Movies like Cannonball Run II (1984)
The best movies like Cannonball Run II (1984) are Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) and Convoy (1978). If Cannonball Run II hooked you with its action and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWatch Out, We're Mad (1974)7.5/10 from 914 votes
- NewestDrive Hard (2014)Released 2014
- Same seriesThe Cannonball Run (1981)Cannonball Run
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSmokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
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?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisConvoy (1978)
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmokey and the Bandit (1977)
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStroker Ace (1983)
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Cannonball Run (1981)
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Why it matches: Same series: Cannonball Run · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHooper (1978)
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRat Race (2001)
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCannonball (1976)
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOver the Top (1987)
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLe Mans (1971)
Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gumball Rally (1976)
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight Run (1988)
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrand Theft Auto (1977)
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisWatch Out, We're Mad (1974)
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoonrunners (1975)
Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Detail (1973)
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKing of the Mountain (1981)
A group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Hill."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Driven (2001)
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to the top of the rankings, Tanto must first deal with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which nearly took his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisAny Which Way You Can (1980)
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he's pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisEvery Which Way but Loose (1978)
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEat My Dust (1976)
Hoover Nielbold is a car-crazy teenager who, in order to impress the hottest girl in school, takes her for a ride in a souped-up race car owned by local racer Big Bubba Jones. Hoover's father Harry, who's also the local sheriff is furious at the situation and orders his bumbling deputies to go after him. With the Sheriff's office overflowing with concerned parents and citizens and his deputies failing to catch him. He enlists the help of Jones and fellow racers to capture him. It culminates in a thrilling car chase finale through the rural countryside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Pit Stop (1969)
Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk, comes to the attention of crafty businessman Grant Willard. Willard bails him out of jail and offers him sponsorship as a stock car driver. Bowman accepts and enters the demolition derby-adjacent world of "figure eight" racing. As Bowman moves up in the ranks, his regard for his friends slips-- giving way to outright obsession with becoming the best.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000)
The Duke Boys and company travel to Hollywood to sell some musical recordings in order to raise money to build a new hospital in Hazzard County. However, when their recordings and money are stolen, they wind up on the run from mysterious hitmen, sleazy record producers, Russian gangsters, and vicious loan sharks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Drive Hard (2014)
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFast Company (1979)
After his sponsor replaces him with his archrival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisStar (2001)
The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soon gets tired of her and decides to have a bit of fun.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeat the Devil (2002)
The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cannonball Run II?
The closest matches to Cannonball Run II are Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) and Convoy (1978). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cannonball Run II?
People who watched Cannonball Run II most often go on to Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) and Convoy (1978).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cannonball Run II?
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974), rated 7.5/10 by 914 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cannonball Run II?
Drive Hard (2014) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Cannonball Run II part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Cannonball Run, which includes The Cannonball Run (1981).
Are there English movies like Cannonball Run II?
Yes: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) and Convoy (1978).
How are movies similar to Cannonball Run II chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cannonball Run II, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.