Movies like High-Ballin'
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High-Ballin' (1978)
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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 hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll (Chris Wiggins) and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, hitchhiker, car chase, speed, bar fight, friendship, on the road, waitress, gangsters, gang, chase, rivalry, partners, workplace, dishonesty, workplace situations, dancing, abduction, motorcycle, snow, ambulance, sexual harassment, driving, diner, warehouse ...
Time:
70s
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Most similar movies to High-Ballin'
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, rough and serious films with plots about rivalry, gang, vengeance, chase, chases and races, truck and female nudity mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like High-Ballin': Outlaw Blues (1977), Convoy (1978), White Line Fever (1975), Borderline (1980), Last Man Standing (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a country music superstar. When his confrontation with the star takes a violent turn the ex-con has to go ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, biting, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
celebrity, musician, prison, criminal, runaway, music business, cons and scams, on the road, showbiz, celebrity culture, false accusation, country ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, tennessee, austin texas
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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, humorous, feel good, intense, campy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, chase, car, police, convoy, rebellion, road trip, fight, vengeance, on the road, police corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, texas, las vegas, arizona, new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
Style:
sexual, road movie, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, on the road, chase, car, business, violence, bar fight, fistfight, corruption, vigilante, snake, car chase ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, biting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
human trafficking, illegal immigration, border patrol, manhunt, immigrants, murder, border crossing, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, fugitives, gang, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police investigation, tough law enforcer, master criminal, criminal's revenge, chase, track down, partners against crime, criminal heroes, fighting crime, law enforcement, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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:
realistic, psychological, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
chase, suspense, rivalry, gang, car race, friends, youth, music band, on the road, juvenile delinquent, young girl, kids in trouble ...
Time:
50s
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
on the road, auto racing, car, manhunt, redneck, chase, waitress, car chase, friendship, drag racing, car accident, countryside ...
Time:
50s
Place:
california, usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A heart warming story about three young men who specialize in recovering high end, expensive and well protected autos that are hard to retrieve due to lack of payments.
Style:
captivating, exciting, semi serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, heist, partners, car chase, dishonesty, car, rivalry, friendship, auto repair, suspense, life is a bitch, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, vietnam war, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, battles, friends, gangsters, military, society, gang, buddies, babies and infants ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Incompatible fugitive recovery agents, the flighty Jersey Bellini (Michael Dudikoff) and his more serious-minded female partner, B.B. (Lisa Howard), have, for the last time, ticked off mobster Wald (Tony Curtis) by apprehending his rather inept ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
bounty hunter, gangsters, bully, destiny, plague, heist, breakup, tough heroes, disorder, hitman, partners, heroes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a Vietnamese gangster that he has robbed, come looking for him. In order to save Dobbs, Mickey ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, love triangle, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, on the run, heist, friendship, suspense, murder, porn actress ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, gang, motorcycle, revenge, love triangle, kidnapping, exploitation, criminal activity, nude, biker gang, gang war, fight ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Angel (William Smith), an outlaw biker, sells out his gang by exposing their wild conquests to Like magazine for $10,000. With his photo on the cover, Angel skips town and tries to start over with help from sheep rancher Dan Felton (Dan Kemp). An ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, exploitation, gang, motorcycle gang, beach, wine, truck, rape, chicken, on the run, train ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, bad father, heroes, gangsters, murder, kung fu, rivalry, vengeance, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, buddies ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, organized crime, martial arts, rivalry, buddies, partners, law enforcement, society, heroes, siblings relations, defiant ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
biker, gang, motorcycle, hospital, life is a bitch, leadership, violence spree, buddies, tough heroes, on the road, down on your luck, exploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, california, venice, usa, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to chase him out of the city. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Hanson is a former Vietnam elite soldier and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, small town, manhunt, one man army, exploitation, war veteran, vengeance, rivalry, mentally unstable, heroes, gang, tough heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in ...
Style:
political, tense, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, revenge, corruption, gunfight, environmental, car, farmer, bow and arrow, vigilante, murder, self defense, vigilantism ...
Place:
usa, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
554
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A trucker (Lamas) has to come home to help fight mobsters after his brother who embezzled $5,000,000 from them.
Style:
erotic, semi serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, sex scene, making love, martial arts, embezzlement, love triangle, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, gangsters, tough heroes, police shootout ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This enjoyably goofy'n'duffy piece of 70's drive-in fluff centers on a six woman outlaw gang who prey on hapless backwoods motorists. The gals are owned and trained by the amiable, scruffy, pleasantly mellow Manson-like Benson (shaggy ...
Style:
erotic, sexy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitchhiker, taxi, skinny dipping, exploitation, female nudity, male nudity, shoplifting, motorcycle, hospital, hitchhiking, dog, money ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
Style:
road movie, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, car chase, on the run, robbery, mechanic, car, exploitation, partners, store, buddies, race against time, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man takes up truck-driving to investigate his trucker father's suspicious death.
Style:
sexy
Plot:
truck, on the road, truck driver, revenge, motel, murder, chase, investigation, female nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tough, macho, truck driver decides to make his soft son more manly by taking him hunting. They vacation and go to a honky tonk bar where the younger man falls in love with a burned out waitress.
Plot:
hicksploitation, musician, beer, male nudity, sex, police officer, nude, exploitation, female nudity, rape, motel, dancing ...
Place:
austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, speed, chase, truck, hicksploitation, criminal activity, police corruption, swamp, smuggling, corruption, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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, psychological, realistic
Plot:
car chase, chase, psychopath, college life, on the road, serial killer, stalking, rivalry, woman in danger, college, driving, violence ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the two roving factions are soon at odds with one another and chaos ensues.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
biker, biker gang, hippie, motorcycle, gang, motorcycle chase, on the road, drug dealing, tough heroes, psychopath, jail, murder ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, desert, anti establishment, anti conformity, motorcycle gang, rivalry, gang, filmmaking, woman in danger, revenge, sex ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, revenge, car, murder, rape, redneck, monster car, car chase, vigilante, monster truck, car accident, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, gang, dishonesty, rivalry, vengeance, gangsters, law enforcement, death of family, revenge, police, deadly
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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