Highway to Hell (Hot Rod movies)

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1. Hot Rod Gang (1958)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music

Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: John Ashley, Jody Fair, Gene Vincent, Russ Bender

Votes: 286

2. Hot Rod (1979 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 97 min | Drama

A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son wins the race.

Director: George Armitage | Stars: Gregg Henry, Pernell Roberts, Robin Mattson, Grant Goodeve

Votes: 322

3. Hot Rods to Hell (1966)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The new owner of a motel in the California desert has a run-in with a gang of delinquent teenage hot rod drivers.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer, Laurie Mock

Votes: 1,102

4. Hot Rod Rumble (1957)

79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Arny joins a hot rod club, but his eccentric mannerisms (a Marlon Brando rip-off performance from "The Wild One" by look-alike Hartunian) make him unpopular. At a party, Terry rebukes him ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Leigh Snowden, Richard Hartunian, Wright King, Joey Forman

Votes: 83

5. Hot Rod Girl (1956)

Approved | 79 min | Action, Drama, Romance

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, John Smith, Mark Andrews

Votes: 394

6. Hot Rod (1950)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Drama

A young man builds a hot rod despite the disapproval of his father, a Juvenile Court judge. Circumstantial evidence points to the innocent teenager when his car is involved in a hit-and-run accident and he must reconcile with his father.

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Art Baker, Gil Stratton, Gloria Winters

Votes: 161

7. Hot Rod Horror (2008)

Unrated | 88 min | Action, Horror

While trying to find where her younger brother wandered off to, Jenny and David, must search an abandoned wrecking yard with a horrifying history.

Director: Darrell Mapson | Stars: Alexandra Gorman, Willy Ortlieb, Mark MacPherson, Brett Gipson

Votes: 202

8. The California Kid (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

A deranged desert town sheriff has a murderous habit of forcing speeders to their deaths, until a young man with a souped-up hotrod arrives to possibly end it.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin

Votes: 1,188

9. Return to Macon County (1975)

PG | 90 min | Drama

Two young men in a fast car travel through Georgia in the summer of 1958 en route to enter the National Championship drag races in California. In Macon County they pick up a wild girl who brings trouble and attract the ire of a local cop.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo

Votes: 881

10. Macon County Line (1974)

R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Alan Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 1,662 | Gross: $18.77M

11. Grease (1978)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

70 Metascore

Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 300,556 | Gross: $188.76M

12. Thunder Road (1958)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

73 Metascore

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.

Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith

Votes: 4,614

13. White Lightning (1973)

PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

60 Metascore

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins

Votes: 5,726

14. The Last American Hero (1973)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Sport

74 Metascore

A young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty

Votes: 2,174

15. The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970)

R | 80 min | Action, Drama

A vicious gang of murderous bikers goes up against a trio of beautiful bootlegging sisters.

Director: David L. Hewitt | Stars: Jody McCrea, Maray Ayres, Mick Mehas, Casey Kasem

Votes: 195

16. Thunder and Lightning (1977)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw

Votes: 537 | Gross: $6.76M

17. Moonshine County Express (1977)

PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When a hillbilly moonshiner is murdered by a powerful competitor, his tough three daughters discover a stash of prohibition whiskey and start undercutting their father's killer's business, with help from a local race car driver.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: John Saxon, Susan Howard, William Conrad, Morgan Woodward

Votes: 494

18. Christine (1983)

R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller

57 Metascore

A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky

Votes: 92,452 | Gross: $21.20M

19. Hot Rod (2007)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Sport

43 Metascore

Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation.

Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Ian McShane, Jorma Taccone

Votes: 93,401 | Gross: $13.92M

20. The Car (1977)

PG | 96 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

21 Metascore

A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.

Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R.G. Armstrong

Votes: 11,668

21. Bad Georgia Road (1977)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy

New York City woman inherits a moonshine farm in the South.

Director: John C. Broderick | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Carol Lynley, Royal Dano, Tom Kibbe

Votes: 128

22. Dixie Dynamite (1976)

PG | 88 min | Action, Drama

When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed.

Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Warren Oates, Christopher George, Jane Anne Johnstone, Kathy McHaley

Votes: 360

23. The Hollywood Knights (1980)

R | 91 min | Comedy

31 Metascore

Led by their comedic leader, Turk, the Hollywood Knights car club raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965.

Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julius Averitt, Steve Ballard

Votes: 5,156 | Gross: $10.00M

24. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Stars: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle

Votes: 15,691

25. Moonshine Highway (1996 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A moonshine runner tries to make a better life for himself by becoming a stock car racer. Unfortunately, the local sheriff is out to wreak revenge on him for having an affair with his estranged wife.

