| Speed Racer (1967) | 7.2 | |
| Baby Driver (2017) | 7.5 | |
| Bullitt (1968) | 7.4 | |
| Pit Stop (1969) | 6.7 | |
| Drive (2007) | 7.6 |
Motor racing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant motor racing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, exciting, serious, entertaining, humorous and feel good films and TV shows about / with motor racing, car, racing, car race, race, auto racing, automobile, car chase, car racing and rivalry plots mostly in Action, Sport and Drama genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as motor racing: Rush (2013), The Wild Racers (1968), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Grand Prix of Europe (2025), The Last American Hero (1973), Days of Thunder (1990), Grand Prix (1966), Le Mans (1971), Winning (1969), Driven (2001).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, clever, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race car, car race, racecar driver, formula 1, success, rise to the top, motor sport, car racing, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, britain, vienna, japan, mount fuji ...
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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, tense, retro, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
auto racing, motor racing, racecar driver, ambition, rivalry, competition, male protagonist, speed, danger, american abroad, loss, triumph ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain
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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
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Edda, a young mouse and the daughter of fairground operator Erwin, dreams of becoming a race car driver. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the European Grand Prix, Edda gets the opportunity to meet her idol, racing star Ed, and to help her father ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, inspirational, emotional, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
motor racing, racing, perseverance, determination, heartwarming, sabotage, rivalry, coming of age, body swapping, spectacle, teamwork, disguise ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, sincere, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, racing, fast car, race car, auto racing, redneck, motor racing, car, hotshot hero, athlete's life, rise to the top, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, southern usa, north carolina
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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:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, florida, phoenix arizona, alabama ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his team after a crash at Monaco that injures his teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for another team, and starts dating Stoddard's wife.
Style:
cynical, retro, technicolor, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
formula 1, car race, racing, motor sport, auto racing, car, race car, car racing, car chase, motor racing, race, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
europe, netherlands, london, monaco, france ...
Is relevant?
13K
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, tense, factual, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racing, race, car, car racing, driving, speed, racecar driver, competition, driver, race car, car chase, auto racing ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, maine, europe
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" ...
Style:
funny, humorous, spoof, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, betrayal, racing, stupidity, sport competition, farce, satire, car, auto racing, competition, championship, comeback ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
249
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 4 min.
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Story:
Tooned is an animated cartoon by McLaren starring Jenson Button, Sergio Pérez and comedian Alexander Armstrong. It aired on Sky Sports F1 before the start of each Formula 1 race. The first season, which starred former McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton ...
Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
motor sport, formula 1, racing, race, car race, auto racing, fast car, car, race car, motor racing, sports car, satire ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
carsploitation, auto racing, motor racing, racing, car, fast car, race, love triangle, friendship, siblings relations, infidelity, friends ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
monaco
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off ...
Style:
retro, psychotronic, hilarious, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
racing, dancing, rock and roll, elvis presley, gambling, music, auto racing, dance, race, rock, car, casino ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, san francisco
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various close escapes in between. Three further Herbie movies were to follow.
Style:
humorous, sweet, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
car, auto racing, racing, car race, hippie, race, auto mechanic, happy ending, chase, rivalry, adaptation, mentor ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, new jersey
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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, racing, motor racing, race, exploitation, car, carsploitation, junkyard, automobile, classic car, car race, drag racing ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
los angeles
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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, on the road, mechanic, hitchhiker, auto racing, road trip, existentialism, desert, rivalry, drag racing, driving, wager ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s, 1950s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., santa fe new mexico, north america, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
car chase, car, driver, hitchhiker, on the road, road trip, radio station, on the run, chase, driving, reckless driving, rattlesnake ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
san francisco, california, colorado, utah, denver colorado ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
terminal illness, tragic love, tragic romance, formula 1, near death experience, road trip, love, racing, racecar driver, auto racing, self discovery, ambition ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, florence
Is relevant?
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, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, convoy, truck driver, driving, car ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
Is relevant?
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:
cult classic, road movie, humorous, light, hilarious ...
Plot:
chase, car race, on the road, car chase, racing, road trip, rivalry, race, escapades, car, auto racing, classic car ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
usa, arizona, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, children, auto mechanic, driving, car chase, redneck, race car ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, touching, uplifting
Plot:
car race, racing, drag racing, auto racing, motor racing, race, biopic, auto mechanic, race car, driving, car, car racing ...
Time:
year 1983, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, martial arts, auto mechanic, kidnapping, police, racing, auto racing, master criminal, police investigation, vengeance, partners against crime, car ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
227K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
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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
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