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 6.0
 10K
Breathless (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a few days. As the film progresses, the police get closer to ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, talky, suspense ...
Plot: on the run, sensuality, chase, murder, nudity, police investigation, love and romance, passion, tragic love, machismo, jealousy, attraction ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, latin america ...
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 4.8
 5K
Radioflash (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a nuclear device causes an electromagnetic pulse that kills power to more than 200 million people, a teenage girl must help lead her family to survival in a dark new world.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking, epic, suspense ...
Plot: survival, father daughter relationship, post apocalypse, apocalypse, teenager, dystopian society, trick, darkness, blackout, female protagonist, doomsday, disaster ...
Time: future
Place: america, idaho, montana, ireland
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 6.0
 51K
CHiPS (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style: buddy comedy, intense, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, investigation, corruption, chase, partner, car chase, motorcycle cop, female nudity, police corruption ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, florida, miami
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 5.8
 59K
Over the Top (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life ...
Style: intense, inspirational, serious, action packed, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: father son relationship, arm wrestling, truck driver, underdog, truck, athlete's life, road trip, on the road, custody, contests and competitions, ambition, death of mother ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, los angeles
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Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt ...
Style: political, disclosure, suspense
Plot: murder, serial killer, car wreck, commissioner, racketeer, diary, mistress, disco, car chase, fear, chase, police ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
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 7.1
 338K
The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time: year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
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 7.8
 234K
Misery (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: insanity, obsession, psychopath, hostage, stephen king, loneliness, snow, kidnapping, isolation, torture, writers, obsessed fan ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
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Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: teenage girl, babysitter, babysitting, gangster, chase, on the run, child, nanny, teenager, female protagonist, friendship, youth ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 90s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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 6.0
 797
Night Drive (1977)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him a murder a highway patrol officer.
Style: road movie, spooky, crime thriller, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stalker, stalking, murder, on the road, automobile, witness, explosions, obsession, terror, psychopath, housewife, car chase ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, colorado, arizona, phoenix arizona
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 6.9
 5K
Home (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Marthe (Isabelle Huppert) and Michel (Olivier Gourmet) live with their three children in a remote house next to an abandoned highway using it as an extension to their property. One day without warning, construction workers begin to upgrade the road ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, stylized, social ...
Plot: highway, isolated house, car, traffic, house, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, eccentric family, family life, society, rebellion ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: france
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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: road movie, grindhouse, suspenseful, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: car, carsploitation, dystopia, racing, dystopian future, car chase, distopia, chases and races, danger, auto racing, post apocalyptic, rivalry ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.0
 24K
No One Lives (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
Style: scary, psychological, slasher, splatter, brutal ...
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, serial killer, serial murder, murder, hunt down, hostage, massacre, danger, strong violent content, woman in danger, trap ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Straight Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in ...
Style: road movie, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: road trip, on the road, old age, small town, aging, brother brother relationship, family feud, illness, reconciliation, determination, travel, nature ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, mississippi, nebraska, usa, wisconsin
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 5.7
 12K
Transit (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A family on a road trip is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in their car.
Style: serious, realistic, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: road trip, on the road, father son relationship, family in danger, on the run, heist, husband wife relationship, swamp, expedition, car chase, stash, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
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Follow That Dream (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their "adopted" ...
Style: psychotronic, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: elvis presley, music, surfing, homestead, gangster, family relations, gambling, casino, adoption, twins, orphan, singer ...
Time: year 1962, 60s
Place: florida, usa
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 6.7
 58K
Kalifornia (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style: neo noir, bleak, road movie, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, road trip, lovers on the run, journalist, redneck, on the road, mental illness, insanity, journalism, ex convict, motel ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, pittsburgh, texas
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Zeit der Fische (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Der 19 jährige Robert will raus aus der Enge seines Alltags in Halle-Neustadt. Er verliebt sich in die gleichaltrige Jana, die zusammen mit ihrem Bruder in einem verlassenen Kindergarten wohnt. Mit ihr zusammen könnte er weggehen - hätte Jana ...
