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Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
 5.3
 1K
Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.
Style: retro, psychedelic, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, slang ...
Plot: juvenile delinquent, carsploitation, desert, christmas, car, motel, automobile, surfing, beach, speed, rock music, classic car, woman with a gun, on the road, teenager, child in peril, teenage angst, reckless driving, drag racing, childish behavior, youth culture, car crash, harassment, hooligan, camp ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place: california
Keyword: creep, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, chases and races, deadly, chase, danger, gang and murder mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Hot Rods to Hell: The Wild Angels (1966), Kitten with a Whip (1964), The Wild Racers (1968), Duel (1971), Return to Macon County (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Wild Angels (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ...
Style: psychotronic, serious, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: biker, gang, motorcycle, bike, hospital, life is a bitch, buddies, violence spree, tough heroes, on the road, swastika, down on your luck ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: los angeles, california, europe, usa, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Kitten with a Whip (1964)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jody, a juvenile delinquent, escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and attempting to burn down the building and then takes refuge in a house owned by an ambitious politician David Patton. Despite the hellcat's ample charms, the ...
Style: political, grindhouse, neo noir, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: juvenile delinquent, beat generation, evil child, strong female lead, nymphet, underground, lonely, femme fatale, juvenile delinquency, hospital, kidnapping, hostage ...
Time: 60s
Place: mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The Wild Racers (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in Europe. After limited success he manages to win the Spanish Grand Prix. His love life however, is much ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting, psychotronic
Plot: auto racing, carsploitation, motor racing, automobile, rivalry, chases and races, ambition, car chase, car crash, racecar driver, bullfighting
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 7.6
 78K
Duel (1971)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, tension ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car chase, truck, chase, on the road, road rage, psychopath, truck driver, driving, car, stalking, mysterious villain ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: california, persia, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Return to Macon County (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: on the road, drag racing, classic car, car, auto racing, manhunt, redneck, waitress, car chase, friendship, chase, car accident ...
Time: year 1975, 1950s, 50s
Place: california, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Road Killers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style: road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: witnessing a crime, gang, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, danger, rescue, family in danger, hostage, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The California Kid (1974)
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, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car, serial killer, small town, murder, racing, auto mechanic, automobile, redneck, sheriff, car crash, motivation, cop ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1958, 1950s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the ...
Style: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, heist, chase, car thief, driving, car, police, police investigation, carsploitation, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Road Rage (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The highway to hell runs straight through a college campus in this compelling thriller about a killer truck. After helping a pretty co-ed out of a nasty domestic situation, Jim Travis gives the girl a lift home. But once on the road, the situation ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot: chase, psychopath, danger, college life, on the road, serial killer, automobile, stalking, rivalry, chases and races, college, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.9
 2K
Motorpsycho! (1965)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping other people's women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed. The ...
Style: grindhouse, road movie, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: biker, motorcycle, rape, bike, revenge, vietnam war, redneck, delinquent, juvenile delinquent, martial arts, terror, freak ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: vietnam, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.0
 569
Devil's Angels (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: biker, motorcycle, outlaw, bike, small town, dystopia, social relations, injustice, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, contests and competitions, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.6
 2K
Free Ride (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A single mom in the 1970s raises her two daughters and becomes involved in illegal drug trade to make a better life.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, retro ...
Plot: drug dealing, rise and fall, dealer, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, parents and children, hopes, family relations, danger, single parent, protecting from truth, starting over ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they ...
Style: road movie, meditative, atmospheric, grindhouse, disturbing ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, road trip, on the road, racing, mechanic, character study, classic car, carsploitation, life philosophy, auto mechanic, hitchhiker, desert ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s, 1950s
Place: usa, washington d.c., santa fe new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.3
 12K
The Principal (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean ...
Style: feel good, hood, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, manly
Plot: teacher, high school, youth gang, vigilante, vigilantism, gang, mentor, gangster, ghetto, chase, urban, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Bullies (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance ...
Style: independent film, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, murder, redneck, burned alive, revenge, rape, sadism, farm, forest, explosions, canuxploitation, hicksploitation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.4
 3K
Roadracers (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Cynical look at a '50s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Style: suspense, realistic, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: chase, rivalry, danger, gang, car race, music band, youth, friends, on the road, racing, juvenile delinquent, young girl ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.5
 314
Cop Killers (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, poliziottesco, tripping, surprise ending ...
Plot: exploitation, murder, drug dealer, anti hero, crime gone awry, cruelty, shootout, nihilism, cocaine, cop killer, hostage, violence ...
Time: 70s
Place: arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Born Losers (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A ruthless motorcycle gang rides into a California town and terrorizes its denizens.
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: biker, motorcycle, bike, gang, vigilante, exploitation, hippie, vietnam war, native american, gangster, motorcycle gang, outlaw ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: vietnam, california, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Runaway (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, teenage life, on the run, obsession, family problems, investigation, hiding, small town, fall in love, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.6
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Hell's Belles (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.
Style: period piece, grindhouse, independent film, road movie, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle, biker, bike, gang, woman with a gun, money, revenge, theft, desert, race, battles, farm ...
Time: 60s
Place: mexico, latin america, arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Betrayal (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, spoof
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, on the run, chase, dishonesty, police investigation, female assassin, master criminal, criminal heroes, single parent, femme fatale, danger, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Lost in Plainview (2005)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 18K
Earthquake (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, survival, catastrophe, danger, national guard, end of the world, love triangle, forces of nature, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
 6.2
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Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.0
 312K
Death Proof (2007)
Genre: Action, 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: road movie, sexy, grindhouse, suspense, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, violence, exploitation, dark humor, revenge, car chase, vengeance, killer, stalking, stuntman, violent ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Terror On The Beach (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
Style: psychotronic, creepy
Plot: hippie, occult, 666, ocean, panic, dysfunctional family, terror, fight, family in danger, teenage girl, van, beach ...
Time: 70s
Place: southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.7
 12K
Airport 1975 (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: "Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style: suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, psychological, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, disaster, airport, survival, aviation, catastrophe, natural disaster, flying, stewardess, airplane accident, death, police officer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: los angeles, salt lake city utah, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.3
 2K
Nitro (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Max leads a good life with Alice and their son Théo; that is until Alice is threatened with death while waiting for a heart transplant. Max promises Théo that he will save Alice, but to keep his word he must find a heart, and fast. Since time is ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: street racing, auto racing, terminal illness, heart transplant, race car, money problems, speed, gang, criminal, woman in danger, needing money, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.8
 4K
Malone (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, cia agent, murder, undercover, uninhibited rivalry, on the run, chase, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, assassin, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, langley virginia, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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