36 Best Car Racing Movies of the Last Few Years

Over the years of development of cinematography, a lot of movies about motorcycle and car racing have been released. And sometimes among them it is difficult to find a worthy and catching movie, which will not just surprise the number of beautiful cars, but also a quality story. Below we have collected a list of those movies about car racing, which will manage to interest any viewer.

Gran Turismo

• Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Sports
• Production: USA, Japan / 2023
• Director: Neill Blomkamp
• Starring: Archie Madekwe, Orlando Bloom, David Harbour, Darren Burnett, Djimon Hounsou, Emilia Hartford, Josh Stradowski, Geri Halliwell, Andrea Vassiliou, Bianca Bardot

Partly based on real events, the movie tells about the amazing career of a successful car racer, who until the age of 19 did not take part in any races at all, but only played the racing simulator Gran Turismo.

When he first took to the track in the Japanese Super GT series, he unexpectedly became the winner, beating the other 90000 participants, and up to 2017 he successfully participated in many races around the world.

The movie was shot entirely in Hungary.

Ferrari

• Genre: Drama, Biography, History
• Production: USA, UK, Italy, China / 2023
• Director: Michael Mann
• Starring: Shailene Woodley, Adam Driver, Sarah Gadon, Penelope Cruz, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey, Valentina Belle, Massy Furlan, Gabriel Leone, Brett Smrz.

The biography of one of the most famous men in the world of racing is a gripping story, replete with tragedies, triumphs and insights.

The events of this movie begin in 1957, during Enzo Ferrari’s deepest crisis in life. His company, which he created 10 years ago, is on the verge of final ruin, grief for his dead son is wearing him down and destroying his marriage. But Enzo knows no other way to cope than speed – and he’s betting it all on the Mille Miglia race.

The movie is based on a biography of Enzo Ferrari by sports journalist Brock Yates.

Seoul Vibe

An excellent Korean high-speed thriller about race car drivers with a great ensemble of actors and a dynamic plot. The events unfold in Seoul on the eve of the 1988 Olympics.

Dong-wook and his team of racers – people are not too law-abiding. To stay out of jail, they are forced to work for prosecutor An, who plans to use the racers as personal agents to uncover a large criminal conspiracy in several influential foundations. The protagonist will have to show all his skills and stick his neck out in dangerous games in exchange for freedom and visas to America for his team.

At a press conference about the movie, the Don Wook performer honestly admitted that in real life, he’s not too knowledgeable about cars and doesn’t like to drive.

Ford v Ferrari

• IMDB Rating – 8.1
• Genre: Biography, Sports, Drama, Action
• Production: USA / 2019
• Budget: $97,600,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $225,508,210
• Director: James Mangold
• Starring: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Katrina Balfe, Tracy Letts, Jon Bernthal, Noah Joop, Josh Lucas. Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon, JJ Field

Ford vs. Ferrari is the kind of movie that will appeal equally to racing fans and those who prefer dramatic movies. At the center of the plot are car designer Carroll Shelby and racer Ken Miles. The men will have to overcome their differences and conquer their inner demons to help Henry Ford challenge Ferrari’s unbeatable rivals.

The movie is based on real events and tells the story of the appearance of the legendary Ford GT40 sports car.

Interestingly, for this role, Christian Bale had to lose 30 kilograms, because with his previous weight he could hardly fit into the race car.

Rush

• IMDB Rating – 8.1
• Genre: Sport, Drama, Biography
• Production: UK, Germany, USA / 2013
• Budget: $38,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $90,247,624
• Director: Ron Howard
• Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, David Calder, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, Alistair Petrie

The movie takes the viewer back to the 70s of the last century, to the times when two irreconcilable racers Niki Lauda and James Hunt competed in the racing arena. The first decent and disciplined Austrian, the second – a young and ambitious Englishman who prefers noisy clubs and the embrace of beauties. They are ready to risk everything for the sake of victory. Any mistake can cost the heroes not only their reputation and career, but also their lives.

The confrontation between Hunt and Lauda is also notable because it was after their race on the deadly Nürburgring Nordschleife that it was decided not to hold any more competitions on such a dangerous section.