Plot: grownups, sibling relationship, rebellious youth, punk band, police, youth gang, single parent, highway, job interview, concert, teenage crush, runaway ...
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 4.7
 2K
A2 Racer (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A teen comedy with cool cars and fast driving.
Style: humorous, not serious, exciting, realistic, fast ...
Plot: police, undercover, car chase, working undercover, law enforcement, gang, car, employer employee relationship, traffic accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, car accident, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 5.2
 617
Light Gradient (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Johann and Robin, a young gay couple, travel to the countryside to get to know each other better. After several days of hiking, they arrive at an old farmhouse inhabited by a woman and her adolescent son. They take refuge with the welcoming family ...
Style: lgbt cinema, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay couple, nudity, gay, lake, homosexual, male nudity, rural setting, lgbtq, gay interest, forest, lgbt teen ...
Place: germany
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Love, Money, Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year's Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David's arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself ...
Style: sexploitation film
Plot: prostitute, male pubic hair, illegal prostitution, fall in love, highway, pimp, male nudity, female pubic hair, cold, male full rear nudity, female nudity, bare breasts ...
Place: berlin germany
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 6.1
 1K
Superstau (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: german history, automobile, holiday, traffic jam, stress, summer, family conflict, highway, car
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Style: southern gothic, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: insanity, haunted by the past, murder, hagsploitation, plot twist, mental disorder, deep south, female villain, aging, woman in danger, psychotic woman, bullying ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1964, 1920s
Place: louisiana, southern usa, usa
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 7.4
 15K
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A surreal comedy depicting a diverse cast of characters and the changes they undergo as the German tourist Jasmin interacts with each of them at a remote truck stop in the middle of the Mojave desert.
Style: touching, surreal, meditative, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: desert, friendship, character study, motel, transformation, magic realism, food, life philosophy, restaurant, starting over, gas station, wilderness ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: utah, nevada
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The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, ...
Plot: vietnam war, hospital, escape, veteran, nurse, paranoia, highway, vietnam veteran, frustration, nonconformity, homecoming, war veteran ...
Place: vietnam
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Kill Your Darlings (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, psychological, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: desert, looking for love, on the road, supportive spouse, dark humor, criminal heroes, writer's life, writers, hollywood, highway, hitman, celebrity culture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada
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Just Like a Woman (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a secret: she's a fugitive from justice - accused of her mother-in-law's death.
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, disturbing, sex comedy ...
Plot: belly dancing, dancing, friendship, lifestyle, starting over, self discovery, hopes, on the road, society, unfulfillment, secret, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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 7.2
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The Restless (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: One night, after disastrous road accident, the eyewitnesses were claiming that they saw a woman behind the steering wheel. It was actually three teenagers who stole Peugeot 404 to drive around for fun, but the girl who hitch-hiked them left the car ...
Style: black and white
Plot: black, car accident, cemetery, highway, highway patrol, police inspector, refrigerator
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 6.3
 18K
Convoy (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, UK
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, surprise ending, exciting, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, chase, on the road, police, rebellion, carsploitation, road trip, car, trucker, classic car, redneck ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, new mexico
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 7.6
 23K
In July (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
Style: offbeat, humorous, road movie, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: on the road, travel, looking for love, hot and sexy, hitchhiker, summer vacation, male female relationship, border crossing, cigarette smoking, true love, summer, fall in love ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: hamburg germany, bulgaria, germany, istanbul turkey, turkey ...
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 7.2
 116K
Easy Rider (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style: road movie, psychedelic, avant garde, offbeat, cult classic ...
Plot: road trip, hippie, on the road, motorcycle, friendship, biker, marijuana, existentialism, freedom, rock music, rebelliousness, hallucination ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, southern usa ...
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