Carsploitation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant carsploitation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out road movie, psychotronic, cult classic, grindhouse, suspenseful and weird films and TV shows about / with car, carsploitation, car chase, automobile, chase, car accident, chases and races, truck, driving and race plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Australia, Japan and other countries.
carsploitation movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as carsploitation: Death Race 2000 (1975), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Fast X (2023), The Driver (1978), Mad Max (1979), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), The Car (1977), The Blues Brothers (1980), Crash! (1976).

List of carsploitation movies

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: grindhouse, road movie, black comedy, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: car, car chase, carsploitation, dystopia, satire, dark humor, dystopian future, racing, distopia, dystopic future, danger, chases and races ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 2000, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: usa
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style: visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time: future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place: australia, los angeles
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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, 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 ...
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 5.7
 144K
Fast X (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Iceland
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: car, elevator, carsploitation, sniper, revenge, fast car, punched in the face, shootout, home invasion, good versus evil, driving lesson, terrorist ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: portugal, naples italy, italy, brazil, london ...
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 7.1
 21K
The Driver (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: car chase, car, existentialism, carsploitation, police detective, driver, heist, gambling, witness, one last job, on the run, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 6.8
 243K
Mad Max (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style: grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place: australia, oceania
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
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, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, robbery, mechanic, carsploitation, on the run, car, reckless driving, manhunt, blonde, mind game, tragedy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, southern california
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 6.2
 13K
The Car (1977)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town's Sheriff (John Marley), it ...
Style: suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: killer car, cemetery, car, carsploitation, desert, police, vengeance, violence spree, danger, chase, on the run, psychopath ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: georgia
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style: funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: music, chase, prison, blues, race against time, road trip, car chase, redemption, musician, police chase, on the road, nun ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: chicago, illinois, indiana, arizona, usa ...
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 4.9
 665
Crash! (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jealous invalid husband tries to kill sexy blond wife, who uses occult powers and devices to try to kill him.
Style: gothic horror, slasher, classic horror, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: carsploitation, car, car chase, automobile, possessed car, possession, occult, black magic, killer car, car crash, dracula, terror ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
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Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a ...
Style: grindhouse, psychedelic, retro, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot: juvenile delinquent, carsploitation, desert, christmas, motel, car, juvenile delinquency, automobile, youth culture, reckless driving, teenage angst, child in peril ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: california
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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, crying, spectacular, action comedy, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, car chase, truck, sheriff, trucker, desert, on the road, elephant, racing, road trip, car crash, argument ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: texas, miami, atlanta georgia, florida, usa ...
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Vanishing Point (1971)
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 ...
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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
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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Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the ...
Style: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: car chase, chase, car thief, driving, car theft, car, police investigation, disguise, police chase, ambush, car crash, carsploitation ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, long beach california
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 7.6
 86K
Duel (1971)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style: road movie, creepy, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night, horror for children
Plot: car chase, desert, chase, truck, road rage, psychopath, driving, truck driver, duel, mysterious villain, on the road, pursuit ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: california, persia, usa, los angeles, canada
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 6.3
 21K
Convoy (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
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, dark comedy, surprise ending, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, police brutality, highway, car, corrupt sheriff, state trooper ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place: texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico ...
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Race with the Devil (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For old friends Roger (Peter Fonda) and Frank (Warren Oates) and their wives (Lara Parker of Dark Shadows and Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H), it was supposed to be "the best damn vacation they ever had." But their RV road trip takes a deadly ...
Style: road movie, grindhouse, psychotronic, depressing, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: car chase, satanic ritual, folk horror, car, occult, satanic cult, vacation gone wrong, carsploitation, supernatural, witch, devil, vacation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: colorado, usa, texas, san antonio texas
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Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens
Plot: car chase, police chase, young lovers, camp, car, carsploitation, couples, disorder, eccentric family, odd couple, criminal heroes, on the road ...
Time: 70s
Place: las vegas, usa, north america, new jersey
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The Cars That Eat People (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur ...
Style: surreal, horror comedy, road movie, psychotronic, art house ...
Plot: car, carsploitation, crash, redneck, small town, automobile, redheaded woman, night, killer car, tourist, hospital, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: australia
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 5.5
 6K
Carquake! (1976)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racing, chase, car, on the road, carsploitation, auto racing, race, mafia, death, violence, automobile, car chase ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
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 5.9
 21K
The Wraith (1986)
Genre: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, cult classic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: righting the wronged, ghost, killer car, danger, revenge, supernatural power, chases and races, reincarnation, gang, chase, car, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: arizona, usa
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Three strippers seeking thrills encounter a young couple in the desert. After dispatching the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and begin scheming on a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert, reputedly hiding a tidy sum of cash. ...
Style: grindhouse, erotic, sexy, road movie, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, femme fatale, desert, violence, go go dancer, innuendo, teenage girl, female martial artist, lust, nudie cutie, murder, exploitation ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: california
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 5.2
 333
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, truck, fast car, trucker, car theft, driver, death, missing person, criminal ...
Place: sydney australia
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 5.4
 1K
Eat My Dust (1976)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her for a ride in a souped-up race car owned by local racer Big Bubba Jones. Hoover's father Harry, who's also the local sheriff is furious ...
Style: road movie, independent film, fast, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, car, carsploitation, auto racing, exploitation, racing, automobile, redneck, trucker, chase, truck, classic car ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
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 7.0
 332K
Death Proof (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
Style: sexy, grindhouse, road movie, cynical, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: serial killer, revenge, exploitation, violence, car chase, psychopath, dark humor, vengeance, stalking, stuntman, kick-butt women, violence against women ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, austin texas
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 5.1
 243
Double Nickels (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.
Style: independent film
Plot: car chase, carsploitation, car, collision, car theft, beer, stealing a car, scam, accident, highway, speed, police ...
Time: 70s
Place: southern california, los angeles, malibu california, california
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Rolling Vengeance (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 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: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rape, truck, revenge, carsploitation, car, murder, vigilante, trucker, automobile, redneck, car crash, monster car ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre ...
Style: apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil ...
Time: future, 20th century, distant future, year 1982, near future ...
Place: australia, oceania, middle east
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 7.0
 96K
Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, chases and races, unlikely friendships, taxi driver, heist, buddy, french president, incompetent police ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence, paris france
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