Highest-Rated Movies about 'Car Theft', Sort by Popularity

Western (1997), Transamerica (2005), Going Places (1974), Tsotsi (2005), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Interview (1998), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), New Jersey Drive (1995) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Car Theft movies.

#1. Western (1997)

Storyline: On-the-road shoe salesman Paco (Sergi López) picks up Russian hitchhiker Nino (Sacha Bourdo), who shows his gratitude by stealing Paco's car. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Paco makes the best of the situation by finding love with local girl Marinette (Elisabeth Vitali). When Paco happens upon Nino, fisticuffs result -- and, more unexpectedly, friendship. With the encouragement of Marinette, the pair are soon hitting the road for an ill-advised odyssey of sexual conquest.

Plot Keywords: hitchhiker, traveling salesman, love interest, beautiful woman, frenchman, russian, amusing ...

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#2. Transamerica (2005)

Storyline: Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status, bails Toby out of jail and tells him she will take him to Los Angeles, where Toby has aspirations ...

Plot Keywords: transsexual, son, rancher, mother, therapist, emotional, uplifting ...

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#3. Going Places (1974)

Storyline: Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: thug, partner, ex-convict, beautiful woman, stranger, son, wild ...

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#4. Tsotsi (2005)

Storyline: In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next six days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen.

Plot Keywords: thug, baby, gang member, mother, gritty, emotional, thrilling ...

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#5. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Storyline: Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers.

Plot Keywords: drifter, bank robber, associate, pretty woman, charming, crafty, engaging ...

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#6. The Interview (1998)

Storyline: A modest man is suddenly seized from his apartment and interrogated by the police for what initially is presented as involving a stolen car, but it's slowly revealed to involve a serial killing. Meanwhile Internal Affairs is investigating the manner in which the investigating officers work.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

Plot Keywords: suspect, man, detective, tense, suspenseful, apartment, police station ...

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#7. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Storyline: Two stories. The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Plot Keywords: wealthy man, friend, beautiful woman, headless horseman, toad, amusing, creepy ...

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#8. New Jersey Drive (1995)

Storyline: Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.—Robert Zeithammel <zeit@cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: juvenile delinquent, friend, police officer, sister, raw, bleak, new jersey ...

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#9. Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Storyline: After FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: fbi agent, gangster, robber, partner, witness, gritty, uneasy ...

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#10. Fast & Furious (2009)

Storyline: Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

Plot Keywords: ex-convict, girlfriend, fbi agent, sister, drug dealer, race car driver, thrilling ...

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#11. Sex Drive (2008)

Storyline: Ian is a high school senior in suburban Chicago, plagued by being a virgin. Online he's inflated his resume, met Ms. Tasty, and agreed to drive to Knoxville where she promises sex. He steals his homophobic, macho brother's GTO, and, with his two best friends, Lance and Felicia, heads south. Every young woman who meets Lance, including Felicia, is attracted to him, as he practices his aptly learned "Pick-Up Artist" skills. Ian, on the other hand, is a decent guy who wouldn't mind if his friendship with Felicia became a romance. By the time they get to Knoxville, they have encountered a jealous boyfriend, a menacing hitchhiker, jail birds, carjackers, an Amish community, and Ian's better judgment.

Plot Keywords: virgin, best friend, love interest, brother, teenager, amish man, charming ...

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#12. Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Storyline: In exchange for his little brother's life, the reformed car thief, Randall "Memphis" Raines, has to do the impossible: in less than three days, he has to steal not one, but fifty exotic supercars for the ruthless crime lord, Ray Calitri. To stand a chance of pulling off this intricate and time-sensitive grand theft auto, once more, Memphis has to rely on his old gang--his knowledgeable mentor, Otto; the old friends, Sphinx and Donny; his reluctant ex-girlfriend, Sway, and a band of tech-savvy young thieves--however, the police are already onto them. Now, fast Lamborghinis, precious Ferraris, luxurious Porsches, and Eleanor--a rare Ford Shelby Mustang GT500--are just some of the cars in Raines' long list. Can Memphis execute the perfect car heist?

Plot Keywords: car thief, friend, lover, brother, crime boss, undercover cop, thrilling ...

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#13. The Hoodlum (1951)

Storyline: Vincent Lubeck is a vicious and sociopathic ex-convict. His family despises his criminal activities, and he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually, his own brother decides he has gone entirely too far and prepares to stand up to him.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: criminal, brother, prisoner, young woman, disturbing, intense, profound ...

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#14. Looted (2019)

Storyline: Rob loves driving and stealing cars, living his life at a hundred miles an hour in the cash- starved port town he calls home. He shares a house with his dying father who thinks he's out job hunting. Rob manages to keep his two worlds perfectly separated until best mate Leo gets him involved in a bigger, riskier job which goes terribly wrong. With his relationship with his distant father in shreds and betrayed by his best mate, unexpected hope comes from Leo's girlfriend Kasia.

Plot Keywords: man, thief, car thief, dying person, father, boy, friend ...

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