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Donald P. Sinclair has placed six separate gold coins in different slot machines in his casino. The lucky six who find these coins discover an opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to own $2 million. Locked up in a locker in New Mexico, these six contestants must now race each other, to be the first … to the cash. There are no rules in place and everything that could possibly happen, does. Whilst, behind the scenes, Sinclair's associates are placing their bets. (Read More)
Subgenre: | ensemble comedycult comedyslapstick comedycult film |
Themes: | narcolepsygreedgamblingmoney |
Locations: | helicopter chasebus drivertaxi drivertrain stationmonster trucknew mexicomuseumroad moviegas stationroad tripairporttaxidesertbusairplane …motorcyclehelicopterhotelswimming pooltrain (See All) |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitressbabypolicemanprostitutebrother brother relationshiptattoomother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | heart transplantfemale pilotdriving off a cliffcocktail waitressrock concertairport terminalbeer drinkinghotel ownereasy moneysilver city new mexicoexpression taken literallyextreme right wingordinary peoplealtitude sicknessthree piece suit …angry ex girlfriendfootball refereerun off the roadfree foodmulti protagonistgas siphoningpool houserocket carstage divingblack carnational football leaguepierced tonguecrowd surfingnipple ringhighway patrolstraw hatsibling relationshipgrand theft autoelectric fencemother daughter reunionnazi flagbody piercingjapanese mancoin tossrental carpink braalliterative titleanimated opening creditshighway travellas vegasensemble filmgold coincaged animalright wingfat womancross countryhot air balloonlook alikemercedes benzpalm treeslot machinebaseball capblonde womancapitalismmusical numberbetfascismheartensemble caststairsmillionaireattorneystupiditybikeramerican footballlifting someone into the airreference to adolf hitlercagecophead buttraceitaliancasinocowlas vegas nevadaconvertiblemanipulationproduct placementon the roadelectrocutionkeypilotlimousinedrivingmapconcertbandcleavagecar crashanimal in titlerunningbeerchasekiss (See All) |
This comedy film brings Burt Reynolds, 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 Cann …onball 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. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripairplanemotorcycleswimming pooltrain |
Characters: | waitresspolice |
Story: | highway patrolcross countryensemble castraceon the roadcleavagebeerchase |
After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careens over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. The dying Grogan gives details of where the money is buried and wh …en the witnesses fail to agree on sharing the cash, a crazy chase develops across the state. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | taxi driverroad moviegas stationroad tripairplanehelicopter |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | driving off a cliffrun off the roadpalm treeconvertibleon the roadelectrocutionpilotmapcar crashchase |
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh ('Robert De Niro' (qv)) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas ('Charles Grodin' (qv)). The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In ord …er to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin Dorfler ('John Ashton (I)' (qv)), a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | road movieroad tripairportdesertbusairplanehelicopterhoteltrain |
Story: | highway travelcross countrycasinolas vegas nevadaon the roadcar crashchase |
Jason Bourne is again being hunted by the CIA. It begins when Nicky Parson a former CIA operative who helped Bourne, who went under and now works with a man who's a whistle blower and is out to expose the CIA's black ops. Nicky hacks into the CIA and downloads everything on all their Black Ops, incl …uding Treadstone which Bourne was a part of. And Heather Lee, a CIA agent, discovers the hack and brings it to the attention of CIA Director Dewey, the man behind the Black Ops. He orders Parsons be found and, hopefully, Bourne, too. (Read More)
Locations: | train stationairporttaxibusairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhoteltrain |
Characters: | policemantattoopolice |
Story: | slot machinestairshead buttcasinolas vegas nevadamanipulationproduct placementlimousinemapcar crashchase |
Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventuall …y make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Themes: | money |
Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripairport |
Characters: | waitress |
Story: | highway travelcross countrybetstupidityon the roadlimousinecar crashbeer |
The Beatles--the world's most famous rock and roll band--travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. Along the way they must rescue Paul's unconventional grandfather from various misadventures and drummer Ringo goes missing just before the crucial concert …. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | gambling |
Locations: | train stationhelicopterhoteltrain |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | rock concertensemble filmmusical numbercasinoconcertbandchase |
Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a glo …bal crisis. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | gambling |
Locations: | taxi driverairporttaxiairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhotelswimming pool |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | female pilotfat womanhead buttcasinopilotconcertcleavagecar crashchase |
Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life … and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | road movieroad triptaxideserthelicopterhotel |
Characters: | waitresshusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | driving off a cliffhighway travelconvertibleon the roadchase |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
Locations: | train stationroad tripairporttaxibusairplanehotel |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | cross countrycowon the roadbandcleavagerunningbeerkiss |
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose …his license and his dream job. (Read More)
Locations: | taxi driverairporttaximotorcycle |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanpolice |
Story: | betcopon the roaddrivingcar crashchasekiss |
