Movies Like Just South of Insanity

If you liked Just South of Insanity, a movie directed by Steven Chase, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Gerry (2002)
★ 6.1/10
Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble.
2
Sex Drive (2008)
★ 6.4/10
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
3
Scarecrow (1973)
★ 7/10
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
4
Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10
After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
5
The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10
On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
6
The Great Race (1965)
★ 7.1/10
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to…
7
Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
8
Overcomer (2019)
★ 7.7/10
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
9
Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
10
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
11
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
★ 6.5/10
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
12
Man Without a Star (1955)
★ 6.4/10
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
13
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
14
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
★ 7/10
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
15
It's What's Inside (2024)
★ 6.5/10
A pre-wedding reunion descends into a psychological nightmare for a group of college friends when a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase.
16
Tommy Boy (1995)
★ 6.8/10
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
17
The Cannonball Run (1981)
★ 6.2/10
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball…
18
The Electric State (2025)
★ 6.5/10
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
19
From Beyond (1986)
★ 6.5/10
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she…
20
Head Full of Honey (2018)
★ 6.3/10
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.