Director: Andy Armstrong | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Maria del Mar, Alex Carter

Votes: 303

26. Two-Fisted Tales (1992 TV Movie)

88 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Stories of an Old West gunfighter's last stand, a drag racer whose past comes back to haunt him, and WWI soldier's cowardice are introduced by the foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush. All segments were also in "Tales from the Crypt."

Directors: Richard Donner, Tom Holland, Robert Zemeckis | Stars: William Sadler, David Morse, Neil Giuntoli, Roderick Cook

Votes: 682

27. Roadracers (1994 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama

Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek, Jason Wiles

Votes: 3,148

28. Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly

Votes: 2,015

29. The Love Bug (1969)

G | 108 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

48 Metascore

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett

Votes: 17,537 | Gross: $5.09M

30. CHiPs (1977–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers.

Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Paul Linke

Votes: 11,501

Episode: Destruction Derby (1979) - Ponch and Jon are given an undercover assignment that involves racing in the demolition derby. Ponch becomes interested in a mysterious female driver.

31. Knight Rider (1982–1986)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.

Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Richard Basehart, Patricia McPherson

Votes: 37,587

32. Dragstrip Girl (1957)

69 min | Action, Drama

Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Fay Spain, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Frank Gorshin

Votes: 207

33. Out of Sight (1966)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy

Teenage/secret agent/musical comedy about Big Daddy, who's been "driven mad by rock'n'roll," so he plans to sabotage a music fair with a bomb. Secret agent Homer comes to the rescue aided ... See full summary »

Director: Lennie Weinrib | Stars: Jonathan Daly, Karen Jensen, Robert Pine, Carolyne Barry

Votes: 135

34. Badsville (2017)

99 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A violent greaser gang is ripped apart when their leader finds love and is determined to leave Badsville - a town where love doesn't exist.

Director: April Mullen | Stars: Ian McLaren, Benjamin Barrett, Tamara Duarte, Greg Kasyan

Votes: 201 | Gross: $0.02M

35. Dragstrip Girl (1994 TV Movie)

R | 82 min | Drama

Johnny is a bad guy who is trying to go straight and becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl who is rebelling against her parents by pretending to go steady with him, all set among the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles.

Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Natasha Gregson Wagner, María Celedonio, Christopher Crabb

Votes: 219

36. Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Horror

Hot rods, monsters and rock'n'roll... In this teen-oriented picture, a gang of greasers hole up in a reputedly haunted mansion after getting evicted from their clubhouse.

Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Jody Fair, Russ Bender, Henry McCann, Martin Braddock

Votes: 744

37. Motorcycle Gang (1957)

Approved | 78 min | Drama

A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Votes: 158

38. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.

Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher

Votes: 4,329

39. Deuce of Spades (2011)

150 min | Drama

When a hotrod girl finds a mysterious letter dating back to the fifties hidden in her roadster, she is left with nothing but questions... She sets out to find the answers and retrace her ... See full summary »

Director: Faith Granger | Stars: Timothy Luke, Faith Granger, Alexandra Holder, Jordan Warren

Votes: 719

40. Dragstrip Riot (1958)

68 min | Action, Drama

After a run-in with a tough motorcycle gang, where Rick Martin (Gary Clarke) is blamed when one of the bikers is sent out of control over a cliff, he and his girl are threatened and pursued... See full summary »

Director: David Bradley | Stars: Yvonne Lime, Gary Clarke, Fay Wray, Bob Turnbull

Votes: 131

41. The Wild McCullochs (1975)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A Story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.

Director: Max Baer Jr. | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Julie Adams, Max Baer Jr., Janice Heiden

Votes: 114 | Gross: $0.12M

42. Hot Rod Hullabaloo (1966)

81 min | Drama

Wanting to go to college but not having enough money, a high-school student enters a demolition derby. What he doesn't know is that his main competitor is a ruthless, no-holds-barred driver... See full summary »

Director: William T. Naud | Stars: John Arnold, Val Bisoglio, Gene Bua, Ron Cummins

Votes: 46

43. Ivy League Killers (1959)

68 min | Action, Crime

Bunch of ruthless rich kids frame a gang of bikers for their crimes.

Director: William Davidson | Stars: Don Borisenko, Don Francks, Barbara Bricker, George Carron

Votes: 38

44. Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)

3 min | Short, Music

A man in tight jeans buffs his car to the strains of "Dream Lover".

