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1. Death Race 2000 (1975)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov
Votes: 31,165 | Gross: $8.00M
2. The Cannonball Run (1981)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 40,128 | Gross: $72.18M
3. Hidalgo (2004)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard
Votes: 85,724 | Gross: $67.29M
4. Cannonball Run II (1984)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Directors: Hal Needham, Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Votes: 17,478 | Gross: $28.08M
5. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Votes: 13,476
6. The Railway Children (1970)
G | 109 min | Drama, Family
After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Director: Lionel Jeffries | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson
Votes: 5,718 | Gross: $0.32M
7. Death Race 2050 (2017 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Five long decades after Death Race 2000 (1975), in the overpopulated United Corporations of America, the annual Death Race is about to begin. This time, Frankenstein is up against no-nonsense challengers. How many points will he score?
Director: G.J. Echternkamp | Stars: Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead
Votes: 5,147
8. The Family Way (1966)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Avril Angers, John Comer
Votes: 1,887
9. Bite the Bullet (1975)
PG | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A pair of ex-Rough Riders, a former prostitute, a gunfighter, an aging cowboy and an English gentleman enter a 700-mile horse race through the Southwest desert in 1908.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson
Votes: 5,894
10. Drive (2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.
Stars: Kristin Lehman, Emma Stone, Rochelle Aytes, Taryn Manning
Votes: 4,998
11. Silver Wolf (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Michael Biehn, Roy Scheider, Shane Thomas Meier, Kimberley Warnat
Votes: 631
12. If I Had Wings (2013)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A policeman father gets a repeat juvenile offender to be a cross country running partner for his blind high school son.
Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Richard Harmon, Jaren Brandt Bartlett, Craig Bierko, Jill Hennessy
Votes: 1,596
13. On the Edge (1985)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sport
In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.
Director: Rob Nilsson | Stars: Bruce Dern, Pam Grier, Bill Bailey, Jim Haynie
Votes: 291 | Gross: $0.44M
14. Appare-Ranman! (2020)
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, History
In the late 19th century, two Japanese, an inventor and a samurai guard, get stranded in America. They enter a cross-country race from Los Angeles to New York to earn money to get home.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Aoi Yûki, Takahiro Sakurai, Sora Amamiya
Votes: 476
15. Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (2001)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A small Japanese town is in fact the home of Shingu, a legendary protector of the Earth, controlled by the student council who go through life's trials and tribulations.
Stars: Megan Hollingshead, Bill Timoney, Debora Rabbai, J. David Brimmer
Votes: 49
16. Fast Lane Blues (1978 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
An oil company, headed by a man named Major, sponsors an amateur cross country car race for a million dollar pot of gold.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Bert Parks, Talia Balsam, Tony Danza, Bart Braverman
17. Flying Feet (1969)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short
Roland and Rattfink compete in a collegiate cross country race.
Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Lennie Weinrib, June Foray
Votes: 40
18. Ben Comen (2011)
4 min | Short
Director: Matthew Kohnen | Stars: Christopher Imbrosciano, Tim Phillipps, Jennica Schwartzman, Jack Brand
19. Ko-Ko on the Run (1925)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Ko-Ko competes against a rival clown in a race.
Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer
Votes: 20
20. Le cross-country international de St Cloud du 14.2.1909 (1909)
Documentary, Short, Sport
Star: Louis Bouchard
25.
Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode:
Father Figure
(1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family
Nat asks Nick to enter a father-son ski tournament with him, so Jo must teach Nick how to ski. Laurie offers to be Dan's father for the day, which gives Nan an interesting idea.
Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas
Votes: 11
26.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Trans-Europe Express
(1985)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Megatron searches for the powerful Pearl of Bahoudin while the Autobots race in the Europa 2000 for charity.
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Roger C. Carmel
Votes: 115
27.
Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
Episode:
Hoppy Jalopy
(1960)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Popeye in his junk-pile jalopy competes with Brutus in his slick race car to win a cross-country race. Brutus employs a series of dirty tricks to keep ahead, while keeping Olive Oyl trapped in his trunk.
Director: Paul Fennell | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 77
28.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Doughnuthole Run
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill and Toony enter a cross-country road race for the chance to keep their jobs as MeTV co-hosts, with a racing-themed cartoon slate: Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943), Porky's Railroad (1937), The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race (1971), Onion Pacific (1940), Daffy Rents (1966).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 7
29.
Great Cars (2003– )
Episode:
Packard
(2004)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary
The history of the Packard automobiles company, a pioneer automaker who created some of the most elegant and beautiful cars every made, only to face oblivion.
Director: Michael L. Rose | Star: Reg Abbiss
30.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Claire Foy
(2023)
Documentary, Biography, History
As actress Claire Foy delves into her family tree, the personal testimony she uncovers reveals stories of tragedy and an accusation of murder that bring communities together.
Director: Sue Hills | Stars: Claire Foy, Phil Davis
Votes: 20
31.
L'île aux enfants (1974–1976)
Episode:
Le grand cross-country
(1976)
8 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Philippe Galardi | Stars: Yves Brunier, Patrick Bricard, Éliane Gauthier, Jean-Louis Terrangle
32.
The Dog Rescuers (2013– )
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(2015)
TV-PG | Reality-TV
Directors: Mick Foley, Magdalena Laas, Rohan Latchman, Chris Vila, Mike Agnew, Dominic Longmuir | Stars: Becky Ailsby, Frances Aspinall, Herchy Boal, Alan Davies