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Born to Race (2011)
7K
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 Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he's forced to seek his father's help in taking down the local hot shot
Style:
exciting, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film, fast, serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car race, car, street racing, racing, car chase, drag racing, rivalry, chases and races, youth, parents and children, mechanic, high school, undisciplined, small town, car accident, auto racing, father son relationship, illegal street racing, speed, fast car, car racing, motor racing, carsploitation, family relations, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, car race, race, racing, car, car chase and auto racing mostly in Action, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like Born to Race: Redline (2007), Lady Driver (2020), Days of Thunder (1990), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Fast & Furious (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, teens, boys' night
Plot:
race, auto racing, street racing, hotshot hero, friendship, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, reluctant partners, partner, racing, racecar driver ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized by exotic car fanatics
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, chase, sports car, gambling, racing, cons and scams, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, contests and competitions, car, fight, motor racing ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Style:
feel good, exciting, serious, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
car race, chases and races, race car, female protagonist, summer, road trip, self discovery, coming of age, rivalry, competition, contests and competitions, car chase ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
racing, car race, car chase, rivalry, nascar, hotshot hero, car, motor sport, auto racing, chase, lone hero, rising to stardom ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california, florida, phoenix arizona, alabama ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, fast ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
car, street racing, car chase, racing, car race, buddy, undercover agent, vigilante, chases and races, sports car, auto racing, race ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, miami
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Style:
exciting, action packed, serious, suspense, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
car, car chase, street racing, car race, high school, foreigner in japan, race, racing, auto racing, yakuza, vigilante, car racing ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
67%
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, drag racing, chases and races, contests and competitions, family relations, family problems, parents and children, ambition, racing, police ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
car, car chase, street racing, car race, race, ford mustang, race against time, frame up, cross country, justice, racing, driver ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new york, detroit ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the older brother (Tommy Nash) he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer (Darren Thomas) during a nighttime street race known as Sepulveda Suicide, Rick Merchant (Jaz Martin) channels his grief into getting revenge behind the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot:
car chase, contests and competitions, danger, rivalry, vengeance, chases and races, racing, auto racing, carsploitation, car crash, motorcycle, strip club ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
car, car chase, chase, street racing, car race, drag racing, chases and races, undercover cop, gang, robbery, undercover, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Michel Vaillant is # 1 of pilots, undisputed champion in rallying in all circuits in the world. His success arouses admiration and envy. Ruth Wong, director of Team Leader, is determined to break his streak and avenge the memory of his father, ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, racing, car, family relations, competition, rally, blind ambition, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry, chases and races, chase, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An action movie centered around a group of street racers.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
speed, chases and races, rivalry, car chase, street racing, racing, on the run, debt, danger, race, car, carsploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée Holly, but before she arrives, he dies in a race. Since ...
Style:
spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
auto racing, car, racing, automobile, car chase, motor racing, race, car racing, carsploitation, hicksploitation, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit.
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot:
auto racing, car, swing, carsploitation, motor racing, striptease, circus, car chase, teenage life, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
auto racing, car, carsploitation, hillbilly, motor racing, racing, bartender, car chase, car race, special agent, cons and scams, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
Style:
semi serious, realistic
Plot:
racing, auto racing, car, automobile, motor racing, motor sport, car racing, car chase, cheating wife, car accident, racecar driver, race car ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
indiana, indianapolis indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
racing, car, car racing, racecar driver, car race, talented, auto mechanic, race car, rise to the top, race, desire for fame, auto racing ...
Time:
60s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1959, 2010s ...
Place:
france, los angeles, italy
Similarity:
71%
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1K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
car race, car, racing, rise to the top, talented, ambition, courage, career, contests and competitions, teamwork, friendship, success ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good, fast
Plot:
racing, car chase, virgin, blonde, auto racing, car, rivalry, motor racing, race, police chase, womanizer, sponsor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A highway patrolman goes after a ring of hit-and-run drivers known as "Banzai runners," who have fast, expensive cars and stage illegal, dangerous high-speed races on the freeways at night.
Style:
action adventure, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, carsploitation, racing, auto racing, race, desert, hit and run, street racing, partner, partners against crime, one man army, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, manga ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
car race, racing, street racing, car, chases and races, contests and competitions, leadership, rivalry, underdog, auto racing, motor racing, alcoholic ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
japan, china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team.
Style:
emotional, intense, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
racing, rivalry, rise to the top, race, conflict, father son relationship, winner, father son conflict, machine, competition, family drama, car ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The untold story of how Southern California drag racers, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen combined with corporate giants to change the face of sports and ultimately became the most famous rivalry in racing ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
relationship vs career, ambition, friendship, desire for fame, rising to stardom, family relations, chases and races, danger, ego clash, contests and competitions, auto racing, racing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's ...
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, rivalry, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, racing, car race, car chase, auto racing, mentor, reconciliation, breakup, car accident ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
sydney australia, long beach california, chicago, rio de janeiro, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Michael, an American professor teaching history at Moscow University, finances his passion for treasure hunting with competitive street racing. His racing nemesis Wolf becomes his ally as they both embark on a quest to search for a famous ancient ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
treasure hunt, uninhibited rivalry, obsessive quest, chases and races, danger, treasure hunter, martial arts, street racing, lost world, hunter, treasure, explorer ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
KILL SPEED is a high-octane, youth oriented, TOP GUN meets FAST & FURIOUS tale about best friends who fly home-built, high-tech planes to deliver Mexican manufactured crystal meth throughout rural California in order to fund their Hollywood, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo western
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
airplane, aerial combats, working undercover, drug dealing, danger, partner, criminal heroes, buddies, aviation, violence, drug dealer, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, Georgia, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The next installment in the franchise.
Style:
suspense, saga, ambiguous ending, anamorphic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chases and races, woman kills a man, street racing, car chase, brother brother relationship, cia agent, terrorist plot, family relations, chase, carsploitation, murder ...
Time:
2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
georgia, buckingham palace, jamaica, london, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Rebellious Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fight Scene at his new high school, after receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family Jake decides to seek the mentoring of a veteran fighter who trains him for one final ...
Style:
serious, exciting, teen, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
martial arts, high school, youth, athlete and trainer, underground fighting, duel, teenager, fight, boxing, revenge, streetfighting, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
276
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The once dominating LIONS team gradually declined after the death of team leader Lao Shen. Unwilling to retire, Li Yi Fei and his new partner-the first female driver in league history, Lu Li li did not get along, and the two did not give in to each ...
Style:
touching, talky, stylized, tense
Plot:
racecar driver, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, escapades, competition, chase, car chase, couple relations, race, race car, couples, street racing, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
100%
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