Sandy Patterson ('Jason Bateman' (qv)) gets a nice call confirming his name and other identifying information. The next thing he knows, a spa in Florida is reminding him of his appointment and his credit cards are maxed out. With his identity stolen, Sandy leaves his wife, kids and job to literally …bring the thief to justice in Colorado. Keeping tabs on the other Sandy ('Melissa McCarthy' (qv)) and run-ins with bounty hunters is harder than he was expecting, and ultimately the cross-country trip is going to find both Sandys learning life tips from one another. (Read More)
Locations: | train stationroad moviegas stationroad triphotel |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | rental carhighway travelfat womancross countryon the road |
Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carri …e, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit. (Read More)
Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripmotorcyclehelicopter |
Characters: | waitressprostitutepolice |
Story: | highway patrolbetraceconvertibleon the roaddrivingcar crashbeer |
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open …is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | money |
Locations: | gas stationroad triphotel |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipbrother brother relationshiptattoohusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | rock concerthighway travelmusical numberstairson the roadconcertbandcar crashrunningbeerchase |
The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, T …he Red Shark. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | road tripdesertmotorcyclehotel |
Story: | highway patrollas vegasracecasinolas vegas nevadaconvertibleon the road |
Charlie's got 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 brin …g Torino to a standstill, steal the Gold and escape. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | bus drivermuseumairportbusairplanemotorcyclehotel |
Characters: | prostitutepolice |
Story: | copitalianproduct placementmapcar crashbeer |
Framed by an ex-partner for a murder he did not commit, Tobey Marshall, a financially struggling custom-car builder and street-racer, spends two years in jail thinking about one moment. Fresh out of prison he reacquires the fastest car his workshop ever built and sold, and seeks to enter a secretive … and extremely high-stakes race known as The DeLeon. His purpose; redemption, recognition from the world of racing and to solve his problems. Yet all this fades in comparison to his driving reason. Revenge. Above all, revenge. This is a story about love, redemption, revenge and motor oil all swirled together (Read More)
Locations: | monster truckroad moviegas stationroad tripdesertairplanehelicopterhotel |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshippolice |
Story: | cross countryblonde womanracepilotdrivingcar crashkiss |
Four middle-aged men decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink not knowing that the bar belongs to the "Del … Fuegos", a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, the four men form a plan to steal their bike back. (Read More)
Locations: | new mexicoroad moviegas stationroad tripmotorcycle |
Characters: | waitresstattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | highway travelbikeron the roadanimal in titlekiss |
In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in … San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. (Read More)
Locations: | gas stationairportairplanehelicopterswimming pool |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiptattoomother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | baseball capproduct placementelectrocutionpilotlimousinemapcar crashrunningkiss |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help … of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult comedycult film |
Themes: | money |
Locations: | taxi drivertaximotorcycleswimming pool |
Characters: | waitresshusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | beer drinkingmusical numberensemble castmillionairestupiditylifting someone into the airconvertiblelimousinecleavagecar crash |
Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American … humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingmoney |
Locations: | road tripairportdesertbusairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | prostitutebrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | cross countrystupidityreference to adolf hitleritalianon the roadmaprunningbeerchase |
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realiz …ation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world. (Read More)
Locations: | gas stationairporttaxiairplanehelicopterhotelswimming pool |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitress |
Story: | beer drinkingmanipulationproduct placementmapbeerchasekiss |
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and i …nforms him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present. (Read More)
Locations: | road movieroad tripairportairplanemotorcyclehotel |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitresspolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rental carhighway travelcross countrymillionairebikeron the roadmap |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | gamblingmoney |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitressbaby |
Story: | slot machinecasinolas vegas nevadaproduct placementon the roadbandcleavagebeerkiss |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo …rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Locations: | taxi driverairporttaxiairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | lifting someone into the airproduct placementelectrocutionlimousineconcertchase |
Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chase …d by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes...and this time, it's all or nothing. (Read More)
Themes: | greedgamblingmoney |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | waitressprostitutetattoo |
Story: | slot machinepalm treemillionaireattorneyhead buttcasinolas vegas nevadalimousine |
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in ov …er their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | taxi drivergas stationairporttaxidesertairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhotel |
Characters: | babyprostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | las vegascasinolas vegas nevadaproduct placementchase |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | money |
Locations: | road tripbusairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | mother daughter relationship |
