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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Johnny Wayne (Clint Browning) is an ex-racer who is serving time in prison after crippling a young boy during an illegal street race. Wayne, having been traumatized by the events, vows to never race again, and is soon released as a reformed citizen. ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, mockbuster, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
street racing, obsession, chases and races, contests and competitions, going straight, racing, auto racing, danger, rivalry, murder, carsploitation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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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: 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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.
Style:
grindhouse, slasher, action thriller, twisted, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sex in car, humiliation, psycho killer, sexual abuse, italian police, exploitation, hostage, gang, heist, police, sexual assault ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, southern italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Canada, Panama
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister, who was attending the university in Montreal. So desperate is he for revenge that he begin to use his own brutal methods to find the killer. Soon he discovers that not ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, police corruption, university, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, female nudity, dirty harry, italian police, vendetta, carsploitation, explosions ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
Style:
intense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, martial arts, trucker, small town, corruption, vengeance, missing person, justice, police corruption, judge, buddies, partner ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, california, texas
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347
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son wins the race.
Style:
fast paced, tension, period piece, retro, heroic ...
Plot:
drag racing, car race, car, corruption, motor sport, underdog, cheating, small town, showdown, corrupt official, rivalry, bribery ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, lone hero, end of the world, post apocalyptic, desert, mad max, camel, car chase, group of children, australian outback, wasteland ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
australia, south australia, oceania, sydney australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate and it is up to his girlfriend Teri to keep the Cyclone from falling into the wrong hands. Teri can ...
Style:
independent film, natural horror, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, tough girl, female protagonist, death of boyfriend, biker, espionage, motorcycle, undercover, female fighter, bike, traitor, torture ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A hotshot teenage car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school which is facing closure.
Style:
independent film, fast, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, car, street racing, american football, high school football, robbery, aviation, carsploitation, racing, high school, partner, friends ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for a burglary. When his father gets out of prison, they go after the ex-partner.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman with a gun, carsploitation, insurance, partner, heist, frame up, parents and children, against the odds, power relations, righting the wronged, heroes, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona
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420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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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
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7K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drive follows Toby Wong (Mark Dacascos), whose employers at Hong Kong's Leung Corporation have implanted in his chest a bio-energy module that enhances his physical abilities. Toby has escaped from the Leung Corporation's control and is ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, virtual reality, martial arts, lovers on the run, fugitives, chase, gang, on the run, race against time, criminal's revenge, gangster, odd couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, california, china
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378K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, action packed, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, alcatraz, twists and turns, prison, traitor, jail, military, mercenary, terrorist, car chase, prison escape ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, visually stunning, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, dystopia, cyberpunk, space and aliens, good versus evil, dystopian future, space travel, save the world, end of the world, space adventure, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 1910s, 23rd century ...
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, egypt, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the short story by Stephen King, this tells the tale of trucks suddenly coming to life and attacking their owners.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, dark, serious, scary ...
Plot:
stephen king, truck, killer car, car, machine, chase, supernatural, toxic, driving, escape, violence, truck driver ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A meteor falls to earth near a secret CIA military hideout and merges with a motorcycle and it's rider to create an alien soldier bent on recovering an alien artifact..
Style:
suspenseful, grindhouse
Plot:
motorcycle, bike, biker gang, military base, creature feature, chase, alien invasion, cat and mouse, supernatural, violent, cover up, survival ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, philosophical, reflective, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, chosen one, distopia, man versus machine, robot, alternate reality, existentialism ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Bobby Lee (Jack Conrad) has just been released from jail and wants to make a better life for he and girlfriend Ruthie (Rita George).
Style:
independent film, slang
Plot:
relationships, carsploitation, corrupt sheriff, lovers on the run, shootout, treachery, rural setting, female nudity, gang member, newspaper reporter, police officer, gambler ...
Time:
70s
Place:
florida, georgia
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style:
political thriller, intense, action adventure, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
spy, amnesia, cia, espionage, secret agent, hitman, secret service, one against many, on the run, black ops, secret past, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style:
action thriller, sexy, stylized, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
car chase, chase, tough guy, one man army, lone hero, tough heroes, escapades, car, transportation, martial arts, fight scenes, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, nice france, saint tropez, cannes, europe ...
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48K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, light, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
car chase, car, taxi driver, skiing, buddies, unlikely partners, disguise, pregnancy, mentor, betrayal, fight scenes, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille, paris france
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48K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
Style:
hilarious, realistic, semi serious, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
taxi driver, car chase, bank robbery, taxi, partners against crime, law enforcement, buddy cop, working undercover, disorder, odd couple, buddies, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, action packed, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, vengeance, caper, car chase, bank robbery, perfect crime, conspiracy, chase, gold, safecracker, theft ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
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225K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank ...
Style:
sexy, fast paced, action packed, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, martial arts, car chase, car, fight scenes, kidnapping, driver, driving, assassin, mentor, explosions, weapons ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, france
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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, racing, car chase, drag racing, rivalry, chases and races, youth, parents and children, mechanic, high school ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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
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554K
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
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jack Tyson is a young man partaking in an illegal Mexico to California car race when a desperate woman, fleeing from her abusive gangster boyfriend who is financing the tournament, jumps into his car pleading for his help and who has an ...
Style:
mockbuster, fast paced, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
race, gangster, car race, chase, murder, female assassin, car, automobile, racecar driver, underground tournament, pursuit, escape ...
Place:
california, mexico
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