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Video Guide Description: Automobiles have been hugely popular topics for the motion picture industry since camera first met motor car. This Video Guide is a list of feature films, major documentaries, and television programs with basic descriptions of each. Links will take you to each Film's Topic Page when additional info exists in the Library. We can't post all of the videos in the Library due to copyright, but when full films are available the Film's Topic Page link will be accompanied by a film projector icon. Page Sections: Staff Picks · Factual · Fictional · Bibliography · Article Index |
Staff Picks
Recommendations from Library Owner Bill Crittenden. They may be included for entertainment value or importance to film history.
| Grand Prix Starring: James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Yves Montand Description: A fictionalized account of the 1966 Formula 1 season with a mix of fictional characters and real drivers. Toshiro Mifune has a supporting role as a race team owner, inspired by Soichiro Honda. The film includes real-life racing footage and cameo appearances by drivers including Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham. Other drivers who appeared in the film include Dan Gurney, Richie Ginther, Joakim Bonnier and Bruce McLaren. Bill's Note: A landmark film in motor racing cinema for its use of on-car cameras. More than just loud cars driving fast, each race sequence is filmed in a different style showcasing multiple cinema art styles of the 1960s. |
1966 Feature Film Runtime: 176 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Gone in 60 Seconds Starring: H.B. “Toby” Halicki · Marion Busia · Jerry Daugirda Description: A historic automotive film starring, written, and produced by H.B. Halicki, who acts in the film is Maindrian Pace, a professional car thief. His ring of thieves have to steal 48 cars in 5 days, but Pace is chased across six counties in the Los Angeles area when he tries to steal a yellow 1973 Ford Mustang Mach I, code named “Eleanor.” The chase scene is 34 minutes long and destroys 93 vehicles. Many of the scenes were shot without a script or even the public's knowledge that a movie was being filmed when they react to the chase being carried out in front of them. Bill's Note: One of the most insane bits of independent filmmaking in the 20th century that can never be truly replicated, and that's a good thing. There's a scene where a car drives on the sidewalk and the “extras” really seem to be jumping out of the way like their lives depends on it, and that's because they're not acting and they really thought their lives depended on it. |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 98 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream Starring: Jeff Bridges · Joan Allen · Martin Landau Description: Detroit engineer Preston Tucker has been interested in building cars since childhood. During World War II he designed an armored car for the military and made money building gun turrets for aircraft in a small shop next to his home in Ypsilanti, Michigan. As the war winds down, Tucker becomes inspired to build the “car of the future.” The “Tucker Torpedo” will feature revolutionary safety designs, including disc brakes, seatbelts, a pop-out windshield, and headlights which swivel when the car turns. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: You wouldn't expect a biopic on such an obscure story in automotive history to involve the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Jeff Bridges, but this wasn't a script in search of a director: Coppola wanted to direct a Tucker film since he was in film school. The original project in the 1970s was to star Marlon Brando, but that never got off the ground. |
1988 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Star Car: Tucker 48 Topics: Preston Tucker, Tucker External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roger & Me Director & Narrator: Michael Moore Description: Michael Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: Roger & Me was dropped into the world before Netflix produced hundreds of high-production-value documentaries and back when Michael Moore was unknown outside of a niche segment of the political far left. Moore's controversies of the past 20 years distract from his message here, but it's remarkable how this film has held up. Remarkably sad, since Flint is still struggling and so many towns like it are in different stages of dealing with the same pressures of auto industry layoffs & outsourcing. |
1989 Documentary Runtime: 91 minutes Topic: General Motors External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Days of Thunder Starring: Tom Cruise · Nicole Kidman · Robert Duvall Description: Young racer Cole Trickle, from Eagle Rock, California, has years of experience in open-wheel racing, winning championships with the World of Outlaws. Originally setting his sights on the Indianapolis 500, Cole realizes that “to win in Indy I'd need a great car, but stock cars are all the same.” Chevrolet dealership tycoon Tim Daland recruits him to race for his team in the NASCAR Cup Series, bringing former crew chief and car builder Harry Hogge out of retirement to lead Cole's pit crew. (Wikipedia) The characters are loosely based on real life NASCAR personalities Tim Richmond (Trickle), Rick Hendrick (Daland), and Harry Hyde (Hogge). Bill's Note: The most referenced film in American motorsports, and the source of Kyle Busch's “Rowdy” nickname, its paint schemes still show up almost every year at throwback events. |
1990 Feature Film Runtime: 107 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Star Car: Chevrolet Lumina See Also: The Golden Hour: The Making of Days of Thunder (2020) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Tommy Boy Starring: Chris Farley · David Spade · Bo Derek Description: After seven years at college, Thomas R. “Tommy” Callahan III barely graduates from Marquette University and returns to his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. His father, industrialist, and widower, Thomas R. "Big Tom" Callahan, Jr., gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant, Callahan Auto. In addition to the new job and office, Big Tom reveals that he plans to marry Beverly Barrish-Burns, a woman he had met at a fat farm, and that her son, Paul, will become Tommy's new stepbrother. However, Big Tom dies from a sudden heart attack during the wedding reception. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: One of the greatest comedies that came from Saturday Night Live alumni, and the best film in Chris Farley's short Hollywood career. |
1995 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Gone in 60 Seconds Starring: Nicolas Cage · Angelina Jolie · Giovanni Ribisi · Delroy Lindo Description: The film is a loose remake of the 1974 H.B. Halicki film of the same name. Car thief Kip Raines works with his gang to steal fifty high-end cars for Raymond Calitri, a British gangster in Long Beach, California. After stealing a Porsche 996 from a showroom, Kip unwittingly leads the police to his crew's warehouse, forcing the thieves to flee. Detectives Castlebeck and Drycoff impound the stolen cars and open an investigation. Atley Jackson, Calitri's associate, reaches out to Kip's older brother Randall “Memphis” Raines, a notorious but reformed car thief. Memphis meets with Calitri, who has kidnapped Kip and intends to kill him in a car crusher. Memphis agrees to steal the fifty cars within 72 hours, and Kip is released; Calitri warns that if the cars are not delivered on time, Kip will be killed. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: The safer, more professional remake of the 1970s classic features an all-star cast and introduced “boosted” into the American lexicon. |
2000 Feature Film Runtime: 118 minutes Star Car: modified 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback See Also: Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Fast and the Furious Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Michelle Rodriguez Description: A heist crew driving three heavily modified Honda Civics hijack a semi-truck trailer carrying electronic goods and escape into the night along Terminal Island Freeway. Meanwhile, LAPD officer Brian O'Conner is sent undercover as part of a joint LAPD-FBI task force to locate the crew responsible. Brian investigates Toretto's Market, managed by Mia, sister of notorious street racer Dominic “Dom” Toretto. When Dom's crew arrives—Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Dom's girlfriend Letty—Vince picks a fight with Brian. Brian is promptly fired from his job working undercover at Harry's Garage and banned from the Market. Brian brings a modified 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS to a car meet, hoping to find a lead on the heist crew. Dom arrives in his RX-7 and initiates a race. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: When watching the eighth movie in the franchise, a nuclear submarine breaks through the ice they're driving on and I lean over and whisper to my wife, “do you remember when these movies were about street racers?” Back where it all started, with a whole lot of nitrous oxide on the streets of L.A. |
2001 Feature Film Runtime: 106 minutes Star Car: modified Toyota Supra External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear Original Network/Service: BBC Presenters 2002-2015: Jeremy Clarkson · James May · Richard Hammond Description: Now in a longer format, the new Top Gear became a Guinness World-Record holder for the world's most watched factual television programme, and has made worldwide celebrities of presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. The show's entire cast and producer Andy Wilman had to be replaced for 2016 after Jeremy Clarkson was fired from the show following an altercation with a BBC staff member, the rest of the cast and Wilman resigned to follow Clarkson to a new program on Amazon. This is the original show that has spawned international versions in Australia, China, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States. Bill's Note: This formula was copied into dozens of languages and nationalities, but if you're a native English speaker nothing beats the original at its peak. |
2002-2022 Television Series Series Length: 33 series, 240 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Starring: Lucas Black · Sung Kang · Bow Wow Description: High school troublemaker Sean Boswell and classmate Clay street race in their respective 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo and 2003 SRT-10 Dodge Viper. Clay races dirty, hitting Sean's car repeatedly until they hit a turn at high speed, causing both vehicles to crash. While Clay's family wealth helps him escape punishment, Sean, a repeat offender, avoids jail only by being sent to live with his father, a U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in Tokyo. Sean befriends military brat Twinkie, who introduces him to drift racing. Driving to an underground car meet in Twinkie's 2005 Volkswagen Touran, Sean gets into a confrontation with Takashi, the Drift King (DK), over Takashi's girlfriend Neela. Sean agrees to race Takashi's Nissan Fairlady Z33 in a Silvia S15 Spec-S leant to him by retired drift racer Han Lue. Unexperienced with drifting, Sean wrecks the Silvia. To repay the debt, Sean agrees to work for Han. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: An almost entirely stand-alone film in the franchise before resurrecting one of the characters, this was peak JDM when JDM in America was at its peak. |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: drift 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Cars Starring (voices): Owen Wilson · Larry the Cable Guy · Paul Newman · Bonnie Hunt Description: In a world where vehicles have anthropomorphic traits, the Dinoco 400 race marks the climax of the Piston Cup season. The event intensifies a rivalry between the retiring seven-time champion, Strip “The King” Weathers, the cunning Chick Hicks, and the talented but overconfident rookie, Lightning McQueen. During a high-stakes race, Lightning avoids a major collision instigated by Chick, opting to stay on the track and lead, but his plan backfires when his tires give out. The race ends in a three-way tie, setting the stage for a decisive race at the Los Angeles International Speedway. Desperate to win and gain entry into the prestigious Dinoco team, Lightning struggles with teamwork due to his self-centered attitude. After the race, he races through the night to reach California, accompanied by his transport Mack. A mishap leaves Lightning stranded in the rundown desert town of Radiator Springs. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: The film that old men brought their grandkids to but couldn't help shed a few tears for the restored neon and “what are you doing with those old racing tires?” |
2006 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 117 minutes Subjects: Roads & Highways, Stock Car Racing Topic: United States Numbered Highways External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wild Hogs Starring: Tim Allen · John Travolta · Martin Lawrence · William H. Macy Description: Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis and Dudley Frank are four middle-aged everymen living in a Cincinnati suburb who find themselves disillusioned with the banality of everyday suburban life and lack of adventure. Doug is a dentist who has trouble bonding with his son Billy (Dominic Janes); Dudley is a single (yet sometimes preoccupied) computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women; Bobby is a henpecked plumber whose wife Karen has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book; and Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel. They find escape from their daily routines on weekends by riding motorcycles together posing as a biker gang called the “Wild Hogs.” (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: Just good silly fun, this film has been burned into my brain from having a kid play this on repeat for most of a summer. |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Racer Starring: Emile Hirsch · Christina Ricci · John Goodman · Susan Sarandon Description: Speed Racer is a young man whose life and love has always been automobile racing. His parents Pops and Mom run the independent Racer Motors, in which his brother Spritle and his pet chimp Chim Chim, his mechanic Sparky and his girlfriend Trixie are also involved. As a child, Speed idolized his record-setting older brother, Rex Racer, who was apparently killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000, a deadly cross-country rally race. Now embarking on his own career, Speed is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother's Mach 5 and his own T-180 car the Mach 6, although primarily interested in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.(Wikipedia) Bill's Note: The Wachowski's often-misunderstood experiment in bringing Cubist art themes to a major motion picture features out-of-sequence scenes, flashbacks overlaid on the main scene, and high color saturation. Of course this was great entertainment for my five and six year old son. That's the same kid, who played it and the special features on repeat for almost two years. Once you understand the art style and don't take it too seriosuly considering the silliness of the source material, it's great fun with a lot of classic racing references and peak John Goodman. |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 135 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Ford v Ferrari Alternate Title: Le Mans '66 Starring: Christian Bale · Matt Damon · Jon Bernthal Description: In 1963, Ford Motor Company Vice President Lee Iacocca proposes to Henry Ford II to boost their car sales by purchasing Italian car manufacturer Ferrari, which is dominant in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Owner Enzo Ferrari uses Ford's offer to secure a deal with Fiat that allows him to retain ownership of the firm's racing team, Scuderia Ferrari. Ferrari verbally insults Ford II and the whole Ford Motor Company. An enraged Ford II orders his racing division to build a car to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans. Iacocca hires Shelby American owner Carroll Shelby, a retired driver who won Le Mans in 1959. Shelby enlists his friend Ken Miles, a hot-tempered British racer and mechanical engineer. (Wikipedia) Bill's Note: There are some historical inaccuracies & omissions, but these things happen when condensing three years of the 1960s into two hours and involves some of the rarest and most valuable cars in the world. Accepting that this as a Hollywood-ized Cliff's Notes level summary of one of the greatest stories in the greatest era in sports car racing, it still stands up as my favorite racing film and one of the greatest films in motor racing cinema history. |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 152 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Star Car: Ford GT40 Topics: Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, 24 Hours of Le Mans External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
Factual
Documentaries, Educational/Training Films, and Feature Films “Based on a True Story” (Organized by Subject)
Disclaimer: Factual is a category used for organizing this material, a film's appearance in this list doesn't endorse any particular fact from any particular film. All films have inaccuracies for a variety of reasons.
| Auto Industry | |
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General Motors Around the World  Producer: The Jam Handy Organization Description: A promotional film about General Motors' worldwide operations. |
1927 Documentary (silent) Runtime: 38 minutes Topic: General Motors External Links: IMDb |
| The Human Bridge Producer: Raphael G. Wolff Studios Sponsor: Ford Description: A film showing the production of the 1949 Ford from design to production. |
1949 Documentary Runtime: 27 minutes Topic: Ford External Links: IMDb |
| Henry Ford's Mirror of America Producer: U.S. National Archives and Records Service Description: A film about the history of the automobile industry compiled with film from the Ford Film Collection. |
1962 Documentary Subject: American Government  Topic: Henry Ford |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream Starring: Jeff Bridges · Joan Allen · Martin Landau Description: Detroit engineer Preston Tucker has been interested in building cars since childhood. During World War II he designed an armored car for the military and made money building gun turrets for aircraft in a small shop next to his home in Ypsilanti, Michigan. As the war winds down, Tucker becomes inspired to build the “car of the future.” The “Tucker Torpedo” will feature revolutionary safety designs, including disc brakes, seatbelts, a pop-out windshield, and headlights which swivel when the car turns. (Wikipedia) |
1988 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Star Car: Tucker 48 Topics: Preston Tucker, Tucker External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 Enzo Ferrari: Le FilmStarring: Sergio Castellitto · Ed Stoppard · Cristina Moglia Description: Ferrari is a 2003 Italian biopic based on the book by Enzo Biagi. It depicts Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, intrusive young journalist he recalls his setbacks and personal losses. He also expresses his regrets about race drivers who met with an accident. The film finishes with a dedication by Piero Ferrari: "In loving memory of my father and of my brother Dino". Due to its success the original TV miniseries was edited for cinema. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 215 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Who Killed the Electric Car? Featuring: Tom Hanks · Mel Gibson · Chelsea Sexton Description: The film deals with the history of the electric car, its modern development, and commercialization. The film focuses primarily on the General Motors EV1, which was made available for lease mainly in Southern California, after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed the zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate in 1990 which required the seven major automobile suppliers in the United States to offer electric vehicles in order to continue sales of their gasoline powered vehicles in California. Nearly 5000 electric cars were designed and manufactured by Chrysler, the Ford Motor Company, General Motors (GM), Honda, Nissan, and Toyota; and then later destroyed or donated to museums and educational institutions. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Documentary Runtime: 92 minutes Subject: Electric Vehicles Star Car: General Motors' EV-1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Revenge of the Electric Car Featuring: Elon Musk · Carlos Ghosn · Bob Lutz Description: Revenge follows four entrepreneurs from 2007 through the end of 2010 as they fight to bring the electric car back to the world market in the midst of the 2008 global recession. The film has unprecedented access to Tesla, Inc. co-founder Elon Musk during this time period in which Musk and Tesla suffered several grave setbacks to the dream of a car company without gasoline. (Wikipedia) |
2011 Documentary Runtime: 90 minutes Topic: Tesla External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Driven Starring: Erin Moriarty · Lee Pace · Judy Greer Description: A biographical comedy thriller. Pilot James T. Hoffman is busted by the FBI when he arrives in the United States with a large amount of cocaine in his airplane. His wife and two sons are with him, having accompanied him on the flight to Bolivia. He agrees to become an informant and the FBI relocates him and his family to San Diego. Special Agent Benedict Tisa acts as his handler and continues to pressure him into setting up his boss, Morgan Hetrick, who has millions of dollars in overseas accounts from trafficking narcotics. Hoffman attempts to play both sides. Hoffman meets John DeLorean while trying to start his car, discovering that he's his next door neighbor. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Star Car: DeLorean DMC-12 Topic: John DeLorean External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Framing John DeLorean Starring: Alec Baldwin · Morena Baccarin · Josh Charles Description: A documentary of John DeLorean's career from the 1960's through the DeLorean marque, featuring re-enactments. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 109 minutes Star Car: DeLorean DMC-12 Topic: John DeLorean External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Lady and the Dale Description: The Lady and the Dale is an American documentary television miniseries revolving around Elizabeth Carmichael, who launched Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation and created a car called "The Dale." In 1970, entrepreneur Elizabeth Carmichael rose to fame with her creation: "The Dale", a fuel efficient three-wheeled car. As the car rose to prominence, it thrust Carmichael into media scrutiny about the car's technology and her own past. The series features interviews with Carmichael's children Candi Michael and Michael Michael; grandchild Jeri Buchard; news anchors and journalists Dick Carlson, Pete Noyes and Mark Lisheron; Carmichael's brother-in-law Charles Richard Barrett; former employees of Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation; and Susan Stryker, Mia Yamamoto and Sandy Stone. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Documentary Series Runtime: 211 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn Original Network/Service: Apple TV Starring: Mirsen Lausten · Charles Nishikawa Description: Chronicles the rise and fall of former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, how one of the most admired businessmen became its most famous international fugitive. (IMDb) |
2023 Documentary Series Series Length: 1 Season, 4 Episodes Topics: Carlos Ghosn, Nissan External Links: IMDb |
| Auto Sales | |
| Trader Thorne Producer: Wilding Picture Productions Description: An automobile sales training film for Ford dealers. |
1956 Training Film Runtime: 22 minutes Topic: Ford |
| Hustle & Roll Original Network/Service: Discovery Description: A reality television series following celebrity car dealer R.D. Whittington. |
2021 Television Series External Links: IMDb |
| Buses | |
| Special Delivery Starring: John Butler as the School Bus Driver Description: How Superior Coach Co. school buses move children safely to and from school, told through the experience of Mickey Miller, who is just a bit too young to ride the bus to school and yearns to do so. Dramatic film in Ektachrome which uses closeups well. John Butler was the real life police chief of Mansfield, Ohio, where this film was produced. (Prelinger Archives) |
1963 Documentary Runtime: 25 minutes Subject: Buses |
| Ridin' the Dog! Director: Alan M. Whitney Description: A film documenting a road trip across the United States by Greyhound bus, including interviews with people met along the way. |
1989 Documentary Runtime: 89 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: IMDb |
  Watu WoteStarring: Barkhad Abdirahman · Faysal Ahmed · Mahad Ahmed Description: A 22-minute film about a terrorist attack on a bus in Kenya that happened in 2015. The name is Swahili for “All of Us.” Nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. |
2016 Short Film Runtime: 22 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Classic Cars | |
| American Muscle Car Original Network/Service: Speedvision, Speed Channel Narrator: Tony Messano Description: A documentary series profiling the best classic American muscle cars. |
2000-2003 Television Series Series Length: 3 Seasons, 40 Episodes |
| Dream Car Garage Original Network/Service: mentv, Speed Channel, Sun TV Hosts: Peter Klutt · Tom Hnatiw · Michelle Jobin · Marni Van Dyk Description: The show - generally rather heavy on product promotion, even more so in later years - focused on what it considered to be the “dream cars” of the regular, “everyday man.” It featured a Classic Dream Car segment presented by Klutt, which cantered around an older car that would appeal to collectors or simply a nostalgic buyer, as well as a Modern Dream Car segment, presented by Hnatiw, which involved a modern supercar or high-performance vehicle. (Wikipedia) |
2002-2012 Television Series Series Length: 11 Seasons External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Great Cars Featuring: Reg Abbiss · Charles Morgan · Urtha Lenharr |
2003-2005 Television Series Series Length: 35 episodesExternal Links: IMDb |
| Love the Beast Description: A documentary directed by Hollywood actor Eric Bana, documenting the 25-year history of a 1974 Ford Falcon XB that was his first car. Includes appearances by Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson and Phil McGraw. |
2009 Documentary Runtime: 92 minutes Star Car: 1974 Ford Falcon XB External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Mopar: Plum Crazy Description: The ultimate 3,300 mile road trip adventure! Journey across America in a brand new Dodge SR8 “Plum Crazy” Challenger connecting the new Mopar with the old school experience. (back cover) |
2010 Documetary Runtime: 60 minutes Star Car: Dodge Challenger |
| 88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine Featuring: Tamir Ardon · Sean Bishop · Michael Bodell |
2021 Documetary Runtime: 97 minutes Star Car: DeLorean DMC-12 External Link: IMDb |
| Customization | |
| Two Guys Garage Original Network/Service: Speed Channel Hosts: Kevin Byrd · Willie B Description: A reality television car customizing program. |
2001-2013 Series Length: 101 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Monster Garage Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel Hosts: Jesse James Description: A team of five people transforms a vehicle to be capable of completing a non-vehicle task, such as wood chipper or pontoon boat. |
2002-2006 Television Series Series Length: 5 Seasons, 80 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb Monster Garage |
| Chop Cut Rebuild Original Network/Service: Host: Dan Woods Description: A television program documenting classic car restorations. |
2004-2017 Television Series Series Length: 12 Seasons, 191 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Overhaulin' Original Networks/Services: TLC, Velocity, Discovery Hosts: Chris Jacobs · Arianny Celeste · Jessi Combs · Adrienne Janic · Courtney Hansen Description: Overhaulin' is an American automotive reality television series. The show originally ran for five seasons between 2004 and 2008 on TLC. After a four-year hiatus, sixth season premiered on October 2, 2012 on Velocity and Discovery (Cablevision). The show's premise was that an unknowing "victim" – the mark, in the show's language — is nominated to be "Overhauled" by his or her family or friends, the insiders. The mark's car, usually an old and tired antique car, was obtained through some ruse. Some common examples included the car being "stolen" by Evans, Janic or Foose, a car being misplaced or lost at a mechanic's shop, or the car being towed away by "police." (Wikipedia) |
2004-2008 Television Series 2012-2015 Television Series Series Length: 9 Seasons, 113 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast N' Loud Original Network/Service: Discovery Host: Richard Rawlings Description: A reality television program featuring Richard Rawlings and his shop Gas Monkey Garage. |
2012-2020 Television Series Series Length: 16 Seasons, 155 Epsiodes Topic: Gas Monkey Garage External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Vannin' Directors: Andrew J. Morgan · Nicholas Nummerdor Description: A documetary on custom van culture. |
2013 Documentary Runtime: 60 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Fat N’ Furious: Rolling Thunder Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel Hosts: Description: A reality television program featuring Christmas Automotive, a restoration shop that turns muscle cars into race cars. |
2014-2016 Television Series Series Length: 2 Seasons, 22 Episodes External Links: IMDb |
| Misfit Garage Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel Hosts: Tom Smith · Thomas Weeks · Rodney “Popeye” Richardson · John Klump Description: A spin off of Fast N' Loud featuring some of Gas Monkey Garage's mechanics. |
2014-2016 Television Series Series Length: 4 Seasons, 48 Epsiodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| JDM Legends Original Network/Service: Velocity Network Hosts: Erik Bizek · Josh Martin · Mauricio Rosales Description: The hosts take JDM classics and customize them. |
2018 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 6 Episodes External Links: IMDb |
| Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman Host: Aaron Kaufman Description: A documentary series featuring Aaron Kaufman after leaving Gas Monkey Garage to open his new shop, Arclight Fabrication. |
2018 Television Series Series Length: 2 Seasons, 12 Epsiodes External Links: IMDb |
| Aaron Needs a Job Original Network/Service: Discovery Host: Aaron Kaufman Description: A documentary series where former Fast N' Loud co-star Aaron Kaufman tours the country trying out mechanically-driven jobs. |
2019 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 7 Epsiodes External Links: IMDb |
