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List of drifter movies

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All Roads to Pearla (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Texas town awakes when a high school wrestler gets entangled with a drifter and her psychopathic lover. Lives then intertwine and spiral violently out of control once he becomes her escort driver.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film
Plot: love affair, male female relationship, relationships, psychopath, love and romance, relationship problems, tragic love, bonding, mentally unstable, couples, love triangle, problem ...
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style: road movie, controversial, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: lovers on the run, bank robbery, heist, fugitives, on the run, bank robber, on the road, gang, true crime, murderous pair, great depression, chase ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1967
Place: texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
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The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: chase, gambling, desertion, great depression, drifter, stage play, sheriff, con men, friendship, prison, going straight, rural setting ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: southern usa
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A Man, a Horse, a Gun (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoach. The Stranger, a sharpshooter named En plein and a treacherous postal agent try to get their ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western
Plot: woman with a gun, drifter, violence, gunslinger, man with no name, old west, sweating, street shootout, poncho
Time: year 1967
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, serious
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, kung fu, yakuza, katana, exploitation, ancient, wuxia, swordplay, drifter ...
Place: japan, asia
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking ...
Style: cult classic, stylized, semi serious, realistic
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, spy, gold, sword fight, handicapped, drifter, kung fu, ancient, clan ...
Place: japan, asia
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 7.6
 78K
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, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, tension ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car chase, truck, chase, on the road, road rage, psychopath, truck driver, driving, car, stalking, mysterious villain ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: california, persia, usa, los angeles
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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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 7.3
 765
The Illegal (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
Style: political, thought provoking, suspenseful, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: immigration, strike, union, language barrier, drifter, labor, world history, farm, family relations, hopes, politics, misfit ...
Time: 70s
Place: mexico, latin america, arizona, colorado
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 7.7
 27K
Sorcerer (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Four criminals from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of unstable nitroglycerin across dangerous jungle.
Style: road movie, neo noir, political, existential, cynical ...
Plot: survival, jungle adventure, terrorist, criminal, existentialism, driver, on the road, trucker, politics, road trip, expedition, oil ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: bolivia, south america, nicaragua, central america, latin america ...
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 6.9
 2K
Storm Boy (1976)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Style: semi serious, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, aborigine, bird, youth, boy, australian aboriginal, drifter, animal life, pelican, family relations, friends, society ...
Place: australia, south australia
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 5.3
 299
Mysteries (1978)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.
Style: serious, suspense, surprise ending, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot: social relations, obsession, rich man, intrigue, drifter, suicide, nudity, dark humor, contests and competitions, village, small town life, village life ...
Time: 70s
Place: holland
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 6.8
 220K
Mad Max (1979)
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: road movie, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, stylized ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, chase, dystopia, vengeance, post apocalypse, revenge, biker, car chase, dystopic future, chaos, car, violence spree ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, year 1979, distant future ...
Place: australia, oceania
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 7.3
 25K
Reds (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 195 min.
Story: A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Style: epic, political, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: journalism, politics, russian revolution, revolutionary, biopic, communism, reporter, journalist, cold war, writers, love story, adaptation ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, year 1917, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place: russia, soviet union, new york, st. petersburg russia, usa ...
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.
Style: anthology, scary, dark, creepy, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, hitchhiker, mental illness, drifter, obsession, breaking the fourth wall, hitchhiking, female nudity, nudity, chaos, supernatural ability, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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 7.2
 52K
The Hitcher (1986)
Genre: Action, 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, slasher, psychological, scary, neo noir ...
Audience: date night, teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, hitchhiker, psychopath, desert, on the road, insanity, stalker, stalking, car chase, sociopath, road trip ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
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 6.9
 21K
Something Wild (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Style: entertaining, dark comedy, melancholic, light, disturbing ...
Plot: road trip, lovers on the run, opposites attract, dangerous attraction, on the road, high school reunion, chase, manic pixie dream girl, yuppie, violence, haunted by the past, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: new york, usa, virginia
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 7.5
 103K
Dead Man (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Style: bleak, atmospheric, black and white, gloomy, captivating ...
Plot: journey, native american, cowboy, gunfight, wilderness, murder, indians, on the road, accountant, existentialism, culture clash, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, year 1995, 90s, 1870s, victorian era
Place: usa, pacific ocean, cleveland ohio, england
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The Station Agent (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, touching, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: loneliness, bittersweet, friendship, depression, small town, melancholy, society, loss, solitude, prejudice, grief, railway ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new jersey, nebraska, usa, canada, manhattan new york city
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 5.7
 10K
Ask the Dust (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Style: atmospheric, erotic, sexy, stylized, intense ...
Plot: sex scene, nudity, immigrant, interracial relations, love, regret, writers, opposites attract, love affair, ambition, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 1930s
Place: los angeles, italy, california, usa, mexico
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 6.6
 15K
Factotum (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, USA, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, philosophical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, unemployment, alcoholic, alcoholism, writer's life, alcohol abuse, lifestyle, down on your luck, drinking, life is a bitch, society, bookies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 5.6
 45K
The Hitcher (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the ...
Style: slasher, scary, road movie, suspense, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, road trip, hitchhiker, murder, gory, desert, survival, on the run, sociopath, car crash, torture ...
Time: year 2007, 70s
Place: new mexico, texas, usa
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In a Valley of Violence (2016)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, rough, retro ...
Plot: cowboy, murder, modern western, modern west, dog, wild west, civil war, fistfight, drifter, dead man, redemption, war ...
Time: year 2016, victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
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Happy Hunting (2017)
Genre: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, scary ...
Plot: alcoholic, small town, desert, survival, hunting, hunter, sniper, paternity revealed, revenge, drug use, killer, fear ...
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 5.6
 677
The Revival (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
Style: melancholic, sexy, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, infidelity, religion, gay interest, sex talk, gay relationship, gay bashing, talking about love, church, gay lead character, fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arkansas
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 6.3
 59K
Apostle (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: folk horror, religion, vampire, murder, father daughter relationship, brother, ransom, evil cult, supernatural horror, occult, religious cult, torture ...
Time: victorian era, 2010s, 1900s
Place: wales
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 5.9
 7K
Caveat (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: island, schizophrenia, suicide, memory loss, captivity, basement, memory, secret, supernatural horror, evil spirit, woman in danger, runaway ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ireland
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 3.6
 2K
Dune Drifter (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the trainee pilot and her mortally wounded gunner are shot down, they crash land on a nearby planet. An enemy craft offers the chance of spare parts to fix her ship, but then she spots another survivor - an enemy alien soldier with no intention ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: distant planet, rescue, struggle for survival, danger, chase, survival, escapades, peril, youth, astronaut, chases and races, left for dead ...
Time: future
Place: europe
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 6.1
 840
Bruiser (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: father, father son relationship, machismo, anger management, family problems, relationships, dysfunctional family, teenage life, social problems, teenager, family relations, life is a bitch ...
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 5.8
 2K
The Vagrant (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
Style: black comedy, detective, surprise ending, surreal, horror comedy ...
Plot: murder, paranoia, serial killer, insanity, panic, mental illness, yuppie, neurosis, nightmare, basement, murder suspect, framed for murder ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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