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12 Great Trucking Movies You Should Definitely Watch

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It’s time for fun. It’s time for a movie. And guess what. It’s time for a trucking movie. Well, it could be a movie marathon.

We’ve tried to cover trucking movies from both last century and this century. Also, we are aware the list of the mentioned films is strictly subjective, but we invite you to use the comment section below and let us know which of these movies you had watched, which of them are your favorites, and which we missed to mention.

Here are 12 great movies with trucking theme for you.

Let’s go.

  1. Ice Road (2021) – After a remote diamond mine collapses in the far north of Canada, a driver from the icy roads must lead an impossible rescue mission across the frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Watch trailer.
  2. Big Rig (2007) – A documentary about over the road truck drivers. Interviews and stories of professional drivers about their life as a truck drivers. Watch trailer.
  3. Convoy (1978) – Truckers in a mile long convoy use their CB radios to warn for cops, while the sheriff is aware of their tactics and use against them. Watch trailer.
  4. Black Dog (1998) – A trucker and former prisoner is manipulated into transporting illegal arms. Watch trailer.
  5. Joy Ride (2001) – Three young people on their way from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a truck driver on their CB radio, and then have to run away when it turns out to be a psychotic killer. Watch trailer.
  6. Rolling Vengeance (1987) – A revenge movie featuring a monster truck as the tool of retribution. Watch trailer.
  7. Hijack (1973) – Two truckers are hired to transport a cargo. They don’t know what the freight is, but suddenly figure out that someone is ready to do bad things for it. Watch trailer.
  8. Duel (1971) – An unseen driver in a scary truck annoys a business commuter on the road. The culmination happens just before the end. Watch trailer.
  9. While Line Fever (1975) – An independent owner-operator who borrowed money to buy his truck and his pregnant wife are threatened by thugs who want to smuggle goods. They don’t want to participate in illegal activities and fight corruption. Watch trailer.
  10. Over The Top (1987) – A story about father who takes his son on the trip to Las Vegas for an arm-wrestling championship to win the first prize. He’s a trucker and tries to make amends with the son he left before. Watch trailer.
  11. Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Machines rule the world after a comet a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth. A group of people fight for their lives against a mass of homicidal trucks. Watch trailer.
  12. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) – Back in 1977 it was illegal to sell Coors east of the Mississippi River without a permit, and the Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is doing just that – delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours. But the Texas troops are alerted and the chase is on. Watch trailer.

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