Movies Like The Great Race

If you liked The Great Race (1965), a comedy and adventure movie directed by Blake Edwards, 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
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and comedy
Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set…
2
Back to the Future (1985)
★ 8.3/10Also adventure and comedy
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by…
3
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
★ 6/10Also adventure and comedy
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
4
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and comedy
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
5
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
6
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and adventure
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
7
Cars 2 (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and comedy
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own…
8
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and adventure
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
9
Speed Racer (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and comedy
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and…
10
Ninotchka (1939)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romance
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
11
The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also adventure and comedy
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
12
Rat Race (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and comedy
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against…
13
Speedway (1968)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
14
Midnight in Paris (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
15
Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…
16
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and comedy
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
17
Cars (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and comedy
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator…
18
Extinct (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and adventure
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to…
19
Champagne Problems (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.
20
Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and adventure
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.