In the Heat of the Night (1967), Hud (1963), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Tender Mercies (1983), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Deathtrap (1982) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Hixploitation movies.
Storyline: Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends, Orville (Geoffrey Lewis), who promotes prize-fights for him, and Clyde (Manis the Orangutan), the orangutan he won on a bet, he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of cold beer, country music, and the occasional punch-up. But he is floored by dainty little country and western singer, Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Sondra Locke), who gives him the slip when she realizes he's getting too serious. Phil, Clyde, and Orville set off in pursuit, pestered by bikers.
Plot Keywords: orangutan, boxing, pet owner relationship, ape, outlaw gang, headband, tow truck ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Plot Keywords: pool hall, whiskey, shovel, cigarette smoking, tax evasion, bloodhound, running ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen.
Plot Keywords: hixploitation, father son relationship, fast car, court, country, car repair, car race ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some travelling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is married to Sidney, a good-for-nothing drunk that frequents the rural equivalent of a whorehouse and beats his wife and is just waiting for Lute to kick the bucket to get his money. When Sidney and a local wacko preacher begin orchestrating a smear campaign against Calif, he finds it difficult to conceal his past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: hixploitation, wife beater, mute, lynch mob, good versus evil, alcoholic, white trash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons' escape, teaching the house's new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way.
Plot Keywords: dysfunctional family, home invasion, hostage, domineering mother, punishment, torture, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A pointless fun which while not a true remake - it steaks the title, and very (VERY!) little more. After serving the U.S. military, Chris Vaughn returns to his hometown,? Looking for work. The local mill was closed several years earlier, and in its place; a casino (owned by his former friend, Jay Hamilton), which is the main source of jobs and income; and problems. Chris quickly realises the town's rotten to the core; with mobsters, and a corrupt sheriff, After being elected sheriff, is up to him to clean up the town. Soon,he's fighting against the mobsters to keep his promise.
Plot Keywords: pole dancing, blonde, red bra, stripper, knocked out, lap dance, paramedic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) takes part in a bare knuckle fight, as he does, to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia comes along and arranges another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde (C.J. the Orangutan) all add to the "fun".
Plot Keywords: orangutan, bare knuckle fighting, fistfight, hit in the face, bar fight, beating, punched in the face ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog leads Marc to a shuttered inn; the owner gives Marc a room for the night. Next day, the innkeeper, Mr. Bartel, promises to fix the van, demands that Marc not visit the nearby village, and goes through Marc's things while the entertainer takes a walk. At dinner that night, Bartel laments his wife's having left him, and by next day, Marc is in a nightmare that may not end.
Plot Keywords: woods, mud, dance, crucifixion, cow, bestiality, bar ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.—L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
Plot Keywords: rape victim, injustice, thief, female protagonist, social commentary, shootout, american flag ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Founded in 1910 just outside of the city limits of Gilbert located in Lanville County, Texas, the Chicken Ranch has for generations been known as the best little whorehouse in Texas for its wholesome fun, strict moral code, and cleanliness, all perpetuated by its original owner, Miss Wulla Jean. Seven years ago, Miss Wulla Jean died, leaving the Chicken Ranch to her favorite working girl, Miss Mona Stangley, who wants to keep the same traditions of Miss Wulla Jean. The Chicken Ranch has always had the unofficial blessing of the local authorities, who see the ranch providing an important community service, one which most in local authority have used at one time or another in their lives. In fact, Miss Mona and Lanville County Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd have been in a relationship for years, Ed Earl, who is Miss Mona's protector, albeit one with a hot temper and good ol' boy attitude that doesn't exactly match the needs of his law upholding position. That blessing may change when television personality and consumer watchdog, Melvin P. Thorpe, one of the most powerful men in the state, starts an on-air exposé of the illegal activities at the Chicken Ranch, the exposé which includes Ed Earl's role in letting it happen. Ed Earl and Miss Mona's relationship goes through some difficult times on how to deal with this issue, especially with the upcoming annual party night with the players following the Thanksgiving Day football game between the University of Texas and Texas A&M, this party which is arguably the Chicken Ranch's busiest night of the year, and one filled with tradition for the ranch and the participating schools. Will the Chicken Ranch be able to remain open especially in light of a spineless Governor who sways to the direction of polls, and will Ed Earl and Miss Mona's relationship be able to withstand the pressure?—Huggo
Plot Keywords: woman wears lingerie, prostitute, brothel, corset, college football, brothel madam, television reporter ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.—Scott Lane <rslane@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: pig mask, cannibal, cannibalism, 1980s, farmer, rural setting, trap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.—Rob Hartill
Plot Keywords: six shooter, modern western, cowboy, cowboy hat, desert eagle, jumping onto a train, male female relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: W.W. is a happy-go-lucky crook who makes his living robbing gas stations through the drive-up windows. The Dixie Dancekings are a country music band trying to get their first big break. W.W. crosses paths with the Dixie Dancekings when he hijacks their car (and them) to help him rob a bank. At first, the band resists. However, when they discover how much money they make, they begin helping out voluntarily in order to finance their big break. At the same time, W.W. takes a liking to them and uses his natural charm and smooth-talking ways to help them start down the road to stardom.—Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
Plot Keywords: hixploitation, bank, burning car, band, country music, robbery, on the run ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.—Jeanne Armintrout <jeannee@uwyo.edu>
Plot Keywords: character name as title, racecar driver, product placement, photograph, magician, jogging, hot air balloon ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company.
Plot Keywords: arm wrestling, truck driver, strength, muscular, working out, exercise, estranged father ...
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