| The Hop Original Network/Service: Discovery Description: A reality television series following four custom lowrider garages. |
2021-____ Television Series Series Length: 1 Season |
| Drag Racing & Hot Rodding | |
| Road Runners Narrator: Hugh Douglas Description: A film depicting the transition from street racing by hot rodders to organized drag racing. |
1952 Short Film Runtime: 13 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| The Cool Hot Rod Description: A Sid Davis film about the earliest days of hot rodding and drag racing. |
1953 Short Film Runtime: 26 minutes Subject: Drag Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Ingenuity in Action Description: An educational film about drag racing sponsored by Hot Rod Magazine. |
1958 Documentary Runtime: 26 minutes Subject: Drag Racing |
| The Hot Rod Story | 1965 Documentary Runtime: 120 minutes Subject: Drag Racing |
| Heart Like a Wheel Starring: Bonnie Bedelia · Beau Bridges Description: A biographical drama sports film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney. |
1983 Feature Film Runtime: 113 minutes Subject: Drag Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 2Fast2Real For Hollywood Producer: Liextreme Inc. Description: A documentary of street racing on Long Island. |
2003 Documentary |
| Hype Street Racing: Hyper Type A | 2004 Documentary Runtime: 50 minutes Subject: Drag Racing |
| 2Fast2Real II Producer: Liextreme Inc. Description: A documentary of street racing on Long Island, a sequel to 2003's 2Fast2Real For Hollywood. |
2005 Documentary |
| Shake, Rattle, & Roll Description: From the guys who brought you “Back From the Dead,” Shake, Rattle, & Roll throws a match in the gas tank and slams it in gear with a burning hot soundtrack, smoking pin-up girls, and low down dirty hot rods. (back cover) |
2007 Documetary |
| Snake and Mongoose Starring: Jesse Williams · Richard Blake Description: A biographical film about the famous drag racing duo of Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen and their accomplishments during the late 1960's. |
2013 Feature Film Runtime: 102 minutes Subject: Drag Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Street Outlaws Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel Description: A reality television series where competitors drag race on temporarily shut down highways. |
2013-____ Series Length: 13 Seasons, 105 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Filmmaking | |
| Steve McQueen: American Icon Description: Pastor Greg Laurie drives a replica of McQueen's Ford Mustang and explores the actor's life & religious faith. |
2017 Documentary Runtime: 120 minutes Star Car: Ford Mustang External Links: IMDb |
| The Golden Hour: The Making of Days of Thunder Description: A NASCAR Productions documentary on the filming of the 1990 film Days of Thunder. |
2020 Documentary Subject: Stock Car Racing Star Car: Chevrolet Lumina See Also: Days of Thunder (1990) External Links: IMDb |
| Labor | |
| Final Offer Description: A Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and General Motors. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) as Bob White, then head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his membership out of the International union and created the CAW. (Wikipedia) |
1984 Documentary Runtime: 79 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roger & Me Director & Narrator: Michael Moore Description: Michael Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Documentary Runtime: 91 minutes Topic: General Motors External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Motorcycles | |
| Hog Heaven: The Story of the Harley-Davidson Empire Description: It has battled changing tastes, overseas competition, and brushes with bankruptcy, surviving where names like Indian, Ace, and Pope failed. Entering its second century, Harley Davidson is riding high, building the world's most famous motorcycles. (back cover) |
1998 Documentary Runtime: 150 minutes Subject: Motorcycles Topic: Harley-Davidson |
| American Chopper Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel/TLC Starring: Paul Teutul Sr. · Paul Teutul Jr. · Michael Teutul Description: A reality television program about the custom motorcycle building Teutul family that runs Orange County Choppers. |
2002-____ Television Series Series Length: 8 Seasons, 179 Episodes as of 2019 Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The 5 Coolest Things Host: Matt LeBlanc Description: A miniseries with each episode about a different type of motorcycle competition: freestyle, off-road, and road racing. |
2003 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 3 Epsiodes External Links: IMDb |
| Biker Girls: Born to Be Wild Starring: Vicki Gray · Sasha Mullins Description: A made-for-television documentary airing on TLC (The Learning Channel), taking a “Thelma and Louise-style” trip to Daytona Bike Week. |
2004 Documentary Runtime: 60 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: IMDb |
| The World's Fastest Indian Starring: Anthony Hopkins · Diane Ladd · Jessica Cauffiel Description: A biographical film about New Zealander Burt Munro, a racer who takes his modified Indian motorcycle to the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1950's and 1960's, setting numerous records. |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 127 minutes Subject: Motorcycles Star Motorcycle: 1920 Indian External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel/TLC Starring: Paul Teutul Sr. · Paul Teutul Jr. Description: A reality television program about the custom motorcycle building Teutul family that runs Orange County Choppers. |
2010-2012 Television Series Series Length: 4 Seasons, 70 Episodes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Charge, Zero Emissions/Maximum Speed Director: Mark Neale Narrator: Ewan McGregor Description: A film about the introduction of electric motorcycles to the Isle of Man TT. |
2011 Documentary Runtime: 90 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Orange County Choppers Original Network/Service: CMT Starring: Paul Teutul Sr. Description: A spin-off of American Chopper. |
2013-2014 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 9 Episodes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Azeroth Choppers Starring: Paul Teutul Jr. Description: A weekly web series by Blizzard Entertainment. It featured Paul Teutul, Jr. (American Chopper) and his company Paul Jr. Designs building motorcycles based on Blizzard's long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft. |
2014 Internet Series Series Length: 1 Season, 8 Episodes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Ride with Norman Reedus Original Network/Service: AMC Host: Norman Reedus Description: A television program featuring Norman Reedus and a guest traveling various locations by motorcycle. |
2016-____ Television Series Series Length: 5 Seasons, 30 Episodes as of 2020 Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Off Road Racing | |
| Dust to Glory Featuring: Chad McQueen · Mario Andretti · Sal Fish Description: An American documentary film written, narrated, and directed by Dana Brown centering on the off-road motorsport race Baja 1000. Filming occurred throughout the 2003 event. (Wikipedia) |
2005 Documentary Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Off-Road Racing Topic: Baja 1000 See Also: Dust 2 Glory (2017) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Dust 2 Glory Featuring: Dana Brown · Carlin Dunne · Robby Gordon Description: From acclaimed director Dana Brown (Dust to Glory, Step Into Liquid). This much-anticipated follow-up to Dust to Glory tracks the world's toughest point-to-point desert race, the SCORE Baja 1000. (IMDb) |
2017 Documentary Runtime: 98 minutes Subject: Off-Road Racing Topic: Baja 1000 See Also: Dust to Glory (2005) External Links: IMDb |
| Open Wheel Racing | |
 Fangio, el demonio de las pistasEnglish Title: Fangio, the Demon of the Tracks Starring: Yvonne Bastien · Ernesto Bianco · Armando Bo Description: A biographical film of racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio. |
1950 Feature Film Runtime: 113 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Juan Manuel Fangio External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Enzo Ferrari: Le Film Starring: Sergio Castellitto · Ed Stoppard · Cristina Moglia Description: Ferrari is a 2003 Italian biopic based on the book by Enzo Biagi. It depicts Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, intrusive young journalist he recalls his setbacks and personal losses. He also expresses his regrets about race drivers who met with an accident. The film finishes with a dedication by Piero Ferrari: "In loving memory of my father and of my brother Dino". Due to its success the original TV miniseries was edited for cinema. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 215 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Great Moments of the Indianapolis 500 | 2007 Documentary Subjects: Pre-WWII Racing, Open Wheel Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 Runtime: 70 minutes |
| The Flying Lap Original Network/Service: YouTube Host: Peter Windsor Description: SmibsTV's weekly online commentary series on Formula 1 racing. |
2011-2012 Internet Series Series Length: 91 Episodes Subject: Open Wheel Racing |
| Rush Starring: Chris Hemsworth · Daniel Brühl · Olivia Wilde Description: James Hunt, a brash and self-confident individual, and Niki Lauda, a cool and calculating technical genius who relies on practice and precision, are exceptional racing car drivers who first develop a fierce rivalry in 1970 at a Formula Three race in London, when both their cars spin before Hunt wins the race. Lauda takes a large bank loan from Austria's Raiffeisen Bank to buy his way into the BRM Formula One team, meeting teammate Clay Regazzoni for the first time. Meanwhile, Hesketh Racing, the fledgling racing team Hunt drives for, enters Formula One. (Wikipedia) |
2013 Feature Film Runtime: 123 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topics: James Hunt, Niki Lauda External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Born Racer Featuring: Scott Dixon · Chip Ganassi Description: Documenting IndyCar champion Scott Dixon and his career racing for Chip Ganassi. |
2018 Documentary Runtime: 88 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Formula 1: Drive to Survive Original Network/Service: Netflix Description: A ten-part Netflix documentary series, each season tracking a Formula 1 season. |
2019-____ Television Series Series Length: 5 Seasons, 50 Episodes as of 2023 Series Length: Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Qualified Description: An ESPN 30-for-30 film of Janet Guthrie qualifying for the 1977 Indianapolis 500. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 78 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topics: Janet Guthrie, Indianapolis 500 External Links: IMDb |
| Rapid Response Featuring: Dr. Stephen Olvey Description: Documenting medical support at the Indianapolis 500 through the eyes of Dr. Stephen Olvey, beginning in 1966 and following through the next 30 years. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 99 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 External Links: IMDb |
| Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story Producer: Adam Carolla Description: A biographical documentary of Willy T. Ribbs. |
2020 Documentary Runtime: 109 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Willy T. Ribbs External Links: IMDb |
| Schumacher Description: A Netflix documentary on Michael Schumacher. |
2021 Documentary Runtime: 112 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Michael Schumacher External Links: IMDb |
| Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story Description: The remarkable story of how, in 2009, competing in the most expensive and technologically advanced racing series on Earth, the impossible happened. (IMDb) |
2023 Documentary Series Series Length: 4 episodes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Brawn Grand Prix External Links: IMDb |
| Racing (Other) | |
| Cannonball Run 2001 Original Network/Service: USA Network Host: Krista Herman Description: A reality television series inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the famous Cannonball Run movies. The show featured a series of five location-specific challenges along a New York-to-Los Angeles course, as in the original race. Development of the series started without the participation of Brock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark. (Wikipedia) |
2001 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 5 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast Women: The Ladies of Auto Racing Description: A documentary about women in auto racing including Kimberly Myers, Shawna Robinson, Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James, Tammy Jo Kirk, Laurie Agard. |
2004 Documentary Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Fireball Run Adventurally Original Network/Service: FireballRun.com Description: A television series, each season showing a long-distance “adventure rally.” |
2006-2016 Television Series Series Length: 11 Seasons |
| Great Moments of the Indianapolis 500 | 2007 Documentary Subjects: Pre-WWII Racing, Open Wheel Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 Runtime: 70 minutes |
| This Racing Life Starring: Kelly Haase · Kevin Haase · McKenna Haase Description: A Fox Sports film about short track grassroots racing in Iowa. |
2019 Documentary Sprint Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Getaway Driver Original Network/Service: Discovery Host: Michelle Rodriguez Description: A competition series where drivers try to outrun the competition in a 60-acre compound of obstacles. |
2021-____ Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 8 Episodes |
| Road Trips | |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip Director: Ken Burns Narrator: Tom Hanks Description: Its subject is the first cross-country automobile journey in the United States, which occurred during the summer of 1903. The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, The Vermont; along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pitbull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells (called “Swipes” by Jackson). The journey became a race among three teams, the winners being Jackson and Crocker. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Documentary Runtime: 107 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roadtrip Nation Original Network/Service: American Public Television Hosts: Hannah Johnson, Nika Knight, Antoine Sanchez Description: A documentary series by KQED following the journeys of young adults traveling the United States and interviewing leaders from various fields. |
2004-____ Television Series Series Length: 13 Seasons as of 2023 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 Route 66: Ein amerikanischer Albtraum English Title: Route 66 — An American (bad) Dream Starring: Description: An independently produced, online-only, "gonzo journalism" road trip documentary film chronicling three Germans who make their way across America in a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado and the people they encounter along the way. |
2004 Documentary Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: 1974 Cadillac Eldorado Topic: United States Numbered Highways External Links: IMDb |
| Backseat Starring: Josh Alexander, Starla Benford · William Bogert Description: A coming-of-age road trip film. Two friends flee their problems in New York on a trip to Montreal, Canada. |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| 10 MPH Starring: Hunter Weeks · Josh Caldwell · Johnathan F. Keough Description: 10 MPH is a 2006 documentary film directed by Hunter Weeks and starring Josh Caldwell with his Segway HT, the two-wheeled electronic scooter. This film, which takes its name from the Segway's average speed, documents Caldwell's 100-day, coast to coast journey across the United States riding the "Human Transporter". The trip started in Seattle, Washington on August 8, 2004 and ended in Boston, Massachusetts on November 18, 2004. 10 MPH has had a favorable reaction at screenings and film festivals and has won several awards. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Documentary Runtime: 92 minutes Star Vehicle: Segway External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Carl & Bertha Starring: Felicitas Woll · Ken Duken · Hansjürgen Hürrig Description: A made-for-television film depicting Bertha Benz's 1888 journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim, the world's first long-distance automobile trip. |
2011 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Magic Trip Starring: Ken Kesey · Neal Cassady · The Grateful Dead Description: The documentary uses the 16 mm color footage shot by Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their 1964 cross-country bus trip in the Furthur bus. The hyperkinetic Cassady is frequently seen driving the bus, jabbering, and sitting next to a sign that boasts, "Neal gets things done". (Wikipedia) |
2011 Documentary Runtime: 90 minutes Star Car: 1939 International Harvester External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Green Book Starring: Mahershala Ali · Viggo Mortensen · Linda Cardellini Description: In the Bronx in 1962, Italian American bouncer Tony Lip searches for new employment while the Copacabana is closed for renovations. He is invited to an interview with Dr. Don Shirley, an African American pianist in need of a driver for his eight-week concert tour through the Midwest and Deep South. Don hires Tony on the strength of his references. They embark with plans to return to New York City on Christmas Eve. Don's record label gives Tony a copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide for African American travelers to find motels, restaurants, and filling stations that would serve them in the Jim Crow South. |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 130 minutes Star Car: 1962 Cadillac Sedan DeVille External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roads & Highways | |
| Wheels of Progress Producer: Educational Film Service, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads Description: A 1927 silent film about the history and benefits of public roads. |
1927 Documentary (silent) Runtime: 14 minutes Subjects: American Government , Roads & HighwaysTopic: Bureau of Public Roads External Links: IMDb |
| Highway Hearing Starring: Diane Brewster · James Chandler Producer: Universal-International Description: An advocacy film for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act. |
1956 Short Film Runtime: 30 minutes Subjects: American Government , Roads & HighwaysExternal Links: IMDb |
| Safety | |
| Last Date Producer: Wilding Picture Productions Sponsor: Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Kemper Insurance Companies) Description: A safety film about driving too fast. |
1950 Short Film Runtime: 19 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Signal 30 Producer: Highway Safety Films, Inc. for the Ohio State Highway Patrol Description: An educational film intended to "shock" young drivers into driving safely by graphically showing them the consequences of unsafe driving. |
1959 Documentary Runtime: 28 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Sports/Touring Car Racing | |
 24 heures d'amantStarring: Carlos da Silva · Luce Dijoux Description: A film about the 24 Hours of Le Mans, using footage from the 1963 race. |
1964 Short Film Runtime: 18 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Topic: 24 Hours of Le Mans External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| La Carrera Panamericana Starring: David Gilmour · Nick Mason · Steve O'Rourke Description: A film showing Pink Floyd's guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and manager Steve O'Rourke compete in the 1991 running of the La Carrera Panamericana. |
1992 Documentary Runtime: 65 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Enzo Ferrari: Le Film Starring: Sergio Castellitto · Ed Stoppard · Cristina Moglia Description: Ferrari is a 2003 Italian biopic based on the book by Enzo Biagi. It depicts Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, intrusive young journalist he recalls his setbacks and personal losses. He also expresses his regrets about race drivers who met with an accident. The film finishes with a dedication by Piero Ferrari: "In loving memory of my father and of my brother Dino". Due to its success the original TV miniseries was edited for cinema. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 215 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman Directors: Adam Carolla · Nate Adams Description: A biographical documentary of Paul Newman focusing on his racing hobby. |
2015 Documentary Runtime: 83 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| The 24 Hour War Directors: Adam Carolla · Nate Adams Description: In the early 1960s, Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari went to war on the battlefield of Le Mans. This epic battle saw drivers lose their lives, family dynasties nearly collapse and the development of a new race car that changed racing. (IMDb) |
2016 Documentary Runtime: 99 minutes Star Car: Ford GT40 Topics: Carroll Shelby, 24 Hours of Le Mans Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| The Gentleman Driver Featuring: Ed Brown · Ricardo Gonzalez · Mike Guasch · Paul Dalla Lana Description: A documentary follows four business executives that moonlight as race car drivers. |
2018 Documentary Runtime: 83 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Ford v Ferrari Alternate Title: Le Mans '66 Starring: Christian Bale · Matt Damon · Jon Bernthal Description: In 1963, Ford Motor Company Vice President Lee Iacocca proposes to Henry Ford II to boost their car sales by purchasing Italian car manufacturer Ferrari, which is dominant in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Owner Enzo Ferrari uses Ford's offer to secure a deal with Fiat that allows him to retain ownership of the firm's racing team, Scuderia Ferrari. Ferrari verbally insults Ford II and the whole Ford Motor Company. An enraged Ford II orders his racing division to build a car to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans. Iacocca hires Shelby American owner Carroll Shelby, a retired driver who won Le Mans in 1959. Shelby enlists his friend Ken Miles, a hot-tempered British racer and mechanical engineer. (Wikipedia) |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 152 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Star Car: Ford GT40 Topics: Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, 24 Hours of Le Mans External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Shelby American Producer: Adam Carolla Description: A biographical documentary of Carroll Shelby. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 119 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Topic: Carroll Shelby External Links: IMDb |
| Become Who You Are Description: A documentary following drivers Scott Dixon, Bruno Senna, Memo Rojas, and Jules Gounon at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
2020 Documentary Runtime: 84 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Topic: 24 Hours of Le Mans External Links: IMDb |
| Ferrari Starring: Adam Driver · Penélope Cruz · Patrick Dempsey Description: Follows the life of Italian driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari in 1957 as he deals with family problems while also preparing for the 1957 Mille Miglia. (Wikipedia) |
2023 Feature Film Runtime: 130 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Star Car: Ferrari 315 S Topics: Enzo Ferrari, Mille Miglia External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Stock Car Racing | |
| 43: The Petty Story Starring: Richard Petty · Darren McGavin · Lynne Marta Description: A made-for-television biopic of Richard Petty. |
1972 Feature Film Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Richard Petty External Links: IMDb |
| The Last American Hero Starring: Jeff Bridges · Valerie Perrine · Geraldine Fitzgerald Description: An American sports drama film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson (no relation), the film stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, a character based on Johnson. It is based on Tom Wolfe's essay “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!,” which was first published in Esquire magazine in March 1965. |
1973 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Junior Johnson External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Greased Lightning Starring: Richard Pryor · Beau Bridges · Pam Grier Description: In 1930s Danville, Virginia, an African-American boy named Wendell Scott impresses a group of white boys with his bike-riding powers. Fifteen years later, Wendell returns to Danville after serving in the Army during World War II. His family welcomes him home with a party and he takes an immediate liking to a guest, Mary Jones. Later, Wendell tells his mother he does not want to work in the cotton mill and plans to use his muster pay to buy a taxicab, eventually open a garage, and be his own boss. As Wendell and Mary begin dating, Wendell tells Mary's family that his real dream is be a champion racecar driver, but they do not take him seriously. |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Wendell Scott External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The History of NASCAR | 2003 Documentary Runtime: 90 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing |
| 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story Starring: Barry Pepper · Elizabeth Mitchell · Ernest Whitted Description: A made-for-television biographical film by ESPN following Earnhardt's career from beginning until death. |
2004 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Dare to Dream: The Alan Kulwicki Story Starring: Bradley Weber · Bryan Madson · Thomas Schunk Description: In 1986, he didn't even have a car, but within a few short years, he had won the Winston Cup championship and the esteem of fellow drivers and fans. This is his story, from his humble beginnings to his tragic death in a plane crash. (IMDb) |
2004 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Alan Kulwicki External Links: IMDb |
| NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience Description: The film, directed by Simon Wincer and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, provides an educational overview of the origins, evolution, and current state of the American motorsport NASCAR. It also explains how the sport works, from the rules, to the aerodynamics, the various tasks the teams take on to prepare for each race weekend, and the risks NASCAR drivers experience during every race. While a small amount of the film uses archival TV broadcast footage of NASCAR races from the past, several scenes were filmed with IMAX cameras at actual NASCAR Winston Cup Series races during the 2003 season. (Wikipedia) |
2004 Feature Film Runtime: 48 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: NASCAR External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| ESPN Ultimate NASCAR Narrator: J.K. Simmons |
2007 Television Series Series Length: 4 Episodes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Dale Narrator: Paul Newman Description: The film follows his career all the way to his death in the 2001 Daytona 500. Produced as a collaboration between CMT Films and NASCAR Images. The film included interviews from legendary NASCAR drivers including Dale's rival Darrell Waltrip. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Documentary Runtime: 99 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Dale Earnhardt External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Tim Richmond: To the Limit Description: An ESPN 30-for-30 film biography of Tim Richmond. |
2010 Documentary Runtime: 54 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Tim Richmond External Links: IMDb |
| I Am Dale Earnhardt Description: part of a series of I AM documentaries that air on Spike TV. The film features interviews from several NASCAR drivers or former drivers including Earnhardt's son Dale Earnhardt Jr., as well as Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace and more. It also features classic footage from Earnhardt Sr.'s career. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Documentary Runtime: 94 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Dale Earnhardt External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Refuse to Lose Description: A NASCAR documentary about Jeff Gordon at the 1997 Daytona 500. |
2017 Documentary Runtime: 44 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topics: Jeff Gordon, Daytona 500 External Links: IMDb |
| The Last Race Starring: Description: The story of Riverhead Raceway, a 1/4-mile Long Island stock car track threatened by real estate development. |
2018 Documentary Runtime: 75 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Blink of an Eye Featuring: Michael Waltrip · Darrell Waltrip · Richard Petty Description: The film tells the story of Waltrip's racing career from its beginning, showing him work his way up to NASCAR by winning in go-karts and lower divisions of racing. After a frightening accident at Bristol Motor Speedway, Waltrip befriends seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Dale Earnhardt. In 2001, he agrees to drive a new third car for Earnhardt's Winston Cup Series team, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. In his first race for DEI, Waltrip, Earnhardt Jr., and Earnhardt are running in the top three in the 2001 Daytona 500. While Waltrip leads Earnhardt Jr. to a one-two finish, Earnhardt is involved in a fatal accident with Ken Schrader on the final lap. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 88 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topics: Michael Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Daytona 500 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Golden Hour: The Making of Days of Thunder Description: A NASCAR Productions documentary on the filming of the 1990 film Days of Thunder. |
2020 Documentary Subject: Stock Car Racing See Also: Days of Thunder (1990) External Links: IMDb |
| Fistful of Steel: The Rise of Bubba Wallace Description: An ESPN E60 documentary on Bubba Wallace. |
2021 Documentary Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Rowdy Description: The film covers the NASCAR career of Kyle Busch. It includes his reaction to the death of his friend and confidant Ricky Hendrick in the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash, and explores his relationship with his older brother Kurt Busch and his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Wikipedia) |
2022 Documentary Runtime: 105 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Kyle Busch External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear | |
| Top Gear Original Network/Service: BBC Hosts: 35 presenters over the course of the series. Description: A 30-minute motoring program in "magazine" format, produced by the BBC. The series would be reworked and “reborn” in a new format for 2002 and would to on to become one of the most popular television programs on the planet. |
