Highest-Rated Movies about 'Drifter', Sort by Popularity

3-Iron (2004), The Thin Blue Line (1988), Run the Wild Fields (2000), It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947), The Petrified Forest (1936), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), High Plains Drifter (1973), Of Mice and Men (1992) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Drifter movies.

#19. 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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#21. Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Storyline: A woman's life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down, and her dog is taken to the pound, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions.

Plot Keywords: drifter, dog, cop, emotional, endearing, oregon, car ...

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#23. The Angels' Share (2012)

Storyline: This bitter sweet comedy follows protagonist Robbie as he sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his newborn son Luke for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that Luke will not have the same tragic life he has had. Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, he's given one last chance......While serving a community service order, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo who, like him, find it impossible to find work because of their criminal records. Little did Robbie imagine how turning to drink might change their lives - not cheap fortified wine, but the best malt whiskies in the world. Will it be 'slopping out' for the next twenty years, or a new future with 'Uisge Beatha' the 'Water of Life?' Only the angels know........

Plot Keywords: drifter, judge, expectant father, amusing, scottish highlands, jail, angels ...

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#24. Man Without a Star (1955)

Storyline: Dempsey Rae, a cowboy with no clear aim in life, winds up working on a spread with a hard lady owner just arrived from the East. She needs a tough new top hand and uses all her means of persuasion to get Rae to take the job. But he doesn't like the way the other settlers are getting treated and starts to side with them, despite their introduction of the barbed wire he loathes.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: drifter, rancher, gunslinger, young man, woman, gripping, rousing ...

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#25. Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)

Storyline: Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process.

Plot Keywords: young man, drifter, spy, terrorist, thrilling, gripping, belfast, northern ireland ...

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#26. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)

Storyline: Based on Rebecca Miller's recently published book of short stories, "Personal Velocity" tells three tales of women as they escape their current situations. Segmented into three parts, Greta (Parker Posey), Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Paula (Fairuza Balk) have one thing in common, each struggle to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.

Plot Keywords: editor, writer, drifter, husband, mother, boyfriend, engaging ...

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#29. Paranoid Park (2007)

Storyline: The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlfriend Jennifer, Alex writes his last experiences in Paranoid Park with his new acquaintances and how the guard was killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilty from his conscience.

Plot Keywords: teenager, drifter, guard, detective, girlfriend, death, suspenseful ...

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