Classic car movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant classic car movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, road movie, entertaining, cult classic, humorous and exciting films and TV shows about / with car, classic car, mentor, chase, dialogue, runaway, car chase, catastrophe, automobile and truck plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Germany, Japan and other countries.
classic car movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as classic car: Christine (1983), Gran Torino (2008), Furious 7 (2015), Fast Five (2011), Vanishing Point (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), The Cannonball Run (1981), A Perfect World (1993), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998).

List of classic car movies

 6.8
 102K
Christine (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style: scary, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
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 8.1
 857K
Gran Torino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
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 7.1
 437K
Furious 7 (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Style: entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car, revenge, chase, chases and races, car chase, race, car race, danger, racing, street racing, amnesia, classic car ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: dominican republic, tokyo, los angeles, peru, california ...
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 7.3
 430K
Fast Five (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de ...
Style: exciting, saga, action packed, fast, suspense ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: heist, car chase, chase, car, organized crime, car race, fast car, on the run, racing, street racing, tough heroes, violence ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: brazil, south america, iran, latin america, monaco ...
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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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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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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. ...
Style: cult classic, road movie, humorous, light, hilarious ...
Plot: chase, car race, on the road, car chase, racing, road trip, rivalry, race, escapades, car, auto racing, classic car ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: usa, arizona, california, new jersey
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A Perfect World (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
Style: suspense, road movie, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot: friendship, prison, fugitives, life philosophy, moral ambiguity, on the run, boy, child abuse, road trip, small town, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, year 1993
Place: texas, austin texas, birmingham alabama, alaska, usa ...
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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, feel good, captivating, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: blues, car chase, on the road, voodoo, chase, music, orphan, dancing, pursuit, road trip, police officer, russian mafia ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, usa, chicago
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Cannonball Run II (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Style: road movie, spoof, humorous, cult classic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car, car chase, race, chase, racing, car race, auto racing, speed, classic car, road trip, on the road, gangster ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, connecticut, las vegas
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 6.1
 185K
Transporter 3 (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe ...
Style: exciting, road movie, entertaining, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: car chase, one man army, car, chase, martial arts, tough guy, driving, tough heroes, mercenary, assassin, murder, fistfight ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, odessa ukraine, france, budapest, ukraine
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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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 6.3
 225K
Transporter 2 (2005)
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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 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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 5.7
 10K
Highwaymen (2004)
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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 6.4
 9K
Hooper (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Burt Reynolds plays a legendary stunt man known as Sonny Hooper, who remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: stuntman, filmmaking, hollywood, car, classic car, car chase, chase, horse riding, gunfight, redneck, truck, police ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century, future, 80s
Place: usa, california, los angeles, birmingham alabama, alabama ...
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 7.4
 81K
Bullitt (1968)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style: suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
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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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 6.0
 4K
Six Pack (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, children, auto mechanic, driving, car chase, redneck, race car ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
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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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 5.4
 13K
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Clint Eastwood plays a bounty hunter who helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, talky, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the road, kidnapping, bail bondsman, bounty hunter, car chase, on the run, baby, tough guy, money, shootout, machine gun, disguise ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: sacramento california, usa, california, las vegas, reno nevada
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style: talky, intense, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, marketing, underdog, car, corruption, dalmatian, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, future, year 1948, year 1988 ...
Place: chicago, michigan, washington d.c., detroit, usa ...
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA, Hong Kong
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, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: car chase, racing, auto racing, race, classic car, chase, car race, carsploitation, car, on the road, valet, highway ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: los angeles, missouri, california, santa monica california, iowa ...
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The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: car, car chase, chase, street racing, car race, drag racing, chases and races, undercover cop, gang, robbery, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly ...
Style: intense, entertaining, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, car theft, organized crime, betrayal, car thief, master criminal, machismo, danger ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, 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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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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 6.5
 19K
The Love Bug (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various close escapes in between. Three further Herbie movies were to follow.
Style: humorous, sweet, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: car, auto racing, racing, car race, hippie, race, auto mechanic, happy ending, chase, rivalry, adaptation, mentor ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, california, new jersey
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: teen, cult classic, feel good, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, adolescence, teenager, friendship, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, party, last day of school, bullying, student, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century ...
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, seattle, usa ...
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