20 movies like The Wild One, ordered by similarity : Eye of the Tiger(1986), Big Night(1996), The Hummingbird Project(2018), The Other Side of Hope(2017), The Bad and the Beautiful(1952), Knightriders(1981), Kissing Candice(2017), Everyday People(2004), Two for Joy(2018), The Last Picture Show(1971), Dangerous Youth(1958), Gun Crazy(1950) ...
Drama
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Marlon Brando Mary Murphy Robert Keith Lee Marvin Jay C. Flippen Peggy Maley
biker sheriff waitress gang member brooding tense cool california town jail restaurant rebellion biker gang aimless youth bad behavior adventure underdog wretched excess 1950s
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
92 Minutes
Gary Busey Yaphet Kotto Seymour Cassel Bert Remsen William Smith Kimberlin Brown Denise Galik Judith Barsi Eric Bolles Joe Brooks Douglas Dirkson
ex-convict vietnam vet wife daughter biker sheriff brutal tense small town household road crime corruption biker gang vigilantism kidnapping father/daughter relationship revenge rescue underdog
Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.
Drama
USA
1996
107 Minutes
Stanley Tucci Minnie Driver Ian Holm Isabella Rossellini Tony Shalhoub Stanley Tucci Marc Anthony Allison Janney Caroline Aaron Campbell Scott Larry Block
chef restaurant manager restaurant owner girlfriend wife brother winsome engaging spirited new jersey seaside restaurant american dream restaurant competition family small business rivalry quest 1950s
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Drama
Canada|Belgium
2018
111 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Alexander Skarsgård Salma Hayek Michael Mando Johan Heldenbergh Ayisha Issa Mark Slacke Sarah Goldberg Frank Schorpion Kwasi Songui
cousin businessman business partner client family member land owner crafty confident cool gripping intense thrilling new york city office restaurant kansas bar park property rights business
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
Drama, Comedy
Finland|Germany
2017
98 Minutes
Sherwan Haji Sakari Kuosmanen Janne Hyytiäinen Ilkka Koivula Nuppu Koivu Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon Niroz Haji Kaija Pakarinen Tommi Korpela Kati Outinen
refugee syrian restaurant manager emotional intense disheartening profound brooding melodramatic finland helsinki restaurant political asylum refugees new life poker adventure rescue escape underdog
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Drama
USA
1952
118 Minutes
Lana Turner Kirk Douglas Walter Pidgeon Dick Powell Barry Sullivan Gloria Grahame Gilbert Roland Leo G. Carroll Vanessa Brown Paul Stewart Sammy White
movie star writer director producer brooding cool spirited tense engaging hollywood, calif. manipulation cheating hollywood ambition betrayal underdog fall rise wretched excess 1950s
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Drama
USA
1981
145 Minutes
Ed Harris Gary Lahti Tom Savini Amy Ingersoll Patricia Tallman Christine Forrest
knight motorcycle gang leader biker renegade love interest enemy brooding passionate suspenseful fair house small town school rivalry jousting biker gang renaissance fair idealism traveling transformation
A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a growing sense of delusion from their leader.
Drama
Ireland|UK
2017
102 Minutes
Ann Skelly Ryan Lincoln Conall Keating Ryan McParland Caitriona Ennis John Lynch Tony Doyle Maghnús Foy James Greene Seaghán Óg O'Neill Jason Cullen
teen girl teen boy gang members brutal dark disturbing gripping intense uneasy small town ireland growing up small-town life first love rebellion death growing up forbidden love transformation temptation
17 year old Candice longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
Drama
2004
91 Minutes
Jordan Gelber Bridget Barkan Stephen McKinley Henderson Sydnee Stewart Billoah Greene Reg E. Cathey Stephen Axelrod Iris Little-Thomas Ron Butler Erik LaRay Harvey
restaurant owner restaurant employee patron young man corporate stooge spirited charming brooklyn, n.y. restaurant street social change gentrification restaurant business inner-city life friendship underdog transformation 2000s
Customers and staff (Bridget Barkan, Stephen McKinley Henderson) react to the news of a Jewish restaurateur's (Jordan Gelber) decision to sell his neighborhood eatery to developers.