1977-2001 Television Series Series Length: 45 series, 524 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear Original Network/Service: BBC Presenters 2002: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Jason Dawe Presenters 2002-2015: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond Presenters 2016: Chris Evans, Chris Harris, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Rory Reid, Eddie Jordan Presenters 2017-2018: Chris Harris, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Rory Reid, Eddie Jordan Presenters 2019: Chris Harris, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Rory Reid Presenters 2019-2022: Paddy McGuinness, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Harris Description: Now in a longer format, the new Top Gear became a Guinness World-Record holder for the world's most watched factual television programme, and has made worldwide celebrities of presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. The show's entire cast and producer Andy Wilman had to be replaced for 2016 after Jeremy Clarkson was fired from the show following an altercation with a BBC staff member, the rest of the cast and Wilman resigned to follow Clarkson to a new program on Amazon. This is the original show that has spawned international versions in Australia, China, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States. |
2002-2022 Television Series Series Length: 33 series, 240 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear Original Network/Service: History Hosts: Rutledge Wood (The Expert) · Tanner Foust (The Driver) · Adam Ferrara (The Wrecker) Description: The American adaptation of the popular Top Gear franchise. The first two seasons roughly followed the UK format, but subsequent series removed the studio audience, celebrity interviews & laps, and focused on test drives & challenge races. |
2010-2016 Television Series Series Length: 6 Seasons, 72 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear America Original Network/Service: BBC America Hosts: William Fichtner, Tom Ford, Antron Brown Description: A new American adaptation of the Top Gear franchise. |
2017 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 8 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Top Gear America Original Network/Service: Motor Trend Hosts: Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, Jethro Bovingdon Description: A revival of the 2017 American adaptation of the Top Gear franchise. |
2020-2022 Television Series Series Length: 2 seasons, 21 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Trucking | |
| Convoy Starring: Kris Kristofferson · Ali MacGraw · Burt Young Description: In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin “Rubber Duck” Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar XK-E, then runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike, when another “trucker” informs them over the C.B. that they are okay to increase their speed. The “trucker” turns out to be Sheriff "Dirty Lyle" Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 103 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Ice Road Truckers Original Network/Service: History Description: An American reality television series featuring the activities of drivers who operate trucks on seasonal routes crossing frozen lakes and rivers, in remote Arctic territories in Canada and Alaska. Seasons 3–6 also featured Alaska's improved but still remote Dalton Highway, which is mainly snow-covered solid ground. The newest seasons are mainly focused on Manitoba's winter roads. (Wikipedia) |
2007-2017 Television Series Series Length: 11 Seasons, 138 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| IRT: Deadliest Roads Original Network/Service: A&E Networks Description: Aspin-off of Ice Road Truckers featuring some of the most dangerous roads in the world outside of the show's Canadian wilderness setting. |
2010-2011 Television Series Series Length: 2 Seasons, 23 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Shipping Wars Description: The show follows various independent shippers who have discovered that money can be made transporting large/bulky/unusual items that traditional carriers either cannot or will not haul. They compete for shipments in timed auctions held by uShip, one of the largest online auction houses for independent shippers. (Wikipedia) |
2012-____ Television Series Series Length: 9 Seasons, 106 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| World's Toughest Trucker Original Network/Service: Channel 5 (UK) Description: Channel 5 describes the show as “The world's most fearless truck drivers face off in some of the world's most feared locations,” and “In an exciting new series commencing on Channel 5 this week, eight of the world’s most experienced truck drivers go head to head in some of the harshest environments on planet Earth.” (Wikipedia) |
2012 Series Length: 1 Season, 8 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Big Rig Bounty Hunters Original Network/Service: History Description: A reality television series that followed bounty hunters who search for and retrieve lost, stolen, or otherwise missing tractor-trailer rigs, and, in some cases, towed vehicles and cargo on trailers. The show comprised recreations of situations that may or may not have happened in real life. (Wikipedia) |
2013-2014 Television Series Series Length: 2 Seasons, 20 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Mud Mountain Haulers Original Network/Service: Audience Description: The new series, featuring Lebeau Brothers Logging, sheds light on the log hauling industry and premiered on Discovery Canada in January 2021. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 8 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Ice Road Starring: Liam Neeson · Benjamin Walker · Amber Midthunder Description: An explosion at a mine in Manitoba traps 26 miners. Mike McCann and his brother Gurty, an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and aphasia, work for a trucking company in North Dakota until Mike punches another trucker for making fun of Gurty's cognitive disability, and they are both fired. Mike hears about ice road truckers needed in Winnipeg, and they apply. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Kid Auto Races at Venice Starring: Charlie Chaplin Description: Also known as “The Pest,” it is a short film showing Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character for the first time. He is interfering with the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an event of engine-powered and engineless cars for kids, the engineless cars featured in the film propelled by a ramp. Inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. |
1914 Short Film (silent) Runtime: 11 minutes Subject: Soapbox Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wheels Across Africa Producer: Armand Denis/Wilding Picture Productions Sponsor: Dodge Description: This product-placement funded film documents a trip across Africa in Dodge cars. |
1936 Documentary Runtime: 51 minutes Topic: Dodge |
| Show 'em the Road Featuring: Ralph De Palma · Jim Hummer · Dick Owens Description: A film about the Mobilgas Safety-Economy Run from Los Angeles to the Hoover Dam and back. |
1954 Documentary Runtime: 26 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| On the Run Description: A film about participating in a Mobilgas Safety Economy Run. |
1956 Documentary Runtime: 27 minutes |
| C'était un rendezvous English Title: It Was a Date Director: Claude Lelouch Description: An eight minute one-shot film showing a car driving at high speed through the streets of Paris, France on a quiet Sunday morning. Filmed with a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 and dubbed with the engine noise of a Ferrari 275GTB. |
1976 Short Film Runtime: 9 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Devil at Your Heels Description: A documentary that chronicles the attempt of the stuntman and daredevil Ken Carter to jump a rocket-powered car over the Saint Lawrence River, a distance of one mile, which would break all existing records for jumping cars. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Documentary Runtime: 102 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxicab Confessions Original Network/Service: HBO Description: A documentary television show where unsuspecting passengers are picked up by taxicabs with hidden audio & video recording, capturing the conversations passengers have with their drivers. |
1995-2006 Television Series Series Length: 11 Seasons, 19 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Mischief 3000 Producer: Teckademics Featuring: Matthew Hurni · Dado Carvalho · Jeremy Connors Description: The movie features the Gumball 3000 underground rally across the country; 5 day race from NYC to LA! Includes stops in Graceland, Dallas, and Las Vegas. Exotics pushing 200mph on public roads! The “Mischief” guys Dustin and Dado participate in the event in a 1999 BMW M3. Also included in the movie is street racing in Australia, US street racing, drifting, Autothority's 996TT, Car and Driver magazine Super Tuner Challenge. (IMDb) |
2002 Documentary Runtime: 90 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| JDM Insider Description: A documentary about Japanese car culture. |
2003 Documentary |
| JDM Insider Vol. 2 Description: A documentary about Japanese car culture. |
2004 Documentary |
| Pure Drifting: The Story of Drifting In America Starring: Andy Yen · Benson Hsu · Brendan Walker Description: A documentary about drift competitions in the United States. |
2004 Documentary Runtime: 71 minutes Runtime: __ minutes External Links: IMDb |
| JDM Insider: Kansai Adventure 1 Description: A documentary about Japanese car culture. |
2005 Documentary |
| JDM Insider: Kansai Adventure 2 Description: A documentary about Japanese car culture. |
2006 Documentary |
| JDM Insider: The Kanto Tuners Description: A documentary about Japanese car culture. |
2006 Documentary |
| Drift: The Sideways Craze Director: Smadar Hanson Featuring: Samuel Hubinette · Ken Gushi Description: It features drifting champion Samuel Hubinette and upcoming star Ken Gushi preparing for the D1 Grand Prix, while teaching an amateur the basics of drifting. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Documentary Runtime: 60 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Parking Wars Original Network/Service: A&E Description: The series' original focus was on the employees of the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) and their daily work: ticketing, booting (via wheel clamp), and towing cars, and dealing with the issues that arise with the public when they try to retrieve their vehicles from the impound lots. The show also includes footage of vehicle owners interacting with employees on the street when their vehicles are ticketed, booted, or towed. Beginning in the third season, Detroit's MPD (Municipal Parking Department) was added as a location as well. Beginning in season 6, the parking enforcement unit of Providence, Rhode Island is featured. In season 6, the show added Staten Island and North Hempstead, New York, and Trenton, New Jersey to its list of filming locations. (Wikipedia) |
2008-2012 Television Series Series Length: 7 Seasons, 104 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Highway Patrol Original Network/Service: Seven Network Hosts: Hugh Wade Description: A television series documenting the operations of the Victoria Police Highway Patrol in Australia, aired by Seven Network, premiering on 21 September 2009. Titled as "Australia's Highway Patrol" on graphics. |
2009-____ Television Series Series Length: 12 Seasons, 114 Episodes (and 4 Specials) as of 2023 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Highway Thru Hell Original Network/Service: Discovery Channel Canada Description: A reality television series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing, Mission Towing and Reliable Towing are also featured in the series. The show focuses on the hardships of operating along the highways of the BC Interior, especially the Coquihalla Highway (Coq). (Wikipedia) |
2012-____ Television Series Series Length: 11 Seasons, 164 Episodes as of 2023 Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Third Wheel Hosts: Hunter March & Lauren Elizabeth Description: A blind dating show with the date taking place in an SUV with the host in the back seat. |
2014 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 13 Episodes |
| Diesel Brothers Original Network/Service: Discovery Description: A reality television series following a group of friends in Utah who customize pickup trucks. |
2016-____ Television Series Series Length: 6 Seasons, 49 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Reality of #Vanife Writer/Director: Forrest Stevens Description: A documentary on that follows an ex-van dweller and dispels the myths behind the life portrayed on the hashtag. |
2018 Documentary Runtime: 41 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Traveling While Black Director: Roger Ross Williams Description: A virtual reality documentary presented by Oculus, showing in immersive fashion the difficulties faced by black Americans traveling in the Jim Crow south. |
2019 Documentary Runtime: 20 minutes External Links: IMDb |
Fictional
Feature films, television programs, and short films not based on a true story (Organized by Franchise/Genre/Year)
| Disney/Pixar Cars | |
|---|---|
| Cars Starring (voices): Owen Wilson · Larry the Cable Guy · Paul Newman · Bonnie Hunt Description: In a world where vehicles have anthropomorphic traits, the Dinoco 400 race marks the climax of the Piston Cup season. The event intensifies a rivalry between the retiring seven-time champion, Strip “The King” Weathers, the cunning Chick Hicks, and the talented but overconfident rookie, Lightning McQueen. During a high-stakes race, Lightning avoids a major collision instigated by Chick, opting to stay on the track and lead, but his plan backfires when his tires give out. The race ends in a three-way tie, setting the stage for a decisive race at the Los Angeles International Speedway. Desperate to win and gain entry into the prestigious Dinoco team, Lightning struggles with teamwork due to his self-centered attitude. After the race, he races through the night to reach California, accompanied by his transport Mack. A mishap leaves Lightning stranded in the rundown desert town of Radiator Springs. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 117 minutes Subjects: Roads & Highways, Stock Car Racing Topic: United States Numbered Highways External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Cars 2 Starring (voices): Owen Wilson · Larry the Cable Guy · Michael Caine · Emily Mortimer Description: After winning his fourth Piston Cup, Lightning McQueen returns to Radiator Springs to spend his off-season with his friends. Italian formula race car Francesco Bernoulli challenges Lightning to participate in the World Grand Prix, an international three-race event created by former oil tycoon Sir Miles Axlerod, who intends to promote his new environmentally friendly fuel, Allinol. Lightning and his best friend Mater — along with Luigi, Guido, Fillmore, and Sarge — depart for Tokyo, where the first race takes place. (Wikipedia) |
2011 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 106 minutes Runtime: 106 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Cars 3 Starring (voices): Owen Wilson · Cristela Alonzo · Armie Hammer Description: Five years after competing in the World Grand Prix, Lightning McQueen, now a seven-time Piston Cup champion, finds himself overshadowed by Jackson Storm, a rookie who is part of a new generation of race cars who use the latest technology to improve their performance. As Storm's success progresses throughout the season and attracts other rookies, most of the veterans either retire or are dismissed by their sponsors. In the final race of the season at Los Angeles, Lightning starts falling behind Storm after both of them pitted. He tries to keep up, but in doing so blows a tire and suffers a violent crash, leaving him badly injured and ending his worst season on record prematurely, while Storm goes on to win the Piston Cup. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 102 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race | |
| Death Race 2000 Starring: David Carradine · Simone Griffeth · Sylvester Stallone Description: In the near future the ultimate sporting event is the Transcontinental Road Race. Contestants get score points for running people down as they speed across the country, and the sport has crazed fans who sacrifice themselves to the drivers. This film would go on to inspire a new series of films starting in 2008. |
1975 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race Starring: Jason Statham · Joan Allen · Tyrese Gibson Description: Though referred to as a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (which in turn is based on Ib Melchior's short story “The Racer”) in reviews and marketing materials, director Paul W. S. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel. In 2012, the collapse of the US economy and the subsequent increase in crime rates leads to the rise of privatized prisons. One such prison is Terminal Island Penitentiary, whose warden, Claire Hennessey, earns profits from broadcasting “Death Race,” a vehicular combat racing series, on the internet. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 105 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race 2 Starring: Luke Goss · Fred Koehler · Tanit Phoenix Description: A prequel to 2008's Death Race. Terminal Island is a private prison under the control of the Weyland Corporation, which hosts the Death Match, a televised pay-per-view competition where two dangerous convicts are forced to fight to the death or submission. Getaway driver Carl “Luke” Lucas attempts to rob a bank for his crime boss Markus Kane. During the robbery, two officers coincidentally enter the building. Luke tells his accomplices to abort, but they refuse; Luke intervenes, but it results in the death of one of the robbers. Luke kills an officer and dumps off his accomplices to fulfill Markus's wishes. Luke is captured following a chase and sentenced to prison. Six months later, he is transferred to Terminal Island. |
2010 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race 3: Inferno Starring: Luke Goss · Danny Trejo · Tanit Phoenix Description: Sequel to Death Race 2 and prequel to Death Race. In 2020, Death Race owner R. H. Weyland has been forced to sell the rights to Niles York, a British billionaire who acquired the rights by a hostile takeover and intends to relocate the Death Race to South Africa. Before leaving, Weyland arranges Carl Lucas, also known as Frankenstein, to have his face fixed after it was previously disfigured. With Lucas just one win away from his freedom, York fears losing the huge Frankenstein fanbase and threatens to kill Lucas if he wins. (Wikipedia) |
2013 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race 2050 Starring: Manu Bennett · Malcolm McDowell · Marci Miller Description: An American political satire action direct-to-video film directed by G.J. Echternkamp. The year is 2050, during the final years of the human race. In the United Corporations of America, which is plagued by overpopulation and an unemployment rate of 99.993%, the Death Race provides both entertainment and population control. Spanning from Old New York to New Los Angeles, the current Death Race features reigning champion Frankenstein, genetically engineered athlete Jed Perfectus, hip-hop sensation Minerva Jefferson, female cultist Tammy the Terrorist and the evil, black, artificially intelligent, self-driving car ABE. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Race: Beyond Anarchy Starring: Lucy Aarden · Nicholas Aaron · Jasette Amos Description: A privatized security firm runs the Sprawl, a massive prison housing around 420,000 inmates. Inside, the popular Death Race competition has been made illegal by the new warden who was hired by the prison's owner, Weyland International. He has been tasked with taking out Frankenstein, the prison's Death Race champion and king. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 111 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drift | |
 DriftStarring: Yûya Endô · Shûji Kashiwabara · Kenji Kohashi Description: An ex-boxer (Yuya Endo) races against various black cars on public roads in an effort to get revenge for the crash that killed his wife and child. Throughout the story, he compete with 4 black cars in total, a Mitsubishi GTO, RX-7 FC3S, JZX90 Mark II and a Toyota Chaser. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 79 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drift 2 Starring: Hitomi Aizawa · Shûji Kashiwabara · Kenji Kohashi Description: A Japanese street racer looks to track down a legendary racer for revenge. His quest continues. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 76 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drift 3 Taka Starring: Kento Handa · Chisato Morishita · Yoshikazu Kotani |
2006 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| Drift 4 Hayabusa Starring: Kento Handa · Emi Kobayashi · Shuji Kashiwabara, Koichi Iwaki |
2007 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| Drift 5 Starring: Toshinobu Matsuo · Yuika Hotta · Kenji Taniguchi |
2007 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| Drift 6 Z Starring: Megumi Kagurazaka · Aya Kiguchi · Noboru Kaneko Description: Known as Drift Z on Hong Kong releases. |
2008 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| Drift 7 R Starring: Taiyo Sugiura · Atsumi Kanno · Kazuya Kimura Description: A young street racer Renn has just defeated a red 180SX on the mountain pass. A moment later, he found that the tires of his GTR were stolen by a famous tire-stealing gang! Renn challenged the daughter of the gang's boss. However, the daughter asked him to do a favor after she lost the race!!... With the turned-up GTR, 180 SX, and others race cars, this is exciting car battle action for all car lovers. (Wikipedia) Known as Drift GT-R on Hong Kong releases. |
2008 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| The Fast and the Furious | |
| The Fast and the Furious Starring: John Ireland · Dorothy Malone · Bruce Carlisle Description: About an escaped jail inmate and his run from the law with hostage Connie in her Jaguar. Roger Corman's second film as a producer. This film's title rights were purchased for the 2001 film by the same name, however the films have completely different stories. |
1954 Feature Film Runtime: 73 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Fast and the Furious Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Michelle Rodriguez Description: A heist crew driving three heavily modified Honda Civics hijack a semi-truck trailer carrying electronic goods and escape into the night along Terminal Island Freeway. Meanwhile, LAPD officer Brian O'Conner is sent undercover as part of a joint LAPD-FBI task force to locate the crew responsible. Brian investigates Toretto's Market, managed by Mia, sister of notorious street racer Dominic “Dom” Toretto. When Dom's crew arrives—Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Dom's girlfriend Letty—Vince picks a fight with Brian. Brian is promptly fired from his job working undercover at Harry's Garage and banned from the Market. Brian brings a modified 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS to a car meet, hoping to find a lead on the heist crew. Dom arrives in his RX-7 and initiates a race. (Wikipedia) |
2001 Feature Film Runtime: 106 minutes Star Car: modified Toyota Supra External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious Starring: Paul Walker Description: It is a continuation to The Fast and the Furious (2001) and details the events prior to 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), where runaway fugitive Brian O'Conner leaves Los Angeles in order to evade police capture. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Short Film Runtime: 6 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious Starring: Paul Walker · Tyrese Gibson · Eva Mendes Description: Having aided wanted felon Dominic Toretto in LA, ex-LAPD officer Brian O'Conner has escaped to Miami and is in hiding, making a living street racing in events organized by his friend, mechanic Tej Parker. Brian is arrested following a race, and offered a deal by his former boss, FBI Special Agent Bilkins and Customs Enforcement Agent Markham. Brian is offered to have his record cleared by going undercover to help secure the arrest of Argentinian drug lord Carter Verone. Brian agrees on the condition he choose his partner. Brian enlists the help of estranged childhood friend, Roman Pearce, in Barstow. Roman, on house arrest for grand theft auto, is distrustful of Brian due to his time as a cop, and blames the latter for his own arrest, resulting in a scuffle. Roman reluctantly agrees on the condition he get the same deal. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 107 minutes Star Cars: modified Mistubishi Lancer & Mitsubishi Eclipse External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Starring: Lucas Black · Sung Kang · Bow Wow Description: High school troublemaker Sean Boswell and classmate Clay street race in their respective 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo and 2003 SRT-10 Dodge Viper. Clay races dirty, hitting Sean's car repeatedly until they hit a turn at high speed, causing both vehicles to crash. While Clay's family wealth helps him escape punishment, Sean, a repeat offender, avoids jail only by being sent to live with his father, a U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in Tokyo. Sean befriends military brat Twinkie, who introduces him to drift racing. Driving to an underground car meet in Twinkie's 2005 Volkswagen Touran, Sean gets into a confrontation with Takashi, the Drift King (DK), over Takashi's girlfriend Neela. Sean agrees to race Takashi's Nissan Fairlady Z33 in a Silvia S15 Spec-S leant to him by retired drift racer Han Lue. Unexperienced with drifting, Sean wrecks the Silvia. To repay the debt, Sean agrees to work for Han. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: drift 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast & Furious Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Michelle Rodriguez · Jordana Brewster Description: Dominic Toretto and his crew, consisting of girlfriend Letty, Tego Leo, Rico Santos, Cara and Han Lue, are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dom suspects the police are on their trail, and leaves Letty behind to protect her from being caught. Months later, in Panama City, Dom gets a call from his sister Mia, who tells him Letty has been killed in a car crash. Dom heads to Los Angeles to attend her funeral and finds traces of nitromethane at the crash site. He coerces the local mechanic into giving the name of the buyer, David Park, and is informed that the only car that uses nitromethane in the area is a green 1972 Ford Torino Sport. Meanwhile, FBI agent Brian O'Conner is trying to track down a Mexican drug lord, Arturo Braga, whose identity to the public is unknown; his search also leads him to Park. (Wikipedia) |
2009 Feature Film Runtime: 107 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb Fast & Furious |
| Fast Five Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Dwayne Johnson Description: As Dominic Toretto is being transported by bus to Lompoc Prison, his sister Mia Toretto and friend Brian O'Conner lead an assault on the bus and free Dom. While the authorities search for them, the trio escapes to Rio de Janeiro. Awaiting Dom's arrival, Mia and Brian join their friend Vince and other participants on a job to steal three cars from a train. Brian and Mia learn that agents from the DEA are on the train and that the cars are seized property. When Dom arrives with his accomplices, he realizes that their leader Zizi is only interested in stealing the Ford GT40. Dom has Mia steal the car herself before he and Brian fight Zizi and his henchmen, during which Zizi kills the DEA Agents. Brian and Dom are captured and brought to drug lord Hernan Reyes, the owner of the cars and Zizi's boss. Reyes orders the pair interrogated to discover the car's location, but they escape to their safehouse. Dom, Brian, and Mia are framed as the murderers of the DEA Agents, and the U.S. government sends a team of Diplomatic Security Service Agents, led by DSS Agent Luke Hobbs and assisted by local officer Elena Neves, to Rio to arrest them. (Wikipedia) |
2011 Feature Film Runtime: 130 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast & Furious 6 Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Dwayne Johnson · Michelle Rodriguez Description: Following their successful heist in Brazil, Dominic Toretto and his professional criminal crew have fled around the world and are living peacefully: Dom lives with Elena Neves; his sister Mia lives with Brian O'Conner and their son, Jack; Gisele Yashar and Han Lue are together; and Roman Pearce and Tej Parker live in luxury. Meanwhile, DSS agents Luke Hobbs and Riley Hicks investigate the destruction of a Russian military convoy by a crew of mercenaries led by former British SAS major Owen Shaw. Hobbs persuades Dom to help capture Shaw by showing him a photo of his supposedly murdered wife, Letty Ortiz, who is working with Shaw and his crew. Dom and his crew accept the mission in exchange for their amnesty, allowing them to return to the United States. (Wikipedia) |
2013 Feature Film Runtime: 130 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb Fast & Furious 6 |
| Furious 7 Starring: Vin Diesel · Paul Walker · Dwayne Johnson · Michelle Rodriguez Description: After defeating Owen Shaw and securing pardons for their past crimes, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner and the team have returned to the US to live normal lives. Dom tries to help Letty Ortiz regain her memory, while Brian accustoms himself to life as a father. Meanwhile, Owen's older brother, Deckard Shaw, breaks into the hospital where the comatose Owen is held in London and destroys it with grenades, before breaking into the DSS field office in Los Angeles to extract profiles of Dom's crew. After revealing his identity, Deckard fights DSS Agent Luke Hobbs and escapes, detonating a bomb that severely injures Hobbs. Dom later learns from his sister, Mia, that she is pregnant again and convinces her to tell Brian. However, a letter bomb sent by Deckard, who has apparently killed Han Lue in Tokyo, explodes and destroys the Toretto house. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Feature Film Runtime: 137 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Fate of the Furious Starring: Vin Diesel · Dwayne Johnson · Jason Statham Description: Dominic “Dom” Toretto and Letty Ortiz are on their honeymoon in Havana when Dom's cousin Fernando gets in trouble owing money to local racer Raldo. Sensing Raldo is a loan shark, Dom challenges Raldo to a race, pitting Fernando's 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline against Raldo's 1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria, and wagering his own 1961 Chevrolet Impala. After narrowly winning the race, Dom allows Raldo to keep his car, saying his respect is enough. The next day, an elusive woman named Cipher coerces Dom into working for her by showing him something on her phone. Shortly afterward, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs is given an off-the-books mission to retrieve an EMP device from a military outpost in Berlin, and is warned that he will face arrest if captured. Hobbs recruits Dom and his team, comprising Letty, Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, and Ramsey, to help him retrieve the device. (Wikipedia) It was the first major Hollywood production to film in Cuba since the 1950s. |
