Highest-Rated Movies about 'Auto Theft'

North by Northwest (1959), Du rififi chez les hommes (1955), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Groundhog Day (1993), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Auto Theft movies.

#16. Blow (2001)

Storyline: A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Plot Keywords: miami florida, los angeles california, husband wife relationship, drug trafficking, drug overdose, drug deal, drug dealer ...

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#17. A Perfect World (1993)

Storyline: After escaping from a Huntsville prison, convict Robert "Butch" Haynes (Kevin Costner) and his partner Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) kidnap a young boy, Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), and flee across Texas. As they travel together, Butch and Phillip discover common bonds and suffer the abuses of the outside "Perfect World". In pursuit is Texas Ranger "Red" Garnett (Clint Eastwood) and Criminologist Sally Gerber (Laura Dern).

Plot Keywords: escaped convict, anti hero, 1960s, shot in the chest, main character shot, modern western, main character dies ...

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#18. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Storyline: A hitman who lives by the code of the samurai, works for the mafia and finds himself in their crosshairs when his recent job doesn't go according to plan. Now he must find a way to defend himself and his honor while retaining the code he lives by.

Plot Keywords: crime boss, honor, pigeon, hitman, african american, samurai, photograph ...

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#19. American Graffiti (1973)

Storyline: It's the proverbial end of the summer 1962 in a small southern California town. It's the evening before best friends and recent high school graduates, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, are scheduled to leave town to head to college back east. Curt, who received a lucrative local scholarship, is seen as the promise that their class holds. But Curt is having second thoughts about leaving what Steve basically sees as their dead end town. Curt's beliefs are strengthened when he spots an unknown beautiful blonde in a T-bird who mouths the words "I love you" to him. As Curt tries to find that blonde while trying to get away from a local gang who have him somewhat hostage, Curt may come to a decision about his immediate future. Outgoing class president Steve, on the other hand, wants to leave, despite meaning that he will leave girlfriend, head cheerleader and Curt's sister, Laurie Henderson, behind. Steve and Laurie spend the evening "negotiating" the state of their relationship. Meanwhile...

Plot Keywords: rock 'n' roll, car, california, street racing, pink panties, shaving cream, drive in restaurant ...

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#20. Taking Off (1971)

Storyline: Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.—Dan Goldwasser <dang+@cmu.edu>

Plot Keywords: pot smoking, drug humor, hippie, 1970s, marijuana, missing daughter, lawyer ...

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#21. The Italian Job (1969)

Storyline: Charlie has a "job" to do. Having just left prison, he finds one of his friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the "job". Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal the gold, and escape.

Plot Keywords: car chase, cliffhanger, police, heist, caper comedy, 1960s, mafia ...

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#22. Speed (1994)

Storyline: Extortionist bomber's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a Los Angeles city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if any passengers try and get off, the bomber will detonate the bomb.

Plot Keywords: bus, bomb, decapitation, los angeles california, short skirt, thong panties, wristwatch ...

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#23. Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Storyline: A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.

Plot Keywords: fight, cake, bus, broken window, black eye, bicycle, beer ...

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#24. 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: heist, friendship between men, cross dressing, buddy comedy, man in drag, stolen money, road movie ...

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#25. The Longest Yard (1974)

Storyline: A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.

Plot Keywords: warden, misogynist, bare chested male, hairy chest, american football, convict, florida ...

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#26. The Parallax View (1974)

Storyline: Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.

Plot Keywords: conspiracy, based on novel, seattle washington, investigation, politics, political corruption, assassination plot ...

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#27. The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)

Storyline: In the Cold War, when the captain of a Russian submarine comes too close to the Gloucester Island in Massachusetts to give a look at America, the submarine gets stranded. A nine-man team commanded by Lieutenant Rozanov goes onshore to search a motor boat to release the submarine and arrives at the summer house of the New Yorker writer Walt Whittaker that is spending the weekend with his family in Gloucester. When he realizes that they are Russians, he believes that it is an invasion. Soon the information leaks, leading hysteria and paranoia along the inhabitants of the small village.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: stranded, language barrier, based on novel, culture clash, black comedy, naval uniform, new england ...

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#28. Holes (2003)

Storyline: "But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?

Plot Keywords: hole, based on novel, interracial relationship, curse, shoe, treasure, bad luck ...

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#29. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Storyline: Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Thomas Crown, a successful, wealthy businessman pulls up in his Rolls and collects it. Vickie Anderson, an independent insurance investigator is called in to recover the huge haul. She begins to examine the people who knew enough about the bank to have pulled the robbery and discovers Crown. She begins a tight watch on his every move and begins seeing him socially. How does the planner of the perfect crime react to pressure?

Plot Keywords: american abroad, teamwork, spotlight, bank robbery, split screen, beach, cemetery ...

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