Baby Driver

• IMDB Rating – 7.6
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Music
• Production: UK, USA / 2017
• Budget: $34,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $226,945,087
• Director: Edgar Wright
• Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Ace Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal, Flea, Lanny June, Micah Howard

The Kid loves risk, fast cars and upbeat music more than anything else in the world. And thanks to his work in the criminal sphere he manages to combine all his passions. But one day the guy decides to put an end to illegal earnings and breaks off relations with the mafia. However, no one is not going to easily let go of the talented driver. For the sake of freedom, the Kid will have to enter into a dangerous game with the underworld.

The movie was made by the famous director Edgar Wright, who tried to realize the plan for 22 years. And when he started filming, he decided that there would be almost no green screen and computer graphics in the movie. All the chase scenes were done in reality.

Go Karts!

• IMDB Rating – 5.9
• Genre: Family, Sports
• Production: Australia / 2020
• Worldwide box office receipts: $520,191
• Directed by: Owen Trevor
• Starring: William Lodder, Frances O’Connor, Anastasia Bampos, Darius Amarfio Jefferson, Cooper van Grootel, Jack Connell, Reese Lander, Richard Roxburgh, Adam T. Perkins, George Thompson

After the death of his father, Jack is forced to move with his mother to a small town in Western Australia. He is young, ambitious, but at the same time reckless and has a complicated character. More than anything he wants to become a champion of go-kart racing. Patrick, a retired racing driver, and his best friends, Colin and Mandy, help him to do so. The path to his dream is not easy, because in addition to professional competitors, the guy has to tame his inner demons.

The movie was shot entirely in Australia against the backdrop of go-kart racing. It is described by viewers as a thrilling mixed version of Ford vs. Ferrari and Karate Kid.

Italian Race

• IMDB Rating – 7.2
• Genre: Drama, Sports
• Production: Italy / 2016
• Worldwide box office receipts: $2,412,312
• Director: Matteo Rovere
• Starring: Stefano Accorsi, Matilde De Angelis, Paolo Graziosi, Lorenzo Gioielli, Roberta Mattei, Giulio Pugnaghi, Luca Bondioli

Julia De Martino grew up in a family where everyone had something to do with racing. Once she reached adulthood, she was forced to get behind a race car herself. She is young and talented, but still lacks the skills to become the undisputed leader on the track.

To help comes her older brother Loris, who used to be a racer himself, but traded cars for drugs. But Loris understands auto racing like no one else, so Julia will have to team up with her brother to come to the cherished dream.

The movie is based on the biography of car racer Carl Capone, who won the 1984 European Rally Championship.

Need for Speed

• IMDB Rating – 6.4
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production: USA, India / 2014
• Budget: $66,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $203,277,636
• Director: Scott Waugh
• Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogene Poots, Dakota Johnson, Michael Keaton, Ramon Rodriguez, Nick Chinland, Scott Mescady, Rami Malek, Harrison Gilbertson

Toby Marshall is a brilliant car mechanic who loves underground racing more than anything. One day life pits him against the rich but insufferable racing driver Dino Brewster. Cooperation with Brewster ends in betrayal, and Toby is sent to prison on false charges. Two years later, the guy gets out of prison with only one desire – to take revenge on the traitor. To do this, he again gets behind the wheel of a car and goes to participate in races.

The movie about street racing on sports cars is based on the Need for Speed game of the same name. In turn, the game got its name from the phrase “I feel the need. Need… for speed”, heard in Top Gun.

Death Race

• IMDB Rating – 6.3
• Genre: Fantastic, action, thriller
• Production: USA, Germany, UK / 2008
• Budget: $45,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $75,677,515
• Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
• Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Kohler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader.

The Death Race franchise is about extreme races where losing means death. To win in this competition is not enough just to reach the finish line. It is important to eliminate your competitors. An unwilling participant in the race is a guy nicknamed Frankenstein. He is eager to get out of prison, where he got for murder, which did not commit. But the path to freedom is not so simple. After all, in addition to deadly traps, he is waiting for a meeting with people who do not give rest to Frankenstein’s constant luck.

The original movie was filmed in 1975. Originally, the creators of the 2008 film planned to make a massive sequel, but they had to abandon the idea due to cost.

Drive

• IMDB Rating – 7.8
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Film Noir
• Production: USA / 2011
• Budget: $15,000,000
• Worldwide box office receipts: $76,976,666
• Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
• Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Wolfe, James Beery

By day he works as a professional stuntman in Hollywood, performing stunts on cars. By night, he takes another job that brings huge profits but involves risk. Throughout the movie, the viewer never learns the name of the driver. Such a fact well reflects the essence of the hero, because he is cold and secretive. He does not care what kind of bandit he helps, and what he does.

