20 movies like The Big Wheel, ordered by similarity : Winning(1969), Cars 3(2017), Wheely(2018), Exit Marrakech(2013), Avatar(2009), Happy Feet(2006), The Big Sky(1952), Mission: Impossible III(2006), Jallikattu(2019), Speed Racer(2008), Microbe and Gasoline(2015), Rapa Nui(1994) ...
Adventure
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Thomas Mitchell Michael O'Shea Mary Hatcher Spring Byington Lina Romay Steve Brodie Allen Jenkins Richard Lane
race car driver mechanic mother love interest owner beautiful girl thrilling gutsy wild gripping california indianapolis racetrack garage nightclub car car racing loss redemption father/son relationship
A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1969
123 Minutes
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Robert Wagner Richard Thomas David Sheiner Clu Gulager Karen Arthur Barry Ford Toni Clayton Maxine Stuart Eileen Wesson
race car driver wife stepson adulterer athlete boyfriend emotional frenetic passionate racetrack car california indianapolis wisconsin seaside racing indianapolis 500 marriage family obsession
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one--the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther ... See full summary »
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2017
109 Minutes
racer car racecar rookie newcomer amusing cheeky inspiring madcap offbeat track road street car racing comeback retirement race car driving adventure rivalry
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
Malaysia|Martinique|Maldives|Djibouti|Brunei
2018
90 Minutes
cartoon character car love interest monster truck kidnapper hero amusing lighthearted playful spirited city street saving the day crime kidnapping love love adventure quest underdog
Wheely, a cabbie from the lower ranks of society, faces an uphill battle to save his dream girl from a monstrous 18-wheeler truck who is the mastermind of a luxury car-napping syndicate.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2013
123 Minutes
Samuel Schneider Ulrich Tukur Hafsia Herzi Josef Bierbichler Marie-Lou Sellem Abdesslam Bouhssini Amine El Bnouhi Stefanie Höner Ronja Jerabek Clara-Marie Pazzini Tom Radisch
teenager father director girl single mother powerful rousing emotional morocco city desert car father/son relationship holidays first love reconciliation freedom adventure discovery love
Troubled teenager Ben (16) unintentionally confronts his father Heinrich (Tukur), a successful German theatre director staging a play in Marrakesh, with his past and his neglected ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2009
155 Minutes
Sam Worthington Sigourney Weaver Stephen Lang Michelle Rodriguez Giovanni Ribisi Joel David Moore Dileep Rao Matt Gerald Sean Anthony Moran Jason Whyte Scott Lawrence
marines native soldier alien love interest scientist thrilling creative crafty outer space spaceship jungle pandora aliens greed nature showdown love redemption rise
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation, Musical, Comedy
USA|Australia|New Zealand|Antarctica
2006
108 Minutes
Johnny A. Sanchez
penguin dancer love interest mother father leader heartwarming inspiring antarctica colony ocean marine park dance singing love family redemption survival love rescue
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Adventure
USA
1952
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Dewey Martin Elizabeth Threatt Arthur Hunnicutt Buddy Baer Steven Geray Hank Worden Jim Davis Henri Letondal Robert Hunter Booth Colman
trader indian friend man cowboy princess spectacular brutal thrilling gutsy inspiring powerful the west missouri indian territory wilderness jail river survival journey
The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.