2017 Feature Film Runtime: 136 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Starring: Vin Diesel · Michelle Rodriguez · Jason Statham Description: In London, MI6 agent Hattie Shaw and her team attempt to retrieve a programmable supervirus dubbed "Snowflake" from techno-terrorist organization Eteon. The team secures Snowflake, but is attacked by Brixton Lore, an ex-MI6 Agent turned Eteon operative with cybernetic implants that allow him to perform superhuman feats; Brixton kills all the agents except Hattie, who injects herself with the only dose of Snowflake before escaping. Brixton frames Hattie for killing her team and stealing Snowflake, forcing her to go on the run. (Wikipedia) |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 137 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast & Furious Spy Racers Starring (voices): Tyler Posey · Charlet Chung · Jorge Diaz Description: Tony Toretto, Dominic Toretto's cousin, is recruited by a government agency together with his friends to infiltrate an elite racing league serving as a front for a criminal organization called SH1FT3R that is bent on world domination. (Wikipedia) |
2019-2021 Animated Television Series Series Length: 6 seasons, 52 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| F9: The Fast Saga Starring: Vin Diesel · Michelle Rodriguez · Jordana Brewster Description: In 1989, Jack Toretto participates in a late model race on a short track, with his sons Dominic and Jakob working in the pit crew. Dom argues with rival racer Kenny Linder about his dirty tactics. During the race, Linder's car clips Jack's bumper, causing his car to crash and burn, killing him. A week after, Dom is arrested for beating Linder to near death. While serving his sentence, he recalls that Jakob had worked on their father's car the day he died and concludes that Jakob killed their father. Upon release, Dom confronts and challenges Jakob to a race, forcing him to leave town when he loses. Thirty years later, Dom is retired and raising his son Brian with his wife, Letty Ortiz. Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, and Ramsey arrive with news that, shortly after arresting cyberterrorist Cipher, Mr. Nobody's plane was attacked by rogue agents, who abducted Cipher and crashed in Montequinto, a fictional Central American country. Dom agrees to help them after realizing Jakob is involved. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Feature Film Runtime: 143 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast X Starring: Vin Diesel · Michelle Rodriguez · Jason Statham Description: Dominic Toretto and his team are requested by the Agency to steal a computer chip during its transit in Rome, Italy. Dom and his wife Letty Ortiz stay behind with his son Brian "Little B" Marcos, while the rest of the team, consisting of Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, Han Lue, and Ramsey, travels to Rome. A wounded Cipher arrives at Dom's home and informs him and Letty that Dante Reyes, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes, has turned her crew against her and is using them to target Dom as revenge for his father's death and the loss of his family's fortune ten years prior. When Little Nobody says that there is no Agency mission in Rome, Dom and Letty realize that Dante set them up and they go to rescue the team. In Rome, Dante releases a metal ball bomb into the streets. Dom pushes it into the Tiber River, minimizing the damage, but Letty is arrested. Agent Aimes, the Agency's de facto leader since Mr. Nobody's disappearance, believes that Dom and his team are responsible for the bombing and begins a manhunt. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Feature Film Runtime: 141 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie | |
| The Love Bug Starring: Dean Jones · Michele Lee · David Tomlinson Description: The first in the long line of "Herbie" films featuring the off-white anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle) known as Herbie. |
1968 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie Rides Again Starring: Helen Hayes · Stefanie Powers · Ken Berry Description: Notorious real estate magnate and demolition baron Alonzo A. Hawk is ready to build his newest office building, the 130-story Hawk Plaza in San Francisco. His only obstacle is the 1892 firehouse which is the only building on the site still standing and is inhabited by Mrs. Steinmetz, widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz. |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Starring: Dean Jones · Don Knotts · Julie Sommars Description: The third in the "Herbie" series of films, this one has the Volkswagen competing in the fictional Trans-France Race from Paris to Monte Carlo. |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 105 minutes Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie Goes Bananas Starring: Cloris Leachman · Harvey Korman · Charles Martin Smith Description: The fourth in the “Herbie” series, taking place en route to South America where the anthropomorphic Volkswagen is to be entered in the fictional Brazil Grand Primeo. |
1980 Feature Film Subject: Rally Racing Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie, the Love Bug Original Network/Service: CBS Starring: Dean Jones · Patricia Harty · Richard Paul Description: A short-lived sitcom, cancelled after just five episodes. For the next fifteen years it would be Herbie's last new appearance in either television or film. |
1982 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 5 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Love Bug Starring: Bruce Campbell · John Hannah · Alexandra Wentworth Description: A made-for-television sequel to the original The Love Bug film. The sequel included a Dean Jones cameo, tying it to the previous films; and introduced an evil black Volkswagen named Horace, “the Hate Bug,” giving the film a much darker tone than the other “Herbie” films. (Wikipedia) |
1997 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Herbie: Fully Loaded Starring: Lindsay Lohan · Justin Long · Michael Keaton Description: Herbie, a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is decommissioned and towed to a junkyard after losing several races. Maggie Peyton, the youngest member of the Peyton racing clan, graduates from college and is preparing to take up an internship with ESPN. Her father, Ray Peyton Sr., takes her to the junkyard to buy her a car as a graduation present, and she chooses Herbie after he wriggles free of a crane, landing on top of the car she originally selected. Herbie then takes Maggie to her mechanic friend Kevin, who agrees to take Herbie to a car show to buy parts. Meanwhile, the Peyton racing team may have to forfeit an upcoming NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race due to financial troubles and two crashes by the team's driver and Maggie's brother, Ray Peyton Jr.. Ray Sr. refuses to let Maggie drive for the team, but Ray Jr. decides on his own that she will take his place and sends the Team Peyton crew to help her and Kevin rebuild Herbie into a NASCAR racer. |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Star Car: Volkswagen Type 1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D | |
| Initial D Original Network/Service: Fuji TV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
1998 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 26 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Second Stage Original Network/Service: Fuji TV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
1999-2000 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 13 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Extra Stage Original Network/Service: Fuji TV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
1999-2000 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 2 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Third Stage Starring (voices): Chris Ayres · Greg Ayres · Christopher Bevins Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2001 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Battle Stage Starring (voices): Nobutoshi Canna · Keiji Fujiwara · Nobuyuki Hiyama Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2002 Feature Film Runtime: 40 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Fourth Stage Original Network/Service: Animax PPV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2004-2006 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 24 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 Initial DLanguage: Cantonese Starring: Jay Chou · Anne Suzuki · Edison Chen Description: Takumi Fujiwara is a high school student who has been delivering tofu to the resorts in Mount Akina in his father Bunta's Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86. He also works part-time at a gas station where his friend Itsuki, the owner's son and a high school dropout, aspires to be a street racer. Natsuki Mogi, an attractive classmate, smiles as she walks by Takumi, but she has been secretly going on dates with a sugar daddy who drives a Mercedes. (Wikipedia) |
2005 Documentary Runtime: 107 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Battle Stage 2 Starring (voices): Masashi Ebara · Mitsuo Iwata · Yasunori Matsumoto Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Extra Stage 2 Starring (voices): Yumi Kakazu · Michiko Neya Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Fifth Stage Original Network/Service: Animax PPV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2012-2013 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 14 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Initial D: Final Stage Original Network/Service: Animax PPV Description: Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speed Stars, whose team leader Koichiro Iketani is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). (Wikipedia) |
2014 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 14 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| New Initial D Legend 1: Awakening Japanese Title: Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 1 - Kakusei Description: This animated movie opens with Koichiro Iketani driving home on Mount Akina, where he witnesses an impromptu battle between Keisuke Takahashi of the Akagi RedSuns and a mysterious Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (known simply as the "Eight-Six"), which outmaneuvers and defeats Keisuke. The next morning, at a gas station, Iketani invites his co-workers Takumi Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi to a meet with his street racing team, the Akina Speedstars, on Akina. Later that night, they find that the Akagi RedSuns and the Akina Speedstars were already there. Keisuke constantly wanted to hunt down and challenge the "monstrous" Eight-Six whereas Ryosuke, Keisuke's brother and leader of the RedSuns, uses the meet to initiate his plans to dominate the Kanto region. During their practice, the inept Speedstars are outmaneuvered by the RedSuns' advanced driving techniques; however, this does not stop Iketani from attempting to keep up. While doing so, he strikes a sharp bump on the road, making him lose control and crash. (Wikipedia) |
2014 Feature Film Runtime: 62 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| New Initial D Legend 2: Racer Japanese Title: Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 2: Tousou Description: This animated film opens with Takeshi Nakazato, the Myogi NightKids' leader, challenging Ryosuke Takahashi, the Redsun's leader on a downhill battle one night. Afterwards, Nakazato tells Ryosuke that he witnessed Takumi Fujiwara's gutter technique he used to defeat Keisuke Takahashi, and believes that he battling Takumi will make things interesting. However, Ryosuke believes that Nakazato's car is incapable of defeating Takumi's Eight-Six, much to Nakazato's humiliation. The next day, Nakazato arrives at a gas station where he encounters Itsuki Takeuchi, who 'accidentally' accepts Nakazato's challenge as he drives off. However, Takumi later refuses to accept because he is not a racer despite being persuaded by Itsuki. Meanwhile, Yuichi Tachibana overhears the situation and tells the Akina SpeedStars why Takumi refuses to race. He referenced to Takumi how good Nakazato is and that no one would think he's a coward if he refuses. Later, Takumi changes his mind, but when he arrives home, he is shocked to discover that his father, Bunta, had already taken the Eight-Six with him. Takumi waits desperately, and realizes how much of a racer he already is. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Feature Film Runtime: 65 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| New Initial D Legend 3: Dream Japanese Title: Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 3 - Mugen Description: This animated film starts with Takumi Fujiwara chasing down the NightKids street racers for making fun of Itsuki Takeuchi's new Toyota Corolla Levin SR AE85, which Itsuki believes is an Eight-Six, and outmaneuvers them. Afterwards, Itsuki tells Takumi that he is amazed when he discovers his newfound appreciation for the car. The next day, Takumi's upcoming battle against Ryosuke Takahashi is fast-approaching. As Takumi and his girlfriend, Natsuki Mogi, go out on a date, Takumi reflects on how far he had been racing over the summer, and becomes curious about the outcome of Takumi's upcoming battle. That night, Takumi was seen driving Koichiro Iketani's Nissan Silvia S13. That same night, his father, Bunta Fujiwara, drives the Eight-Six with Yuichi Tachibana to test his newly tuned suspension in preparation for the battle. (Wikipedia) |
2016 Feature Film Runtime: 65 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Racer | |
| Speed Racer - マッハGoGoGo Starring (voices): Katsuji Mori · Junko Hori/Hiroshi Ohtake · Teiji Ōmiya (Japanese) Starring (voices): Peter Fernandez · Corinne Orr/Jack Grimes · Jack Curtis (English adaptation) Description: An animated elevision adaptation of a Japanese manga would begin a series of multiple television, video game, and a film adaptation of the series. Storylines center around Speed Racer and his car, the Mach 5. |
1967-1968 Animated TV Series Series Length: 52 Episodes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Racer Starring: Emile Hirsch · Christina Ricci · John Goodman · Susan Sarandon Description: Speed Racer is a young man whose life and love has always been automobile racing. His parents Pops and Mom run the independent Racer Motors, in which his brother Spritle and his pet chimp Chim Chim, his mechanic Sparky and his girlfriend Trixie are also involved. As a child, Speed idolized his record-setting older brother, Rex Racer, who was apparently killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000, a deadly cross-country rally race. Now embarking on his own career, Speed is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother's Mach 5 and his own T-180 car the Mach 6, although primarily interested in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.(Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 135 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi | |
| Taxi Starring: Samy Naceri · Frédéric Diefenthal · Marion Cotillard Description: Daniel Morales is a highly talented driver living in Marseille, France, who has little regard for traffic laws and the police, and is in a loving relationship with his girlfriend Lilly. He leaves his job as a delivery man at local pizza parlor “Pizza Joe” to become a taxi driver, driving his white custom 1997 Peugeot 406, which is equipped with various racing modifications that are mechanically concealed. |
1998 Feature Film Runtime: 89 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: 1997 Peugeot 406 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi 2 Starring: Samy Naceri · Frédéric Diefenthal · Marion Cotillard Description: A Japanese minister of defence is traveling to Paris to sign a weapons contract between Japan and France, but first, he is visiting Marseille to view and rate the city police's anti gang tactics (using fake attacks on him). During the visit, however, he is kidnapped by a group working for the Japanese yakuza. Emilien (Frédéric Diefenthal) is determined to rescue the minister and detective Petra, his girlfriend who was also kidnapped, and restore the honour of his department. Once again, speed demon taxi driver Daniel is called upon to save the day with his high speed driving skills. (Wikipedia) |
2000 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: 1997 Peugeot 406 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi 3 Starring: Samy Naceri · Frédéric Diefenthal · Marion Cotillard Description: A group of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus gang are wreaking havoc, using Santa Claus costumes to commit heists, and the Marseille police are, as usual, unable to keep up. Superintendent Gibert is distracted by a Chinese journalist writing a story on his squad, and is unable to stop the robbers. Detective Emilien's wife, Petra, has just announced that she's pregnant and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. His long suffering girlfriend Lilly has walked out on him after finding him customising his taxi at four o'clock in the morning, and complaining that their house has become a mere garage and how Daniel stopped paying attention to her. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 84 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: 1997 Peugeot 406 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi 4 Starring: Samy Naceri · Frédéric Diefenthal · Bernard Farcy Description: A Belgian criminal wanted all over Europe for his crimes, is in the custody of the Police Department of Marseille to be watched for a few hours before transfer to a prison in the Congo. Unfortunately, Émilien is tricked by the villain and convinced to let the prisoner go. After these events, he is fired, but luckily for him, his friend Daniel (Samy Naceri) helps him one more time by telling him the location where the criminal is located, having been the taxi driver who drove him after he left the police station, not knowing he was a criminal. With Daniel's skills and his new Peugeot 407, Émillen seeks to capture the criminal to restore his job back. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: Peugeot 407 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi Brooklyn Starring: Chyler Leigh · Jacky Ido · James Colby Description: Caitlin “Cat” Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a de facto consultant on her cases. While solving crimes with Leo, Cat is also running her own unauthorized investigation into the death of her father, an NYPD detective thought to have been killed by the Capella crime family. In doing so, she clashes with her boss, Captain Baker, and her ex-husband Gregg, who has picked up the case for the FBI. (Wikipedia) |
2014 Television Series Series Length: 1 season, 12 episodes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: Ford Crown Victoria External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi 5 Starring: Franck Gastambide · Malik Bentalha · Sabrina Ouazani Description: Sylvain Marot, inspector of the Paris police, is considered one of the best police officers in the French capital, who dreams of serving in the special forces. After it is found out that he slept with the Mayor's wife, he is transferred to the municipal police of Marseille, whose mayor is the former Commissaire Gibert. While chasing a taxi driver, he ends up drowning the patrol car and as a result enters into a skirmish with the city police. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 102 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Star Car: Peugeot 407 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Ambulances | |
| Ambulance Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal · Yahya Abdul-Mateen II · Eiza González Description: A Michael Bay action film. War veteran Will Sharp, desperately in need of $231,000 for his wife's surgery, reaches out to his adoptive brother and a life-long criminal, who talks him into taking part in a $32 million bank heist. The plan nearly succeeds until Officer Zach discovers the situation and is held hostage by Danny. A shootout then occurs, Zach attempts to escape, and during a scuffle between him and Danny, he is accidentally shot by Will. Leaving Zach to die, the brothers attempt to exit through the back of the building but find it surrounded by police. They then hijack an ambulance with EMT Cam Thompson on board, who is treating the injured Zach. SIS Captain Monroe arrives on the scene and deploys helicopters to chase after the ambulance. (Wikipedia) |
2022 Feature Film Runtime: 136 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Auto Industry | |
| Trafic Starring: Jacques Tati · Tony Knepper · Franco Ressel Description: Monsieur Hulot is a bumbling automobile designer who works for Altra, a Paris auto plant. He is tasked to transport a new camper-car of his design to an international auto show in Amsterdam. He is accompanied by Marcel, a truck driver, and Maria, an American publicity agent. (wikipedia) |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| The Betsy Starring: Laurence Olivier · Robert Duvall · Katharine Ross Description: A fading family-owned automobile manufacturer and its owners pin their hopes for a return to profitability on a new model named for the great-granddaughter of the firm's founder. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 125 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| On the Line Original Network/Service: ITV Starring: David Ryall · Jeremy Young · Bev Willis Description: A drama about the fictional automaker Associated British Motors. |
1982 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 13 Episodes External Links: IMDb |
| Tommy Boy Starring: Chris Farley · David Spade · Bo Derek Description: After seven years at college, Thomas R. “Tommy” Callahan III barely graduates from Marquette University and returns to his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. His father, industrialist, and widower, Thomas R. "Big Tom" Callahan, Jr., gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant, Callahan Auto. In addition to the new job and office, Big Tom reveals that he plans to marry Beverly Barrish-Burns, a woman he had met at a fat farm, and that her son, Paul, will become Tommy's new stepbrother. However, Big Tom dies from a sudden heart attack during the wedding reception. (Wikipedia) |
1995 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Flash of Genius Starring: Greg Kinnear · Lauren Graham · Dermot Mulroney Description: On his wedding night in 1953, an errant champagne cork renders Detroit college engineering professor Robert Kearns almost completely blind in his left eye. A decade later, he is happily married to Phyllis and the father of six children. As he drives his Ford Galaxie through a light rain, the constant movement of the windshield wipers irritates his troubled vision. The incident inspires him to create a wiper blade mechanism modeled on the human eye, which blinks every few seconds rather than continuously. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 119 minutes Topic: Ford Motor Company External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Buses | |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes Starring: Johnny Hines · Edmund Breese · Betty Carpenter |
1921 Feature Film (silent) Runtime: 60 minutes Subjects: Buses, Pre-WWII Racing See Also: Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes Starring: Jack Mulhall · Frankie Darro · Lola Lane Description: 12-part film serial about a bus line owner named Marjorie Temple and the race car driver who saves her business from oil speculators. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name. |
1934 Film Serial Runtime: 210 minutes Subjects: Buses, Pre-WWII Racing See Also: Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| It Happened One Night Starring: Clark Gable · Claudette Colbert · Walter Connolly Description: Spoiled heiress Ellen Andrews has eloped with pilot and fortune-hunter King Westley against the wishes of her extremely wealthy father, Alexander Andrews, who wants to have the marriage annulled because he knows that Westley is really interested only in Ellie's money. Jumping ship in Florida, Ellie runs away and boards a Greyhound bus to New York City to reunite with her husband. In 1993, it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry. (Wikipedia) |
1934 Feature Film Runtime: 105 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Starring: Terence Stamp · Hugo Weaving · Guy Pearce Description: Anthony “Tick” Belrose, using the drag pseudonym of Mitzi Del Bra, is a Sydney-based drag queen who accepts an offer to perform his drag act at Lasseters Hotel Casino Resort managed by his estranged wife Marion in Alice Springs, a remote town in central Australia. After persuading his friends and fellow performers, Bernadette Bassenger, a recently bereaved transgender woman, and Adam Whitely, a flamboyant and obnoxious younger drag queen who goes under the drag name Felicia Jollygoodfellow, to join him, the three set out for a four-week run at the casino in a large tour bus, which Adam christens “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” (Wikipedia) |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 103 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Starring: Keanu Reeves · Sandra Bullock · Jeff Daniels · Dennis Hopper Description: A bus is rigged with explosives, and the passengers are held as ransom. The bomb will detonate if the passengers get off the bus or the bus' speed falls below 55 miles per hour. It won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Get on the Bus Starring: Richard Belzer · De'aundre Bonds · Andre Braugher Description: Fifteen disparate African American men board a bus in Los Angeles bound for Washington, D.C., where they plan on attending the Million Man March. Other than their race, destination, and gender, the men have nothing in common. As the bus travels across country, Xavier conducts interviews with the various attendees, allowing them to express their views on race, religion, and politics. (Wikipedia) |
1996 Feature Film Runtime: 120 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Exit Speed Starring: Fred Ward · Desmond Harrington · Lea Thompson Description: Cole finds herself on an American Auto Coach bus on her way to El Paso, along with an eclectic group of passengers for what should be an uneventful ride on Christmas Eve. The bus passes a group of meth-addicted, nomadic bikers who taunt the passengers by performing stunts around the bus. One of the bikers makes a mistake and ends up under the wheels of the bus, resulting in the rest of the bikers seeking revenge. The driver, Danny Gunn stops the bus to help, and when he gets out, one of the bikers kills him. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Subjects: Buses, Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drunk Bus Starring: Charlie Tahan · Kara Hayward · Pineapple Tangaroa Description: Michael, a recent college graduate, finds himself stuck as a bus driver for a party school in Ohio after failing to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. He spends his nights driving the “drunk bus,” shuttling intoxicated students back to their dorms from parties. Following a violent incident on the bus, Michael's boss hires Pineapple, an imposing man with Maori face tattoos and piercings, as his security. (Wikipedia) |
2020 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Childrens' Films & Television | |
| The Gnome-Mobile Starring: Walter Brennan · Matthew Garber · Karen Dotrice Description: A Walt Disney Productions comedy-fantasy film, one of the last films personally produced by Walt Disney. It was based on a 1936 book by Upton Sinclair titled The Gnomobile. |
1967 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Pole Position Original Network/Service: CBS Starring (voices): David Coburn · Lisa Lindgren · Melvin Franklin Description: An animated series about a family of crime fighting stunt drivers, named for the popular arcade game but the show has nothing in common with the game other than the name. |
1984 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 13 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Turbo Teen Original Network/Service: ABC Starring (voices): T.K. Carter, Pat Fraley, Pamela Hayden Description: Turbo Teen is about a teenager named Brett Matthews who swerves off a road during a thunderstorm and crashes into a secret government laboratory. There, he and his red sports car are accidentally exposed to a molecular beam, invented by a scientist named Dr. Chase for a government agent named Cardwell. As a result, Brett and his car become fused together. Brett gains the ability to morph into the car when exposed to extreme heat and revert into his human form when exposed to extreme cold. With this new superhero power, Brett, along with his girlfriend Pattie (a freelance reporter), his best friend Alex (a mechanic who calls Brett "TT"), and his dog Rusty go on crime-fighting adventures together and solve other mysteries. (Wikipedia) |
1984 Animated TV Series Series Length: 1 Season, 13 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Dorf Goes Auto Racing Starring: Tim Conway · Eddie Deezen · Tim Conway Jr. Description: World-famous European race car driver, Duessel Dorf, comes to America to take on his greatest challenge-stock car racing at Sears Point Raceway. However, Dorf, with his usual skill, soon turns the race into a shambles and sets the world of stock car racing on its ear. (Wikipedia) |
1990 Short Film Runtime: 30 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wreck-It Ralph Starring: Starring (voices): John C. Reilly · Sarah Silverman · Jack McBrayer · Jane Lynch Description: A Walt Disney Animation Studios about the interactions of arcade game characters within a series of games in an arcade. It begins with Wreck-It Ralph leaving his old arcade game for others to win himself a medal, and most of the film subsequently takes place in a kart-racing game called Sugar Rush. When Vanellope uses Ralph's medal from another game as a coin to enter a race that King Candy has been preventing her from entering, Ralph has to help her build a car and learn to drive to get his medal back. |
2012 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Video Games External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Turbo Starring: Starring (voices): Ryan Reynolds · Paul Giamatti · Michael Peña Description: In a suburban San Fernando Valley tomato garden of Van Nuys in Los Angeles, Theo, self-named “Turbo,” is a garden snail who dreams of being a racer, just like his hero, five-time Indy 500 champion Guy Gagné. However, his obsession with racing makes him an outcast in the slow and cautious snail community, and a constant embarrassment to his older brother, Chet. After nearly getting killed by a lawnmower in an attempt to retrieve a fallen tomato, Theo wanders onto a freeway to admire the traffic and wishes upon a star, which is actually an airplane, that he could be fast. Suddenly, he is sucked into the supercharger of a Chevrolet Camaro, fusing his molecules with nitrous oxide. When he wakes up, he possesses superspeed and other characteristics of a real car. (Wikipedia) |
