| Vanishing Point (1997) | 5.6 | |
| Full Speed (2016) | 5.8 | |
| Southbound (2015) | 5.9 | |
| Superstau (1991) | 6.2 | |
| Prince Avalanche (2013) | 6.3 |
Highway movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant highway movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, road movie, serious, realistic and independent film films and TV shows about / with highway, car, murder, violence, death, serial killer, road trip, gun, psychopath and deadly plots mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as highway: Amber Alert (2012), Breakdown (1997), Wrecker (2016), Unhinged (2020), Hell's Highway (2002), Joy Ride 3: Road Kill (2014), Southbound (2015), Alone (2020), Roadgames (1981), Deadly Encounter (2004).
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List of highway movies
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, highway, mysterious man, psychopath, pedophile, missing child, friendship, confined, danger, violence, group of friends, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Best friends Emily and Lesley go on a road trip to the desert. When Emily decides to get off the highway and take a "short cut," they become the target of a relentless and psychotic trucker who forces them to play a deadly game of cat and ...
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, exciting
Plot:
highway, desert, friend, best friend, hit and run, night, murder, death, road trip, false accusation, death of friend, road rage ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
86K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A case of road rage turns into full-blown terror when an unstable driver follows a woman and her son.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
psychopath, road rage, pursuit, driving, threat, mentally unstable, maniac, murder, highway, woman in danger, evil man, stalking ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four college friends take a fateful road trip. The road, Hell's Highway--a direct route to terror. They pick up Lucinda: A hot young hitchiker, full of sexual deviance and lust for the bloody kill. After being terrorized and nearly killed, the ...
Style:
semi serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian rape, ghost, afterlife, supernatural, on the road, danger, psychopath, gory, redneck, fear, bad girl ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rusty Nail is back on the road again looking to punish injustice at every turn - and this time it's with a group of hotheaded street racers on their way to the Road Rally 1000. As they drive through a desolate shortcut on the way to the race, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
evil wins, psycho killer, serial killer, truck driver, sadistic horror, road rage, truck, murder, highway, killer car, urban legend, race car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are ...
Style:
spooky, anthology, dark, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
occult, desert, macabre, masked killer, arizona desert, highway, road trip, trapped, surgery, murder, monster, insanity ...
Place:
arizona
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, trapped, chase, road rage, maniac, survival, kidnapped woman, highway, lost in the woods, cruelty, stalker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
oregon
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hitchhiker as bait to lure victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Style:
slasher, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, truck, on the road, murder, highway, strangulation, hitchhiking, mysterious villain, truck driver, van, paranoia, australian outback ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Restaurant hostess and mom Joanne Sanders has to work late one night. After she leaves the restaurant she accidentally cuts a car off on the highway. This driver takes it personally and he begins to stalk and harass Joanne.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
woman in danger, stalking, danger, chases and races, stalker, violence, police detective, ex husband ex wife relationship, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, threatening telephone call, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
highway, accident, police investigation, birthday, teenager, birthday party, danger, life is a bitch, disorder, parents and children, youth, society ...
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style:
road movie, sexy, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, psychopath, gang, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, rescue, danger, family in danger, hostage, father son relationship, fugitives ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
nevada
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Style:
psychological, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, police investigation, evil wins, on the run, danger, chase, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nevada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man with a dark past hitches a ride that turns into a road trip to hell and leads him to the revelation of a family secret of biblical proportions.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, extreme horror ...
Plot:
hitchhiker, supernatural, redemption, murder, death of father, supernatural power, highway, guilt, past, secret, family relations, nudity ...
Is relevant?
86K
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
Is relevant?
37K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Style:
road movie, suspense, bloody, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
child, murder, stealing a car, child in peril, boy, car, car chase, sheriff, coming of age, crime gone awry, highway, stupidity ...
Place:
colorado, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This film is actually two one hour stories, the first based on a Stephen King story called the "Chattering Teeth" about a man who picks up a hitchhiker and the second is based on a Clive Barker story called "The Body Politic" ...
Style:
anthology, slasher, scary, suspenseful, absurd ...
Plot:
stephen king, supernatural, experiment gone awry, plastic surgery, supernatural power, highway, hitchhiker, hospital, terror, salesman, serial killer, zombie ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, sex, skinny dipping, highway, adultery, road trip, nudity, police, robbery, wife, husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When his wife goes into a troubled labor while he is on the road over 1200 miles away James Kowalski, an ex race car driver and a former Army Ranger, attempts to elude police while trying to get home. After numerous chases he turns into a Native ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police chase, highway, car chase, on the road, pursuit, chases and races, obsessive quest, law enforcement, getting home, race against time, fighting the system, car ...
Time:
90s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
Style:
road movie, touching, humorous, hilarious, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, salesman, overprotective mother, highway, travel, family relations, single parent, parents and children, parent child relationship, protective parent, drinking, mother ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east, las vegas, new jersey, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In ...
Style:
scary, serious, rough, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, desert, supernatural, hitman, ghost, highway, uncover truth, special agent, danger, law enforcement, gory, afterlife ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her car to help the victim and another car runs over her and she falls in a deep coma. Her twin sister Catalina telepathically feels the pain of Agata and ...
Style:
scary, serious, enigmatic, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, twins, murder, teenage life, haunted by the past, supernatural, afterlife, vengeance, danger, isolation, estrangement, eye ...
Place:
mexico, mexico city
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34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, inspirational, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, writers, beat generation, homoeroticism, nude, infidelity, homoerotic friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, poetry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 1950s, year 1951, year 1949 ...
Place:
nebraska, arizona, california, usa, virginia ...
Is relevant?
243K
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
light hearted, slapstick, realistic
Plot:
traffic jam, highway, summer, satire, road trip, summer vacation, transportation, social commentary, frustration, everyday life, farce, families ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
small town, police investigation, heist, gangster, gunfight, justice, corruption, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal, femme fatale, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, road movie, exciting ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, obsession, car chase, psychopath, murder, hit and run, death of wife, insanity, killer car, car accident, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
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