The Car That Wasn't There (The Getaway driver in films)
by Oslo_Jargo | created - 02 Dec 2016 | updated - 01 Mar 2023 | Public"Wheelmen", or Getaway drivers, are underappreciated in films. Here's some films showcasing them.
"You know I don't like guns."
Ryan O'Neal as the Driver in The Driver (1978).
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1. Drive (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 704,820 | Gross: $35.06M
2. Criss Cross (1949)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally
Votes: 9,603
3. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
Directors: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix | Stars: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas
Votes: 1,704
4. The Driver (1978)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
Votes: 19,438 | Gross: $4.91M
5. The Italian Job (1969)
G | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone
Votes: 50,365
6. The Italian Job (2003)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron
Votes: 388,635 | Gross: $106.13M
7. The Getaway (1972)
PG | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers
Votes: 35,705 | Gross: $36.73M
8. The Getaway (1994)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods
Votes: 19,665 | Gross: $16.10M
9. The Hot Rock (1972)
PG | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand
Votes: 6,946 | Gross: $2.54M
10. Wheelman (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Thriller
Milo Burik, an undercover CIA agent, is assigned to the investigation of a package containing secretive documents, which the various criminal factions of Barcelona are intending on stealing and selling to the highest bidder.
Director: Antoine Charreyron | Stars: Vin Diesel, Joseph Balderrama, Julian Bastida, Nicholas Bishop
Votes: 600
11. Wheelman (2017)
TV-MA | 82 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
Director: Jeremy Rush | Stars: Frank Grillo, Caitlin Carmichael, Garret Dillahunt, Shea Whigham
Votes: 22,285
12. Born Reckless (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A champion auto racer takes a job with a taxicab company being harassed by a gangster who wants to take over all the cab companies in town.
Directors: Malcolm St. Clair, Gustav Machatý | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane, Robert Kent
Votes: 204
13. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
R | 113 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 35,300 | Gross: $0.55M
14. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan
Votes: 31,248 | Gross: $0.28M
15. Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly
Votes: 2,019
16. Heat (1995)
R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight
Votes: 719,798 | Gross: $67.44M
17. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,883
18. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,228
19. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,653
20. The Black Widow (1947)
Approved | 180 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman, Anthony Warde
Votes: 401
21. Appointment with Crime (1946)
Unrated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.
Director: John Harlow | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Joyce Howard, Raymond Lovell
Votes: 344
22. Running Time (1997)
70 min | Crime, Thriller
Carl is released from jail after serving a 5-year term and immediately sets about executing his next heist. The plan is relatively simple but time is critical. However, he doesn't factor in bad luck or the incompetence of his accomplices.
Director: Josh Becker | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Jeremy Roberts, Anita Barone, William Stanford Davis
Votes: 1,746 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Straight Time (1978)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
The difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole.
Directors: Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 10,169 | Gross: $9.90M
24. Charley Varrick (1973)
PG | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 14,126
25. The Brink's Job (1978)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, and cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits with only $58,000 recovered.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates
Votes: 3,515 | Gross: $9.40M
26. The Transporter (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
Directors: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen | Stars: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Votes: 321,292 | Gross: $25.30M
27. Transporter 2 (2005)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Transporter Frank Martin, surfaces in Miami, Florida and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 215,436 | Gross: $43.10M
28. Transporter 3 (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Frank Martin is forced 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.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand
Votes: 176,904 | Gross: $31.72M
29. The Transporter Refueled (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Thriller
In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.