2013 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Turbo Fast Original Network/Service: Netflix Starring (voices): Reid Scott, Eric Bauza, Michael Patrick Bell Description: An animated series based on the characters from the film Turbo, picking up where the film left off. |
2013-2016 Animated TV Series Series Length: 3 Seasons, 78 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Monster Trucks Starring: Lucas Till · Jane Levy · Amy Ryan Description: Terravex Oil is in the midst of a fracking operation in North Dakota, overseen by CEO Reece Tenneson and geologist Jim Dowd. The operation releases three subterranean creatures from an underground water system and destroys the drilling rig. Two are captured by Terravex, but one of them escapes. Meanwhile, high school senior Tripp Coley has taken up a job at a junkyard, where he builds a pickup truck in hopes of being able to leave his town. The truck doesn't have a working drivetrain (no engine). One night, Tripp encounters the escaped creature in the junkyard and captures it, but the creature escapes before he can seek authorities. The next day, Tripp, discovers that the creature feeds on oil, and has taken shelter in the hood of his truck. He befriends him, names him Creech, and promises to help him get home. (Wikipedia) |
2016 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Comedy | |
| Don't Park There Starring: Will Rogers · Jack Gavin · William Gillespie Description: Will takes the horse drawn wagon into town to get some liniment. He discovers the horse and buggy days are over and is introduced into the wonders of the automobile. (IMDb) |
1924 Short Film (silent) Runtime: 20 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies Starring: Billy Bevan · Andy Clyde · Lillian Knight Description: An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him. (IMDb) |
1925 Short Film (silent) Runtime: 20 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Wife and Auto Trouble Starring: William Collier Sr. · Blanche Payson · Joseph Belmont Description: A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law. (IMDb) |
1916 Short Film (silent) Runtime: 14 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| The Crowd Snores Description: A short animated film produced by Walter Lantz Productions. It is the third film to feature Pooch the Pup. The film is also a parody of the Warner Bros. feature film The Crowd Roars. (Wikipedia) |
1932 Short Film Runtime: 7 minutes See Also: The Crowd Roars External Links: IMDb |
| Excuse My Dust Starring: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey Description: A musical comedy. Amateur inventor Joe Belden has his Indiana hometown in a tizzy over his new “horseless carriage” in 1895. It runs on gasoline, but the townspeople aren't impressed and only Joe's mom and his sweetheart Liz Bullitt are supportive. (Wikipedia) |
1951 Feature Film Runtime: 82 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| My Mother the Car Original Network/Service: NBC Starring: Jerry Van Dyke Description: A fantasy series that aired for one season, where an attorney purchases a "1928 Porter" that is a reincarnation of his deceased mother. In 2002 TV Guide called it the second worst television show of all time. |
1965-1966 Television Series Series Length: 1 Season, 30 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Out of Sight Starring: Jonathan Daly · Karen Jensen · Robert Pine Description: Homer is a butler to secret agent John Stamp. Overhearing a plot to disrupt a concert, Sandra Carter contacts Stamp to seek his assistance but with his boss away, Homer steps into the role of superspy to save Rock and Roll from the criminal organisation known as F.L.U.S.H. Burbank auto customizer George Barris was given four weeks to supply vehicles for the film that was made from a left over Munster Koach fiberglass body. (Wikipedia) |
1966 Feature Film Runtime: 87 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Diamonds on Wheels Starring: Peter Firth · Patrick Allen · George Sewell Description: A British comededy film where 3 kids are accidentally involved with stolen diamonds and a 24-hour road rally. |
1973 Feature Film Runtime: 84 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Car Wash Starring: Franklyn Ajaye · Bill Duke · George Carlin Description: Over a single Friday in July, the Dee-Luxe Car Wash hosts all manner of strange visitors, including a hysterical wealthy woman from Beverly Hills dealing with a carsick son. Money-hungry evangelist "Daddy Rich", who preaches a pseudo-gospel of prosperity theology, appears with his loyal (and singing) entourage, The Wilson Sisters. One main character is Abdullah Mohammed Akbar, formerly Duane, a tall Black revolutionary and recent convert to Islam who dismisses Daddy Rich's preaching when the quartet visit and collect donations from the employees. Among many other misadventures, the employees must deal with a man they believe is the notorious "pop bottle bomber" being sought that day by the police. (Wikipedia) |
1976 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Corvette Summer Starring: Mark Hamill · Annie Potts · Eugene Roche Description: Kenny Dantley is a car-loving high school senior from Newhall, California. For a project in his shop class, Kenny rescues a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray from inside an operating car crusher in a scrapyard and helps rebuild it as a customized right-hand-drive with flashy bodywork. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: Custom 1973 Chevrolet Corvette External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Moonshine County Express Starring: John Saxon · Susan Howard · William Conrad Description: A Roger Corman film. Dot refuses to sell out her inheritance—a stockpile of whiskey—when her moonshiner father is murdered by Sweetwater and his gang by order of Jack Starkey, the local kingpin. Dot and her sisters try to sell the whiskey themselves while avoiding Starkey's men, eventually she gives in to the attentions of J.B., the local car racer and moonshine runner, so that he will help them sell their stash. (Wikipedia) |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Star Car: 1977 Pontiac Trans Am External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Every Which Way but Loose Starring: Clint Eastwood · Sondra Locke · Geoffrey Lewis Description: It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his brother/manager, Orville, and his pet orangutan, Clyde. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 114 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| B.J. and the Bear Original Network/Service: NBC Description: A comedy series about a professional freelance itinerant trucker who travels the country's highways in a red and white Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne (a COE semi truck) with his pet chimpanzee Bear (named after Bear Bryant, the famed football coach for the University of Alabama). (Wikipedia) |
1979-1981 Television Series Series Length: 3 Seasons, 48 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Used Cars Starring: Kurt Russell · Jack Warden · Gerrit Graham Description: Used Cars is a 1980 American satirical black comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The story follows Rudy Russo, a devious salesman, working for affable, but monumentally unsuccessful used-car dealer Luke Fuchs. Luke's principal rival, located directly across the street, is his more prosperous brother, Roy L. Fuchs, who is scheming to take over Luke's lot. (Wikipedia) |
1980 Feature Film Runtime: 113 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Cannonball Run Starring: Burt Reynolds · Jackie Chan · Roger Moore · Dom DeLuise · Farrah Fawcett Description: A comedy film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an actual cross-country outlaw road race held four times in the 1970s, starting at the Red Ball Garage on 31st Street in New York City (later the Lock, Stock and Barrel Restaurant in Darien, Connecticut) and ending at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, in Los Angeles. The screenwriter was automotive journalist Brock Yates, who had conceived the real-life Cannonball Baker event. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes See Also: Cannonball Run II (1984) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Cannonball Run II Starring: Burt Reynolds · Dom DeLuise · Dean Martin · Sammy Davis Jr. Description: Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel is ordered by his father, the King, to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to “emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world.” When Sheik Abdul points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year, his father simply tells him to “buy one.” (Wikipedia) This film includes the final feature film appearances of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. |
1984 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes See Also: The Cannonball Run (1981) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Big Shots Starring: Ricky Busker · Darius McCrary · Robert Joy Description: Doc and Dickie return to the hotel having caught their mark, killed him, and stuffed his body in the trunk of their car, a dark gray colored Mercedes-Benz. Using Obie as an accomplice Scam steals the car, and they both drive to the bank to get the money for Obie's watch, with both unaware of the body in the trunk. After leaving the bank Obie has Scam to take him home to check on his family. While there, they learn that Obie's mother has reported him missing to the police. |
1987 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Star Car: Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Zone Alternate Titles: Cannonball Fever, One for the Money, Speedzone Fever Starring: Melody Anderson · Peter Boyle · Donna Dixon Description: A comedy film where an assortment of people gather at a countryside inn in preparation for the infamous “Cannonball Run,” an illegal three-day cross-country race from Washington, D.C. to Santa Monica where the winner and five runners-up will receive $1 million. However, the hot-headed Washington Chief of Police, Spiro T. Edsel, along with his long-suffering sidekick Whitman, arrest all of the drivers to prevent the race from happening. As a result, sponsors must find replacement drivers by the next day. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Chase Starring: Charlie Sheen · Kristy Swanson · Henry Rollins Description: Set in California, the film follows a wrongfully convicted man who kidnaps a wealthy heiress and leads police on a lengthy car chase in an attempt to escape prison, while the news media dramatize the chase to absurd extents. (Wikipedia) |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Tommy Boy Starring: Chris Farley · David Spade · Bo Derek Description: After seven years at college, Thomas R. “Tommy” Callahan III barely graduates from Marquette University and returns to his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. His father, industrialist, and widower, Thomas R. "Big Tom" Callahan, Jr., gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant, Callahan Auto. In addition to the new job and office, Big Tom reveals that he plans to marry Beverly Barrish-Burns, a woman he had met at a fat farm, and that her son, Paul, will become Tommy's new stepbrother. However, Big Tom dies from a sudden heart attack during the wedding reception. (Wikipedia) |
1995 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| O.K. Garage Alternate Title: All Revved Up Starring: John Turturro · Lili Taylor · Will Patton Description: A woman who gets swindled by a garage mechanic enlists her neighbor and his best friend in exacting some kind of revenge. (Wikipedia) |
1998 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Circle Track Summer Starring: JodyMarie Spiech · Tony Rio · Lindsay Robertson Description: The owner of a failing race track seeks to reverse his fortune by holding a series of promotion events where the cars are driven by women. Becky is a waitress who unknowingly puts her life in danger while attempting to save the family farm. To raise money to save the farm, she and three other financially strapped but voluptuous local girls, Su Shi, Tammy Lay and Jette Black, sign up for a new Powder-Puff auto racing event at the Barberton Speedway in hopes of winning cold, hard cash. (Wikipedia) |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Dukes of Hazzard Starring: Johnny Knoxville · Seann William Scott · Jessica Simpson Description: Cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke run a moonshine business for their Uncle Jesse in Hazzard County, Georgia. The cousins' primary mode of transportation is an orange 1969 Dodge Charger that the boys affectionately refer to as the “General Lee.” Along the way, the family is tormented by corrupt Hazzard County Commissioner Jefferson Davis Hogg, widely known as “Boss Hogg,” and his willing but dimwitted henchman, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. (Wikipedia) |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: 1969 Dodge Charger External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Starring: Will Ferrell · John C. Reilly · Sacha Baron Cohen Description: A comedy film set in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, centered around a rivalry between idiot driver Ricky Bobby and his French rival Jean Girard. |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning Starring: Jonathan Bennett · Randy Wayne · April Scott Description: A direct-to-video prequel of the 2005 film with different actors. Bo Duke is arrested for destructive driving in neighboring Chickasaw County. Luke Duke is arrested for blowing up illegal fireworks. Both of the teenage boys are paroled to the care of their Uncle Jesse in neighboring Hazzard County, sentenced to a summer of hard work on the farm. Jesse is carrying on the family tradition of producing the best moonshine in the county. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Star Car: 1969 Dodge Charger External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Expired Starring: Samantha Morton, Jason Patric, Teri Garr Description: Claire, a mild-mannered parking enforcement officer, lives in a small flat with her mother who is recovering from a recent stroke. In the opening sequence she patrols the Los Angeles streets and stumbles into an old flame, who introduces Claire to his wife and ill-behaved daughter. Reeling from the chance encounter, she steps out onto the street and is hit by a passing vehicle. Returning to work three weeks later, Claire attracts the attention of another parking officer, an extremely blunt and aggressive man named Jay whose home life consists mainly of entertaining himself using the services of a webcam porn site and phone service. |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 107 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wild Hogs Starring: Tim Allen · John Travolta · Martin Lawrence · William H. Macy Description: Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis and Dudley Frank are four middle-aged everymen living in a Cincinnati suburb who find themselves disillusioned with the banality of everyday suburban life and lack of adventure. Doug is a dentist who has trouble bonding with his son Billy (Dominic Janes); Dudley is a single (yet sometimes preoccupied) computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women; Bobby is a henpecked plumber whose wife Karen has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book; and Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel. They find escape from their daily routines on weekends by riding motorcycles together posing as a biker gang called the “Wild Hogs.” (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Logan Lucky Starring: Channing Tatum · Adam Driver · Seth MacFarlane Description: West Virginian Jimmy Logan is laid off from his construction job in the tunnels underneath the Charlotte Motor Speedway for failing to inform the manager about his leg injuries during his football career in high school. Jimmy goes to a bar tended by his ex-soldier brother Clyde, who lost his lower arm fighting in Iraq. A pretentious NASCAR-team owner, Max Chilblain, makes fun of Clyde's disability, leading to a fight with Jimmy, while Clyde sets fire to Max's car. The next day, Jimmy tells Clyde his plan to rob the Speedway, exploiting his knowledge of its underground pneumatic tube system for moving its vast amount of money. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Feature Film Runtime: 118 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topics: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coca-Cola 600 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drunk Bus Starring: Charlie Tahan · Kara Hayward · Pineapple Tangaroa Description: Michael, a recent college graduate, finds himself stuck as a bus driver for a party school in Ohio after failing to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. He spends his nights driving the “drunk bus,” shuttling intoxicated students back to their dorms from parties. Following a violent incident on the bus, Michael's boss hires Pineapple, an imposing man with Maori face tattoos and piercings, as his security. (Wikipedia) |
2020 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Demolition Derby | |
| Hot Rod Hullabaloo Starring: John Arnold · Val Bisoglio · Gene Bua Description: A film about a teenager entering a demolition derby. |
1966 Feature Film Runtime: 81 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Drama | |
| The Devil Thumbs a Ride Starring: Lawrence Tierney · Ted North · Nan Leslie Description: Steve Morgan is a charming sociopath who has just robbed and killed a cinema cashier. Seeking to escape, he hitches a ride to Los Angeles with unsuspecting Jimmy Ferguson. Part way the pair stops at a gas station and pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in after Morgan killed one of the women. (Wikipedia) |
1947 Feature Film Runtime: 62 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| They Live by Night Starring: Farley Granger · Cathy O'Donnell · Howard Da Silva Description: Arthur “Bowie” Bowers, a 23-year-old serving a prison sentence for a murder he allegedly helped perpetrate at age 16, escapes from prison with two older bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub. The three take shelter with Chicamaw's brother, who operates a service station, and niece, Catherine “Keechie” Mobley, who works there. Hoping to also free his incarcerated brother Robert, T-Dub concocts a plan to rob a bank and use the funds to hire a lawyer to prove a wrongful conviction. The robbery goes smoothly. However, shortly afterward Bowie crashes his car, and Chicamaw then kills a police officer who arrives at the scene. Chicamaw leaves an injured Bowie in the care of Keechie and joins T-Dub in another town. The sheepish Keechie swiftly grows fond of Bowie, who is also shy. The two bond over their lack of experience in the world and soon develop a romance. Meanwhile, the press reports heavily on Bowie, wrongly pinning him as the ringleader of the robbery. Bowie and Keechie decide to go on the run together, and travel by bus through several towns. Late one night, they come across a chapel that performs quickie marriages for $20. Bowie asks Keechie to marry him, to which she agrees. Hawkins, the local justice of the peace, performs the ceremony and sells the couple a convertible car. The couple travel to a remote mountain resort where Keechie once stayed during her childhood, and rent a cabin there, dreaming about being able to live openly together. (Wikipedia) |
1947 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Hitch-Hiker Starring: Edmond O'Brien · Frank Lovejoy · William Talman Description: The Hitch-Hiker was the first American mainstream film noir directed by a woman. It was selected in 1998 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In the early 1950s, a hitchhiker robs and kills motorists who offer him rides. A suspect, Emmett Myers, is publicized in newspaper headlines. (Wikipedia) |
1953 Feature Film Runtime: 71 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Highway Patrol Original Network/Service: syndication Starring: Broderick Crawford Narrator: Art Gilmore Description: A crime drama about the operations of a highway patrol in an unidentified western state. |
1955-1959 Television Series Series Length: 4 Seasons, 156 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Thunder Road Starring: Robert Mitchum · Gene Barry · Jacques Aubuchon Description: A Korean War veteran enters the moonshining business as a delivery driver. |
1958 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Bullitt Starring: Steve McQueen · Robert Vaughn · Jacqueline Bisset Description: While not entirely an automotive-themed film, Bullitt is iconic in automotive culture for featuring one of the most famous car chases in cinema history, 10 minutes and 53 seconds of a dark green 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Frank Bullitt (played by Steve McQueen) and a black 1968 Dodge Charger on the streets of San Francisco. |
1968 Feature Film Runtime: 114 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Italian Job Starring: Michael Caine · Noël Coward · Benny Hill Description: While not entirely an automotive film, this classic heist movie is known for an epic car chase involving Minis. The popularity of the film has led to parodies and allusions in other films and productions, including a 2003 remake, a reference in The Simpsons episode The Italian Bob, and a re-enactment of the Mini Cooper car-chase in the MacGyver episode “Thief of Budapest”. The film has inspired The Italian Job charity event that has taken place annually since 1990 and involves Minis and other vehicles featured in the original film, driving from the UK to northern Italy and back, visiting Grand Prix circuits, historic Italian cities and the locations in Turin featured in the film, while fundraising for children's charities. (Wikipedia) See Also: The Italian Job (2003) |
1969 Feature Film Runtime: 99 minutes Star Car: Mini Cooper See Also: The Italian Job (2003) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Vanishing Point Starring: Barry Newman · Cleavon Little · Dean Jagger Description: Car delivery driver Kowalski arrives in Denver, Colorado, on a late Friday night with a black Imperial. The delivery service clerk, Sandy, urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment: deliver a white 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum (for top speeds of over 160 miles per hour) to San Francisco by Monday. (wikipedia) |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 98 minutes Star Car: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Gone in 60 Seconds Starring: H.B. “Toby” Halicki · Marion Busia · Jerry Daugirda Description: A historic automotive film starring, written, and produced by H.B. Halicki, who acts in the film is Maindrian Pace, a professional car thief. His ring of thieves have to steal 48 cars in 5 days, but Pace is chased across six counties in the Los Angeles area when he tries to steal a yellow 1973 Ford Mustang Mach I, code named “Eleanor.” The chase scene is 34 minutes long and destroys 93 vehicles. Many of the scenes were shot without a script or even the public's knowledge that a movie was being filmed when they react to the chase being carried out in front of them. |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 98 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Driver Starring: Ryan O'Neal · Bruce Dern · Isabelle Adjani Description: The Driver steals cars for use as getaway vehicles in robberies around Los Angeles. He is known among criminals for his high skill and his high price, and is notorious among the police, particularly for The Detective who is obsessed with capturing The Driver whom he calls “Cowboy.” The Driver pulls a job at a casino where his co-conspirators are late and he is seen by The Player. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roadgames Starring: Stacy Keach · Jamie Lee Curtis · Marion Edward Description: In rural Australia, truck driver Patrick Quid pulls into a motel for the night and notices a man in a green van checking in with a female hitchhiker. Quid had passed the hitchhiker earlier because trucking company policy forbade him from picking her up. In the motel room, the hitchhiker strums a guitar while the man unpacks a new guitar string. The man winds the string around his gloved hands and uses it to strangle the woman. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Junkman Starring: H.B. “Toby” Halicki · Christopher Stone · Susan Shaw Description: The Junkman is the second installment of Halicki's film trilogy. It presents Gone in 60 Seconds and Deadline Auto Theft as films within a film. The opening car chase sequence, which involves a 1974 Bricklin SV-1, is part of Deadline Auto Theft's storyline. (Wikipedia) |
1982 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Star Car: Bricklin SV-1 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Deadline Auto Theft Starring: H.B. “Toby” Halicki · Hoyt Axton · Marion Busia Description: After the attempted theft of his daughter's fiance's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace. Meanwhile, Pace is hired to steal 40 cars, and must do so without being caught. It is made up of scenes from Gone in 60 Seconds and The Junkman as well as new material featuring Hoyt Axton. (Wikipedia) |
1983 Feature Film Runtime: 98 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Hitcher Starring: Rutger Hauer · C. Thomas Howell · Jeffrey DeMunn Description: Jim Halsey, a young man delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego, spots a man hitch-hiking in the West Texas desert and gives him a ride. The hitch-hiker, who calls himself John Ryder, forces Jim's leg down on the accelerator when they pass a stranded car. |
1986 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Riding Bean Starring (voices): Hideyuki Tanaka · Naoko Matsui · Mami Koyama (Japanese) Starring (voices): J. Patrick Lawlor · Brennan MacKenzie · Barbara Lewis (English adaptation) Description: The anime follows one day in the life of Bean Bandit and Rally Vincent, as they find that they have been framed for the kidnapping of Chelsea Grimwood, the daughter of Mr. Grimwood, President of the Grimwood Company/Grimwood Conglomerate. However, it is Semmerling, by way of various disguises, tricks, and manipulations, who is the real kidnapper — and the real target is Mr. Grimwood himself. While the police are in hot pursuit of Bean and Rally, along with Chelsea in tow, Semmerling and her helper Carrie plan to make a secret getaway with Mr. Grimwood as hostage. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Animated Feature Film Runtime: 48 minutes External Links: Wikipedia |
| Highway 61 Starring: Valerie Buhagiar · Don McKellar · Earl Pastko Description: One morning, Pokey Jones discovers a frozen corpse in his backyard, and soon meets Jackie Bangs, a tough and mysterious roadie who claims the dead man is her brother. Jackie's real intention is to use the body, a vagrant unknown to anyone in town, to smuggle stolen drugs into the United States. She convinces Pokey to use his parents' car, which has not been driven in decades, to drive her to New Orleans to bury her brother. So Jackie and Pokey set out along Highway 61, coffin strapped to the top of the car, and follow Bob Dylan's famous U.S. Highway 61 south through the heart of the United States. (Wikipedia) |
1991 Feature Film Runtime: 102 minutes Topic: United States Numbered Highways External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Starring: Keanu Reeves · Sandra Bullock · Jeff Daniels · Dennis Hopper Description: A bus is rigged with explosives, and the passengers are held as ransom. The bomb will detonate if the passengers get off the bus or the bus' speed falls below 55 miles per hour. It won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes Subject: Buses External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Breakdown Starring: Kurt Russell · J.T. Walsh · Kathleen Quinlan Description: Jeff Taylor and his wife Amy are driving from Boston to San Diego in their new Jeep Grand Cherokee. They narrowly avoid colliding with a beat-up pickup truck in Arizona. At a gas station, Earl, the driver of the truck, confronts Jeff and they exchange hostile words. Shortly after the couple resume their trip, their car breaks down on a desolate road. Leaving Jeff with the Jeep, Amy accepts a ride from a passing trailer truck driver to get to a nearby diner and call for help. (Wikipedia) |
1997 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| R.P.M. Starring: David Arquette · Emmanuelle Seigner · Famke Janssen Description: Luke Delson is a professional carjacker who is currently residing in Los Angeles. After a call, he decides to go to Nice, to track a car for an oil oligarch Constantine Charkos. The car, named RPM, can apparently drive without any kind of power source. Charkos, afraid that the mass production of the car would destroy his oil empire, offers him 1 billion dollars to steal it. But with the police detective on his tail, Biggerman, the man who built RPM, and also his sister Claudia, who wants the money, on his tail, he will find it very difficult to steal the car. Along the way, he meets Charkos' girl, who wants her car back (which Luke has stole, but Claudia took it), and she helps him steal the RPM in exchange of bringing her car back, and the two eventually start a romance. (Wikipedia) |
1997 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Ronin Starring: Robert DeNiro · Jean Reno · Natascha McElhone Description: While not an automotive themed film, it includes car chase scenes through Nice and Paris that are acknowledged as among the best in modern film. |
1998 Feature Film Runtime: 122 minutes Star Car: Audi S8 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Gone in 60 Seconds Starring: Nicolas Cage · Angelina Jolie · Giovanni Ribisi · Delroy Lindo Description: The film is a loose remake of the 1974 H. B. Halicki film of the same name. Car thief Kip Raines works with his gang to steal fifty high-end cars for Raymond Calitri, a British gangster in Long Beach, California. After stealing a Porsche 996 from a showroom, Kip unwittingly leads the police to his crew's warehouse, forcing the thieves to flee. Detectives Castlebeck and Drycoff impound the stolen cars and open an investigation. Atley Jackson, Calitri's associate, reaches out to Kip's older brother Randall “Memphis” Raines, a notorious but reformed car thief. Memphis meets with Calitri, who has kidnapped Kip and intends to kill him in a car crusher. Memphis agrees to steal the fifty cars within 72 hours, and Kip is released; Calitri warns that if the cars are not delivered on time, Kip will be killed. (Wikipedia) |
