Movies like High Octane: Overboost

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High Octane: Overboost (2004)
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High Octane: Overboost (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Watch the action unfold as Ketzal Sterling and the crew take you to Australia, New Zealand and the land where it all started, Japan! There's hot Japanese track action, the requisite visits to the tuning houses, and we watch Ketzal and some crazy import hardcases hit 300kph! This time round we modify a $3000 car that we found in a garage and race it against an Aston Martin DB7, an M3 and a host of GTRs! Along with our Battle Day and the madness that is High Octane.
Plot: race, insanity, craziness, car, drifting, motor, footprint

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Most similar movies to High Octane: Overboost

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, road movie and humorous films with plots about race, car, racing, rivalry, car chase, chases and races and automobile mostly in Action, Comedy and Sport genres. Some movies like High Octane: Overboost: Safari 3000 (1982), Burnout (2014), High Octane 2 (2001), Checkered Flag or Crash (1977), Cannonball Fever (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Safari 3000 (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days before the start, so she hires ex-stuntman Eddie and buys a wreck of a car from her last money. Eddie ...
Style: road movie, independent film, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: auto racing, racing, car, reporter, chase, fast car, mitsubishi, race, classic car, violent content, rally, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: africa
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95%
 6.2
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Burnout (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story: For all who remember Cannonball Run. Here is a modern twist on the subject. The longest, wildest and funniest car race, ever. From Oslo to the North Cape. The only rule is getting there first!
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: car, race, father daughter relationship, chases and races, contests and competitions, family relations, family problems, parents and children, ambition, racing, police, drag racing ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
High Octane 2 (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This video showcases New Zealand's performance car culture, mixing content for car enthusiasts with comedy and action! The successful sequel to High Octane 2000 which was New Zealand's first car culture video magazine.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, rivalry, obsession, contests and competitions, chases and races, car, drag racing
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden (Baker), nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright (Sarandon) intends to ...
Plot: auto racing, car, prize money, jungle, journalist, racing, jungle adventure, car race, racecar driver, race, car chase, automobile
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
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? ...
Style: humorous, road movie, independent film, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: car chase, racing, auto racing, race, classic car, chase, car, carsploitation, car race, on the road, satire, fast car ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Nuts (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jenny was made for love and Lana for gambling. In this old-fashioned country, Lebanon, women have no say. Defying everyone and everything they will fight for their freedom whatever the cost.
Plot: gambling, poker, game, empire, cinema, craziness, insanity
Place: lebanon, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Downhill Willie (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A goofy and naive small towner competes in a ski race .
Style: independent film
Plot: skiing, competition, race, unlikely hero, love story, domineering mother, ski resort, jacuzzi, flatulence, urination, cleavage
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Cannonball Run (1981)
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, hilarious ...
Plot: on the road, car race, chase, car chase, racing, road trip, race, rivalry, car, escapades, classic car, auto racing ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Cannonball Run II (1984)
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, humorous, spoof, cult classic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car, car chase, chase, racing, race, auto racing, classic car, speed, gangster, road trip, car race, on the road ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, connecticut, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Freeway Speedway (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Rokuo Kazuki (Gitan Otsuru) is challenging to break the fastest time record to go around 7 tollways around Tokyo and Yokohama that stretches 13.9 km. Setting the record of breaking 5 minutes 13 seconds not only requires skill, but also luck. Failing ...
Plot: car, street racing, accident, automobile, auto racing, police, freeway
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Gran Turismo (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The plot is undisclosed at this time; the project is based off of the popular video game series.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, action adventure ...
Plot: young boy, car, teenager, conflict, driver, professional, teenage boy, video game, motor sport, driving, game, race ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, year 2013, year 2012, year 2014 ...
Place: istanbul turkey, france, vienna, london, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Bustin Chops The Movie (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The movie starts 5 years after stuntman Eugene Koekemoer and his crew of misfit stuntmen left the world of fame with their Stunt TV shows and started to work regular 9 to 5 jobs.
Plot: insanity, jackass, craziness, trick, pain, prank, crazy, blood, vomiting, mullet
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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C.B. Hustlers (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This road comedy is about a group of prostitutes who take their bordello on the road, loading into a van and using their CB radio to inform truckers of when and where they'll be stopping. The fun-loving girls enjoy success with their mobile ...
Style: road movie, sex comedy
Plot: truck, trucker, van, truck driver, prostitute, race, prostitution, highway, club, big breasts, sheriff, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Fast Track: No Limits (2008)
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An action movie centered around a group of street racers.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: speed, street racing, chases and races, rivalry, car chase, racing, on the run, debt, danger, car, race, car racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 3K
Burnout 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After two years in prison for participating in an illegal street race, Roy says no to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk. But then he hears that his daughter will participate with a boyfriend.
