Movies like Cannonball Fever
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
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Original name: Speed Zone
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? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
Style:
humorous, road movie, feel good, unusual plot structure, surreal, splatter, intense, realistic, semi serious, visually appealing ...
Plot:
car chase, car, race, chase, car race, on the road, catastrophe, gangsters, artist, natural disaster, violence, writers, art, brothers, internet, weapons, justice, lone hero, alternate reality, fantasy world, destiny, brutality, runaway, happy ending, disaster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c.
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult film, melancholic and realistic films with plots about mentor, vengeance, brutality, adaptation, catastrophe, dialogue and first contact mostly in Comedy, Action and Sport genres. Some movies like Cannonball Fever: Carquake! (1976), Cannonball Run II (1984), The Cannonball Run (1981), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), Major League II (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, humorous, sexy, psychotronic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, on the road, race, car racing, car chase, weapons, violence, gangsters, death, mafia, auto racing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, los angeles, new jersey, california, usa
⇓ 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, parody, campy, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car, car chase, chase, race, speed, gangsters, road trip, car race, guilty pleasure, on the road, kidnapping, auto racing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, connecticut, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, exciting ...
Plot:
chase, on the road, car race, car, car chase, rivalry, escapades, race against time, partners, road trip, contests and competitions, race ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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:
humorous, sexy, road movie, visually appealing, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, sheriff, truck, road trip, hallucination, fish, retirement, car, car chase, on the road, ku klux klan, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Those Cleveland Indians are at it again! After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! First, though, they have to contend with Rachel Phelps again when she buys back the team. Also, ...
Style:
clever, humorous, feel good, funny, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, family outing
Plot:
sport, baseball, voodoo, underdog, adaptation, justice, happy ending, gangsters, camp, kids and family, life philosophy, multiple storylines ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt into the ring for a rematch.
Style:
feel good, rough, serious, cerebral, campy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, fight, vengeance, fight scenes, mentor, master warrior, kickboxer, violence, tough heroes, contests and competitions, underdog ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, sex comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, taxi, nude, runaway, sacrifice, stupidity, revenge, camp, betrayal, natural disaster, brothers, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure, road movie, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
baseball, sport, underdog, major league, brutality, violence, vengeance, transformation, fantasy world, writers, multiple storylines, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, new jersey, usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, sweet, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
car, auto racing, race, orphan, sport, children, driving, auto mechanic, dysfunctional family, torture, justice, solitude ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, humorous, entertaining, funny, ridiculous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, chase, sheriff, elephant, road trip, desert, beer, car, on the road, race, catholicism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, florida, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for, but Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
wrestling, professional wrestling, fight scenes, brutality, underdog, battles, rivalry, athlete's life, tough heroes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fistfight, african american ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, underdog, summer vacation, screwball, rivalry, on the road, friendship, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, stylized, inspirational, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
golf, sport, country club, auction, nouveau riche, satire, farce, fantasy world, cloning, revenge, brutality, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to ...
Style:
parody, humorous, stylized, surreal, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, satire, farce, sword fight, sea, time, lone hero, swashbuckler, mars, mentor, irreverent, british ...
Time:
80s, 18th century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last ...
Style:
humorous, political, satirical, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
political satire, conspiracy, politics, president, cold war, culture clash, farce, political conspiracy, satire, dishonesty, world politics, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, canada, california, washington d.c., iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Films like The Cannonball Run
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, ...
Style:
humorous, visually appealing, feel good, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Plot:
law enforcement, memory, happy ending, camp, hitman, farce, reality, nude, dreams, car chase, disaster, police ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
baseball, childhood, sport, youth, culture clash, first contact, stereotypes, crime gone awry, gangsters, vengeance, unlikely friendships, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient ...
Style:
humorous, motivational, unusual plot structure, sweet, splatter ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, child martial arts, childhood, martial arts, young heroes, revenge, youth, heroes, vengeance, friends, escapades, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
car chase, auto racing, disney, happy ending, justice, heist, contests and competitions, buddies, frame up, undercover, secret agents, espionage ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, paris france, europe, riviera, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
Style:
humorous, surreal, visually appealing, campy, light ...
Plot:
beer, hillbilly, underdog, suspense, writers, destiny, weapons, vengeance, fantasy world, murder, fight scenes, existentialism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. It is also the teller of different stories including the story of a traveling salesman whose only commodity is death and the story of a young man ...
Style:
humorous, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Plot:
desert, hitman, satire, salesman, misfit, serial killer, eccentricity, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, death, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Style:
humorous, feel good, inspirational, light, melancholic ...
Plot:
horse race, talking animals, space, first contact, justice, adaptation, mentor, police investigation, afterlife, sexualized violence, fantasy world, weapons ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, scary, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blues, car chase, chase, music, dancing, buddy, prison, on the road, starting over, rivalry, orphan, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's ...
Style:
humorous, clever, entertaining, stylized, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, boxing, satire, justice, boxer, adaptation, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, investigation, cons and scams, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. ...
Style:
exciting, inspirational, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
sport, car race, race, car, car chase, rivalry, hotshot hero, motor sport, chase, nascar, auto racing, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, phoenix arizona, alabama, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Speed Racer similar movies
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, humorous, intense, funny, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
car chase, beautiful scenery, runaway, twists and turns, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, chase, organized crime, life & death ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master ...
Style:
humorous, parody, satirical, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
old west, satire, on the road, starting over, gang, americana, unlikely partners, tough heroes, escapades, horse, culture clash, native american ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, humorous, buddy movie, campy, harsh ...
Plot:
stuntman, car, hollywood, car chase, chase, filmmaking, beer, lone hero, runaway, mentor, underdog, hitman ...
Time:
70s, future, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california, los angeles, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sexy, entertaining, inspirational ...
Plot:
sport, underdog, volleyball, youth, ambition, contests and competitions, friends, rivalry, self discovery, summer, teenager, college ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the ...
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, prison brawl, master warrior, rivalry, contests and competitions, prison life, prison, mixed martial arts, tournament, suspense, heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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