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 6.6
 4K
Trucker (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Loner Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan) is a truck driver with an 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett), whom she never sees, and that's fine with her. But, when Peter's father, Len (Benjamin Bratt), falls ill, he asks Diane to take care of ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: truck, truck driver, one night stand, female protagonist, married man, on the road, working mom, strong female presence, lifestyle, single parent, family relations, family problems ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 7.5
 4K
Detours (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Style: road movie, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot: road trip, infidelity, one night stand, love, father daughter relationship, middle age romance, marriage, extramarital affair, highway, highway travel, mother daughter relationship, on the road ...
Place: florida, atlantic ocean, new york
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Highway to Hell (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides
Style: scary, semi serious, black comedy, suspense, road movie ...
Plot: zombie, supernatural, rescue, on the road, undead, chase, fiance fiancee relationship, woman in danger, legends and myths, imaginary, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1991
Place: las vegas, usa
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 6.0
 20K
Gerry (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble.
Style: surreal, minimal cast, art house, melancholic, enigmatic ...
Plot: desert, wilderness, hiking, wandering, isolation, death, survival, nature, best friend, human nature, danger, forces of nature ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.2
 12K
Desperation (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: survival, small town, sheriff, curses spells and rituals, stephen king, supernatural, mine, murder, mysterious character, danger, family in danger, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, vietnam, salt lake city utah
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 7.1
 14K
One False Move (1991)
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, siblings relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
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Black Day Blue Night (1995)
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: murder, highway, adultery, road trip, nudity, sex, female nudity, husband, hitchhiker, armored car robbery, wife, police ...
Time: 90s
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona
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 6.8
 31K
Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 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, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, san diego california
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 5.4
 2K
Body Count (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style: neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: art theft, heist, murder, urban, highway, on the road, police detective, friends, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: boston, usa
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style: intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new mexico, las vegas, usa
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The Bounty Hunter (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, ...
Style: romantic, funny, light, sexy, rom com ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, bounty hunter, love story, love and romance, enemies to lovers, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorce, escapades, reporter, murder, relationships, marriage ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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 6.1
 37K
Hit and Run (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Style: road movie, intense, funny, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: car chase, beautiful scenery, twists and turns, danger, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, classic car, chase, on the road ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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Horror House on Highway Five (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A van full of college students traveling down a highway is terrorized by a psycho killer in a Richard Nixon mask.
Style: slasher, psychotronic, splatter, independent film
Plot: serial killer, killer, redneck, terror, highway, tarot card, necrophilia, college, nudity, car crash, stalker, kidnapping ...
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 6.9
 41K
Repo Man (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, alien, surrealism, car trunk, punk rocker, absurdism, mad scientist, car chase, conspiracy theory, punk rock, ufo, business ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place: california, los angeles, arizona, usa
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style: feel good, road movie, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: road trip, thanksgiving, travel, on the road, buddy, snow, holiday, train, airplane, airport, railway, traveling salesman ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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 6.4
 25K
The Gauntlet (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, hitman, on the road, bus, attempted rape, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona, las vegas, usa
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 5.4
 18K
3 from Hell (2019)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Wilson, the demented Firefly clan escape to ...
Style: slasher, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, evil, panic, massacre, clown, serial murder, serial killer, lethal injection, sociopath, murder, sadist, female nudity ...
Time: year 2019, 80s, year 1988
Place: mexico, texas
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? ...
Style: humorous, road movie, independent film, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: car chase, racing, auto racing, race, classic car, chase, car, carsploitation, car race, on the road, satire, fast car ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
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The Nullarbor Nymph (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Following two Water Australia employees who travel out along the Nullarbor Plain only to discover they are being hunted by the mythological creature, the Nullarbor Nymph.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, humorous, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: mystery woman, hearing voices, missing person, hallucination, countryside, found footage, legend, folklore, mythology, nymphomaniac, highway, myth ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, year 1972
Place: australia, south australia
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 4.2
 2K
Evil Things (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's Miriam's 21st Birthday. As a birthday gift, Miriam's aunt Gail has decided to lend Miriam her beautiful country house for an entire weekend. Aunt Gail's country house is amazing. It's a four bedroom house surrounded by ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, stalking, danger, woods, missing person, murder, violence, group of friends, survival, trap, fear, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A man kidnaps two girls in Oregon triggering the Amber Alert system throughout many surrounding states.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: kidnapping, disturbed individual, danger, police officer, missing child, investigation, teenage girl, police investigation, anguish, kidnapped girl, abused child, disturbed person ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.4
 7K
The Big Bang (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, ...
Style: neo noir, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: missing person, private detective, strip club, private investigator, woman on top, female nudity, striptease, bad cop, police corruption, boxing, coitus, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, los angeles
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: hippie, desert, counterculture, on the road, sex orgy, rebellion, politics, materialism, love and romance, rebelliousness, twentysomething life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, italy, phoenix arizona ...
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 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, spectacular, action comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, sheriff, trucker, chase, elephant, racing, road trip, desert, on the road, carsploitation, beer ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia, miami ...
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In the Beginning (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, clever, contemplative
Plot: mayor, pretense, fall in love, self discovery, power of love, small time, disorder, love and romance, dishonesty, cons and scams, bribery, working class ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, flanders
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Story: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, car chase, partner, buddies, danger, bomb, blackmail, car accident, police, investigation, stuntman, automobile ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, switzerland, europe
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 5.8
 40K
The Guilt Trip (2012)
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: light, road movie, touching, humorous, hilarious ...
Plot: road trip, salesman, overprotective mother, travel, family relations, single parent, parents and children, parent child relationship, protective parent, drinking, on the road, mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, middle east, las vegas
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 3.8
 210
Devil Girl (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fay is a small town girl on a cross country road trip, trying to escape her own reality after the death of her father. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race she finds herself stranded along route 66 in an isolated desert town. Short on ...
Style: bleak, surreal, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: female protagonist, desert, small town, woman in danger, stripper, psychopath, road trip, escapades, survival, dealing with death, danger, killer clown ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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The Glory Stompers (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biker, gang, motorcycle, bike, revenge, nudity, kidnapping, love triangle, exploitation, criminal activity, biker gang, fight ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
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