blues, race against time, road trip, car chase, redemption, musician, police chase, on the road, nun ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
chicago, illinois, indiana, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
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, kids, teens
Plot:
car chase, police chase, young lovers, camp, car, carsploitation, couples, disorder, eccentric family, odd couple, criminal heroes, on the road ...
Time:
70s
Place:
las vegas, usa, north america, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
279K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
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, parody, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
alien, road trip, benign alien, chase, first contact, ufo, alien encounter, space and aliens, space travel, buddies, friends, disorder ...
Time:
year 2011, 1940s, year 2009, future, 80s ...
Place:
nevada, arizona, austin texas, usa, england ...
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mason is driving a truck when he takes on his lorry Rosco a hitchhiker. Traffic police stop them for a control but they are confused for two robbers. They manage to escape in a very strange way from this situation, but just to fall in a worse one. ...
Style:
spy comedy, fast, slapstick, exciting, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
fistfight, spy, danger, truck, amazon, spy spoof, bar fight, evil man, humour, life & death, adventurer, mistaken identity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, europe, miami
Similarity:
100%
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, teens
Plot:
orangutan, road trip, revenge, farce, one against many, boxing, on the road, motel, motorcycle, monkey, beer, singer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
california, colorado, new mexico, los angeles, san francisco
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:
26%
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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:
50%
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, action comedy, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Plot:
desert, revenge, husband wife relationship, friendship, robbery, profanity, mistaken identity, reckless driving, advertising executive, criminal, security guard, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
50%
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, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, carsploitation, auto racing, exploitation, racing, automobile, redneck, trucker, chase, truck, classic car ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Similarity:
25%
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, humorous, feel good, fast
Plot:
racing, car chase, virgin, blonde, auto racing, car, rivalry, motor racing, race, police chase, womanizer, sponsor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
25%
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:
24%
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7K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drive follows Toby Wong (Mark Dacascos), whose employers at Hong Kong's Leung Corporation have implanted in his chest a bio-energy module that enhances his physical abilities. Toby has escaped from the Leung Corporation's control and is ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, virtual reality, martial arts, lovers on the run, fugitives, chase, gang, on the run, race against time, criminal's revenge, gangster, odd couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, california, china
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, who's wife has just left him. The ultimate NZ roadtrip adventure.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
car chase, racing, on the road, road trip, partner, nudity, adventurer, obsessive quest, escapades, chase, chases and races, heist ...
Time:
future, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
Style:
road movie, humorous, slapstick, semi serious, not serious ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, wedding, friendship, sheriff, old man, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, argument, airplane, anger, friendship between men ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, florida, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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:
50%
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