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Movies like Automotive Action Painting (2006)

The best movies like Automotive Action Painting (2006) are Falling Down (1993), The Wave (2019) and Kodachrome (2017). If Automotive Action Painting hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Falling Down (1993)

    An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Wave (2019)

    A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Kodachrome (2017)

    Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben's nurse Zooey, the three navigate a world changing from analogue to digital while trying to put the past behind them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Black Mirror (2011)

    A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified second party.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Maximum Overdrive (1986)

    When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  6. Equilibrium (2002)

    In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Mr. Church (2016)

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Prince Avalanche (2013)

    Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

    Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Unlocked (2017)

    After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)

    An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Mammal (2016)

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Abduction (2019)

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Canvas (2020)

    After a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Powder Keg (2001)

    The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Kicking and Screaming (1995)

    After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Lawman (1971)

    While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. White Men Can't Jump (2023)

    Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. The Machinist (2004)

    Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Two Tars (1928)

    Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Automotive Action Painting?

The closest matches to Automotive Action Painting are Falling Down (1993), The Wave (2019) and Kodachrome (2017). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Automotive Action Painting?

Start with Falling Down (1993), the closest match to Automotive Action Painting.

What is the highest-rated movie like Automotive Action Painting?

The Machinist (2004), rated 7.5/10 by 6,484 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Automotive Action Painting?

White Men Can't Jump (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Automotive Action Painting?

Yes: Falling Down (1993), The Wave (2019) and Kodachrome (2017).

How are movies similar to Automotive Action Painting chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Automotive Action Painting, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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