Director: Camille Delamarre | Stars: Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson, Lenn Kudrjawizki
Votes: 44,863 | Gross: $16.03M
30. Bullitt (1968)
M/PG | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Don Gordon
Votes: 75,871 | Gross: $42.30M
31. The Bank Raiders (1958)
62 min | Crime, Drama
Terry, a small-time hoodlum, is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but ... See full summary »
Director: Maxwell Munden | Stars: Peter Reynolds, Sandra Dorne, Sydney Tafler, Lloyd Lamble
Votes: 138
32. CHiPs (1977–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers.
Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Paul Linke
Votes: 11,517
33. The Valachi Papers (1972)
PG | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari
Votes: 4,446 | Gross: $20.27M
34. The Liability (2012)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.
Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Peter Mullan, Talulah Riley
Votes: 9,143
35. They Live by Night (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 9,357
36. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 7,829 | Gross: $0.62M
37. Mona Lisa (1986)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 18,722 | Gross: $5.79M
38. A Cop (1972)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 10,756 | Gross: $0.05M
39. Street Knight (1993)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Jeff Speakman, Christopher Neame, Lewis Van Bergen, Jennifer Gatti
Votes: 881 | Gross: $0.84M
40. The Heineken Kidnapping (2011)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, History, Thriller
A bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heineken's 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands' most infamous crimes.
Director: Maarten Treurniet | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Teun Kuilboer
Votes: 5,974
41. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 8,547 | Gross: $0.13M
42. Vanishing Point (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger
Votes: 30,545
43. The Wild Ride (1960)
PG-13 | 61 min | Crime, Drama
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Berman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Georgianna Carter, Robert Bean, Carol Bigby
Votes: 882
44. Cool Breeze (1972)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.
Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M
45. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin
Votes: 2,656
46. Heaven's Burning (1997)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched bank job, a gang takes hostage a Japanese girl on the run from an arranged marriage, and escapes. Their wheel man saves the girl from them and the two go on the run with cops, the gang and her psycho husband on their tail.
Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Russell Crowe, Yûki Kudô, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,223
47. Training Day (2001)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger
Votes: 473,141 | Gross: $76.63M
48. Robbery (1967)
110 min | Crime, Drama
A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 2,043
49. Street People (1976)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The ... See full summary »
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Roger Moore, Stacy Keach, Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi
Votes: 952
50. Baby Driver (2017)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González
Votes: 611,560 | Gross: $107.83M
51. Taxi (I) (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary
Votes: 89,439 | Gross: $0.27M
52. Midnite Spares (1983)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father's untimely death, Steve pursues the criminals and attempts to capture them as well as prove his prowess as a racecar driver.
Director: Quentin Masters | Stars: James Laurie, Gia Carides, Max Cullen, Bruce Spence
Votes: 266
53. Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)
Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Las Vegas, a group of assorted criminals plans the robbery of an armored truck hauling casino money to the bank.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Richards
Votes: 699
54. Blue Streak (1999)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle
Votes: 88,805 | Gross: $68.52M
55. The Refuge (2019)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Director: Keith Sutliff | Stars: Keith Sutliff, Julien Cesario, Matthew Webb, Cheyenne Buchanan
Votes: 2,298
56. Duster
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Filming
Set in the 1970's Southwest, the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful.
Stars: McKenzie Scott, David Kallaway, Jonathan Dixon, Roman Mitichyan
57. The Beast (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Michel Constantin, Giuseppe Maffioli, Giuliana Calandra
Votes: 208
58. Snatch (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 911,303 | Gross: $30.33M
59. Illegal Traffic (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the lion's share of their loot. Through an ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston, Judith Barrett
Votes: 43
60. Fast & Furious (2009)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Votes: 311,345 | Gross: $155.06M
61. Collateral (2004)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
Votes: 433,300 | Gross: $101.01M
62. The Anderson Tapes (1971)
GP | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 8,850 | Gross: $10.90M
63. The Big Chase (1954)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An LAPD rookie tangles with state prison paroled convicts who plan to rob an armored payroll truck in Los Angeles.
Directors: Arthur Hilton, Robert L. Lippert Jr. | Stars: Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr., Jim Davis
Votes: 171
64. High Speed (1932)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A policeman, working on a case against a local mobster and his gang, slips on some race-car-driver overalls and goggles and , in addition to stopping the mobsters in their tracks, wins a ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers, Wallace MacDonald, Pat O'Malley
Votes: 36
65. The Line-Up (1934)
Passed | 64 min | Drama
Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan
Votes: 38
66. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 921,280 | Gross: $28.26M
67. Bandits (2001)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity
Votes: 70,952 | Gross: $41.58M
68. Hack (2002–2004)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.
Stars: David Morse, Andre Braugher, Matthew Borish, George Dzundza
Votes: 1,029
69. Death in Small Doses (1957)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Peter Graves, Mala Powers, Chuck Connors, Merry Anders
Votes: 325
70. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Votes: 419,770 | Gross: $144.53M
71. Hit and Run (I) (2012)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Former getaway driver Charles Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charles' former gang chase them on the road.