Director: Kenneth Anger

Votes: 1,740

45. The Bikeriders (2023)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama

73 Metascore

After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon

Votes: 1,204

46. American Graffiti (1973)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

97 Metascore

A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith

Votes: 98,153 | Gross: $115.00M

47. More American Graffiti (1979)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, War

44 Metascore

Told in four different New Year's Eves in the mid 1960s, John, Terry, Debbie, Steve and Laurie deal with adulthood, the Vietnam war, peace rallies, and relationships.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat

Votes: 5,076 | Gross: $15.01M

48. Thunder in Carolina (1960)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Professional stock car racer Mitch Cooper wrecks his car and hurts his ankle in a brutal smash-up. Mitch takes time off from racing to teach cocky eager beaver kid Les York how to drive ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Helmick | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale Jr., Connie Hines, Race Gentry

Votes: 449

49. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

89 Metascore

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus

Votes: 97,947

50. Streets of Fire (1984)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

59 Metascore

A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan

Votes: 24,242 | Gross: $8.09M

51. Three Mile (2015)

60 min | Documentary

"When you build a car with the Rolling Bones you are expected to be at Bonneville. . . that's what these cars are all about" Join Brian Darwas and the Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop on a cross ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Darwas | Stars: Keith Cornell, Ken Schmidt, Dave Skroggs, Jonathan Suckling

Votes: 16

52. The Spider (1958)

Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi

Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth

Votes: 3,411

53. Death Race 2000 (1975)

R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

58 Metascore

In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov

Votes: 30,897 | Gross: $8.00M

54. Death Race 2050 (2017 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Five long decades after Death Race 2000 (1975), in the overpopulated United Corporations of America, the annual Death Race is about to begin. This time, Frankenstein is up against no-nonsense challengers. How many points will he score?

Director: G.J. Echternkamp | Stars: Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead

Votes: 5,124

55. Death Proof (2007)

R | 127 min | Action, Thriller

Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 313,846

56. Death Race (2008)

R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

43 Metascore

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane

Votes: 218,909 | Gross: $36.32M

57. Death Racers (2008 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

In a dystopian future, contestants compete in a cross-country road race in which killing is part of the game.

Director: Roy Knyrim | Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Scott Levy, Jason Ellefson

Votes: 1,226

58. The Thin Man (1957–1959)

30 min | Mystery

Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.

Stars: Peter Lawford, Phyllis Kirk, Asta, Jack Albertson

Votes: 282

Episode: The Delinquent (1958) - Nick and Nora go undercover to infiltrate a gang of murderous hot-rodders.

59. The Choppers (1961)

Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama

A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman

Votes: 443

60. The Loveless (1981)

R | 85 min | Drama

44 Metascore

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Directors: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery | Stars: Willem Dafoe, J. Don Ferguson, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter

Votes: 2,823

61. The Wild One (1953)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin

Votes: 17,583

62. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Diane Delano, Ellen Geer

Votes: 1,582 | Gross: $0.27M

63. The Cannonball Run (1981)

PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Sport

28 Metascore

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.

Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 39,950 | Gross: $72.18M

64. The Road to Bonneville (2008)

61 min | Documentary

Documentary about two influential hot rod builders in an epic cross country adventure. Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell of The Rolling Bones travel over two thousand miles through ten states, ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Darwas | Stars: Ken Schmidt, Keith Cornell, Dan Parker, Peter Vincent

Votes: 20

65. Cannonball Run II (1984)

PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy

13 Metascore

The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.

Directors: Hal Needham, Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

Votes: 17,432 | Gross: $28.08M

66. Grand Prix (1966)

Approved | 176 min | Drama, Sport

72 Metascore

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune

Votes: 10,499 | Gross: $20.85M

67. Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.

Director: William Sachs | Stars: Bill Adler, Cynthia Wood, Dennis Bowen, Melissa Prophet

Votes: 600

68. Speed Zone (1989)

PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Sport

Despite the police's preemptive strike, the illegal coast-to-coast car race is still on with new drivers. It's a race where fair play, red lights, stop signs, police roadblocks and traffic rules in general have no validity.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Peter Boyle, Donna Dixon, John Candy, Matt Frewer

Votes: 3,699 | Gross: $3.08M

69. Hi-Riders (1978)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.

Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 227

70. Cannonball! (1976)

PG | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

35 Metascore

Racing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham

Votes: 5,171 | Gross: $3.27M

71. The Gumball Rally (1976)

PG | 105 min | Comedy

37 Metascore

An eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire, Raul Julia, Norman Burton

Votes: 4,495

72. Highway to Hell (1991)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

An eloping bride is taken into Hell, and her fiancé must pursue.

Director: Ate de Jong | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Adam Storke, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson

Votes: 5,429

73. Midwest Hu$tler

Drama | Post-production

A seasoned hustler is forced to teach a young racer how to survive and win Midwestern drag races, reigniting a dangerous rivalry that threatens his chance at redemption with the only woman he's ever loved.

Director: Zaine Bray | Stars: Steve Montana, Vickie Doerr, Michael Holub, Zaine Bray

74. Rockabilly Baby (1957)

Passed | 81 min | Music, Romance

The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springfield with her two teenagers, Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader, Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Les Brown, Judy Busch

Votes: 44

75. Le Mans (1971)

G | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

52 Metascore

Two car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.