2000 Feature Film Runtime: 118 minutes Star Car: modified 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback See Also: Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 БумерEnglish Title: Bimmer Starring: Vladimir Vdovichenkov · Andrey Merzlikin · Maksim Konovalov Description: Four members of an underground car theft ring named Kostya (nicknamed "Cat"), Ramah, Killa and Dimon get into serious trouble while stealing a 1995 BMW 750i E38 from an important member of the secret police as revenge for the assault of Dimon and the impounding of his Mercedes-Benz E-Class W210 following a road rage incident, and must run away from Moscow. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Star Car: 1995 BMW 750i (E38) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Italian Job Starring: Mark Wahlberg · Charlize Theron · Edward Norton Description: While not truly an automotive film, this heist movie is a remake of the 1969 film known for re-enacting an epic car chase involving three Mini Coopers. The 2003 version's car chase was inspired by the car chases in The French Connection (1971), Ronin (1998), and The Bourne Identity (2002). |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 111 minutes Star Car: Mini Cooper See Also: The Italian Job (1969) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Chop Shop Starring: Alejandro Polanco · Isamar Gonzales · Rob Sowulski Description: Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister. (IMDb) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 84 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Redline Starring: Nathan Phillips · Nadia Bjorlin · Eddie Griffin Description: Natasha Martin is a beautiful auto mechanic and aspiring musician who is invited to join music producer Infamous aboard his private jet en route to Las Vegas in appreciation of her services on his Ford GT. She is also a highly skilled race car driver, but is haunted by memories of her father's death at a NASCAR race many years ago. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Exit Speed Starring: Fred Ward · Desmond Harrington · Lea Thompson Description: Cole finds herself on an American Auto Coach bus on her way to El Paso, along with an eclectic group of passengers for what should be an uneventful ride on Christmas Eve. The bus passes a group of meth-addicted, nomadic bikers who taunt the passengers by performing stunts around the bus. One of the bikers makes a mistake and ends up under the wheels of the bus, resulting in the rest of the bikers seeking revenge. The driver, Danny Gunn stops the bus to help, and when he gets out, one of the bikers kills him. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Subjects: Buses, Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Gran Torino Starring: Clint Eastwood · Bee Vang · Ahney Her Description: The story follows Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world. Walt's young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino for his initiation into a gang. Walt thwarts the theft and subsequently develops a relationship with the boy and his family. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes Star Car: 1972 Ford Gran Torino External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast Lane Alternate Title: Jackers Starring: Melina Lizette · Anthony Ray Parker · Steven Bauer Description: A high-speed accident on the freeways of Los Angeles reveals a turf war between two competing car-theft rings of sexy all-girl crews. (IMDb) |
2009 Feature Film Runtime: 74 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Carjacked Starring: Maria Bello · Stephen Dorff · Connor Hill Description: A single mother with her child are carjacked by a bank robber. (IMDb) |
2011 Feature Film External Links: IMDb |
| Drive Starring: Ryan Gosling · Carey Mulligan · Bryan Cranston Description: A man (billed as “The Driver”), works as a mechanic, a stunt double, a stunt driver, and a criminal-for-hire getaway driver in Los Angeles, California. His jobs are all managed by auto shop owner Shannon, who persuades Jewish-American mobster Bernie Rose and his half-Italian partner Nino “Izzy” Paolozzi to purchase a car for the Driver to race. (Wikipedia) A neo-noir crime thriller based on the 2005 novel of the same name by James Sallis. |
2011 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Holy Motors Starring: Denis Lavant · Édith Scob · Eva Mendes Description: Holy Motors is a 2012 surrealist fantasy drama film written and directed by Leos Carax. Lavant plays Mr Oscar, a man like an actor who inhabits several roles, but there are no apparent cameras filming the man's performances. It is Carax's first feature film since 1999. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. (Wikimedia) Mr Oscar is driven from performance to performance by Céline, and Holy Motors refers to the garage where the limousines driven by Céline are kept. |
2012 Feature Film Runtime: 115 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Automotive Runtime: 78 minutes Starring: Will Estes · Emily Baldoni · Tessa Thompson Description: A crime noir set in Kansas and centered around a 1964 Mercury. |
2013 Feature Film Star Car: 1964 Mercury External Links: IMDb |
 KraftidiotenStarring: Stellan Skarsgård · Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen · Bruno Ganz Description: Nils Dickman is a snow plow driver in the fictional town of Tyos, Norway, just elected citizen of the year. His life, however, is shattered by the death of his son Ingvar, found dead by overdose of heroin. The police do not investigate but Dickman is sure that his son wasn't a drug user. When he is about to kill himself he learns from Finn, his son's friend, that Ingvar was mistakenly killed by a gang of drug dealers who actually intended to kill Finn. So Nils begins to hunt for his son's murderers. |
2014 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes See Also: Cold Pursuit (2019) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Night Fare Starring: Jonathan Howard · Jonathan Demurger · Fanny Valette Description: Englishman Chris returns to Paris after abruptly leaving two years ago. Luc takes him to a party. Ludivine takes Luc's car when she leaves early. Upset, Chris also leaves the party, and Luc follows him, attempting to persuade him to attend another party. As they drunkenly walk through Paris, Luc suggests they steal a car. Chris refuses and suggests getting a taxi instead. Luc says he needs to get money from an ATM but runs off, laughing. Chris apologetically flees the cab, joining Luc. Luc reveals he has a large amount of cash on him and refused to pay on a whim. As Chris and Luc argue, the taxi driver stalks them, chasing them down several streets. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Baby Driver Starring: Ansel Elgort · Jon Bernthal · Jon Hamm Description: Baby is a getaway driver in Atlanta. As a child, he survived a car crash that killed his parents and left him with tinnitus. He finds catharsis in music, typically using iPods to soothe his tinnitus. Baby ferries crews of robbers assembled by criminal mastermind Doc as recompense for theft of a car containing Doc's illicit goods. In leisure, he remixes snippets of conversations he records and cares for his deaf foster father, Joseph. He meets a waitress named Debora, and they start dating. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Feature Film Runtime: 113 minutes Star Car: Dodge Challenger External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Driver Starring: Rick Lundgren · Stephen Medvidick · Lorenzo Lamas Description: A dark drama set on the streets of Las Vegas, following a driver/serial killer with multiple personality disorder, and the rogue detective hunting him down. (IMDb) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 79 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Cold Pursuit Starring: Liam Neeson · Laura Dern · Emmy Rossum Description: After being awarded Citizen of the Year by the fictional ski resort of Kehoe, Colorado, snowplow driver Nels Coxman's quiet life is disrupted when his son dies from a forced heroin overdose. He learns that his son was murdered by a Denver drug cartel. He decides to seek vigilante justice, makes a sawed-off rifle, and kills three members of the cartel, dumping their bodies in a nearby river. Nels's wife Grace (angry at her husband's seemingly cold lack of grief) leaves him. (Wikipedia) The story is an American version of a Norwegian film Kraftidioten, which is called “In Order of Disappearance” in the English translation. |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 119 minutes See Also: Kraftidioten (2014) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast and Fierce: Death Race Starring: Michael DeVorzon · Gigi Austin · DMX Description: The winner of an illegal Mexico-to-California race is driving on his way to pick up the prize when a woman jumps into his car and pleads for help. |
2020 Feature Film Runtime: 85 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Drive My Car Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima · Tōko Miura · Reika Kirishima Description: Yūsuke accepts a residency in Hiroshima, where he will direct a multilingual adaptation of Uncle Vanya. Yūsuke casts Kōji, whose career has recently been hurt by improper conduct, as Uncle Vanya despite his young age and concerns for his erratic behavior. The theater company requires that Yūsuke not drive but be chauffeured in his own car, a red 1987 Saab 900 Turbo. He objects at first, but relents after the reserved young female chauffeur, Misaki Watari, reveals herself to be a skilled driver. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Feature Film Runtime: 179 minutes Star Car: Saab 900 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Ambulance Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal · Yahya Abdul-Mateen II · Eiza González Description: A Michael Bay action film. War veteran Will Sharp, desperately in need of $231,000 for his wife's surgery, reaches out to his adoptive brother and a life-long criminal, who talks him into taking part in a $32 million bank heist. The plan nearly succeeds until Officer Zach discovers the situation and is held hostage by Danny. A shootout then occurs, Zach attempts to escape, and during a scuffle between him and Danny, he is accidentally shot by Will. Leaving Zach to die, the brothers attempt to exit through the back of the building but find it surrounded by police. They then hijack an ambulance with EMT Cam Thompson on board, who is treating the injured Zach. SIS Captain Monroe arrives on the scene and deploys helicopters to chase after the ambulance. (Wikipedia) |
2022 Feature Film Runtime: 136 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drift | |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Starring: Lucas Black · Sung Kang · Bow Wow Description: High school troublemaker Sean Boswell and classmate Clay street race in their respective 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo and 2003 SRT-10 Dodge Viper. Clay races dirty, hitting Sean's car repeatedly until they hit a turn at high speed, causing both vehicles to crash. While Clay's family wealth helps him escape punishment, Sean, a repeat offender, avoids jail only by being sent to live with his father, a U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in Tokyo. Sean befriends military brat Twinkie, who introduces him to drift racing. Driving to an underground car meet in Twinkie's 2005 Volkswagen Touran, Sean gets into a confrontation with Takashi, the Drift King (DK), over Takashi's girlfriend Neela. Sean agrees to race Takashi's Nissan Fairlady Z33 in a Silvia S15 Spec-S leant to him by retired drift racer Han Lue. Unexperienced with drifting, Sean wrecks the Silvia. To repay the debt, Sean agrees to work for Han. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: drift 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drift Special: Beauty Battle Starring: Yoko Mitsuya · Toru Kazama |
2007 Feature Film |
 Evolusi KL DriftEnglish Title: KL Drift Evolution Starring: Syamsul Yusof · Aaron Aziz · Farid Kamil Description: The film tells the story of Zack and Sham, close friends who share a passion for drift racing. Though the sport is popular with men, Zack's girlfriend took up the sport and became competitive in it. Zack is an elite racer who runs a workshop while Sham is more down to earth and always has problems with his racing car. Zack is unhappy with drug pushers selling on his racing patch, but Fasha (who is a former user) is friendly with some of them which leads to a confrontation between her and Zack. The pushers are sent to their boss Joe, also a drift racer who uses race meets to sell his product. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Evolusi KL Drift 2 English Title: KL Drift Evolution 2 Starring: Syamsul Yusof · Farid Kamil · Scha Al-Yahya Description: Racing life between Zack and Sham has not ended yet. Zack, who used to be an illegal racer is currently a professional drifter. After the accident, Sham no longer drifts due to his broken leg and has to walk using the aid of crutches. Soon a female professional drifter called Aleeya (Scha Al-Yahaya) appears. Joe, who managed to escape unhurt from the accident, wants revenge on Zack. (Wikipedia) |
2010 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Highway Workers | |
| Roads and Bridges Starring: Abraham Lim · Gregory Sullivan Description: A film about a Chinese-American man facing racial prejudice in the American Midwest. Johnson Lee is a Chinese-American man who is placed on a Kansas road-cleaning crew by his parole officer. The film is about the friendship between Lee and Darrell, a black man who has experienced years of racist treatment from the white co-workers on the road crew. (Wikipedia) |
2000 Feature Film External Links: Wikipedia |
| Horror | |
| Duel Starring: Dennis Weaver · Jacqueline Scott · Carey Loftin Description: A driver in a Plymouth Valiant is chased along remote desert roads by an intimidating-looking eighteen-wheeler, a 1960 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck. Steven Spielberg's first full-length theatrical release as director. |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Cars That Ate Paris Starring: John Meillon · Terry Camilleri · Kevin Miles Description: The film begins with an urban couple driving through the countryside in what looks like a cinema advertisement. The scene comes to a halt with a fatal accident. The rural Australian town of Paris arranges fatal accidents to visitors driving through. Townspeople collect items from the luggage of the deceased passengers whilst survivors are taken to the local hospital where they are given lobotomies with power tools and kept as “veggies” for medical experiments by the earnest town surgeon. (wikipedia) |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes (Australia) · 74 minutes (United States) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Car Starring: James Brolin · Kathleen Lloyd · John Marley Description: A horror film about a driverless car that goes on a murderous rampage through a small town. The titular car is a heavily customized 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III designed by George Barris. |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Star Car: Lincoln Continental External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 Upír z FeratuEnglish Title: Ferat Vampire Starring: Jirí Menzel · Dagmar Havlová · Jana Brezková Description: Doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima, signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver. Rumors abound that the Ferat sports car runs not on petrol, but on human blood. (Wikipedia) |
1982 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Christine Starring: Keith Gordon · John Stockwell · Alexandra Paul Description: Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the lives of Arnie Cunningham, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies after he buys a classic red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine, a car that seems to have a mind of its own and a jealous, possessive personality, which has a bad influence on Arnie. (Wikipedia) |
1983 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Star Car: Plymouth Fury External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Dead End Drive-In Starring: Ned Manning · Natalie McCurry · Peter Whitford Description: In the near future, the economy has collapsed and crime waves sweep the inner cities. The manufacturing industry has shrunk to the point where cars are a commodity and parts are fought over between salvage companies and roving gangs. Australia, the US, and North Korea are the only functioning nation-states left on earth. In an attempt to control the crime-waves, a chain of drive-in theatres is seized by the state and turned into concentration camps for the undesirables and unemployed youth. (Wikipedia) |
1986 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Joy Ride Starring: Steve Zahn · Paul Walker · Leelee Sobieski Description: Also known as Roadkill in the UK. A 2001 American horror thriller film directed by John Dahl and written by J.J. Abrams and Clay Tarver. Paul Walker stars as Lewis Thomas, a college freshman embarking on a cross-country road trip during summer break to pick up his childhood crush Venna. Along for the ride is Lewis' brother Fuller, a practical joker who uses the car's CB radio to play a cruel prank on a trucker known only by the handle Rusty Nail. The victim of Fuller's gag, a psychotic murderer, pursues them relentlessly to get revenge at any cost. (Wikipedia) |
2001 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Rest Stop Starring: Jaimie Alexander · Joey Mendicino · Deanna Russo Description: Jess picks up his girlfriend, Nicole, to head out to California in his convertible. On the way, Nicole complains she needs to urinate, and she urges Jess to find a rest stop. After exiting the building, she finds her boyfriend gone. A deranged truck driver throws her the red cell phone from the convertible, convincing her he has Jess. Nicole goes to look for help, notices an RV, bangs on the door, and asks for help. She has a short eerie ride with the passengers until she is eventually thrown out for looking at the deformed individual hidden in the back of the vehicle. (Wikipedia) |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes See Also: Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Blood Car Starring: Mike Brune · Anna Chlumsky · Katie Orr Description: Archie Andrews is a vegan kindergarten teacher who buys products from Lorraine's vegetarian road side stand. He is developing an engine that runs on wheatgrass with no results until he accidentally cuts his finger and the blood falls in the wheatgrass, which filters to the engine and then causes it to run. (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 76 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Proof Starring: Kurt Russell · Zoë Bell · Rosario Dawson Description: Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film was originally released theatrically as part of Grindhouse, a double feature that combined Death Proof with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. After Grindhouse underperformed at the domestic box office, Death Proof was released as a standalone feature in other countries and on home media. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman-turned-serial killer who murders young women with modified cars he purports to be “death-proof.” (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 127 minutes Star Car: 1970 Chevy Nova External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Racers Starring: Violent J & Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse · Scott Levy Description: In the year 2030, a civil war breaks out in the United States. In a final attempt to restore order, the president declares martial law. In 2033, a massive prison camp known as "the Red Zone" is built in a desolate city that soon holds over one million insane, violent felons. The United States is declared safe. A dangerous criminal known as the Reaper has been extracting sarin, which he plans to spill into the nation's water supply. One of the prisoners, FX secretly films the Reaper with a Wi-Fi digital camera as he discusses these plans, and the state's governor, Reagan Black finds out about them. Black develops a plan to hold a "death race" within the prison system, assembling four teams of racers. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead Starring: Nicki Aycox · Nick Zano · Kyle Schmid Description: The film begins at a truck stop where a prostitute gets into a large, black Peterbilt and offers her "services" to the trucker inside. The trucker is revealed to be Rusty Nail. He asks the hooker to go out into the rain to get wet. She is unnerved by his strange behavior and tries to leave, but Rusty Nail locks the doors and tells her to leave through the open window. He traps her in the window with half her body outside the truck. Rusty takes off, decapitating the hooker as he drives alongside another truck trailer. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Rest Stop: Don't Look Back Starring: Richard Tillman · Jessie Ward · Graham Norris Description: In 1972, a family in a motorhome encounters the Driver standing on the side of the road next to the yellow pickup, out of gas. Once in the R.V., the mother flirts heavily with the Driver, asking Scotty, her physically deformed child, to take a picture with his camera. Later that night, the Father finds the Driver having sexual intercourse with his wife. His wife then falsely claims she is being raped and prompts her husband to attack, torture, and kill the Driver. The Driver's ghost later kills the family across the street from the rest stop. Thirty-five years later and one year after Jesse and Nicole disappeared. In Argyle, Texas, Jesse's brother Tom returns from Iraq. Tom decides to go looking for his brother with his girlfriend Marilyn and one of Nicole's friends, Jared, who has had a long-time crush on Nicole. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 89 minutes See Also: Rest Stop (2006) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Final Destination Starring: Bobby Campo · Shantel VanSanten · Nick Zano Description: The fourth film in the Final Destination horror series. College student Nick O'Bannon attends a race at the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and their friends Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham. Nick suddenly has a premonition of a terrible accident that sends debris into the stadium, killing several people and causing the stadium to collapse. (Wikipedia) |
2009 Feature Film Runtime: 82 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Road Train Alternate Title: Road Kill Starring: Xavier Samuel · Bob Morley · Georgina Haig Description: Marcus, his best friend Craig, and their friends, Liz and Nina are driving through the Australian outback. A road train comes up behind their Jeep Cherokee and pushes them off the road, breaking Craig's arm. Nina discovers the truck's fuel tanks are empty, but finds a large pipe underneath the trailer, filled with a mysterious red fluid. (Wikipedia) |
2010 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Rubber Starring: Stephen Spinella · Roxane Mesquida · Jack Plotnick Description: A 2010 English-language French independent horror-comedy film about a tyre that comes to life and kills people with psychokinetic powers. It was directed and written by Quentin Dupieux. The film was produced by Realitism Films. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, where it received positive reviews from critics. (Wikipedia) |
2010 Feature Film Runtime: 82 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Joy Ride 3: Roadkill Starring: Ken Kirzinger · Jesse Hutch · Kirsten Prout Description: Rob and Candy are holed up in a motel room, using methamphetamine and having sex. When they run out of drugs, Rob convinces Candy to use the CB to lure a trucker to their room, so they can rob him. Rusty Nail responds to Candy's summons. When Rob answers the door, Rusty realizes he's been tricked and takes the pair captive. Rob and Candy are chained to each other and the driveshaft of Rusty Nail's truck. He takes them to a deserted stretch of Highway 17 and tells them he will let them go if they can hang onto the hood of the truck for a mile. (Wikipedia) |
2014 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Blood Drive Starring: Alan Ritchson · Christina Ochoa · Thomas Dominique Description: The series features Los Angeles Police Department officer Arthur Bailey, who is forced to partner up with Grace D'Argento, a dangerous femme fatale who has an agenda of her own, as they take part in a death race in which the cars run on human blood – the titular Blood Drive. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Television Series Series Length: 1 season, 13 episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Mr. Mercedes Original Network/Service: Audience Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Jharrel Jerome Description: Based on the 2014 Stephen King novel of the same name about a killer who drives a stolen Mercedes-Benz into a crowd of people. |
2017-2019 Television Series Series Length: 3 Seasons, 30 Episodes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Bad Ben 7: The Haunted Highway Starring: Nigel Bach · Holly Barnes · Gary Bisignani Description: Tom Riley has a new job now as a ridesharing driver for the DropUOff service and the strange new experiences he has driving his clients on Halloween night in 2019 are all captured on his dashcam, body cam and surveillance cameras. Among his clients are a young woman carrying a suspicious parcel, a witch and an unfriendly scarecrow. (IMDb) |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 71 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Hot Rodding/Street Racing | |
| The Devil on Wheels Starring: Darryl Hickman · James Cardwell · Damian O'Flynn Description: Michael “Micky” Clark turns his Ford roadster into a hot rod with his friend Todd, advised by Michael's older brother Jeff, who learned about engines as a combat pilot. Todd (who has his own custom Ford hot rod) thinks Michael talks about his brother too much, but encourages him to soup up his car. (Wikipedia) |
1947 Feature Film Runtime: 77 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Hot Rod Girl Starring: Lori Nelson · Chuck Connors · John Smith Description: When his younger brother is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup blames himself for the accident since he had built the car for his brother and had encouraged him to race it. Local hot rodders want to race at a sanctioned drag strip, but Jeff sticks with street racing and it's only a matter of time before there's another accident. |
1956 Feature Film Runtime: 79 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Teenage Thunder Starring: Chuck Courtney · Melinda Byron · Robert Fuller Description: A teenage gas station attendant is obsessed with hot rods and racing. His dad objects to hot rod racing but the boy is determined to build a car. |
1957 Feature Film Runtime: 78 minutes Subject: Drag Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| American Graffiti Starring: Richard Dreyfuss · Ron Howard · Paul Le Mat Description: Set in Modesto, California in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and rock and roll cultures popular among the post–World War II baby boom generation. The film is told in a series of vignettes, telling the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over a single night. (Wikipedia) |
1973 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Metal Skin Starring: Aden Young · Tara Morice · Nadine Garner Description: Joe lives with his brain-damaged father in working-class Altona, suburban Melbourne. Joe has problems taking care of his father, as he is disruptive and dangerous due to his deteriorating mental health. A shy misfit whose great love is souped-up muscle cars, Joe gets a job at the supermarket where he is befriended by fellow car enthusiast Dazey, after walking in on him having sex in the break room. (Wikipedia) |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 109 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast Track: No Limits Starring: Erin Cahill · Andrew Walker · Joseph Beattie Description: For four young people; Katie, Mike, Eric, Nicole; speed is a way of life. But the four soon come to realize that living life in the fast lane carries a very high price. On the streets debts are not settled with cash, they are settled in blood. Each character has a different motive and a different goal but when they get behind the wheel they are all the same. It is the speed that connects them, but the one thing they all have in common will be the one thing that tears them apart. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Street Racer Starring: Clint Browning · Dorothy Drury · Robert Pike Daniel Description: Johnny Wayne is an ex-racer who serves 5 years in prison after crippling a young boy during an illegal street race in Los Angeles. Wayne, having been traumatised by the events, vows to never race again, and is soon released as a reformed citizen. Whilst Johnny attempts to restore his life and become an honest, hardworking member of society, his parole officer has other plans for him. Johnny finds himself being blackmailed into street racing by his parole officer and the taunts of his former street racing associates. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 85 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 200 mph Starring: Jaz Martin · Hennely Jimenez · AnnaMaria DeMara Description: A direct-to-DVD low-budget knockoff of the Fast & Furious franchise. When the older brother he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer during a nighttime street race known as Sepulveda Suicide, Rick Merchant channels his grief into getting revenge behind the wheel. But to win, he'll need to modify his trusty 1988 Mazda RX-7/Nissan 240sx -- with help from a mechanic Kelly -- to get the maximum performance out of his machinery. (Wikipedia) |
2011 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Need for Speed Starring: Aaron Paul · Dominic Cooper · Imogen Poots Description: Tobey Marshall is a former race car driver who owns his late father's garage, Marshall Performance Motors, in Mount Kisco, New York, where he and his friends tune performance cars. Struggling to make ends meet, he and his crew participate in street races after hours. Dino challenges Tobey and his friend Pete to a race after Pete flatly tells Dino that everyone knows Tobey is a better driver than him. He challenges them to race with his uncle's three Koenigsegg Agera R cars illegally imported from Europe. On the home stretch, realizing he is about to lose the race, Dino intentionally bumps into Pete's car, sending it down a ravine and killing Pete as it bursts into flames. Dino disappears from the scene, while Tobey is arrested by the police and sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, unable to prove Dino was there. Upon his release on parole, Tobey sets out to avenge Pete's death. (Wikipedia) |
2014 Feature Film Runtime: 132 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Motorcycles & Biker Culture | |
| Easy Rider Starring: Peter Fonda · Dennis Hopper · Jack Nicholson Description: Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s. (Wikipedia) |
