Movies like The Big Gamble

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The Big Gamble (1961)
 5.8
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The Big Gamble (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
Plot: truck, driver, truck driver, adventurer, trucker, business, hijacking, capture, hijacker, happy ending, wife, beer, native, fever, clumsy, husband wife relationship, clumsiness, cousin cousin relationship, rescue from drowning, misadventure, trip, travel, brake failure, cargo
Time: year 1961
Place: africa, dublin ireland
Keyword: german, irish

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Most similar movies to The Big Gamble

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, road movie, independent film and realistic films with plots about truck, trucker, truck driver, on the road, escapades, chase and friendship mostly in Comedy, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Big Gamble: The Beast (1974), Moonfire (1970), C.B. Hustlers (1976), Trucker's Woman (1975), Killing Machine (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.7
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The Beast (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.
Style: poliziottesco, road movie
Plot: truck, truck driver, driver, trucker, sexuality, on the road, homosexual subtext, girl, money, chase, trip, job ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.6
 135
Moonfire (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Truckers battle a Nazi who has hidden out in Mexico. Subplot involves the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.
Style: independent film
Plot: truck, trucking, trucker, truck driver, race, recluse, billionaire, blackmail, nazi, woman, driving, death ...
Place: mexico, tucson arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 3.3
 346
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 ⇓
90%
Trucker's Woman (1975)
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, trucker, truck driver, murder, pursuit, revenge, motel, on the road, sex scene, female nudity, investigation, young ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Killing Machine (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a gang of thugs brands a hard working truck driver a traitor and murders his bride, He retaliates by being even more violent than his attackers.
Style: road movie
Plot: truck, revenge, truck driver, mafia, murder, trucker, burned alive, torture, flashback, machine gun, on the road, terrorism ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and ...
Style: road movie
Plot: truck, trucker, truck driver, on the road, caper, driver, old friend, heat wave, sahara desert, belly dancing, hiding place, native ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, sahara, west africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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 ⇓
82%
 7.1
 14K
Hatari! (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?
Style: exciting, humorous, black and white, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: safari, jungle, hunter, hunting, elephant, colonialism, lost world, older man younger woman relationship, african, age difference, explorer, wild animal ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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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 ⇓
81%
 6.3
 129
Truck Rascals (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while ...
Plot: truck, trucker, abandoned by father, child abandonment, unrequited love, convoy, male female relationship, car, car accident, truck driver, automobile, truck stop
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot ...
Style: retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: revolutionary, trucker, exotic locale, fictional country, truck, arab, desert, tough heroes, revolution, military, fugitives, state affairs ...
Time: 60s
Place: africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.1
 11K
Go for It (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Mason is driving a truck when he takes on his lorry Rosco a hitchhiker. Traffic police stop them for a control but they are confused for two robbers. They manage to escape in a very strange way from this situation, but just to fall in a worse one. ...
Style: spy comedy, fast, slapstick, exciting, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: odd couple, spy, fistfight, truck, danger, cia, humour, adventurer, life & death, mistaken identity, spy spoof, prison ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: europe, italy, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 4.6
 186
Time Bomb (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.
Plot: truck, president, trucker, trucking, female leader, machine gun, female criminal, plutonium, terrorism, dead woman, nuclear, black hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Handle with Care (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Style: cult classic, humorous, independent film, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot: small town, truck, radio, vigilantism, trucker, bigamy, truck driver, family relations, couples, social relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 4.6
 769
Think Big (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two mildly retarded truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who stows away on their truck.
Style: independent film
Plot: truck, trucker, twins, child genius, teenager, truck driver, pursuit, teenage girl, brother brother relationship, remote control, genius, gadget ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Texas Lightning (1981)
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.
Style: independent film
Plot: hicksploitation, musician, bare chested male, nudity, bar fight, son, love, telephone call, father son relationship, friend, gang rape, female nudity ...
Place: austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost ...
