Highest-Rated Movies about 'Car Culture'

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006), American Graffiti (1973), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Mad Max (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Model Shop (1969), Coupe de Ville (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Car Culture movies.

#17. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Storyline: Left for dead in the unforgiving deserts of post-nuclear Australia, after defeating Lord Humungus' barbarian horde of bikers in Mad Max 2 (1981), the former officer of the tough Main Force Patrol, Max Rockatansky, happens upon Bartertown: the remote market-town outpost in the middle of the dry Wasteland, and the realm of the autocratic Queen Aunty Entity. There, a lethal challenge awaits Max, who, in return for his freedom and provisions, must engage in a bloody match to the death with the grotesque symbiotic being, the Master/Blaster. However, an unforeseen complication after the brutal fight in the stronghold's combat arena, The Thunderdome, will banish, once more, Max into the vast wilderness, only to discover the peaceful haven of The Lost Tribe: a community of marooned children who survive on their own, waiting for the arrival of the legendary Captain Walker. Is "Mad" Max, indeed, their saviour? Can he overthrow Bartertown's ruthless tyrant?

Plot Keywords: action, adventure, science fiction, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, chase, desert ...

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#18. The Cannonball Run (1981)

Storyline: This comedy movie brings Burt Reynolds, Sir Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out, and very much illegal, competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years.

Plot Keywords: action, comedy, adventure, road movie, 1980s, american film, crime ...

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#19. Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)

Storyline: In an international car rally, competitors must travel from various points in Europe to Monte Carlo, then race their cars. Things are complicated by smuggling, cheating, honor, inventions, medicine, and love at first sight...—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, racing, action, road movie, nostalgia, 1960s ...

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#20. Death Race 2000 (1975)

Storyline: In the year 2000--against the backdrop of social turmoil, political unrest, and rampant anarchy--a now-totalitarian United States of America supports a brutal annual event to pacify the masses: the infamous Transcontinental Road Race. Scoring points simply by running over unsuspecting pedestrians, the national champion driver, Frankenstein, has to race against fast contestants such as the beautiful cowgirl killer, Calamity Jane; the neo-Nazi, Matilda the Hun; the Roman gladiator, Nero the Hero, and, first and foremost, the Chicago thug and ambitious challenger, Machine Gun Joe. Who will score the most points in the violent Death Race 2000?

Plot Keywords: action, sci-fi, racing, dystopian, violence, black comedy, futuristic ...

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#21. Excuse My Dust (1951)

Storyline: Joe, an inventor in an American small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", and only his girlfriend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girlfriend thinks he has quit on her. But in a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girlfriend is able to help him.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, retro, 1950s, american film, color film ...

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#22. 25 Hill (2011)

Storyline: The story of an 11-year-old boy whose derby dreams are left in pieces when his soldier father is killed in Afghanistan. The boy teams up with a father figure whose own son, a firefighter, died in the line of duty, and the two help each other find redemption and revive the derby.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: adventure, family, sports, inspirational, coming of age, friendship, racing ...

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#24. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Storyline: An American teenager named Sean Boswell is a loner in school, however he challenges his rival for an illegal street racing, and he totals his car in the end of the race. To avoid time in prison he is sent to Tokyo to live with his father who is in the military. As soon as he arrives he discovers a new, fun but dangerous way of street racing in the underworld of the streets of Tokyo, Japan.

Plot Keywords: action, racing, tokyo, teen, adventure, crime, custom cars ...

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#25. Spinout (1966)

Storyline: Mike McCoy is the lead singer for a band combo and part-time racecar driver trying to get by when he is persued by a trio of very different women who want his hand in marriage. The first is Les, the female drummer of his band, The second is Cynthia, a spoiled heiress and Daddy's girl. The third is Diana, a writer of books on men.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, musical film, 1960s, american film, elvis presley ...

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#26. Herbie Rides Again (1974)

Storyline: Alonzo Hawk is a mean-spirited property developer who has bought several blocks of land in the downtown district in order to build a gigantic shopping mall. There is one problem however; an elderly widow named Steinmetz won't sell the one remaining lot that Hawk needs to proceed with his scheme. So he resorts to all manner of chicanery, legal or otherwise, to get it. Fortunately, the widow Steinmetz has an ace up her sleeve in the form of Herbie, the miraculous Volkswagen.—Alfred Jingle

Plot Keywords: comedy, family, adventure, fantasy, racing, classic, disney ...

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#27. Lowriders (2016)

Storyline: A young street artist, Danny, in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression. Danny puts his graffiti artist skills to use and paints murals on the hoods of lowrider cars to help his brother win an upcoming competition.

Plot Keywords: car culture, los angeles, family conflict, father-son relationship, sibling rivalry, custom cars, gangs ...

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#29. Fireball 500 (1966)

Storyline: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and Sonny begin a friendly rivalry for Jane. Track action filmed at the Ascot and Saugus Raceways near Los Angeles, local color shot in Charlotte, North Carolina.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: action, racing, adventure, crime, drama, thriller, sports ...

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#30. Fast Track: No Limits (2008)

Storyline: Speed.. It's exhilaration. It's freedom. It's risk. And it's money, fast money: quickly won and quickly lost. For four young people speed is a way of life, but as they soon come to realize speed comes at a high cost. On the streets debts are not settled with cash, they are settled in blood.

Plot Keywords: action, racing, adventure, extreme sports, car culture, speed, passion ...

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