Story: | rock concerton the roadelectrocutionconcertbandcleavagerunningbeerkiss |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Subgenre: | cult comedyslapstick comedycult film |
Themes: | greedmoney |
Locations: | busswimming pool |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiptattoo |
Story: | coin tossanimated opening creditslifting someone into the airhead buttproduct placementbandbeer |
In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as …number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream come true. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | money |
Locations: | new mexicoroad moviegas stationroad tripmotorcycle |
Characters: | waitressmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | highway travelcross countrybikeron the roadpilotdrivingrunning |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Locations: | motorcyclehelicopterswimming pool |
Characters: | waitressbabypolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | ensemble castproduct placementpilotlimousineconcertbandcleavagebeer |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | greedmoney |
Locations: | museumgas stationtaxibusmotorcyclehotelswimming pooltrain |
Characters: | policemantattoomother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | hotel ownerfascismattorneyrunningchasekiss |
The cartoonish and childish character Pee Wee Herman goes on a big adventure for the first time ever when his beloved shiny new bicycle is stolen by his nemesis Francis Buxton, a fellow man-child and neighborhood rich "kid." And he sets off on an obsessive cross-country journey, determined to recove …r it. Pee-wee's awkward and childish attempts to be cool and mature. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | road movieroad trip |
Characters: | waitress |
Story: | highway travelcross countrybikerconvertibleon the roadcar crashchase |
Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear hi …s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Locations: | bus drivertaxibusmotorcycleswimming pool |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | cophead buttcowproduct placementcar crashchase |
Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the Am …erican southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives. (Read More)
Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripbustrain |
Characters: | babypolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | cross countryon the roaddrivingbeerkiss |
James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. A British agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Faberge egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General, Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn's and Orlov's plan is to bl …ow a nuclear device in an American Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn. Will Bond be quick enough, before World War III begins? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | gamblingmoney |
Locations: | taxiairplanehelicopterhotelswimming pooltrain |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | hot air balloonpalm treecagecasinomapanimal in titlerunningchase |
All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never s …hort of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal.... (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | road movieroad tripairporttaxibusairplanetrain |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | rental carhighway travelmanipulationon the road |
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel … Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | train stationmuseumbusairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhoteltrain |
Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshiptattoomother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | sibling relationshipstupidityhead buttlimousinemapcar crashbeerchase |
David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other people's money with no escape in sight. The only glimmer of excitement is his fli …rtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash...only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. With the bandits blowing the millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney, and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | monster truckgas stationairporttaxidesertairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | palm treestupiditymanipulationcar crashchase |
Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score. On the way they encounter a murderous smuggler of a deadly virus and his treacherous wife, an FBI agent with a predilection fo …r cavity searches, a couple of rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Dreesen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady and of course Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day? Uh-huh. Huh-huh. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | road movieroad tripairportdesertbusairplane |
Story: | stupiditycasinolas vegas nevadaon the roadcar crash |
In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - Fuser to his friends and later better known as 'Ernesto Che Guevara' - one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend 'Alberto Granado' - Mia …l to his friends - on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they've only read about in books about the continent on which they live, and to finish that quest on Alberto's thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to their rough plan due to a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (they often stretching the truth to gain the favor of a variety of strangers to help them), arguments between the two in their frequent isolation solely with each other, their raging libidos which sometimes get them into trouble, and dealing with Fuser's chronic asthma. But a chance encounter with a couple of Communists in the Chilean desert and an extended visit to the San Pablo Leper Colony in the Peruvian Amazon Basin among other things profoundly affects what each will want to do with his life and the bond each has with the other. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingmoney |
Locations: | road movieroad tripdesertairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | policemanprostitutebrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | cowon the roadpilotmapbandchase |
Oscar night. Who will win? Who will lose? And will someone please kick that numbskull off stage? Wait! That's no ordinary numbskull. That's Lt. Frank Drebin, crashing the ceremonies to stop a terrorist plot that could mean curtains for him -- or will a simple window shade be enough?