Drama
UK
2018
90 Minutes
Billie Piper Samantha Morton Bella Ramsey Emilia Jones Daniel Mays Grace Hogg-Robinson David Elliot Badger Skelton
teen girl brother single mother bleak brooding sultry raw gritty intense seaside small town estate family dysfunction crime youth grief death vacation escape growing up
A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
Drama
USA
1971
118 Minutes
Timothy Bottoms Jeff Bridges Cybill Shepherd Ben Johnson Cloris Leachman Ellen Burstyn Eileen Brennan Clu Gulager Sharon Taggart Randy Quaid Joe Heathcock
student mistress coach mother waitress small-business owner bleak moving sad powerful anarene, texas small town movie theater small-town life loneliness aimless youth friendship virginity growing up rivalry
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Drama
UK
1958
98 Minutes
Frankie Vaughan George Baker Carole Lesley Jackie Lane Katherine Kath Thora Hird Eddie Byrne
singer army officer police officer gang members brash brooding cool intense liverpool, england army base seaside army reserve false accusations adventure pursuit underdog rise 20th century
Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Peggy Cummins John Dall Berry Kroeger Morris Carnovsky Anabel Shaw Harry Lewis Nedrick Young Trevor Bardette
sharpshooter pacifist newlywed reporter sheriff sister cool thrilling emotional small town carnival car office building southern california doomed romance armed robbery troubled youth crime spree accidental murder on the run
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
95 Minutes
Martin Sheen Sissy Spacek Warren Oates Ramon Bieri Alan Vint Gary Littlejohn John Carter Bryan Montgomery Gail Threlkeld Charles Fitzpatrick
teen girl killer father bounty hunter police officers boyfriend brooding brutal profound south dakota montana woods house highway car murder escape young love teenage rebellion forbidden love
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Crime, Drama
1967
112 Minutes
Tom Laughlin Elizabeth James Jane Russell Jeremy Slate William Wellman Jr. Robert Tessier Jeff Cooper Edwin Cook Paul Prokop Julie Cahn Susan Foster
vietnam vet teen girl sheriff biker district attorney deputy campy melodramatic thrilling raw small town abandoned church beach highway california crime spree racism vigilantism motorcycle gang rape
Part-Indian foot fighter Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) defends coeds against outlaw bikers in a California town.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Hungary|Jordan
2015
142 Minutes
Matt Damon Jessica Chastain Kristen Wiig Jeff Daniels Michael Peña Kate Mara Sean Bean Sebastian Stan Aksel Hennie Donald Glover Mackenzie Davis
astronaut survivor president scientist wife crew member brooding emotional intense tense dark nasa facility camp mars spacecraft space station control room space travel stranded mars
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Romance, Drama
USA|UK
2017
130 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Vicky Krieps Lesley Manville Camilla Rutherford Gina McKee Brian Gleeson Harriet Sansom Harris Lujza Richter Julia Davis Jane Perry
fashion designer sister bachelor muse model heiress creative intense confident emotional passionate tense united kingdom london restaurant coast studio mansion fashion art
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Biography, Music, Drama
USA
2015
147 Minutes
O'Shea Jackson Jr. Corey Hawkins Jason Mitchell Neil Brown Jr. Aldis Hodge Marlon Yates Jr. R. Marcos Taylor Alexandra Shipp Paul Giamatti Elena Goode Keith Powers
rapper manager fan rival woman gang member brash brooding intense south central house recording studio street car restaurant gangs hip-hop business friendship rivalry
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
107 Minutes
Keri Russell Nathan Fillion Cheryl Hines Adrienne Shelly Lew Temple Eddie Jemison Jeremy Sisto Andy Griffith
waitress doctor coworker husband restaurant owner patron touching amusing small town diner house hospital pregnancy abusive marriage affair cooking money difficult decision underdog discovery
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Drama
USA
1969
94 Minutes
Peter Fonda Dennis Hopper Jack Nicholson Antonio Mendoza Phil Spector Mac Mashourian Warren Finnerty Tita Colorado Luke Askew Luana Anders Sabrina Scharf
biker hippie redneck prostitute lawyer cool hedonistic wild highway california new orleans commune road trip america freedom drugs quest discovery adventure 1970s
Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
Crime, Drama
West Germany|USA
1981
123 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Jessica Lange John Colicos Michael Lerner Christopher Lloyd John P. Ryan Anjelica Huston Jon Van Ness
drifter restaurant owner wife prosecutor shocking hedonistic suspenseful sultry road small town diner california infidelity lust murder plot insurance fraud marriage great depression temptation wretched excess
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.