1969 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Hell's Belles Starring: Jeremy Slate · Adam Roarke · Jocelyn Lane Description: A 1969 action film about two hardcore bikers who feud over a new motorcycle. The film was directed by Maury Dexter. It is a biker film, a subgenre of exploitation films. The film was released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment as a double feature with The Wild Angels. The film was shot around Tucson, Arizona. (Wikipedia) |
1969 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| J.C. Starring: William F. McGaha · Hannibal Penney · Joanna Moore Description: Jesus Christ is born again, and rebels against his Southern Baptist father by joining a biker gang. |
1972 Feature Film Runtime: 99 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Stone Starring: Ken Shorter · Helen Morse · Hugh Keays-Byrne Description: When several members of the GraveDiggers outlaw motorcycle club are murdered, Sydney detective Stone is sent to investigate. Led by the Undertaker, a Vietnam war veteran, the GraveDiggers allow Stone to pose as a gang member. (wikipedia) |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 126 minutes (theatrical) · 99 minutes (theatrical cut) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Silver Dream Racer Starring: David Essex · Beau Bridges · Cristina Raines Description: Nick Freeman is an aspiring motorcycle racer. But after Nick's brother dies before he is able to test and race the new experimental motorcycle he's developed, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning. But underhanded American racer (Beau Bridges) is also among the competitors and he is determined to ruin Nick's chances. Numerous incidents happen before Nick crosses the finish line in first place. Two completely different endings were filmed depicting Nick after he has won the race and both versions were released. (Wikipedia) |
1980 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 阿郎的故事 English Title: All About Ah-Long Starring: Chow Yun-fat · Sylvia Chang · Ng Man-tat Description: Chow Yun-fat plays Ah-Long, a single father trying to raise his son, Porky (Huang Kun-Hsuen), on a low-income lifestyle. Ah-Long works as a truckdriver at a construction site. The son's real mother, Por-por, who is Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend left him ten years ago for the United States after a lovers' spat. Ah-Long decides to try his luck at the motorbike racing competition. Ah-Long is determined to win the motorbike race to give his son a better future. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 烈火戰車 Language: Cantonese English Title: Full Throttle Starring: Andy Lau · Paul Chun · Chin Kar-lok Description: Joe is a youth that loves auto racing. His father Paul operates a motorbike business which often organizes motorbike teams to race in Macau and Japan and his racers would often be awarded the crown bike. Since Joe's license has been revoked for speeding at the age of 19, he is unable to participate in an official race and can only secretly race in the streets to fulfill his desire of racing on the roads. (Wikpedia) |
1995 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes External Links: Wikipedia |
| Biker Boyz Starring: Laurence Fishburne · Derek Luke · Orlando Jones Description: In the world of underground motorcycle drag racing, the undefeated racer known as Smoke is the undisputed "King of Cali." But Smoke's dominance of the set is about to be threatened by a young motorcycle racing prodigy called Kid, who is determined to win Smoke's crown and earn the coveted title. Kid says that the difference between men and boys are the lessons they learn - and that his father, Slick Will, taught him plenty. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Brown Bunny Starring: Vincent Gallo · Chloë Sevigny · Cheryl Tiegs Description: The Brown Bunny is a 2003 American independent art house drama film written, produced, shot, edited and directed by Vincent Gallo about a motorcycle racer on a cross-country drive who is haunted by memories of his former lover. Following its world premiere at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the film garnered a great deal of media attention because of the explicit final scene between Gallo and actress Chloë Sevigny, as well as a war of words between Gallo and film critic Roger Ebert, who stated that The Brown Bunny was the worst film in the history of Cannes, although he later gave a re-edited version his signature "thumbs up". (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wild Hogs Starring: Tim Allen · John Travolta · Martin Lawrence · William H. Macy Description: Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis and Dudley Frank are four middle-aged everymen living in a Cincinnati suburb who find themselves disillusioned with the banality of everyday suburban life and lack of adventure. Doug is a dentist who has trouble bonding with his son Billy (Dominic Janes); Dudley is a single (yet sometimes preoccupied) computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women; Bobby is a henpecked plumber whose wife Karen has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book; and Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel. They find escape from their daily routines on weekends by riding motorcycles together posing as a biker gang called the “Wild Hogs.” (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Exit Speed Starring: Fred Ward · Desmond Harrington · Lea Thompson Description: Cole finds herself on an American Auto Coach bus on her way to El Paso, along with an eclectic group of passengers for what should be an uneventful ride on Christmas Eve. The bus passes a group of meth-addicted, nomadic bikers who taunt the passengers by performing stunts around the bus. One of the bikers makes a mistake and ends up under the wheels of the bus, resulting in the rest of the bikers seeking revenge. The driver, Danny Gunn stops the bus to help, and when he gets out, one of the bikers kills him. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 91 minutes Subjects: Buses, Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Sons of Anarchy Starring: Charlie Hunnam · Katey Sagal · Mark Boone Junior Description: An American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter. It follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. (Wikpedia) Mayans M.C. is a spin-off of the series. |
2008-2014 Television Series Series Length: 7 Seasons, 92 Episodes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| American Dresser Starring: Gina Gershon · Keith David · Jeff Fahey Description: When a recent widower consumed with regret seeks absolution in riding his motorcycle cross-country to confront the mistakes of his past, he unexpectedly discovers that life is about moving forward, one mile at a time. (IMDb) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Motorcycles Feature Motorcycle: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Mayans M.C. Starring: JD Pardo · Clayton Cardenas · Sarah Bolger Description: The show takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club. (Wikipedia) |
2018-____ Television Series Series Length: 5 Seasons, 50 Episodes as of 2023 Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Bikeriders Starring: Austin Butler · Jodie Comer · Tom Hardy Description: It tells a fictional story inspired by the 1967 photo-book of the same name. Kathy, a strong-willed member of the Vandals who is married to a wild, reckless bikerider named Benny, recounts the Vandals' evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes, and respect for their strong, steady leader Johnny. (Wikipedia) |
2023 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
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| The Roaring Road Starring: Wallace Reid · Ann Little · Theodore Roberts Description: An automobile salesman who works for a sporty old automobile distributor J. D. Ward, has racing ambitions and is in love with Ward's daughter Dorothy. They part company, but Ward is in despair when three racing machines are damaged in a train wreck. Toodles buys the wreckage and assembles one complete car with the aid of his mechanic. With this car Toodles wins an important race. There are just a few days left for a record to be broken between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and after Toodles is arrested for speeding, Ward has him released as part of his plot to break this record. Ward kidnaps his own daughter, and Toodles comes to the rescue and breaks the record, and also wins Dorothy. (Wikipedia) |
1919 Feature Film (silent) Runtime: 58 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Double Speed Starring: Wallace Reid · Wanda Hawley · Theodore Roberts Description: Double Speed is a lost 1920 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was the debut directorial effort of Sam Wood and starred Wallace Reid in another of his racing car films. Speed Carr (Reid), driving from New York to Los Angeles to visit an uncle he has not seen in twenty years, is robbed of his car, clothing, and credentials by tramps and reaches the coast penniless wearing a borrowed suit of clothes. At his uncle's bank he is refused money. Carr pawns his watch under the name Barry Cole and, adopting this name, secures a position as chauffeur for Donald McPherson (Marshall), father of Sallie McPherson (Hawley), with whom he has fallen in love. After they elope, he reveals his identity and his uncle appears to give his blessing. (Wikipedia) |
1920 Feature Film (silent) Runtime: 50 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Excuse My Dust Starring: Wallace Reid · Wallace Reid Jr. · Ann Little Description: Excuse My Dust is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based upon a Saturday Evening Post short story “The Bear Trap” by Byron Morgan. “Toodles” Walton, former automobile racer, has promised his wife Dorothy that he will refrain from speeding. But he gives into temptation and, through the influence of his father-in-law Mr. Ward, the judge deprives him of the right to pilot a car for six months. Troubled times follow Toodles. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress. (Wikipedia) |
1920 Feature Film (silent) Runtime: 50 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes Starring: Johnny Hines · Edmund Breese · Betty Carpenter |
1921 Feature Film (silent) Runtime: 60 minutes Subjects: Buses, Pre-WWII Racing See Also: Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speedway Starring: William Haines · Anita Page · Ernest Torrence Description: Prior to the Indy 500 auto race, Bill Whipple quarrels with his foster father, Jim MacDonald, who is to be one of his rivals that day. MacDonald suddenly loses his chance to drive because of a heart condition. Whipple's car owner decides to go with another driver, so MacDonald offers his car to Whipple for the race. With victory in sight, Whipple pulls into the pits and lets MacDonald take the checkered flag of victory. (Wikipedia) |
1929 Feature Film Runtime: 76 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Crowd Roars Starring: James Cagney · Joan Blondell · Ann Dvorak Description: Motor racing champion Joe Greer returns home to compete in an exhibition race featuring his younger brother Eddie, who has aspirations of becoming a champion. Joe's misogynistic obsession with "protecting" Eddie from "women" causes Joe to interfere with Eddie's relationship with Anne, leading to estrangement between Joe and Eddie, and between Joe and his longtime girlfriend Lee, who is made to feel "not good enough" to be around Eddie. (Wikipedia) |
1932 Feature Film Runtime: 85 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing See Also: The Crowd Snores External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Kampf English Title: Contest Starring: Manfred von Brauchitsch · Evelyn Holt · Kurt Vespermann Description: Robert Wenck is a well-known racing driver who goes to Freiburg to take part in a car race that starts there. He is very much looking forward to the race, which will lead through the nearby mountains, because here he will meet his favorite opponent, Kurt Harder. However, this ongoing titular battle between the two rivals hasn't changed their friendship. (Wikipedia) |
1932 Feature Film Runtime: 87 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Racing Strain Starring: Wallace Reid Jr. · Dickie Moore · Phyllis Barrington Description: A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that. (Wikipedia) |
1932 Feature Film Runtime: 58 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| High Gear Starring: James Murray · Joan Marsh · Jackie Searl Description: Mark “High Gear” Sherrod has been a race car driver for the past five years and is now at the height of his career. His co-driver Ed is the widowed father of Jimmy. Ed promised his wife before she died that he would send Jimmy off to a fine military school after winning the “big race.” |
1933 Feature Film Runtime: 67 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes Starring: Jack Mulhall · Frankie Darro · Lola Lane Description: 12-part film serial about a bus line owner named Marjorie Temple and the race car driver who saves her business from oil speculators. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name. |
1934 Film Serial Runtime: 210 minutes Subjects: Buses, Pre-WWII Racing See Also: Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Grand Prix Starring: John Stuart · Gillian Sande · Peter Gawthorne Description: A racing car driver accidentally kills his fiancée's father. |
1934 Feature Film Runtime: 71 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Death Drives Through Starring: Chili Bouchier · Robert Douglas · Miles Mander Description: The racing scenes for this film were shot at Brooklands. |
1935 Feature Film Runtime: 60 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Thru Traffic Also known as “Speed Devils” Starring: Paul Kelly · Marguerite Churchill · Russell Hardie Description: A film produced by Warner Bros. and sponsored by Perfect Circle about rival racing drivers who crash together and quit racing. |
1935 Feature Film Runtime: 61 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Burn 'Em Up O'Connor Starring: Dennis O'Keefe · Cecilia Parker · Nat Pendleton Description: The screenplay was written by Milton Merlin and Byron Morgan from the novel Salute to the Gods by racing driver and journalist Malcolm Campbell. (Wikipedia) |
1939 Feature Film Runtime: 70 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Blonde Comet Starring: Virginia Vale · Robert Kent · Barney Oldfield as himself Description: A female racing driver competes all over Europe then returns to America where she finds romance with a male driver against whom she races. Race driver Barney Oldfield plays himself in a large role billed third under Vale and Kent. (Wikipedia) |
1941 Feature Film Runtime: 67 minutes Subject: Pre-WWII Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Big Wheel Starring: Mickey Rooney · Thomas Mitchell · Mary Hatcher Description: Billy Coy's father died competing in the Indianapolis 500 and he's determined to run the race himself. |
1949 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Topic: Indianapolis 500 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Checkpoint Starring: Anthony Steel · Odile Versois · Stanley Baker Description: Before a major motor race in Italy a man by the name of O'Donovan, is hired by Warren Ingram, owner of a British racing team to headhunt the designer of the rival Volta D'Italia team. However, he fails and instead makes a botched attempt to steal the original blue print designs by breaking into the factory and burglarizing an office safe in the Volta D'Italia factory located in Firenze, Italy. (Wikipedia) |
1956 Feature Film Runtime: 86 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Devil's Hairpin Starring: Cornel Wilde · Jean Wallace · Mary Astor Description: Nick Jargin retired from auto racing undefeated. He is continually goaded by Mike Houston, a sportswriter, to come out of retirement and challenge the top racer of the day, Tony Botari, particularly after egotistically saying in an interview that Botari has no real competition now that he's out of the sport. |
1957 Feature Film Runtime: 83 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Wild Ride Starring: Jack Nicholson · Georgianna Carter · Robert Bean Description: A rebellious punk named Johnny, of the Beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. (Wikipedia) Jack Nicholson's first top billing in a feature film. |
1960 Feature Film Runtime: 59 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Red Line 7000 Starring: James Caan · Laura Devon · Gail Hire Description: A stock car racing movie following three drivers and their girlfriends who worry for their lives. George Takei has a bit part a year before starting his iconic role in Star Trek. |
1965 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fireball 500 Starring: Frankie Avalon · Annette Funicello · Fabian Forte Description: Stock car racer “Fireball” Dave Owens from California goes to race in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he intends on competing against local champ Sonny Leander Fox. Dave beats Leander in a race, impressing the latter's girlfriend, Jane, and the wealthy Martha Brian. Martha persuades Dave to drive in a cross country night race, not telling him he is actually smugging moonshine. (Wikipedia) |
1966 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Grand Prix Starring: James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Yves Montand Description: A fictionalized account of the 1966 Formula 1 season with a mix of fictional characters and real drivers. Toshiro Mifune has a supporting role as a race team owner, inspired by Soichiro Honda. The film includes real-life racing footage and cameo appearances by drivers including Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham. Other drivers who appeared in the film include Dan Gurney, Richie Ginther, Joakim Bonnier and Bruce McLaren. |
1966 Feature Film Runtime: 176 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Le Mans Starring: Steve McQueen · Siegfried Rauch · Elga Andersen Description: Top flight Le Mans racing driver Michael Delaney spots former rival Piero Belgetti's widow Lisa buying flowers in the days before the race; he then drives to the scene of the accident which killed her husband the previous year. He has a flashback of Belgetti losing control of his Ferrari, forcing him to crash as well. Like many others, Lisa appears to feel Delaney was responsible, at least in part, for the accident. It features actual footage captured during the 1970 race held the previous June. (wikipedia) |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 106 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing Star Car: 1970 Porsche 917K Topic: 24 Hours of Le Mans External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Corky Starring: Robert Blake · Charlotte Rampling · Patrick O'Neal Description: Corky Curtiss is a Texas race-car mechanic obsessed with the sport. He is permitted to drive in local races on weekends, but boss Randy Dover replaces him with another driver because of his costly reckless ways. |
1972 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Last American Hero Starring: Jeff Bridges · Valerie Perrine · Geraldine Fitzgerald Description: An American sports drama film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson (no relation), the film stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, a character based on Johnson. It is based on Tom Wolfe's essay “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!,” which was first published in Esquire magazine in March 1965. |
1973 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topic: Junior Johnson External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Grim Reaper Starring: Cecil Scaife · Viola Walden · Tim Ormond Description: A Christian religious film about a family where the father is a nonbeliever who tries to communicate with the spirit of a son who died in a stock car racing crash. |
1976 Feature Film Runtime: 60 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Bobby Deerfield Starring: Al Pacino · Marthe Keller · Anny Duperey Description: Formula One auto racer Bobby Deerfield is a calculating, control-obsessed loner who has become used to winning the checkered flag on the track. But after he witnesses a fiery crash that kills a teammate and seriously wounds a competitor, Deerfield becomes unsettled by the spectre of death. During a visit to the survivor, Deerfield's world is further set askew when he meets Lillian Morelli, a quirky, impulsive woman racing against time. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1961 novel Heaven Has No Favorites. (Wikipedia) |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 124 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Checkered Flag or Crash Starring: Joe Don Baker · Susan Sarandon · Larry Hagman Description: Hard-charging race car driver “Walkaway” Madden, nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran wants the race completed by any means necessary. (Wikipedia) |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Off-Road Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Silver Dream Racer Starring: David Essex · Beau Bridges · Cristina Raines Description: Nick Freeman is an aspiring motorcycle racer. But after Nick's brother dies before he is able to test and race the new experimental motorcycle he's developed, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning. But underhanded American racer (Beau Bridges) is also among the competitors and he is determined to ruin Nick's chances. Numerous incidents happen before Nick crosses the finish line in first place. Two completely different endings were filmed depicting Nick after he has won the race and both versions were released. (Wikipedia) |
1980 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Carrera salvaje English Title: Car Crash Starring: Joey Travolta · Vittorio Mezzogiorno · Ana Obregón Description: Paul the race car driver and nick the mechanic win a fixed race and running afoul of local mafia leader Eli Wrosnky who tells them not to attend the Big Illegal race in Mexico called the imperial crash. So naturally Paul and Nick decide to visit their friend Paguito who has been working on a Pontiac firebird that was designed specifically for the imperial crash. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Star Car: Pontiac Firebird External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| 阿郎的故事 English Title: All About Ah-Long Starring: Chow Yun-fat · Sylvia Chang · Ng Man-tat Description: Chow Yun-fat plays Ah-Long, a single father trying to raise his son, Porky (Huang Kun-Hsuen), on a low-income lifestyle. Ah-Long works as a truckdriver at a construction site. The son's real mother, Por-por, who is Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend left him ten years ago for the United States after a lovers' spat. Ah-Long decides to try his luck at the motorbike racing competition. Ah-Long is determined to win the motorbike race to give his son a better future. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Checkered Flag Starring: Billy Campbell · Rob Estes · Amanda Wyss Description: Race car driver Mike Reardon and mechanic Tommy Trehearn are the best of friends whose friendship is damaged, however, when Reardon's girlfriend Chris ends up falling for Trehearn. Years later, Trehearn and Chris are married with children and move to Arizona when Trehearn is selected to be a mechanic for a new racing team, of which Reardon also happens to be a part. (Wikipedia) |
1990 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Days of Thunder Starring: Tom Cruise · Nicole Kidman · Robert Duvall Description: Young racer Cole Trickle, from Eagle Rock, California, has years of experience in open-wheel racing, winning championships with the World of Outlaws. Originally setting his sights on the Indianapolis 500, Cole realizes that “to win in Indy I'd need a great car, but stock cars are all the same.” Chevrolet dealership tycoon Tim Daland recruits him to race for his team in the NASCAR Cup Series, bringing former crew chief and car builder Harry Hogge out of retirement to lead Cole's pit crew. (Wikipedia) The characters are loosely based on real life NASCAR personalities Tim Richmond (Trickle), Rick Hendrick (Daland), and Harry Hyde (Hogge). |
1990 Feature Film Runtime: 107 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Star Car: Chevrolet Lumina See Also: The Golden Hour: The Making of Days of Thunder (2020) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Australia Starring: Mohanlal · Shankar · Ramya Krishnan Description: An unrealeased film about a driver named Rahul, whose passion is to win a Formula One championship as he is a successful Formula Two racer and Alex, a millionaire, an avid motor sports fan as well. Both dream of making it big in Formula One. (Wikipedia) |
1992 Feature Film Subject: Open Wheel Racing |
| Freejack Starring: Emilio Estevez · Mick Jagger · Rene Russo Description: In 2009, the super-wealthy achieve immortality by hiring “bonejackers,” mercenaries equipped with time travel devices, to snatch people from the past, just prior to the moment of their deaths, for use as substitute bodies. Those who escape are known as “freejacks” and are considered less than human under the law. In this dystopian future, most people suffer from poor physical health as a result of rampant drug use and environmental pollution, making them unattractive as replacement bodies. Alex Furlong is a Formula One racer who is about to die in a spectacular 1991 crash when a time machine snatches him from the cockpit and into 21st century New York City. (Wikipedia) |
1992 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Steel Chariots Starring: John Beck · Kathleen Nolan · Ben Browder Description: Steel Chariots is a 1997 American made-for-television sports film about NASCAR that was produced for Touchstone Television. It first aired on the Fox Network. Filming took place in Birmingham, Alabama, Charlotte, North Carolina, Concord, North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas. Filming was also done at Talladega Superspeedway. (Wikipedia) |
1997 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Driven Starring: Sylvester Stallone · Burt Reynolds · Kip Pardue Description: Halfway through the fictionalized 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series Season, rookie driver Jimmy Bly has already won five races. His brother/business manager Demille seems more concerned with working out endorsement deals and press engagements than racing, putting tremendous pressure upon Jimmy. His success has also drawn the ire of the reigning champion and series points leader Beau Brandenburg, who believes he's not doing as well as he should because of his fiancée Sophia becoming “a distraction.” Brandenburg breaks up their engagement and he regains his winning streak at Chicago Motor Speedway. (Wikipedia) |
2001 Feature Film Runtime: 116 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing Star Cars: Lola BK-00 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Brown Bunny Starring: Vincent Gallo · Chloë Sevigny · Cheryl Tiegs Description: The Brown Bunny is a 2003 American independent art house drama film written, produced, shot, edited and directed by Vincent Gallo about a motorcycle racer on a cross-country drive who is haunted by memories of his former lover. Following its world premiere at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the film garnered a great deal of media attention because of the explicit final scene between Gallo and actress Chloë Sevigny, as well as a war of words between Gallo and film critic Roger Ebert, who stated that The Brown Bunny was the worst film in the history of Cannes, although he later gave a re-edited version his signature "thumbs up". (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Circle Track Summer Starring: JodyMarie Spiech · Tony Rio · Lindsay Robertson Description: The owner of a failing race track seeks to reverse his fortune by holding a series of promotion events where the cars are driven by women. Becky is a waitress who unknowingly puts her life in danger while attempting to save the family farm. To raise money to save the farm, she and three other financially strapped but voluptuous local girls, Su Shi, Tammy Lay and Jette Black, sign up for a new Powder-Puff auto racing event at the Barberton Speedway in hopes of winning cold, hard cash. (Wikipedia) |
2005 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Starring: Will Ferrell · John C. Reilly · Sacha Baron Cohen Description: A comedy film set in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, centered around a rivalry between idiot driver Ricky Bobby and his French rival Jean Girard. |
2006 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Circuit Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg · Billy Campbell · Drew Fuller Description: A rising stock-car racer competes against her estranged father and her new beau. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 88 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast Girl Starring: Mircea Monroe · Justin Guarini · Dwier Brown Description: A young woman dreams of becoming a race-car driver, even though the career claimed the life of her father. (IMDb) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Finish Line Starring: Sam Page · Scott Baio · Taylor Cole Description: Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler who's using Mitch as a pawn in a deadly illegal arms trade. (IMDb) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
 RaceStarring: Anil Kapoor · Saif Ali Khan · Akshaye Khanna Description: The film opens with a murder plot involving a car accident that Ronny narrowly survives. Rajiv drunkenly confesses to Ronny that he likes Sonia and would quit drinking for her. Ronny confronts Rajiv and Sophia. He had overheard Rajiv discussing a failed murder attempt with the hitman and had been playing along the whole time so he could get the insurance money from his own faked death along with the insurance money from Rajiv's death. He allows Rajiv one last chance to win by agreeing to a car race. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 149 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| At Any Price Starring: Dennis Quaid · Zac Efron · Kim Dickens Description: In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood. (Wikipedia) |
2012 Feature Film Runtime: 105 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Logan Lucky Starring: Channing Tatum · Adam Driver · Seth MacFarlane Description: West Virginian Jimmy Logan is laid off from his construction job in the tunnels underneath the Charlotte Motor Speedway for failing to inform the manager about his leg injuries during his football career in high school. Jimmy goes to a bar tended by his ex-soldier brother Clyde, who lost his lower arm fighting in Iraq. A pretentious NASCAR-team owner, Max Chilblain, makes fun of Clyde's disability, leading to a fight with Jimmy, while Clyde sets fire to Max's car. The next day, Jimmy tells Clyde his plan to rob the Speedway, exploiting his knowledge of its underground pneumatic tube system for moving its vast amount of money. (Wikipedia) |