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Locations: | taxi drivertrain stationtaxihelicopter |
Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | stupidityhead buttelectrocutionmapcleavage |
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. … Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)
Themes: | greed |
Locations: | taxi driverairporttaxibusairplanemotorcyclehelicopter |
Characters: | tattoopolice |
Story: | bikerproduct placementlimousineconcertcar crashchase |
June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoo …ts his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying? (Read More)
Locations: | gas stationairportbusairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhoteltrain |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship |
Story: | baseball caphead buttproduct placementpilotcar crashchasekiss |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
Themes: | money |
Locations: | road movieairporttaxiairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | coin tossitalianon the roaddrivingrunningbeer |
Famous symbologist on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unlea …shing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. (Read More)
Locations: | taxi drivermuseumairporttaxiairplanemotorcyclehelicopterhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | raceitalianmapconcertcar crashchase |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | gas stationairportbusairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | convertibledrivingcleavagerunningbeerkiss |
Rose Cooper is an uptight and by-the-book cop whose name has become a verb synonymous with screw-ups, and she's found a chance to redeem herself. She has been assigned to protect a federal witness, Daniella Riva, the vivacious and outgoing widow of a drug boss. As the two polar opposites race throug …h Texas, they find themselves pursues by everyone from crooked cops to murderous gunmen. However, their greatest obstacle to making this out alive may be themselves as they learn that Cooper has now been considered a fugitive fleeing with Danielle. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | bushotel |
Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | copracecasinoconvertibleelectrocutionrunningchase |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | taxi drivergas stationroad triptaxideserttrain |
Characters: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitresspolicemanbrother brother relationshippolice |
Story: | on the roadelectrocutionbeerkiss |
In Atlanta on business, straight-laced and overly analytical architect Peter Highman is flying home to Los Angeles and his wife Sarah for the imminent birth of their first child. However, traveling by plane no longer becomes an option when he and a fellow passenger, aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay, ar …e kicked off the plane, which was caused by Ethan's social inappropriateness, due to being generally unaware, exacerbated by Peter's temper at a situation against his sensibilities. Peter, who ends up without money or his suitcase, is forced to accept Ethan's offer of a shared car ride to Los Angeles, Ethan who is looking for his big acting break. For Peter, this partnership is one made in hell, but he feels he has no other choice. Peter obviously wants to take as direct and as quick a route as possible, while he is at Ethan's mercy as the person with the driver's license, car rental and money. They get into one misadventure after another on this trip, with the same issue at each misadventure being Ethan's ineptness as an adult combined with Peter's resulting temper. The questions become whether they will survive the trip together, and if so if Peter will make it home in time to witness the birth of his and Sarah's first child. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Locations: | taxi drivergas stationroad tripairporttaxidesertairplane |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rental carhighway travelcross countryproduct placementon the roadlimousinemapcar crash |