But everything changes when Irene appears on his way, whose intervention turns the driver’s life into a dangerous game. Now, together with his new acquaintance, he has to use his driving skills to evade the chase.

The movie was warmly received by critics and nominated 68 times, although it only won in 21 nominations.

Rev

• IMDB Rating – 5.6
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
• Production: Canada / 2020
• Worldwide box office receipts: $29,633
• Director: Ant Khorasanli
• Starring: Francesco Filice, Vivica A. Fox, Hannah Gordon, Sam Asante, Sebastian Diri, Francisca Dennis, Chris Groo, Nathan Hibbert, Martin Hass

The main character trades in stealing and reselling expensive cars. Such business brought good money, so the guy always tried to do the job professionally. But once again luck turned away from him, and he fell into the hands of the police. The guards were interested in the abilities of the hijacker and offered cooperation. Now he will have to gain the trust of the gang to uncover a large-scale smuggling of exclusive cars and achieve his freedom.

Interestingly, in a number of scenes, the film transports the viewer to Ghana, although in reality the screen depicts the environs of Cape Town.

The Fast and the Furious

• IMDB Rating – 6.8
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production: USA, Germany / 2001
• Budget: $38,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $207,283,925
• Director: Rob Cohen
• Starring: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Matt Schulze, Rick Yune, Chad Lindbergh, Johnny Strong, Ted Levine, Tom Barry.

The list of car racing movies would not be complete without the “Fast and Furious” franchise, which is known even to those who are not interested in cars. The story begins with the acquaintance of Dominic Toretto with Brian O’Conner, a policeman who is trying to solve a series of truck robberies. Overcoming contradictions, the heroes unite. But they can only dream of a quiet life, because at every step they are pursued by special agents or representatives of the criminal world.

The inspiration for the creator of “Fast and Furious” was an article about racing on the streets of New York. Since then, nine movies have been made. The 10th movie will be divided into two parts and will put an end to this series.

The World’s Fastest Indian

• IMDB Rating – 7.8
• Genre: Drama, Biography, Sports
• Production: New Zealand, Japan, USA / 2005
• Budget: $25,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $18,297,690
• Director: Roger Donaldson
• Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Aaron Murphy, Chris Williams, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Bruce Greenwood. William Lucking, Walton Goggins, Jessica Coffiel, Patrick Pflueger

New Zealander Bert Monroe has dreamed of winning prestigious races for many years. But he has only an old Indian with a top speed of 58 mph. This is not enough for racing, so the man decides to improve the motorcycle. And he does not care that he will have to spend decades to not only become a champion, but also to break many world records.

The movie is based on real events, although it has a number of differences. For example, the real Monroe was only able to reach 190 mph, not 201 mph as shown in the movie. Although the Indian once reached 205.67 mph, it was a test run and ended in a crash.

Born to Race

• IMDB Rating – 6.0
• Genre: Action, Sports
• Production: USA / 2011
• Director: Alex Ranarivelo
• Starring: Joseph Cross, John Piper-Ferguson, Brando Eaton, Nicole Badaan, Sherry Stringfield, Spencer Breslin, Christina Moore, Eric King, Joanna E. Braddy, Matt McCoy.

Danny Kruger is 17 years old and his main passion is speed. And this love for fast driving became the reason for the accident, in which the boy got into during street races. As punishment, the young man will have to move to his father in the American countryside. Only his father is also partial to fast cars, because he himself participated in NASCAR races in the past. He encourages his son’s hobbies and helps him to prepare for a serious race in drag racing.

Development on the movie began back in 2002, it was originally going to be called “Racer High”.

Lady Driver

• IMDB Rating – 5.8
• Genre: Sports
• Production: USA / 2019
• Worldwide box office receipts: $20,682
• Director: Sean Paul Piccinino
• Starring: Grace Van Dien, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christina Moore, Casper Van Dien, Amanda Detmer, John Ducey, David Gridley, Cameron McKendry, Jack Kelly

Young Ellie is a born rebel and is not used to living by other people’s rules. After getting her driver’s license, she leaves home. Fate brings her together with her uncle Tim, who owns an automobile repair shop. He sees the potential in his niece and decides to help her become a professional race car driver. Under her uncle’s guidance, Ellie learns extreme driving skills and quickly makes a name for herself in street racing.