2017 Feature Film Runtime: 118 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing Topics: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coca-Cola 600 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| God Bless the Broken Road Starring: Lindsay Pulsipher · Jordin Sparks · LaDainian Tomlinson Description: The film tells the story of a young mother named Amber Hill who loses her husband in Afghanistan and struggles to raise their young daughter Bree in his absence. She meets a race car driver named Cody Jackson who helps to restore her faith. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 111 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Art of Racing in the Rain Starring: Milo Ventimiglia · Amanda Seyfried · Kevin Costner (voice) Description: In Seattle, Enzo (named after Enzo Ferrari) is dying. The old Golden Retriever is waiting for Denny, his master and best friend, to return. When Denny finds Enzo unable to move, the dog begins to narrate his life. Years prior, Denny buys a puppy, immediately bonding with young Enzo. Denny divides his time between teaching auto racing and caring for Enzo, while also pursuing a career as a race driver. A year later, Denny meets Eve at the supermarket and they begin to date. (Wikipedia) |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 109 minutes Subject: Sports/Touring Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Trading Paint Starring: John Travolta · Rosabell Laurenti Sellers · Michael Madsen Description: Family drama about a small town veteran dirt track driver and his son, also a driver. |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 87 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| F1 Starring: Brad Pitt · Kerry Condon · Javier Bardem Description: Follows a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team with a younger driver. |
2025 Feature Film Runtime: __ minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Racing (Long Distance) | |
| Cannonball Also known as “Carquake” Starring: David Carradine · Bill McKinney · Veronica Hamel Description: The Trans-America Grand Prix is an illegal race held every year between Los Angeles (Santa Monica Pier) and New York City. Recently released from jail, where he was serving a sentence for killing a girl while driving drunk, racing driver Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) hopes to win the race and get his career back on track. (Wikipedia) |
1976 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Gumball Rally Starring: Michael Sarrazin · Norman Burton · Raúl Juliá Description: About a group of drivers in a secret & illegal cross country race inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. This film in turn inspired the films Cannonball and Cannonball Run. |
1976 Feature Film Runtime: 105 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Cannonball Run Starring: Burt Reynolds · Jackie Chan · Roger Moore · Dom DeLuise · Farrah Fawcett Description: A comedy film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an actual cross-country outlaw road race held four times in the 1970s, starting at the Red Ball Garage on 31st Street in New York City (later the Lock, Stock and Barrel Restaurant in Darien, Connecticut) and ending at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, in Los Angeles. The screenwriter was automotive journalist Brock Yates, who had conceived the real-life Cannonball Baker event. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Feature Film Runtime: 95 minutes See Also: Cannonball Run II (1984) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Cannonball Run II Starring: Burt Reynolds · Dom DeLuise · Dean Martin · Sammy Davis Jr. Description: Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel is ordered by his father, the King, to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to “emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world.” When Sheik Abdul points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year, his father simply tells him to “buy one.” (Wikipedia) This film includes the final feature film appearances of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. |
1984 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes See Also: The Cannonball Run (1981) External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Speed Zone Alternate Titles: Cannonball Fever, One for the Money, Speedzone Fever Starring: Melody Anderson · Peter Boyle · Donna Dixon Description: A comedy film where an assortment of people gather at a countryside inn in preparation for the infamous “Cannonball Run,” an illegal three-day cross-country race from Washington, D.C. to Santa Monica where the winner and five runners-up will receive $1 million. However, the hot-headed Washington Chief of Police, Spiro T. Edsel, along with his long-suffering sidekick Whitman, arrest all of the drivers to prevent the race from happening. As a result, sponsors must find replacement drivers by the next day. (Wikipedia) |
1989 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fast and Fierce: Death Race Starring: Michael DeVorzon · Gigi Austin · DMX Description: The winner of an illegal Mexico-to-California race is driving on his way to pick up the prize when a woman jumps into his car and pleads for help. |
2020 Feature Film Runtime: 85 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Religious | |
| J.C. Starring: William F. McGaha · Hannibal Penney · Joanna Moore Description: Jesus Christ is born again, and rebels against his Southern Baptist father by joining a biker gang. |
1972 Feature Film Runtime: 99 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Grim Reaper Starring: Cecil Scaife · Viola Walden · Tim Ormond Description: A Christian religious film about a family where the father is a nonbeliever who tries to communicate with the spirit of a son who died in a stock car racing crash. |
1976 Feature Film Runtime: 60 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Flywheel Starring: Alex Kendrick · Lisa Arnold · Tracy Goode Description: A Christian drama film about the unexpected pitfalls that a used car dealer experienced as he suddenly goes honest. The dealer intentionally overcharges his customers until reaching a turning point in his life where he decides to end his shady business practices and become a Christian. (Wikipedia) |
2003 Feature Film Runtime: 120 minutes Star Car: 1958 Triumph TR3 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Drive Angry Starring: Nicholas Cage · Amber Heard · William Fitchner Description: John Milton escapes from Hell after stealing Satan's gun, the Godkiller, in order to kill Jonah King, a Satanic cult-leader who murdered Milton's daughter and her husband and plans to ritually sacrifice Milton's infant granddaughter to unleash Hell on Earth. After interrogating and killing some of King's followers in Colorado, Milton discovers that the ritual will take place in Stillwater, an abandoned Louisiana prison. On his way there, he stops by a diner, where he meets Piper Lee, a waitress. Milton and Piper meet Milton's friend, Webster, who gives them a 1971 red Chevrolet Chevelle SS. |
2011 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes Star Car: 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| God Bless the Broken Road Starring: Lindsay Pulsipher · Jordin Sparks · LaDainian Tomlinson Description: The film tells the story of a young mother named Amber Hill who loses her husband in Afghanistan and struggles to raise their young daughter Bree in his absence. She meets a race car driver named Cody Jackson who helps to restore her faith. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 111 minutes Subject: Stock Car Racing External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Buying Time Starring: Jake Head · Drew Garrett · Nathan Bell Description: A Christian religious film set in a near future when Christianity is illegal. A father tells his son about the time he was involved in street racing. |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 84 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Road Trip | |
| Detour Starring: Tom Neal · Ann Savage · Claudia Drake Description: Al Roberts, an unemployed piano player, hitches a ride, arriving at a roadside diner in Reno, Nevada. After anguishing a while, Al decides to travel to California to marry Sue. With little money to his name, Al is forced to hitchhike across the country. In Arizona, bookie Charles Haskell Jr. gives Al a ride in his convertible and tells him that he is in luck; for he is driving to Los Angeles to place a bet on a horse. (Wikipedia) |
1945 Feature Film Runtime: 68 minutes Star Car: 1941 Lincoln Continental External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Genevieve Starring: John Gregson · Dinah Sheridan · Kenneth More Description: Two veteran cars and their crews participating in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Alan McKim, a young barrister, and his wife, Wendy, drive Genevieve, a 1904 Darracq. Their friend Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More), a brash advertising salesman, his latest girlfriend, fashion model Rosalind Peters and her pet St. Bernard ride in a 1905 Spyker. (Wikipedia) |
1953 Feature Film Runtime: 86 minutes Topic: London to Brighton Veteran Car Run External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Long, Long Trailer Starring: Lucille Ball · Desi Arnaz · Marjorie Main Description: In the mid 1950s, Nicholas Collini lands a new civil engineering job which will require travel. His fiancée Tacy comes up with the idea of buying a trailer so that they can travel together around the USA to his various work projects, as well as to save money that would otherwise be spent on a house. They intend to haul the trailer themselves to Nicky's first job site in Colorado, as part of their honeymoon trip through the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Wikipedia) |
1954 Feature Film Runtime: 68 minutes Star Car: 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with 1953 36-foot Redman New Moon External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Two-Lane Blacktop Starring: James Taylor · Warren Oates · Laurie Bird Description: Two street racers, the Driver and the Mechanic, live on the road in their highly modified, primer-gray 1955 Chevrolet 150 two-door sedan drag car, and drift from town to town making their income by challenging local residents to impromptu drag races. (wikipedia) |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 96 minutes Star Car: 1955 Chevrolet 150 External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Alice in den Städten English Title: Alice in the Cities Starring: Rüdiger Vogler · Yella Rottländer Description: The first part of Wim Wenders' “Road Movie trilogy,” which also includes The Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976). The film is shot in black and white by Robby Müller with several long scenes without dialogue. In the film, a professional writer loses a job due to his inability to complete an assignment. When he tries to travel to Munich, a stranger entrusts her daughter in his care and disappears. The duo search for the girl's estranged grandmother, based on vague clues. (Wikipedia) |
1974 Feature Film Runtime: 98 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Falsche Bewegung English Title: The Wrong Move (the literal translation of the German title would have been False Movement) Starring: Rüdiger Vogler · Hanna Schygulla · Marianne Hoppe Description: The second of Wim Wenders' “Road Movie trilogy,” which also includes Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976). The film is shot in black and white by Robby Müller with several long scenes without dialogue. With long carefully composed shots characteristic of Wenders' work, the story follows the wanderings of an aspiring young writer, Wilhelm Meister, as he explores his native country, encounters its people and starts defining his vocation. His thoughts are occasionally presented in voice-over. The work is a rough adaption of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, an early example of the Bildungsroman or novel of initiation. (Wikipedia) |
1975 Feature Film Runtime: 103 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Im Lauf der Zeit English Title: Kings of the Road (the literal translation of the German title would have been In The Course of Time) Starring: Rüdiger Vogler · Hanns Zischler Description: The third of Wim Wenders' “Road Movie trilogy,” which also includes Alice in the Cities (1974) and The Wrong Move (1975). The film is about a projection-equipment repair mechanic named Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), who meets the depressed Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler), who has just been through a break-up with his wife, after he drives his car into a river in a half-hearted suicide attempt. Bruno allows Robert to ride with him while his clothes dry, rarely speaking while Bruno drives along the Western side of the East German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters. (Wikipedia) |
1975 Feature Film Runtime: 175 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Backroads Starring: Bill Hunter · Gary Foley · Zac Martin Description: Jack and Gary steal a car and head off around the back roads of Western New South Wales. They pickup a trio of fellow travellers – Gary's uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and an embittered woman. (Wikipedia) |
1977 Feature Film Runtime: 60 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Highway 61 Starring: Valerie Buhagiar · Don McKellar · Earl Pastko Description: One morning, Pokey Jones discovers a frozen corpse in his backyard, and soon meets Jackie Bangs, a tough and mysterious roadie who claims the dead man is her brother. Jackie's real intention is to use the body, a vagrant unknown to anyone in town, to smuggle stolen drugs into the United States. She convinces Pokey to use his parents' car, which has not been driven in decades, to drive her to New Orleans to bury her brother. So Jackie and Pokey set out along Highway 61, coffin strapped to the top of the car, and follow Bob Dylan's famous U.S. Highway 61 south through the heart of the United States. (Wikipedia) |
1991 Feature Film Runtime: 102 minutes Topic: United States Numbered Highways External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Chase Starring: Charlie Sheen · Kristy Swanson · Henry Rollins Description: Set in California, the film follows a wrongfully convicted man who kidnaps a wealthy heiress and leads police on a lengthy car chase in an attempt to escape prison, while the news media dramatize the chase to absurd extents. (Wikipedia) |
1994 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Breakdown Starring: Kurt Russell · J.T. Walsh · Kathleen Quinlan Description: Jeff Taylor and his wife Amy are driving from Boston to San Diego in their new Jeep Grand Cherokee. They narrowly avoid colliding with a beat-up pickup truck in Arizona. At a gas station, Earl, the driver of the truck, confronts Jeff and they exchange hostile words. Shortly after the couple resume their trip, their car breaks down on a desolate road. Leaving Jeff with the Jeep, Amy accepts a ride from a passing trailer truck driver to get to a nearby diner and call for help. (Wikipedia) |
1997 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Wild Hogs Starring: Tim Allen · John Travolta · Martin Lawrence · William H. Macy Description: Doug Madsen, Woody Stevens, Bobby Davis and Dudley Frank are four middle-aged everymen living in a Cincinnati suburb who find themselves disillusioned with the banality of everyday suburban life and lack of adventure. Doug is a dentist who has trouble bonding with his son Billy (Dominic Janes); Dudley is a single (yet sometimes preoccupied) computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women; Bobby is a henpecked plumber whose wife Karen has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book; and Woody is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel. They find escape from their daily routines on weekends by riding motorcycles together posing as a biker gang called the “Wild Hogs.” (Wikipedia) |
2007 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Hit and Run Starring: Dax Shepard · Kristen Bell · Kristin Chenoweth Description: Charlie Bronson is enrolled in Witness Protection, living in Milton, California, under the supervision of incompetent U.S. Marshal Randy Anderson. Charlie's girlfriend Annie Bean is a professor with a doctorate in Non-Violent Conflict Resolution. Her supervisor Debby Kreeger promises to fire her if she does not make it to a job interview at UCLA. Charlie, unable to return to Los Angeles since enrolling in Witness Protection, insists Annie take the interview without him. Instead, Annie returns to work to beg to keep her job, but Charlie picks her up in his souped-up, restored Lincoln Continental to take her to the interview. (Wikipedia) |
2012 Feature Film Runtime: 100 minutes Star Car: 1967 Lincoln Continental External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| American Dresser Starring: Gina Gershon · Keith David · Jeff Fahey Description: When a recent widower consumed with regret seeks absolution in riding his motorcycle cross-country to confront the mistakes of his past, he unexpectedly discovers that life is about moving forward, one mile at a time. (IMDb) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Motorcycles Feature Motorcycle: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Science Fiction | |
| Deathsport Starring: David Carradine · Claudia Jennings · Richard Lynch Description: “A thousand years from tomorrow” after the Neutron Wars, the world is divided into a barbaric collection of city states surrounded by wastelands where only mutant cannibals and independent warriors, known as Range Guides, can live. Led by Lord Zirpola, the city state of Helix is planning war on another city state, Tritan, for their fuel supply. Hoping to prove the superiority of their newest weapons, the Death Machines (laser-equipped dirt bikes), they create a new pastime - Deathsport. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes Subject: Motorcycles External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Repo Man Starring: Harry Dean Stanton · Emilio Estevez · Tracey Walter Description: Repo Man is a 1984 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox in his directorial debut. Set in Los Angeles, the plot concerns a young punk rocker (Estevez) who is recruited by a car repossession agency and gets caught up in the pursuit of a mysterious Chevrolet Malibu that might be connected to extraterrestrials. (Wikipedia) |
1984 Feature Film Runtime: 92 minutes Star Car: 1964 Chevrolet Malibu External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Steel Justice Starring: Robert Taylor · J.A. Preston · Season Hubley Description: In an attempt to bring the monster truck rally-favorite Robosaurus to a television series, television writers came up a farfetched backstory. A police detective is distraught over the death of his son, and is visited by a time traveler who can transform smaller objects into larger similar objects (not a direct enlargement, of course). This time traveler uses this power on the detective's son's dinosaur toy to turn it into Robosaurus. Although unsold as a series pilot, it did air in the spring as a made-for-TV-movie. |
1992 Pilot/Made-for-TV Movie Runtime: 120 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Bumblebee Starring: Hailee Steinfeld · John Cena · Gracie Dzienny Description: On the planet Cybertron, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are on the verge of losing their war against the Decepticons and prepare to evacuate the planet. Decepticon forces led by Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave intercept the Autobots during their evacuation, and Optimus sends Autobot scout B-127 to Earth in an escape pod to set up a base of operations while he stays behind to fend off the Decepticons. B-127 reaches Earth and crash-lands in California in 1987, disrupting a training exercise by Sector 7, a secret government agency tasked with monitoring extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Colonel Jack Burns presumes B-127 to be hostile and orders his men to attack the Autobot. B-127 scans a Willys MB jeep and flees to a nearby mine, where he is ambushed by the Decepticon Blitzwing. When B-127 refuses to reveal Optimus's whereabouts, Blitzwing tears out his voice box and damages his memory core, prompting B-127 to kill the Decepticon with one of his own missiles. B-127 scans a nearby 1967 yellow Volkswagen Beetle before collapsing from his injuries. (Wikipedia) |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 114 minutes Topic: 1967 Volkswagen Beetle External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxicabs | |
| Chan Is Missing Starring: Wood Moy · Marc Hayashi · Laureen Chew Description: Jo is a taxi driver in Chinatown, San Francisco who, with his nephew Steve, is seeking to purchase a cab license. Jo's friend Chan Hung was the go-between for the transaction but has disappeared, taking Jo's money. The two men search for Chan by speaking with various Chinatown locals, each of whom has a different impression of Chan's personality and motivations. The portrait that is created is incomplete and, at times, contradictory. (Wikipedia) |
1982 Feature Film Runtime: 76 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Collateral Starring: Tom Cruise · Jamie Foxx · Jada Pinkett Smith Description: Max Durocher is a meticulous Los Angeles cab driver trying to earn enough to start his own limousine business. One of the evening's fares is federal prosecutor Annie Farrell, who works for the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. On the drive to her office, they strike up a conversation and Annie gives Max her business card. Max's next fare is Vincent. Vincent tells Max that he is in Los Angeles for one night to complete a real estate deal, and offers Max $600 to drive him to several locations. Initially reluctant to violate regulations, Max eventually agrees. As Max waits at the first stop, a corpse falls onto his car. Vincent reveals himself to be a hitman and the body is one of five targets. He forces Max to hide the body in the trunk and continue driving. (Wikipedia) |
2004 Feature Film Runtime: 120 minutes Star Car: Ford Crown Victoria External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Taxi Starring: Queen Latifah · Jimmy Fallon · Gisele Bündchen Description: Queen Latifah plays a taxi driver who dreams of driving in NASCAR and drives a customized 1999 Ford Crown Victoria taxicab. Based on a 1998 French film by the same name. |
2004 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Night Fare Starring: Jonathan Howard · Jonathan Demurger · Fanny Valette Description: Englishman Chris returns to Paris after abruptly leaving two years ago. Luc takes him to a party. Ludivine takes Luc's car when she leaves early. Upset, Chris also leaves the party, and Luc follows him, attempting to persuade him to attend another party. As they drunkenly walk through Paris, Luc suggests they steal a car. Chris refuses and suggests getting a taxi instead. Luc says he needs to get money from an ATM but runs off, laughing. Chris apologetically flees the cab, joining Luc. Luc reveals he has a large amount of cash on him and refused to pay on a whim. As Chris and Luc argue, the taxi driver stalks them, chasing them down several streets. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Feature Film Runtime: 80 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
 (Yoruba) Taxi Driver: Oko AshewoStarring: Odunlade Adekola · Femi Jacobs · Ijeoma Grace Agu Description: A film centred on working in Lagos at night, as a taxi driver. It narrates the story of Adigun, a 31-year-old naive village mechanic who comes to Lagos for the first time after the sudden death of his estranged father, who was a taxi driver. Taiwo, his father’s fellow taxi driver, helps Adigun to navigate the Lagos and get accustomed to the streets. (Wikipedia) |
2015 Feature Film Runtime: 110 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Fare Starring: Thomas Torrey · Katherine Drew · J.R. Adduci Description: A ride-share driver finds himself transporting the man who is secretly sleeping with his wife. (IMDb) |
2016 Feature Film Runtime: 104 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Chauffeur Starring: Edouard Negiar · LiHe Han Description: Also known as The Driver (not associated with a film by the same name also released in 2018), a French chauffeur is stuck in San Francisco driving for a rideshare company. |
2018 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines External Links: IMDb |
| Driven Starring: Richard Speight Jr. · Jessica Harthcock · Casey Dillard Description: Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running. (IMDb) |
2019 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Trucking | |
| Desperate Starring: Steve Brodie · Audrey Long · Raymond Burr Description: Steve Randall is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse does he discover he has been hired to haul away stolen goods. Steve wants no part of the plot and resists, but a cop is killed as they're committing the burglary, and all except one manage to get away. (Wikipedia) |
1947 Feature Film Runtime: 73 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Thieves’ Highway Starring: Richard Conte · Valentina Cortese · Lee J. Cobb Description: Nico “Nick” Garcos is a veteran of World War II, who arrives, from Asia, at his family home in Fresno, California to find that his foreign-born father, who became a produce truck driver, has lost his legs and was forced to sell his truck. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, called Mike Figlia. Garcos vows revenge for his father. |
1949 Feature Film Runtime: 94 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb · Criterion Collection |
| Duel Starring: Dennis Weaver · Jacqueline Scott · Carey Loftin Description: A driver in a Plymouth Valiant is chased along remote desert roads by an intimidating-looking eighteen-wheeler, a 1960 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck. Steven Spielberg's first full-length theatrical release as director. |
1971 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Convoy Starring: Kris Kristofferson · Ali MacGraw · Burt Young Description: In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin “Rubber Duck” Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar XK-E, then runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike, when another “trucker” informs them over the C.B. that they are okay to increase their speed. The “trucker” turns out to be Sheriff "Dirty Lyle" Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 103 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Every Which Way but Loose Starring: Clint Eastwood · Sondra Locke · Geoffrey Lewis Description: It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his brother/manager, Orville, and his pet orangutan, Clyde. (Wikipedia) |
1978 Feature Film Runtime: 114 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| B.J. and the Bear Original Network/Service: NBC Description: A comedy series about a professional freelance itinerant trucker who travels the country's highways in a red and white Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne (a COE semi truck) with his pet chimpanzee Bear (named after Bear Bryant, the famed football coach for the University of Alabama). (Wikipedia) |
1979-1981 Television Series Series Length: 3 Seasons, 48 Episodes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Roadgames Starring: Stacy Keach · Jamie Lee Curtis · Marion Edward Description: In rural Australia, truck driver Patrick Quid pulls into a motel for the night and notices a man in a green van checking in with a female hitchhiker. Quid had passed the hitchhiker earlier because trucking company policy forbade him from picking her up. In the motel room, the hitchhiker strums a guitar while the man unpacks a new guitar string. The man winds the string around his gloved hands and uses it to strangle the woman. (Wikipedia) |
1981 Feature Film Runtime: 101 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Over The Top Starring: Sylvester Stallone · David Mendenhall · Rick Zumwalt Description: Lincoln Hawk is a truck driver who also arm wrestles for extra cash. Hawk's estranged wife Christina, who is suffering from heart disease, asks that Hawk pick up their young son Michael from military school and develop a relationship with him; Hawk had left them ten years earlier. Over the course of a trip from Colorado to California, the two reconcile and bond. |
1987 Feature Film Runtime: 93 minutes Subjects: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Black Dog Starring: Patrick Swayze · Randy Travis · Meat Loaf Description: Truck driver Jack Crews has just been released from jail for vehicular manslaughter, for accidentally hitting and killing a motorist and his passenger on the side of the road during a trip in which he experienced a Black Dog hallucination brought on by exhaustion. (Wikipedia) |
1998 Feature Film Runtime: 97 minutes Subject: Trucking External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Trucker Starring: Michelle Monaghan · Nathan Fillion · Benjamin Bratt Description: Diane Ford is a long-haul truck driver. She spends her off time having one-night stands and drinking with her married neighbor, Runner, who's in love with her. Her routine life is upset when her ex-husband Len sends their 11-year-old son Peter to stay with her while he is fighting against cancer. (Wikipedia) |
2008 Feature Film Runtime: 90 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| The Ice Road Starring: Liam Neeson · Benjamin Walker · Amber Midthunder Description: An explosion at a mine in Manitoba traps 26 miners. Mike McCann and his brother Gurty, an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and aphasia, work for a trucking company in North Dakota until Mike punches another trucker for making fun of Gurty's cognitive disability, and they are both fired. Mike hears about ice road truckers needed in Winnipeg, and they apply. (Wikipedia) |
2021 Feature Film Runtime: 108 minutes External Links: Wikipedia · IMDb |
| Adult Films | |
| Garage Girls Starring: Georgina Spelvin · Susan Nero · Richard Pacheco Description: Featured in “Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie” (1984). |
1980 Adult Film Runtime: 79 minutes External Links: IMDb |
| Fast Cars Fast Women Starring: Kay Parker · Carolyn Jackson · Kevin James Description: Molly Davis is a race car sponsor who rewards her employees with sex. Her female drivers have their fair share as well. But will her new driver win the race after her predecessor died when her car got tampered with? (IMDb) |
1981 Adult Film Runtime: 70 minutes Subject: Open Wheel Racing External Links: IMDb |
| Highway Home Starring: Kimber Woods · Arya Fae · Jenna Sativa Director: Stormy Daniels Description: A road trip film about a young woman who leaves home and after five years away, decides to go home to make amends with her mother. |
2018 Adult Film Runtime: 114 minutes IMDb |
| Title & Subtitle | Details |
|---|---|
The Top Gear StoryThe 100% Unofficial Story of the Most Famous Car Show...In The World | Year & Type: 2012 Nonfiction Author: Martin Roach Publisher: John Blake Dimensions: 5" x 7.75" softcover Content: 276 pages with color photo section ISBN: 978-1-85782-662-3 Subject: Film & Television Topic: Top Gear Availability: Reference Desk |
