Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "joyride"

1. Star Trek (2009)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy

Votes: 620,689 | Gross: $257.73M

2. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Votes: 882,384 | Gross: $6.21M

3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy

A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones

Votes: 387,107 | Gross: $70.14M

4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 436,681 | Gross: $224.54M

5. Batman Forever (1995)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman

Votes: 266,854 | Gross: $184.03M

6. Poison Ivy (1992)

R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd

Votes: 20,180 | Gross: $1.83M

7. xXx (2002)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The US government recruits extreme sports athlete Xander Cage to infiltrate a Russian criminal ring, which is plotting the destruction of the world.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 186,636 | Gross: $142.11M

8. Stand Up Guys (2012)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.

Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies

Votes: 57,801 | Gross: $3.30M

9. Barnyard (2006)

PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover, Sam Elliott

Votes: 34,611 | Gross: $72.78M

10. Boys (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate.

Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas

Votes: 16,188

11. High School U.S.A. (1983 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique.

Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Todd Bridges, Angela Cartwright

Votes: 1,672

12. Goodbye Berlin (2016)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tristan Göbel, Aniya Wendel, Justina Humpf, Paul Busche

Votes: 11,051

13. Cop Car (2015)

R | 88 min | Crime, Thriller

A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham

Votes: 35,274 | Gross: $0.13M

14. The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)

R | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, John Doe

Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $0.05M

15. Surge (I) (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Thriller

Set over 24 hours in London, a man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.

Director: Aneil Karia | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Ryan McKen, Victor Olamide, Jasmine Jobson

Votes: 3,825

16. Dear Eleanor (2016)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Director: Kevin Connolly | Stars: Liana Liberato, Isabelle Fuhrman, Josh Lucas, Luke Wilson

Votes: 2,052

17. Danny Deckchair (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

An Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.

Director: Jeff Balsmeyer | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon

Votes: 5,245 | Gross: $0.16M

18. Galore (2013)

PG | 103 min | Drama

It's a sweltering summer before the final year of school and Billie and Laura share every secret except for Billie's biggest secret - she's crazy in love and sleeping with Laura's boyfriend Danny.

Director: Rhys Graham | Stars: Ashleigh Cummings, Aliki Matangi, Lily Sullivan, Toby Wallace

Votes: 261

19. Never on Tuesday (1988)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

After their cars collide on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere, two friends and a woman they both like must wait for someone to pass by and help them. Unfortunately, those who do stop turn out to be criminals, eccentrics or wackos.

Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Claudia Christian, Andy Lauer, Peter Berg, Dave Anderson

Votes: 2,314

20. Standing Tall (2015)

R | 120 min | Drama

A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier

Votes: 3,859 | Gross: $0.02M

21. Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Comedy, Romance

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Panama | Stars: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 988

22. Joyride to Nowhere (1977)

PG | 86 min | Action, Crime

Teenage friends Cindy and Leah have decided to leave their abusive homelives behind, stealing Cindy's father's car and setting out on the road to freedom. On the way, they meet up with a ... See full summary »

Directors: Mel Welles, Ronald C. Ross | Stars: Leslie Ackerman, Sandy Alan, Len Lesser, Mel Welles

Votes: 98

23. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.

Director: Winsor McCay | Stars: Winsor McCay, George McManus, Roy L. McCardell, Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan

Votes: 3,663

24. Help Me, Eros (2007)

Unrated | 103 min | Drama

A bankrupt Taiwanese man loses everything including girlfriend. He still has a key to his luxury condo, where he grows and smokes marijuana. He spends time with a woman on suicide hotline and a lingerie clad woman selling cigarettes.

Director: Kang-sheng Lee | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Hui-Jen Liao, Dennis Nieh, Ivy Yin

Votes: 1,109

25. The Sickhouse (2008)

Unrated | 100 min | Horror

Terror lurks in the old orphanage, beneath a disused London hospital - a Seventeeth Century malevolence, the Plague Doctor, has returned to complete his evil masterpiece...

Director: Curtis Radclyffe | Stars: Gina Philips, Alex Hassell, Kellie Shirley, Andrew Knott

Votes: 1,142

26. Bright Hair (1997 TV Movie)

125 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she's stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher. Then, when his wife is also murdered, questions about what's real and what's made up start haunting her.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Emilia Fox, James Purefoy, Oliver Milburn, John Bowe

Votes: 314

27. Vroom (1990)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Two young men hope to fulfill their dreams by hitting the open road in a classic American car they have lovingly restored. Taking along the sultry divorcee with whom one of them has fallen in love is an idea bound to cause tension.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Diana Quick, Clive Owen, David Thewlis, Melanie Kilburn

Votes: 189

28. Teenage Girl: First Wheels (2020)

87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When her family goes out of town, Alex and her fellow band geek friend Claire decide to take her brother's candy apple red 1966 Mustang on weekend joyride in hopes of appearing cool and impressing her high school crush.

Director: Aaron Lee Lopez | Stars: Claire Tablizo, Jaeden Riley Juarez, Lexi Villarreal, Corey Feldman

Votes: 47

29. Joyride (I) (2005)

87 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Three girls steal a car and head up for a model contest. It's a holiday to die for, until someone does...

