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The Wraith (1986)
21K
Genre: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, cult classic, sexual, road movie, retro, dark, art house, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
righting the wronged, ghost, killer car, danger, revenge, supernatural power, chases and races, reincarnation, gang, chase, car, car chase, female nudity, vengeful ghost, revenge killing, nudity, racing, gangster, carsploitation, superhero, supernatural ability, afterlife, terminator, vengeance, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Most similar movies to The Wraith
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, chase, deadly, murder, supernatural, chases and races and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Horror and Action genres. Some movies like The Wraith: The Car (1977), Christine (1983), Ghost Town (1988), Rest Stop (2006), Phantom Racer (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town's Sheriff (John Marley), it ...
Style:
suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
killer car, cemetery, car, carsploitation, desert, police, vengeance, violence spree, danger, chase, on the run, psychopath ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
100%
102K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, rough, neo western ...
Plot:
ghost town, ghost, supernatural, mysterious character, vengeance, danger, outlaw, missing person, gory, isolation, violence, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, 80s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film follows Nicole Carrow, a young woman who is threatened by a maniac serial killer, after her boyfriend Jess, is abducted in a rest stop.
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woman in danger, serial killer, survival, gory, danger, kidnapped, redneck, female fighter, chase, isolation, on the road, hostage ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Seventeen years ago, NASCAR racer Cutter McCullough died in a fiery crash. But death can’t stop a man driven by revenge. He and his car are back from the grave to settle a score with his old girlfriend Tammy and his rival JJ Sawyer. Now JJ, Tammy, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
true love, killer car, teenage life, car chase, supernatural, vengeance, mentally unstable, ghost, chase, carsploitation, terror, automobile ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In this supernatural take on The Fast and the Furious, college student Jesse returns home only to find that his old stomping ground has been overrun by a gang of street racers that dabbles in the black arts. But things take a bloody turn for the ...
Style:
serious, rough, scary, slasher, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, chase, serial killer, supernatural, supernatural ability, vigilantism, terrorism, stalking, hidden identity, deadly creature, danger, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The on-call mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own. With hundreds of horsepower and two tons of reinforced steel at ...
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
escapades, chase, chases and races, rivalry, danger, man versus machine, chaos, survival, female protagonist, graphic violence, car, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
teenager, revenge, arizona desert, paramedic, power, football, healing power, high school, healing, love, supernatural power, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a dilapidated cyberpunk city plagued by crime and corruption, an unscrupulous District Attorney is savagely murdered and tossed out of a building onto his brand new car. Mysteriously, the District Attorney and his car come back to life as a ...
Style:
scary, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car, car chase, supernatural, supernatural power, violence spree, chases and races, on the run, danger, chaos, psychopath, chase, vengeance ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Style:
parody, suspense, exciting, intense, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
parachuting, desert, skydiving, undercover, kgb agent, shootout, faking one's own death, presumed dead, sports car, gold, parachute, chase ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
moscow russia, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist", the ultimate crime-fighting weapon in a city overrun by criminals and internal corruption
Style:
futuristic, independent film
Plot:
superheroine, mind control, woman with a gun, superhero, apocalypse, cyborgs, robot, violence, anti heroine, one woman army, supernatural, anti hero ...
Time:
near future, year 1995
Similarity:
100%
332K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
Style:
sexy, grindhouse, road movie, cynical, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, exploitation, violence, car chase, psychopath, dark humor, vengeance, stalking, stuntman, kick-butt women, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, texas, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the ...
Style:
suspense, black comedy, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
truck, stephen king, supernatural, monster, animate object, car, hostage, objects come to life, heroic mission, stranded, gas station, killer car ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
75%
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%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Style:
spooky, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, redneck, serial killer, murder, small town, racing, auto mechanic, automobile, sheriff, car crash, motivation, cop ...
Time:
50s, year 1958, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When police are puzzled by several horrific murders, they assume they have a serial killer on their hands. But soon they realise that the unimaginable has happened. A killing machine from another world has arrived on Earth determined to brutally ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, space and aliens, evil alien, investigation, terminator, danger, law enforcement, alien encounter, murder, alien, brutality, alien invasion ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
146K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is – no-one can ...
Style:
sexy, medical horror, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
invisible man, mad scientist, invisibility, psychopath, insanity, rape, experiment, sexualized violence, murder, animal experimentation, violence, voyeurism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, future ...
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, usa
Similarity:
100%
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man is in a race against time as he searches for a cure after becoming infected with a virus that will eventually turn him into a blood-sucking vampire.
Style:
suspense, road movie, scary, teen, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, hitchhiker, sexy female vampire, female vampire, vampire bite, virus, vampire hunter, sex horror, gory, desert, infected, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
colorado, arizona, california, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the mysterious death of scientist, Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ...
Style:
detective, suspense, surprise ending, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
invisibility, invisible man, psychopath, serial killer, manhunt, voyeurism, chase, assassin, violence, murder, mad scientist, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, pentagon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, car chase, buddy cop, fbi, mind control, chase, twists and turns, revenge, space and aliens, alien invasion, robbery ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When two brothers, Josh and Mike, go to a small southern town for a vacation, they find most of the residents either dead or missing. When Mike himself goes missing, Josh teams up with the local sheriff and an attractive school teacher to find him ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
deadly creature, small town, survival, infection, zombie, chaos, danger, experiment gone awry, plague, undead, virus, redneck ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver ...
Style:
fast, entertaining, saga, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, car chase, chases and races, car race, street racing, friendship, racing, cop, brutality, friends, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico, dominican republic ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, classic horror, psychological thriller, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cop, monster, exploitation, killer, supernatural horror, car chase, police, strip club, female nudity, living dead, christmas ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that ...
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminator, evil alien, alien, invasion, supernatural, chase, nudity, anti hero, strong violent content, child in peril, undercover, bounty hunter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three young men become terrorized in a high-speed car chase with a mysterious pursuant.
Style:
serious, psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
car chase, mind game, friendship, escapades, danger, chase, survival, murder, rivalry, killer car, redneck, car ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being bestowed with demonic powers following a phone call to Hell, a psychotic teacher begins a rampage of death and destruction in a small town, forcing a teen and her boyfriend to fight him off so that they can get away.
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, dark, independent film, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telephone call, satanism, strip club, car chase, teacher, demon, supernatural being, cell phone, woman with a gun, threatening telephone call, evil computer, pandemic ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
Style:
slasher, medical horror, bloody, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, psycho killer, female nudity, monster, chase, mad scientist, survival, hospital, small town, home invasion ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
20%
66K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, sexy, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
masked killer, killer, friday the 13th, survival horror, murder, violent, halloween, gory, space travel, survival, male victim, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
hairy chested man, monster, danger, survival, halloween, youth, deadly creature, teenage life, rivalry, stalking, murder, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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