Movies like Overdrive (2017)
The best movies like Overdrive (2017) are The Fate of the Furious (2017), The Transporter (2002) and Fast & Furious (2009). If Overdrive hooked you with its thriller and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Bourne Identity (2002)7.5/10 from 10,549 votes
- NewestOverhaul (2023)Released 2023
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Transporter (2002)
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast & Furious (2009)
When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast Five (2011)
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Fast and the Furious (2001)
Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWheelman (2017)
A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNeed for Speed (2014)
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Misfits (2021)
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBaby Driver (2017)
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUnknown (2011)
A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGetaway (2013)
Former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like this10 Minutes Gone (2019)
Crime boss Rex hires Frank and his crew to steal a priceless jewel stash — but the job goes wrong when someone tips off the cops. After Frank suffers a blow to the head, he wakes up to find the jewels gone and no memory of his attacker. Now, Frank must confront his team members one by one to find the traitor — before Rex covers his tracks by having Frank murdered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bourne Identity (2002)
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast & Furious 6 (2013)
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTransporter 2 (2005)
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOverhaul (2023)
When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHazard (2022)
Noah loves his girlfriend Lea and their daughter Zita dearly, just about as much as his extremely pimped car with vanity plate “H4Z4RD”. When his cousin offers him a seemingly simple job as a driver, it soon turns into an unlikely and nerve-racking race through Antwerp, which can only result in the end of Noah, his family or the car…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Italian Job (2003)
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorn to Race: Fast Track (2014)
Danny Krueger is a twenty-year old drag racer who plays by his own rules. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young drivers in the world. Tension soars on and off the track, and a terrible incident leaves Danny without a racing partner. Facing dismissal from the academy, Danny is forced to team up with an old rival. The pair must learn to set aside their differences as they vie for rookie spots on a professional racing team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast X (2023)
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTransporter 3 (2008)
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cold Light of Day (2012)
After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBoost (2016)
When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest boost, he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
F9 (2021)
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath Race: Inferno (2013)
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLos Bandoleros (2009)
The film tells the back story about the characters and events leading up to the explosive oil truck heist in Fast & Furious.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Overdrive?
The closest matches to Overdrive are The Fate of the Furious (2017), The Transporter (2002) and Fast & Furious (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Overdrive?
People who watched Overdrive most often go on to The Fate of the Furious (2017), The Transporter (2002) and Fast & Furious (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Overdrive?
The Bourne Identity (2002), rated 7.5/10 by 10,549 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Overdrive?
Overhaul (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Overdrive?
Yes: The Fate of the Furious (2017), The Transporter (2002) and Fast & Furious (2009).
How are movies similar to Overdrive chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Overdrive, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.