Biker Movies- Bad, the Worse, and Ugly-and-Also-Bad
by J_Frank_Parnell | created - 03 Jan 2023 | updated - 56 minutes ago | PublicEvery Biker movie I ever saw (spoiler- They're basically all dogshit. Fun, but dogshit.)
Plus a few old Car Club/hot rod movies, coz why not?
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1. The Losers (1970)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage
Votes: 620 | Gross: $0.46M
2. Devil's Angels (1967)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: John Cassavetes, Beverly Adams, Mimsy Farmer, Maurice McEndree
Votes: 576
Roughly based on the same notorious IRL scandal (highly fictionalized, in both versions) as The Wild One, which originated the AMA quote about "99% of law-abiding motorcyclists", which started the whole "1%er"/"Outlaw Biker" thing.
3. Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
GP | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A government agent tries to break a Neo-Fascist group in California
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, Kent Taylor, Keith Andes
Votes: 369
4. The Peace Killers (1971)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Schwartz | Stars: Clint Ritchie, Jess Walton, Paul Prokop, Michael Ontkean
Votes: 389
5. The Wild Angels (1966)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, parties in the Coachella Valley's Palm Springs Indian Canyons, California, and wreaks havoc with the local police.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Votes: 3,324
6. Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.
Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor
Votes: 2,701
7. The Glory Stompers (1967)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Drama
Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
Director: Anthony M. Lanza | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jody McCrea, Chris Noel, Jock Mahoney
Votes: 632
8. The Death Wheelers (1973)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Horror
An amiable, psychopathic leader of a violent teen motorbike gang is spurred by his mother, a Satan-worshiping spiritual medium, into committing suicide and returning to life as an "undead".
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin
Votes: 3,150
9. Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
R | 80 min | Horror
A biker gang and its leader fall prey to a satan worshipper and his cult.
Director: Michel Levesque | Stars: Steve Oliver, Donna Anderson, Gene Shane, Billy Gray
Votes: 1,566
10. Angels from Hell (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action
A destructive ex-motorcycle gang leader comes home from Vietnam to resume his life. His desire to form a powerful gang has the police running scared. But, will he succeed...
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Tom Stern, Ted Markland, Jack Starrett, Arlene Martel
Votes: 396
11. Hells Chosen Few (1968)
92 min | Crime, Action
A biker gets falsely accused of a murder committed by a drunken sheriff. His Vietnam vet brother doesn't believe this accusation, so he decides to join the Hell's Chosen Few biker gang in order to find out the truth.
Director: David L. Hewitt | Stars: Jody Daniels, Kelly Ross, William Bonner, Vic McGee
Votes: 116
12. The Born Losers (1967)
PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Billy Jack battles a motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr.
Votes: 2,763 | Gross: $26.54M
13. Hell's Angels '69 (1969)
M | 97 min | Action, Drama
Chuck and his brother Wes are wealthy siblings who plan to rob Caesar's Palace more for fun than profit.
Director: Lee Madden | Stars: Tom Stern, Jeremy Slate, Conny Van Dyke, Steve Sandor
Votes: 515
14. She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An all-female motorcycle gang, called 'The Maneaters' hold motorcycle races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clash off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Betty Connell, Nancy Lee Noble, Christie Wagner, Rodney Bedell
Votes: 1,068
15. Sinner's Blood (1969)
R | 81 min | Drama
A terrifying tale of an insane gang of bikers that wreaks havoc on a small town, where they mutilate, torture and create a reign of horror that's not to be believed. Not for the squeamish.
Director: Neil Douglas | Stars: John Talt, Julie Conners, Cristy Beal, Parker Herriott
Votes: 161
16. The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama
Driven by jealousy, the jilted leader of a female motorcycle gang instigates a sadistic reign of terror against her ex-lover and his new bride.
Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Diane McBain, Sherry Jackson, Ross Hagen
Votes: 483
17. Satan's Sadists (1969)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The "Satans" are a very cruel biker gang led by Anchor. The gang goes to a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert where they begin to terrorize Lew and his patrons and his ... See full summary »
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Scott Brady, John 'Bud' Cardos, Robert Dix
Votes: 1,150
18. Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
When Angel writes a story about the Devil's Advocates motorcycle gang, his luck changes. The good news is he sells the story to a magazine for $10,000. The bad news is he is a wanted man, now hunted by the biker gang.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Valerie Starrett, Dan Kemp, Gene Shane
Votes: 295 | Gross: $13.00M
19. Stone (1974)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, a motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
Director: Sandy Harbutt | Stars: Deryck Barnes, Sandy Harbutt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Lex Mitchell
Votes: 1,779
20. Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Sex, violence, and bikers on an action filled ride, in this film produced and co-written by Jonathan Demme.
Director: Joe Viola | Stars: Scott Glenn, Charles Dierkop, James Iglehart, Gilda Texter
Votes: 522
21. Hells Angels Forever (1983)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
What starts off as a squadron of American daredevil bombers in World War II, branded by society as renegades, turns into a revealing ride into the world of honor, violence, and undying passion for motorcycles on the road.
Directors: Richard Chase, Leon Gast, Kevin Keating, Don Kelly | Stars: Sandy Alexander, Ray Archuleta, Sonny Barger, Scott Barnes
Votes: 233
A P.R excercise funded, and "produced" (ie they had final edit) by Hells Angels MC. Intersting, as the face HA's want to show the public.
22. Biker Boyz (2003)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Drama
A son of the leader of a legendary group of an urban biker gang tries to retain his championship title.
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 14,125 | Gross: $21.70M
23. Hell Ride (2008)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Julia Jones
Votes: 16,360 | Gross: $0.19M
Hell Ride is OK; Less of a "Biker genre movie", more of a "00s crime movie, set in a (Hollywood version of a) 1%er club". Still low budget, but higher effort than all the late 60s/70s biker movies
24. Easy Rider (1969)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza
Votes: 117,026 | Gross: $41.73M
Definitely the best movie on this list; Deerves it's reputation, as a classic of 60's cinema, hugely influential, that changed how movies were made, and how audiences saw low budget, 'outsider' movies.
25. Cycle Vixens (1978)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama
Three Colorado girls decide to hop on their motorcycles and head to California. On the way they get mixed up in drugs, rape and stolen motorcycles.
Directors: Peter Perry Jr., John Arnoldy | Stars: Loraine Ferris, Daphne Lawrence, Deborah Marcus, Lonnie Pense
Votes: 196
26. 12 O'Clock Boys (2013)
TV-MA | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Pug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O'Clock Boys.
Director: Lotfy Nathan | Stars: Coco, Pug, Funmi Sodipo, Steven
Votes: 1,545 | Gross: $0.04M
Nice little DIY doco, about the culture of dirt-bikes and quads, in Baltimore's black neighbourhoods.
27. Angel Unchained (1970)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge.
Director: Lee Madden | Stars: Don Stroud, Luke Askew, Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly
Votes: 478 | Gross: $0.07M
28. Bury Me an Angel (1971)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama
Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.
Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Dixie Peabody, Terry Mace, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan
Votes: 322
29. Angels' Wild Women (1971)
R | 85 min | Action
Rowdy biker women get more than they bargained for after joining a commune.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Ross Hagen, Kent Taylor, Preston Pierce, Regina Carrol
Votes: 483
30. C.C. & Company (1970)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A motorcycle rebel saves a woman from his gang and fights an outlaw guru for supremacy.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley
Votes: 1,036
31. Black Angels (1970)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
When an African-American biker gang is tricked into believing that a white biker gang is planning a war, all hell breaks loose.
Director: Laurence Merrick | Stars: Des Roberts, John King III, Linda Jackson, James Whitworth
Votes: 178
32. Motorpsycho! (1965)
74 min | Action, Thriller
Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Haji, Alex Rocco, Steve Oliver, Lane Carroll
Votes: 1,611
33. Outlaws (2017)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.
Director: Stephen McCallum | Stars: Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell, Josh McConville
Votes: 1,302
Definitely the worst of the lot- At least the older Biker Movies are fun, and have "so bad it's good" appeal. This Australian attempt at a Sons of Anarchy rip-off is just a clueless mess.
34. Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013)
Unrated | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, is dragged back into his prior life when the peace accord between the clubs is broken.