Style: fantasy adventure, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: treasure hunt, jungle, adventurer, treasure hunter, archaeologist, beautiful scenery, disaster, hunter, cannon, missing person, woman with a gun, camp ...
Time: victorian era, 1910s
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.1
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Heavy Load (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: The show presents the misadventures of two truck drivers, Pedro and Bino, who struggle to make their livings on the roads of Brazil, trying not to be misled by life's traps.
Style: captivating, psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot: truck driver, truck, driver, money problems, satire, lifestyle, coworker, job, financial problem, social problems, trucker
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Chatur Singh Two Star (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bumbling cop Chatur Singh is sent on a special mission to South Africa to solve a high profile case involving the murder of a politician and a cache of diamonds. But before he can redeem his botched up career he must deal with a bunch of loonies ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, suspenseful, feel good ...
Plot: police investigation, escapades, frame up, partner, disorder, law enforcement, goofy hero, fish out of water, silly humor, murder suspect, misfit partners, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 5.9
 268
Net Worth (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Net Worth details the serio-comic story of four friends who learn the value of friendship as they embark on a thirty day contest to achieve the highest net worth in a new city with no cash and no connections.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, semi serious, independent film
Plot: friendship, infidelity, rags to riches, husband wife relationship, womanizer, competition, poverty, gambling, mugging, city, gas station, male bonding ...
Place: salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 5.1
 260
Midnite Spares (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father's untimely death, Steve pursues the criminals and attempts to capture them as well as prove his prowess as a racecar driver.
Style: independent film
Plot: car, carsploitation, car chase, automobile, trucker, fast car, truck, car theft, driver, death, missing person, criminal ...
Place: sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when ...
Style: erotic, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spy, exploitation, agent, woman with a gun, cyberpunk, intersex, pluto, interracial, secret agent, henchman, death of father, goon ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.0
 103K
Sahara (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action packed, scenic, buddy comedy ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, adventurer, treasure hunter, desert, obsessive quest, archaeology, escapades, civil war, good versus evil, danger, buddy ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.8
 123K
Wild Hogs (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Restless and ready for adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
Style: road movie, funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: road trip, motorcycle, midlife crisis, motorcycle gang, biker gang, on the road, biker, small town, self discovery, happy ending, chase, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new mexico, california, ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.7
 5K
Wild Oats (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50.000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: elderly woman, mother daughter relationship, widow, casino, parents and children, friendship, society, rivalry, police, dishonesty, love, family relations ...
Place: spain, canary islands
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Truckers Ride Again (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare is forced to pay off his debt for the loans he was raising to build a house for his numerous family. He must find heaps of money as soon as possible, ...
Plot: household, gang of thieves, friends, river, debt, truck driver, restaurant, truck, fair, folk music
Place: balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.3
 230K
Chef (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, road movie, touching, culinary ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, chef, food, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, father son relationship, parent child relationship, starting over, restaurant owner, business, divorce ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, future, y2k, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Henry Fonda plays Elegant John, an old trucker who steals back his prized rig in California and takes off with almost no money. His Kenworth tractor has the name Eleanor on it. Elegant John once met Eleanor Roosevelt. He pulls a Fruehauf van with a ...
Style: road movie, independent film, crying
Plot: trucker, truck, sex work, hitchhiker, truck driver, car chase, trucking, stoner, crooked cop, cross country trip, on the road, prostitution ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Africa United (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa, Rwanda
Duration: 88 min.
Story: "Africa United" tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg. But the problems begin when Fabrice, Dudu ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sincere ...
Plot: soccer, friendship, on the road, football, follow your dream, adventurer, hopes, escapades, young heroes, optimism, road trip, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, zimbabwe, south africa, congo, tanzania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.3
 18K
Convoy (1978)
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, surprise ending, exciting, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, chase, on the road, police, rebellion, carsploitation, road trip, car, trucker, classic car, redneck ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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