Movies Like Big Rig

If you liked Big Rig, a movie directed by Thomas Elliott, 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
Passenger (2026)
★ 7.3/10
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their…
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)
★ 7/10
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit…
4
Lucky (2017)
★ 7.3/10
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
5
Roadgames (1981)
★ 6.5/10
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
6
Wolf Creek (2005)
★ 6.2/10
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
7
Outback (2020)
★ 5.9/10
A young American couple’s Australian holiday takes a terrifying turn when they get lost in the outback. With only one another to rely on, the two are driven to extremes in order to stay alive in the harsh and…
8
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
★ 7.2/10
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
9
A Love Song (2022)
★ 6.6/10
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
10
Into the Wild (2007)
★ 7.8/10
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…
11
The Water Diviner (2014)
★ 6.8/10
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and…
12
Duel (1971)
★ 7.4/10
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his…
13
Mad Max 2 (1981)
★ 7.4/10
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot…
14
Paradise (1982)
★ 6/10
After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the…
15
Legion (2010)
★ 5.9/10
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel…
16
True Grit (2010)
★ 7.3/10
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
17
Interstate 60 (2002)
★ 7.4/10
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
18
Red Dog (2011)
★ 7.3/10
The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
19
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.
20
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
★ 6.6/10
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a…