Directors: Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Votes: 11,863 | Gross: $0.71M

76. The Wraith (1986)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Horror, Romance

39 Metascore

In a small town in Arizona, a mysterious man/spirit descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a local violent road-racing gang of motor heads, headed by a ruthless bully who'll do anything to get what he wants.

Director: Mike Marvin | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid

Votes: 19,242 | Gross: $3.50M

77. Happy Days (1974–1984)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.

Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley

Votes: 21,078

78. American Hot Rod (2004–2007)

60 min | Documentary, Sport

AMERICAN HOT ROD brings you into the garage for turbo-charged restorations. Watch as Boyd Coddington and his crew scramble to supe-up the fiercest hot rods and reveal awe-worthy motor masterpieces.

Stars: Mike Curtis, Boyd Coddington, Mike Rowe, Paul Teutul Sr.

Votes: 351

79. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

50 Metascore

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry

Votes: 56,867 | Gross: $126.74M

80. Vanishing Point (1971)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

61 Metascore

During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger

Votes: 30,533

81. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

R | 102 min | Drama

89 Metascore

While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson

Votes: 13,420

82. Greased Lightning (1977)

PG | 96 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

57 Metascore

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little

Votes: 1,985

83. Børning (2014)

89 min | Action, Comedy

The illegal sports car race "Street legal" goes 2000 kilometers through Norway from Oslo to North Cape, and Roy has been challenged to participate. At the same time, he has to look after his daughter.

Director: Hallvard Bræin | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Ida Husøy, Sven Nordin, Otto Jespersen

Votes: 5,183

84. Stroker Ace (1983)

PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

30 Metascore

The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.

Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Parker Stevenson

Votes: 4,266 | Gross: $13.00M

85. Fast Company (1979)

R | 91 min | Drama, Sport

63 Metascore

After his sponsor replaces him with his arch rival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell

Votes: 2,615

86. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

52 Metascore

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $0.62M

87. Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (1970 TV Movie)

G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

A live-action short, using many avant-garde film techniques, that looks at American car culture in the late 1960s. The main section deals with the many trials and obstacles a teenager must ... See full summary »

Director: Ward Kimball | Stars: Kurt Russell, Spencer Quinn, Jesse White, Peter Renaday

Votes: 187

88. Demo Derby (1964)

28 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

Hot Rod thrills and spills aplenty in a film that utilizes documentary technique to present a demolition derby as it actually happens on the track.

Director: James A. Pike | Stars: Don MacTavish, Bob Santos

89. Home Improvement (1991–1999)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

The daily trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a television show host raising three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor.

Stars: Tim Allen, Earl Hindman, Taran Noah Smith, Zachery Ty Bryan

Votes: 49,117

90. Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)

G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

47 Metascore

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Director: Angela Robinson | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Cheryl Hines, Breckin Meyer

Votes: 50,835 | Gross: $66.02M

91. Corvette Summer (1978)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy

53 Metascore

A high school grad and a hooker-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.

Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant

Votes: 3,872 | Gross: $15.50M

92. Deuce Coupe (1992)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Two brothers are seperated by the love for the same woman - but they get united again by their fascination for speed and racing cars.

Director: Mark Deimel | Stars: Kieran Mulroney, Brian Bloom, Danielle von Zerneck, Ashley Laurence

Votes: 124

93. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

56 Metascore

When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.

Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre

Votes: 9,952 | Gross: $0.47M

94. Snake & Mongoose (2013)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Sport

The untold story of how Southern California drag racers, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen combined with corporate giants to change the face of sports and ultimately became the most famous rivalry in racing history.

Director: Wayne Holloway | Stars: Jesse Williams, Richard Blake, Ashley Hinshaw, Kim Shaw

Votes: 773 | Gross: $0.15M

95. Hooper (1978)

PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy

70 Metascore

Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.

Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith

Votes: 7,890 | Gross: $78.00M

96. Highwaymen (2004)

R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Horror

49 Metascore

Rennie Cray (Caviezel) embarks on a bloodthirsty rampage to avenge the death of his wife who was struck down by a serial killer - a man who hunts and kills women using his '72 El Dorado.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, Colm Feore

Votes: 9,513 | Gross: $0.37M

97. The Lively Set (1964)

Approved | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure, Joanie Sommers

Votes: 275

98. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy

33 Metascore

Cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke, and their uncle Jesse, egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Alice Greczyn

Votes: 81,888 | Gross: $80.27M

99. Drive Hard (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

29 Metascore

A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura, Christopher Morris

Votes: 4,853

100. Dazed and Confused (1993)

R | 103 min | Comedy

82 Metascore

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 199,515 | Gross: $7.99M



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