Director: Jeff Santo | Stars: Jeff Black, David Della Rocco, Robert Chico Mora, Jake Meehan
Votes: 824
Written by (ex-Hells Angels president) Sonny Barger, this one's actually pretty decent. Kinda feels bit like SoA, but with worse production, but more authenticity (in terms of how bikers see themselves/want to be seen at least. Whether it reflects their ACTUAl LIVES, is more questionable)
35. Choppertown: The Sinners (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Custom chopper builder and punk rocker Kutty Noteboom builds his working man's chopper from the ground up with the help of good friend Rico and the rest of his biker brothers in this ... See full summary »
Directors: Zack Coffman, Scott Di Lalla | Stars: Rico Fodrey, Rob Fortier, Cole Foster, Gary Frye
Votes: 109
36. The Hard Ride (1971)
GP | 93 min | Action, Drama
Phil agrees to look after his dying Vietnam vet buddy by taking care of his motorcycle only to run into some trouble with both the law and other bikers.
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Robert Fuller, Sherry Bain, Tony Russel, William Bonner
Votes: 364
37. Hot Rod Gang (1958)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music
Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: John Ashley, Jody Fair, Gene Vincent, Russ Bender
Votes: 286
38. The Choppers (1961)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman
Votes: 443
39. The Loveless (1981)
R | 85 min | Drama
Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery | Stars: Willem Dafoe, J. Don Ferguson, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter
Votes: 2,829
Another one that's actually pretty solid- Willem Defoe is decent as the president of The Loveless MC, in one of the first movies directed by Katherine Bigelow, who'd eventually make The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty
40. The Wild One (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin
Votes: 17,613
41. Nam Angels (1989 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, War
Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American POWs in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Brad Johnson, Vernon Wells, Kevin Duffis, Rick Dean
Votes: 351
Super-cheesy, dumb fun.
42. Darktown Strutters (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
Syreena must investigate the disappearance of her mother, Cinderella. A series of wild complications follow.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Trina Parks, Lejeune Richardson, Bettye Sweet, Shirley Washington
Votes: 533
Definitely the weirdest movie on this list- A bizarre mix of Biker Movie, Blaxploitation, and campy 70's comedy, with the wildest costumes and props since The Wiz (and I think their trikes may be from Ed Roth? But don't quote me on that)
43. Scorpio Rising (1963)
28 min | Short, Music
A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Ernie Allo, Bruce Byron, Frank Carifi, Steve Crandell
Votes: 5,712
44. Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Drama
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
Director: Lee Frost | Stars: William Smith, Tony Young, Michael Haynes, Peter Brown
Votes: 591
45. Streets of Fire (1984)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan
Votes: 24,271 | Gross: $8.09M
Very cool 80's movies, set in a stylized version of the world of crime and biker clubs, in the early 60s.
46. Roadside Prophets (1992)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two strangers meet on the road and travel through Nevada on motorcycle to find an elusive spot where they can dump another man's ashes.
Director: Abbe Wool | Stars: John Doe, Adam Horovitz, David Anthony Marshall, Judyth Thurman
Votes: 1,435 | Gross: $0.15M
47. Quadrophenia (1979)
R | 120 min | Drama, Music
Jimmy Cooper loathes his dead-end job and his working-class parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis, Mark Wingett
Votes: 20,884
Mopeds, choppers-Same thing.
48. Satan's Choice (1965)
28 min | Documentary, Short
A rare "inside" view of a motorcycle club in Toronto. The names they adopt (Satan's Choice is only one) are as individual as their special ethics and views of life, all freely expressed in this film.
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Howard Doyle Berry, Lorne Campbell, Bernie Guindon, Rod MacLeod
Votes: 33
Cool little DIY doco, hanging around with an MC in 1965.
49. History of the Chopper (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Explore the true essence of the chopper, profiling the pioneers of the chopper/biker movement, the unsung heroes whose ingenuity and creativity have inspired the chopper builders of today. ... See full summary »
Director: Hildie Katibah | Stars: Jesse James, Jim Clark, Dick Doughty, Tom Fugle
Pretty decent history of motorcycle customization. Jesse James may have pissed off Hollywood (and huffs his own farts, at times) but he's always had solid knowledge, and respect, for chopper history.
50. The Leather Boys (1964)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working-class marriage--and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson
Votes: 1,029
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