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1980s Road Movies

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Kiki's Delivery Service(1989)

3.9/5 (with 1,669 votes)

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Mad Max 2(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 1,567 votes)

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 1,206 votes)

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

The Hitcher(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 38min | Horror, Action, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 406 votes)

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

The Wraith(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, Science Fiction
3.2/5 (with 180 votes)

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...

Children of the Corn(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 418 votes)

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.

Something Wild(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 54min | Crime, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 129 votes)

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

Roadgames(1981)

1h 41min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 65 votes)

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Adventure, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 48 votes)

Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their talents, they try to rescue the women.

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3(1983)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 25min | Action, Comedy, Crime
2.3/5 (with 67 votes)

The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?

The Wizard(1989)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 40min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 130 votes)

Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.

No Man's Land(1987)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 39 votes)

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.

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Who's Singin' Over There?(1980)

1h 26min | Drama, Comedy, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 67 votes)

On April 5th, 1941, a day before the Nazi attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a colorful group of passengers is headed for Belgrade...

Warrior of the Lost World(1983)

1.5/5 (with 19 votes)

A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.

Tandem(1987)

1h 26min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 32 votes)

Michel Mortez travels around France hosting a radio game show he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. Rivetot, his assistant and technician, always goes with him. He is the only one who knows what really lies under Mortez's appearance of a playful don Juan. When the program is canceled, Rivetot delays telling Mortez as long as possible... Both malicious and tender, this bitter comedy also shows nostalgia.

The State of Things(1982)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 5min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.

Marrakech Express(1989)

1h 50min | Comedy, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 92 votes)

After a mysterious girl tells Marco her boyfriend (and estranged longtime friend of his) Rudy has been arrested in Morocco, he and four other friends leave for Marrakech with a large sum of money to get him out of jail.

Nightmare(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 45 votes)

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.

Directed by Romano Scavolini

Terminus(1987)

2.1/5 (with 7 votes)

In a post-apocalyptic future, an international sport has been established where a driver of a computerized truck must drive across country to an established terminus and not be stopped by other vehicles. The lead truck, called "Monster" has been created by a boy genius and is to be driven by a woman through the course. The only problem is the computer guidance system fails and she ends up in uncharted territories. There she encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her and eventually kill her. Before dying she tells a fellow prisoner about the truck and he uses it to escape.

Directed by Pierre-William Glenn - With Johnny Hallyday, Karen Allen, André Nocquet, Dieter Schidor, Dominique Valera, Gabriel Damon, ...

The Last Chase(1981)

1.8/5 (with 12 votes)

Twenty years after the American people have been told the oil has run out and disease has scared them into complacency, the United States has become a fascist state. One man, former race car driver Franklyn Hart, now a puppet spokesman for public transportation, rebuilds his race car and sets off to California from Boston where people have returned to living life like they were twenty years prior.

Roadkill(1989)

1h 25min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing up for their gigs.

Roadhouse 66(1984)

1h 30min | Action, Comedy
2.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Beckman driving a '55 Thunderbird on Route 66 hooks up with Johnny after hoodlum Hoot and his gang shoot his car. Continuous conflicts between Hoot and Beckman make Beckman and Johnny determant to teach him a lesson.

Rolling Vengeance(1987)

1h 32min | Thriller, Action, Drama
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton monster truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family.

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn(1983)

2.4/5 (with 16 votes)

A seeker named Dogen rescues Dhyana after her father is murdered by the evil Jared-Syn. To avenge her father's death, Dogen must find Jared-Syn's hideout in the mysterious "Lost City", but the only person who knows where it is an aging, burned-out seeker named Rhodes. Along the way, they will need to do battle against the hunter Baal and his Cyclopean minions for engaging Jared-Syn in a final encounter.

Roadie(1980)

1h 46min | Comedy, Music
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

Morning Patrol(1987)

1h 45min | Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

A deserted city is the setting, where a woman walks alone trying to approach and enter the forbidden zone. Traps and the morning patrol lurk everywhere. Electronic voices summon the (non-existent) people to abandon the city. Can a love affair in this place survive?

Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis

Wheels of Fire(1985)

2.0/5 (with 9 votes)

The Future is now. There are no rules and no place to hide from the deadly Highway Warriors who ravage the roads in machines of destruction.

Directed by Cirio H. Santiago

Coast to Coast(1980)

2.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the trial of a expensive divorce. Madie hitches a ride back to California with a certain Charles Callahan, a debt-ridden truck driver. Madie and Charles eventually fall in love while evading an assortment of bad guys including a pair of thugs hired by Madie's husband to prevent her from returning to California, and a repo man sent to reclaim Charles' truck.

Coast to Coast(1987)

1h 36min | TV Movie, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.

Directed by Sandy Johnson - With Lenny Henry, John Shea

Heartaches(1981)

1h 32min | Drama, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A young wife becomes pregnant, but the child's father is not her husband. Afraid to tell him, she leaves home, and meets an outgoing, free-spirited woman on a bus. Although the two are polar opposites, the wife moves in with the young woman, and finds out that they have much more in common than she realized.

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