This movie has a slight connection to the 2018 sports drama Out of the Dirt, as both movies filmed in the same garage.

Overdrive

• IMDB Rating – 5.4
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime, Adventure
• Production: France, Belgium, USA, UK / 2016
• Worldwide box office receipts: $9,650,552
• Director: Antonio Negrete
• Starring: Scott Eastwood, Freddy Thorpe, Ana de Armas, Gaia Weiss, Simon Abkarian, Clemens Schick, Abraham Belaga, Kaaris, Mars Bezos, Magne Brekke

Andrew and Garrett Foster are professional con artists who target expensive and rare cars. Usually, they were able to pull off easy cases. Problems began after the theft of a car intended for the Italian mafioso Giacomo Morier.

The man finds the brothers useful to himself and offers a deal. The mafioso demands to steal for him a Ferrari 250 GTO – a valuable piece in the collection of his rival. Fosters do not have to choose, so now they are forced to come up with a week to figure out how to steal a rarity car and stay alive.

The Ferrari 250 GTO is indeed a very rare sports car, so a modified Ferrari 250 GTE had to be filmed in the movie.

Alabama Dirt

• IMDB Rating – 6.1
• Genre: Action, Drama, Melodrama, Family, Sports
• Production: USA / 2016
• Director: Tom Stout
• Starring: Michael Roark, Tracy Lawrence, Leslie Easterbrook, Garrett Smith, Brent Henry, Lawrence Turner, Claire Garrett, Zack Chino, Roger Hewlett

Ty Hargrove lives in the province in a dysfunctional family. He is not ready to accept his fate and wants to achieve more. Firstly, Ty dreams of winning the race, and secondly, he wants to defeat a longtime rival named Snake.

But life makes its adjustments to the plans of a young man, and soon he loses the only close person. Left without financial and moral support, Tai almost lost hope. But he manages to find perseverance and faith in himself to prove to people that there is a way out of any situation.

The movie has two titles: in the United States it is known as “Alabama Dirt”. Indeed, the movie was filmed in Alabama, in particular on the track in Locksley, the real place where local racers race.

Collide

• IMDB Rating – 5.7
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production UK, Germany, China, USA / 2015
• Budget: $21,500,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $6,817,535
• Director: Ehren Creevey
• Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Marwan Kenzari, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Christian Rubek, Erdal Yildiz, Clemens Schick, Johnny Palmiero

In the past, American Casey Stein was a car thief. When the police caught up with him, he had to flee to Cologne. In Europe, he meets Juliette Marne. Love forces Stein to stop his illegal activities.

But the life of a law-abiding citizen does not bring a lot of money, and at some point the man needed a large sum. To save the girl he loves, he will again have to get in touch with crime bosses and enter a dangerous race.

Filming of the movie really took place in Germany, so the working title of the tape was “Autobahn”. Later the creators renamed the movie to “Collide”.

Mad Max: Fury Road

• IMDB Rating – 8.1
• Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure
• Production: Australia, South Africa / 2015
• Budget: $150,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $374,736,354
• Director: George Miller
• Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Kias-Burn, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abby Lee

The post-apocalyptic world is in chaos, and Max is convinced it’s wise to travel alone. But his plans are disrupted by the warlike Furiosa, who leads a group of people from the Citadel. They’ve escaped from Immortan Joe, taking something valuable with them.

Max joins the desperate rebels to stand together against the cruel tyrant. Mad Max is a quality action movie about racing in the desert in classic American cars.

Most of the movie is real footage, graphics were used only when absolutely necessary. Initially, the role of Max was to play Mel Gibson, but as the work on the tape dragged on for 25 years, the actor was replaced by Tom Hardy.

Michel Vaillant

• IMDB Rating – 5.4
• Genre: Sport, Thriller
• Production: France / 2003
• Budget: €22,900,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $7,463,092
• Director: Louis-Pascal Couvler
• Starring: Sagamore Stavenen, Peter Youngblood Hills, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Diane Kruger, Beatrice Agenin, Lisa Barbusha, Philippe Bas, Stefano Cassetti, Philippe Lellouche, François Levanthal

Between the teams “Valliant” and “Leader” there has long been a struggle for supremacy on the track. The Leader team is ready to use the dirtiest methods to defeat their rival at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Michel Valliant is used to facing challenges during the race, but he didn’t expect his rivals to threaten him personally. Ahead of him awaits a dangerous race, when the lives of loved ones are at stake.