Style: road movie, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car, car race, car chase, chase, chases and races, heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, streetwise, friendship, danger, urban setting ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.7
 12K
Le Mans (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Steve McQueen is ideally cast as a champion race car driver, participating in the famed 24-hour race headquartered in Le Mans, France. Though dedicated to Going for the Gold, McQueen finds time to romance widowed Elga Andersen. The dramatic angle to ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, entertaining, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racing, car racing, race, car, car chase, race car, racecar driver, auto racing, driving, speed, rain, car accident ...
Time: year 1971, year 1970, 20th century, 70s
Place: france, maine, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
You Move You Die (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mike has the girl, the time and the place.The problem is he doesn't have the ring, Before Mike has an opportunity to propose his engagement ring is stolen.Mike is desperate to recover it. He and his friends have one hour to get the ring back ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, obsessive quest, partner, criminal heroes, chase, gang, chases and races, buddies, fight, engagement, tough heroes, shootout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Send It! (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An extreme sportsman's life forever changes upon departing his simple Texas roots to compete in the world's most prestigious Kiteboarding Championship. Along the way, an edgy street-smart girl challenges him well beyond just kiting.
Style: light, captivating, feel good
Plot: love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, athlete's life, rivalry, relationships, love and romance, surfing, youth, happy ending, extreme sport, surfer, athletic training ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 5.9
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Born to Race (2011)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Born To Race is the story of Danny Krueger, a rebellious young street racer on a collision course with trouble. After an accident at an illegal street race, he is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father, a washed up NASCAR racer. When ...
Style: exciting, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car race, car, street racing, drag racing, rivalry, racing, chases and races, parents and children, youth, mechanic, undisciplined, high school ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 20K
The Great Race (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. ...
Style: epic, funny, slapstick, road movie, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: swashbuckler, car, racing, royalty, sword fight, on the road, steampunk, race, mechanic, auto racing, road trip, drunkenness ...
Time: 1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: alaska, paris france, new york, america, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Comic 8: Casino Kings - Part 1 (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Sequel of Comic 8. Eight agents of stand up comedian have a mission to locate the base of a mysterious gambling underground boss named "The King"
Style: light, captivating, tense, humorous, absurd ...
Plot: stand up comedian, mission, secret agent, police, secret, king, agent, gambling, undercover, casino, craziness, working undercover ...
Time: year 2015
Place: indonesia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Circuit (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Al Shines, former king of the US race car track circuit, has a hard time starting his own team, once he's fired by his sponsor Robin Cates. Robin hired Al's immature daughter Kylie Shines instead. She resents Al's inevitable ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racing, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, parents and children, youth, athlete's life, love, teenager, auto racing, race, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 78K
Speed Racer (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Speed Racer is the tale of a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, he must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities. ...
Style: stylized, exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: racing, race, car chase, car race, chase, childhood, auto racing, family relations, ambition, contests and competitions, obstacle, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Death Race 2000 (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. ...
Style: road movie, grindhouse, suspenseful, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: car, carsploitation, dystopia, racing, dystopian future, car chase, distopia, chases and races, danger, auto racing, post apocalyptic, rivalry ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.7
 1K
Pit Stop (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Richard Davalos plays Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk who comes to the attention of car enthusiast Grant Willard. Willard bails him out of jail and offers him sponsorship as a race car driver. Bowman eventually accepts and becomes entranced ...
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: auto racing, race, motor racing, racing, exploitation, car, carsploitation, automobile, classic car, car race, drag racing, woman in a bikini ...
Time: year 1969
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
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, spectacular, action comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, sheriff, trucker, chase, elephant, racing, road trip, desert, on the road, carsploitation, beer ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
WWE Fully Loaded 1999 (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Fully Loaded (1999) was the second Fully Loaded professional wrestling PPV. It was presented by Starburst and took place on July 25, 1999 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. The main event was a First Blood match for the WWF ...
Plot: wrestling, hardcore wrestling, professional wrestling, mentor, rivalry, brother brother relationship, fire, blood, african american, crazy, fistfight, champion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.5
 123K
Rat Race (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, on the road, chase, bet, mother daughter reunion, escapades, casino, gambling, rivalry, chases and races, race ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, new mexico, cuba, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
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, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: road trip, car chase, on the road, trucker, truck, carsploitation, police chase, sheriff, car, convoy, truck driver, trucking ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Born to Race: Fast Track (2014)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Danny Krueger is a twenty-year old drag racer who plays by his own rules. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young drivers in the world. Tension soars ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: race, auto racing, street racing, ambition, athlete's life, hotshot hero, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, reluctant partners, partner, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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