Action, Adventure
USA|Germany|China|Italy
2006
126 Minutes
Tom Cruise Philip Seymour Hoffman Ving Rhames Billy Crudup Michelle Monaghan Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Keri Russell Maggie Q Laurence Fishburne Simon Pegg Greg Grunberg
agent arms dealer love interest doctor spy nemesis thrilling suspenseful gripping house store car abandoned building washington, d.c. airplane treason murder theft espionage revenge
IMF agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancée in response.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Horror
India
2019
91 Minutes
Sabumon Abdusamad Chemban Vinod Jose Antony Varghese
butcher buffalo father bride police officer gripping intense thrilling village india animal slaughter escape love triangle capture adventure forbidden love love pursuit 21st century
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
Action, Adventure
USA|Australia|Germany
2008
135 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Andy Wachowski Christina Ricci Susan Sarandon John Goodman Matthew Fox Roger Allam Kick Gurry Paulie Litt Rain Benno Fürmann
speed racer brother father mother executive race car driver thrilling hilarious emotional racetrack school household garage locker room death of brother car racing family coming of age cheating competition
A young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Comedy, Adventure
France
2015
104 Minutes
Ange Dargent Théophile Baquet Diane Besnier Audrey Tautou Vincent Lamoureux Agathe Peigney Douglas Brosset Charles Raymond Ferdinand Roux-Balme Marc Delarue
teen boy teenager artist mother love interest friend amusing playful charming cheeky lighthearted emotional france lake vacation home coming-of-age relationships first love mother/son relationship escape
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Adventure
USA
1994
107 Minutes
Jason Scott Lee Esai Morales Sandrine Holt Eru Potaka-Dewes George Henare Anzac Wallace
king shaman rival tribal leader young man love interest brutal thrilling passionate easter island village sea cliff race legends primitive society love triangle class conflict slavery rivalry
Love between the representatives of two warring tribes changes the balance of power on the whole remote island.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1965
110 Minutes
James Caan Laura Devon Gail Hire Charlene Holt John Robert Crawford Mariana Hill James Ward Norman Alden George Takei Diane Strom Carol Connors
race car driver girlfriend confident cool melodramatic racetrack car pit row race car driving relationships adventure love 20th century
The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1918
55 Minutes
Elmo Lincoln Enid Markey Gordon Griffith True Boardman Kathleen Kirkham George B. French Colin Kenny Thomas Jefferson Bessie Toner Jack Wilson Louis Morrison
wild man mother father gorilla indigenous person sailor thrilling wild striking africa jungle ship tarzan survival outsider's life kidnapping unlikely romance class distinctions rescue love
Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then, Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter, Jane, catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|France
1997
92 Minutes
hero greek god satyr mother father love interest cheeky lighthearted touching greece mount olympus underworld village heroism adolescence coming of age father/son relationship good vs. evil deception quest
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Russia
2009
99 Minutes
Grigoriy Dobrygin Aleksandr Voytinskiy Ekaterina Vilkova Valeri Zolotukhin Ekaterina Vasileva Viktor Verzhbitskiy Juozas Budraitis Ivan Zhidkov Sergey Garmash
young man father dead person murder victim student love interest emotional heartwarming amusing playful suspenseful charming russia flying ambition investigation attraction car adventure love
A Moscow college student's gift car from his parents turns out to be more than anyone expects when it flies, which he uses to become both a city guardian and a speedy floral delivery boy.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
2002
68 Minutes
quasimodo cartoon character villain magician magician's assistant love interest amusing witty suspenseful shocking heartwarming cathedral france animation love circus magic greed thievery love at first sight
An attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.
Adventure, Biography
Australia|Canada
2018
96 Minutes
Thomas Cocquerel Nathalie Kelley William Moseley Clive Standen Isabel Lucas Lochlyn Munro Dan Fogler David Wenham Callan Mulvey Costas Mandylor Nathan Jones
crew member explorer love interest best friend guide actor amusing thrilling outlandish incredible gutsy wild ship bar stage australia papua new guinea jungle adventure life story
The adventurous life of young Errol Flynn in Australia before he became a famous Hollywood actor.
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1945
89 Minutes
Charles Laughton Randolph Scott Barbara Britton Reginald Owen John Carradine Gilbert Roland John Qualen Sheldon Leonard Abner Biberman William Farnum Ray Teal
pirate henchman admiral king son love interest spirited brutal madagascar coast ship cave london sea ambition greed capt. kidd betrayal execution swordplay
The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
India
2009
89 Minutes
Bob Peterson
elderly person child explorer dog bird charming emotional thrilling household south america wilderness airplane love death aging expedition friendship adventure love quest
A smuggler rises to power in in 1970s Mumbai, a younger gangster seeks to overthrow him and a police officer is caught in the middle.