The movie is based on a French comic book about racing drivers. Part of the filming took place during the actual 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Balle perdue

• IMDB Rating – 6.2
• Genre: Crime, action
• Production: France / 2020
• Director: Guillaume Pierret
• Starring: Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchel, Ramzi Bedia, Stephie Selma, Rod Paradot, Sebastien Lalanne, Patrick Medion, Alexandre Philippe, Stephen Scardicchio

Lino is a talented car mechanic, but instead of honest labor he is looking for an easy way to get money. Having agreed to help his brother rob a store, he did not expect that the case would turn out to be a road to prison for him.

There he meets Commissioner Chara, who offers Lino to improve police cars. Such cooperation would help the guy to avoid strict punishment. But soon the commissioner is killed, and the blame falls on Lino. The only proof of his innocence is a bullet stuck in a stolen car.

The movie was shot in just 38 days. The director originally planned to use 16mm film, but changed his mind due to the limited budget.

Børning

• IMDB Rating – 6.2
• Genre: Action, comedy
• Production: Norway / 2014
• Budget: NOK 25 000 000
• Worldwide Box Office: $6,015,494
• Director: Hallvard Braain
• Starring: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Ida Husøy, Sven Nordin, Otto Jespersen, Jenny Skavlan, Henrik Mestad, Trond Halbo, Oskar Shandven Lundevold, Camilla Frey, Mari Blokhus

The movie is about how a group of enthusiasts, tired of stability, go in search of thrills. Roy loves racing and his passion does not coexist with his parental responsibilities as a man. Trying to establish a relationship with his teenage daughter, Roy finds himself on the outsiders of the races. In order to restore his reputation, he must take part in the North Cape race and cover the route from Oslo to the far north of Norway.

Some of the stunts in the tape are improvisation, but they were so successful that they were included in the final version.

Combustion

• IMDB Rating – 5.7
• Genre: Melodrama, adventure, action movie
• Production: Spain / 2013
• Budget: €540,000
• Russian box office: $743,204
• Director: Daniel Calparsoro
• Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Alberto Amman, Alex Gonzalez, Luis Saera, Mario de la Rosa, Juan Pablo Shook, Marta Nieto, Maria Castro

Everything is stable in Mikel’s life – he has a stable job and a high salary. In the near future he plans to marry Julia, the heiress of rich parents. But even with such a life he does not feel happy.

The missing feeling is made up for by the spectacular Ari. Mikel can not overcome the forbidden feelings and gets involved in a dangerous game started by the girl. Participation in illegal races is not the most dangerous in Ari, because for the sake of her interests she is able to transcend any norms of morality.

The film is played mostly by Spanish actors, but one of them the domestic audience will definitely recognize. It was Alberto Amman who tried to catch up with Keira Knightley in an advertisement for Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance.

Speed Racer

• IMDB Rating – 6.0
• Genre: Family, Sports, Action
• Production: USA, Australia, Germany, Japan / 2008
• Budget: $120,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $93,945,766
• Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
• Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Paul Litowski, Scott Porter, Matthew Fox, Kick Harry, Rain, Yu Nan.

From an early age, Speedy knew he would get behind the wheel of a race car. His main inspiration was his older brother, a brilliant racing driver who died in a racing accident.

As Speedy grows older, he realizes that his brother’s death is not accidental; companies interested in profiting from the sport are involved. To convince others of the danger and unfairness of racing, Speedy goes on a dangerous race.

It was planned to bring the manga to the big screen in 1992, starring Johnny Depp, but both the actor and the director soon left the project. The fate of the movie remained in doubt until the Wachowskis became interested in it.

Gone in Sixty Seconds

• IMDB Rating – 6.5
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production: USA / 2000
• Budget: $90,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $237,202,299
• Director: Dominic Sena
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Duvall, Will Patton, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Olyphant, Scott Caan, Christopher Eccleston, Vinnie Jones.

Memphis used to be an unrivaled car thief. He decided to leave this business and live in peace. This arrangement did not suit his brother, who continued to steal cars and got into trouble.