Directors: David Palmer, Dax Shepard | Stars: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Kristin Chenoweth
Votes: 37,520 | Gross: $13.75M
72. The Fast and the Furious (1954)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him.
Directors: John Ireland, Edward Sampson | Stars: John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruce Carlisle, Iris Adrian
Votes: 1,604 | Gross: $0.25M
73. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Jane Leeves, Cherise Bates
Votes: 39,383 | Gross: $17.31M
74. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Votes: 193,848 | Gross: $12.47M
75. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 1,087,169 | Gross: $154.06M
76. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre
Votes: 9,959 | Gross: $0.47M
77. Baby Money (2021)
93 min | Action, Thriller
When a home invasion turns into a bloody shoot-out, a pair of ragtag fugitives take refuge in the house of a single mother as they wait on their fiery (and very pregnant) getaway driver to hatch an escape plan in time for a major payday.
Directors: Mikhael Bassilli, Luc Walpoth | Stars: Danay Garcia, Joey Kern, Jean St. James, Michael Drayer
Votes: 333
78. Live by Night (2016)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina
Votes: 59,839 | Gross: $10.38M
79. Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal fifty cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, T.J. Cross
Votes: 294,798 | Gross: $101.65M
80. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay
Votes: 10,531
81. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Votes: 13,428
82. Getaway Driver (2021– )
42 min | Documentary
Elite drivers out-drive each other in a 40-acre arena to prove that they have the skills behind the wheel to outrun pursuers in a real-life car chase. They already have the loot- but can they get away to keep it?
Stars: Nick Ward, Sonya Klaus, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 89
83. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,041 | Gross: $24.61M
84. Precious Cargo (2016)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief.
Director: Max Adams | Stars: Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Jenna B. Kelly
Votes: 9,923
85. Wrath of Man (2021)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving a lot of money around Los Angeles each week.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Josh Hartnett, Rocci Boy Williams
Votes: 208,018 | Gross: $27.47M
86. The Salton Sea (2002)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 32,027 | Gross: $0.76M
87. Trans Am
Action, Adventure, Crime | Announced
A disgraced police deputy joins forces with a getaway driver in order to bring an escaped bank robber to justice, all the while eluding the federal manhunt on their tails.
88. Inside Man (2006)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 398,117 | Gross: $88.51M
89. Ronin (1998)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 195,236 | Gross: $41.62M
90. Drive Hard (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
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.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura, Christopher Morris
Votes: 4,853
91. Odd Man Out (1947)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick
Votes: 11,425
92. Dillinger (1945)
Passed | 70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 2,141 | Gross: $4.00M
93. Hero Wanted (2008)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man seeks revenge after he and a bank teller are shot and left for dead during a robbery.
Director: Brian Smrz | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Liotta, Tommy Flanagan, Norman Reedus
Votes: 7,422
94. Dillinger (1973)
R | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 5,854 | Gross: $2.00M
95. Highway 301 (1950)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Led by a psychopathic killer, a vicious gang of armed robbers terrorizes Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, robbing banks and payrolls and murdering anyone who might identify them.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran
Votes: 1,117
96. I Became a Criminal (1947)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray
Votes: 1,922
97. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,899 | Gross: $32.38M
98. Den of Thieves (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Director: Christian Gudegast | Stars: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent
Votes: 123,756 | Gross: $44.95M
99. Stolen (2012)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston
Votes: 46,446 | Gross: $0.30M
100. Carbon Copy (1970)
PG | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.
Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Virna Lisi, Albert Minski
Votes: 209
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