Director: Frank Herrebout | Stars: Georgina Verbaan, Peggy Vrijens, Dorien Haan, Tygo Gernandt

Votes: 604

30. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward

Votes: 907

31. Nomos 4000 (1962)

96 min | Drama

As the Athenian Teddy Boys find creative ways to channel their resentment, the daughter of a puritanical philologist has a secret relationship with a student. Now, an unforeseen complication leads to a crisis. Is law 4.000 the solution?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Vagelis Voulgaridis, Eleni Zafeiriou, Kostas Voutsas

Votes: 480

32. An imoun plousios!.. (1972)

85 min | Comedy

A pair of grease monkeys who aspire to strike it rich, borrow the expensive car of the garage's best customer, only to meet his beautiful daughter whom they've never met. But, what happens if he finds out that he's about to lose her, too?

Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos, Vicky Vanita, Deppy Georgiou

Votes: 36

33. Crash Kids (1996 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

Laura is 14 years old and in the middle of puberty. But when the daughter of the television announcer Ute meets and falls in love with the young carjacker and crash driver Nik, her life ... See full summary »

Director: Petra Haffter | Stars: Isabell Gerschke, Marek Harloff, Christopher Erbslöh, Barbara Rudnik

Votes: 32

34. Kanikuly Petrova i Vasechkina, obyknovennye i neveroyatnye (1984 TV Movie)

135 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A musical comedy about the funny adventures of two friends - Petrov and Vasechkin. The guys, inexhaustible in inventions, fourth-grade students, have matured, but every day something happens to them again, even during the summer holidays.

Director: Vladimir Alenikov | Stars: Egor Druzhinin, Dmitriy Barkov, Inga Ilm, Boris Yanovskiy

Votes: 515

35. Snow Kill (1990 TV Movie)

96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Corporate executives sent on a mountain wilderness team building trip find themselves the targets for murder and rape.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Terence Knox, Patti D'Arbanville, Jon Cypher, Clayton Rohner

Votes: 116

36. License & Registration (2019)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Elliott Nelson, a cop impersonator with good intentions, makes his first traffic stop.

Director: Jackson Ezinga | Stars: Jackson Ezinga, Aidan Callahan, Cameron Judd, Mariea Luisa Macavei

Votes: 22

37. Scoundrels (2019)

Comedy

Three homeless weirdos attempt a desperate and perverse get rich quick scheme that ends in unfortunate consequences.

Stars: Lloyd Kaufman, Abed Gheith, Paul Monnes

38. OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Sport

Race from coast to glorious coast with a fresh new mission structure, the choice of one of 12 fully licensed Ferrari models and online play with up to 6 players for a thrilling head-to-head journey.

Directors: Darren Mills, Paul Porter

Votes: 79

39. Love, Oil and Grease (1914)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Ham and Bud, working as mechanics, wreak havoc at a new car dealership, almost wrecking a big sale.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Bud Duncan, Marshall Neilan, Ruth Roland

Votes: 22

40. The Invited (1991)

50 min | Horror, Thriller

One evening three friends go on a joyride, only two return. The other, accidentally killed. They thought no one had witnessed their accident, they were wrong.

Director: Darren J. Perry | Stars: Martin Chambers, Lisa Donelan, Gareth George, Nicholas Hanning

41. Nuoruus vauhdissa (1961)

74 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Laila and Lasse are two teenagers dreaming about careers as singers. (In real life, the actors were already the hottest numbers of the Finnish pop scene). Lasse's brother Rami dreams about ... See full summary »

Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Lasse Liemola, Laila Kinnunen, Anja Haahdenmaa, Rami Sarmasto

Votes: 58

42. Meat (II) (2015)

10 min | Short, Drama

Behind the closed doors of an elite boarding school, Matthews and his friends are cruising through life - but when a weekend joyride ends in disaster, he has to deal with the guilt that consumes him.

Director: Sunday Emerson Gullifer | Stars: Sam Delich, John Turnbull, Rose Riley, Julian Maroun

Votes: 13

43. Two Little Lambs (1935)

Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Sport

Two little lambs steal Oswald's airplane and take a wild joyride at and through an air-meet. They soon drive the other contestants out of the sky and the race and win the meet for Oswald ... See full summary »

Director: Manuel Moreno | Stars: Geneva Hall, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 11

44. Hot Dog (1926)

Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Arthur takes Betty to the weenie-roast in a horse-drawn vehicle and gets laughed at by Eddie, who arrives in his spiffy new automobile. Eddie takes Betty for a ride and lets Arthur tag ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar Kennedy | Stars: Arthur Lake, Eddie Clayton, Edgar Kennedy

45. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Mawdryn Undead: Part One (1983)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

With the TARDIS trapped on a collision course with a strange, orbiting spaceship, locked in time as well as space, the Black Guardian recruits a deceitful and ill-natured British student to kill the Doctor.

Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Nicholas Courtney

Votes: 480

46. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Detox (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

A girl crashes a Porsche after her boyfriend starts coughing up blood and continues to have unexplained bleeds. Clinic Cases: Cuddy gives House a month off clinic duties if he can spend a week off his pain meds.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 3,943

47. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode: The Daughters of Cain (1996)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gabrielle Lloyd, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 769

48. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Blue Herrings (2000)

TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A visit to his convalescent aunt prompts Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where she is staying.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,093

49. Shazam! (1974–1977)
Episode: The Joyriders (1974)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Action, Family, Fantasy

A group of kids are "borrowing" cars without considering the consequences.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Michael Gray, Les Tremayne, Jackson Bostwick, Kerry MacLane

Votes: 58

50. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Q2 (2001)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Q finds his rebellious son too much to handle, he brings him to Voyager in the hope that Captain Janeway can teach him responsibility and compassion.

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill

Votes: 1,814