To save his brother, Memphis made a deal, according to which he must steal 50 expensive cars in one night. He’ll have to reassemble his old team to come up with a unique plan that takes every second into account.

The performer of the main role Nicolas Cage himself performed all the stunts on the cars. Moreover, the entire main cast had to undergo special stunt driving training.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

• IMDB Rating – 6.6
• Genre: Comedy, Sports, Action
• Production: USA / 2006
• Budget: $72,500,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $162,966,177
• Director: Adam McKay
• Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Greg Germann, Pat Hingle.

Thunder and Lightning – that’s the nickname of the sports duo Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton. The unbeatable racers took first and second place on the podium more than once. They were loved by all of America, but there were those who wished Bobby and Naughton defeat.

Formula One driver Jean Gerard of France challenged the drivers, saying he could beat them in NASCAR races. This time Ricky has met a serious opponent who is really capable of questioning his title of “number one”.

The creators of this movie needed one phrase to convince the studio to give permission to shoot: “Six words: Will Ferrell as a NASCAR racer. The result was a really funny and cheerful movie.

Herbie Fully Loaded

• IMDB Rating – 4.9
• Genre: Fantasy, Melodrama, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Sports
• Production: USA / 2005
• Budget: $50,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $144,146,816
• Director: Angela Robinson
• Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Cheryl Hines, Jimmy Simpson, Jill Ritchie, Thomas Lennon, Jeremy Roberts.

When Maggie Peyton found an old Volkswagen Beetle at a flea market, she had no idea it was more than a simple car. The car can feel, think and more than anything else loves racing. Once Maggie herself participated in street races, but after the accident her father forbade her to go to the track.

Having met an unusual car, the girl decided that against all odds she will return to the world of racing. She will have to tame her own character to get along with her new comrade and make a perfect duet.

The first movie about the intelligent machine Herbie was made in 1997 by Peyton Reed. In honor of him, the main character received the surname.

Torque

• IMDB Rating – 4.1
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Production: USA / 2003
• Budget: $40,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $46,546,197
• Director: Joseph Kahn
• Starring: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monit Mazur, Adam Scott, Matt Schulze, Jay Hernandez, Will Yun Lee, Jamie Pressley, Max Beasley, Christina Milian.

After a secret trip to Thailand, Cary Ford returns to his hometown. Meeting with friends turns into problems for the guy. During a scuffle of local gangs there is a murder, the blame for which falls on Ford. Hiding from the FBI and the vengeful brother of the deceased, the guy is looking for a way to prove his case and punish the real killer.

A number of critics have dubbed the “Torque” moment the motorcycle analog of “Fast and Furious”. However, there are a number of moments during the movie when the creators clearly mock the famous franchise.

Taxi

• IMDB Rating – 7.0
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Production: France / 1998
• Budget: FRF 53,000,000
• Worldwide box office: $368,254
• Director: Gérard Pires
• Starring: Sami Naseri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Emma Sjoberg, Bernard Farsi, Manuela Gurari, Edouard Montoute, Dan Herzberg, Georges Neri, Richard Zammel.

Daniel has always dreamed of working as a cab driver, so he quits his job as a pizza delivery boy without hesitation. He dashingly races through the streets of Paris in a high-speed Peugeot, ignoring traffic rules and the local police. But his fun is interrupted by a policeman named Emilien. Daniel can improve his situation by helping the police catch a gang of robbers. But as it turns out, the robbers are just as good at driving cars as he is.

The cult French comedy is considered one of the best car racing movies ever made. The movie took only 30 days to shoot, but spawned a world-famous series.

The Transporter

• IMDB Rating – 6.8
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production: France, USA / 2002
• Budget: €21,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $43,928,932
• Director: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
• Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Francois Berléan, Matt Schulze, Rick Young, Doug Rand. Didier St. Melain, Tony Descanvelle, Lauren Despond, Matthieu Albertini

Frank Martin is a transportation professional. He delivers goods qualitatively and quickly, without asking the client unnecessary questions. But such fame played a cruel joke on Martin, and he was interested in people from the criminal world. During the three parts of the main character gets into trouble because of his profession, and even a change of residence and occupation do not save from adventures.

The film owes its appearance to the mini-series “Hire”, whose plot centered on an extra-class driver played by Clive Owen.

Biker Boyz

• IMDB Rating – 4.7
• Genre: Action, Drama
• Production: USA / 2003
• Budget: $24,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $23,509,697
• Director: Reggae Rock Bythewood
• Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Lisa Bonet, Brendan Fehr, Lorenz Tate, Kid Rock, Rick Gonzalez, Meagan Goo.

The streets of California are full of bikers, who at night coolly race along the tracks, performing stunts of varying complexity. The leader of one of the groups is an unrivaled guy nicknamed Smokey. Among bikers he has a reputation as a professional, which few dare to challenge. Except that a guy named Kid gets in his way. At first Smokey takes the young rival lightly, but then he realizes that he was wrong about him.

The movie was inspired by a note by Michael Gougis printed in the April 2000 issue of the New Times Los Angeles.

Wheelman

• IMDB Rating – 6.4
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Production: USA / 2017
• Director: Jeremy Rush
• Starring: Frank Grillo, Caitlin Carmike, Garrett Dillahunt, Shay Wigham, Wendy Moniz, John Chenatiempo, Slane, Jeffrey Samai, William Xifaras, Seth Ayotte

After serving three years in prison, Wilman is released and becomes involved with the local mafia. One of his assignments is to transport gangsters who are about to rob a bank. But during the robbery, Wilman is contacted by a stranger who demands to hand over all the money to him. The man realizes that he has been betrayed, and he has only one night left to save his daughter and ex-wife.

Almost all the action of the movie was shot inside the main character’s cars. Only 10 shots take place outside the interior of the cars.

Driven

• IMDB Rating – 4.6
• Genre: Drama, Sports, Action
• Production: USA, Canada, Australia / 2001
• Budget: $94,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $54,744,738
• Director: Renny Harlin
• Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Stacy Edwards, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren, Christian de la Fuente, Brent Briscoe, Robert Sean Leonard.

Public favorite Jimmy Bly quickly earns a reputation as an ambitious and talented driver in the American championship. But he fails to live up to expectations and begins to lose ground to his rivals. To save the situation, the boss hires a new coach for Jimmy. He becomes a retired racer Joe Tento, who left motorsport because of an unfortunate incident. Tento intends not only to raise Bly to the top of the glory, but also to prove to the others that it is too early to write him off.

The author of the script was Sylvester Stallone. Initially, the authors wanted to make a biographical movie about the life of racer A. Senna.

Drive Angry

• IMDB Rating – 5.4
• Genre: Fantasy, Action, Thriller
• Production: USA / 2010
• Budget: $50,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office: $28,931,401
• Director: Patrick Lussier
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse, Todd Farmer, Krista Campbell. Charlotte Ross, Tom Atkins, Jack McGee.

John Milton was not the most decent man when he was alive, for which he went to Hell after his death. But he did not linger there, because he has to avenge the death of his daughter and the kidnapping of his granddaughter. He has only three days not to let Satanists harm the girl. He can’t delay, because the Accountant is coming after him to return the fugitive soul to Hell.

The movie is interesting not only for the plot, but also for the small details. For example, the name of John Milton refers to the character of the same name from the poem “Paradise Lost”. And on the bullet of the infernal shotgun you can see the inscription “Deus velox nex”, which translates from Latin as “God of quick death”.

Thunderbolt

• IMDB Rating – 6.3
• Genre: Action, Drama
• Production: Hong Kong / 1995
• Budget: HK$2,000,000,000
• Director: Gordon Chan
• Starring: Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Won, Thorsten Nickel, Cho Yuen, Daisy Woo, Yuzo Kayama, Kenya Sawada, Ken Lo, Daio Won

Six years before the release of the first “Fast and Furious” came this, an unconventional movie starring Jackie Chan, combining crime, action and the world of underground street racing.

Alfred Tang (Chan) is an accomplished mechanic and racer who recently completed a master class at Mitsubishi Motors in Japan. He runs a small automobile workshop and lives with his father and two sisters. Then one day, Tang helps the police capture street racer Kugar, a most wanted criminal. Having escaped from imprisonment, Cougar returns to take revenge on Tang. He kidnaps his sisters and challenges Tang to win an underground race in Japan to save his loved ones.

In the original, the name of Jackie Chan’s character is “Chan Phoim”. In the American version of the movie, the name was changed to “Alfred Tang” for some reason.