Hit By A Truck
"hit by a truck" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
...
#2
The Last Picture Show
Synopsis:
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures. Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhe…
Starring:
Randy Quaid,
Cloris Leachman,
Ellen Burstyn
#3
Taking Lives
Synopsis:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Starring:
Tchéky Karyo,
Paul Dano,
Justin Chatwin
#4
Pet Sematary
Synopsis:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
Starring:
Michael Lombard,
Fred Gwynne,
Miko Hughes
#5
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Synopsis:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Starring:
Fred Ward,
Leslie Nielsen,
George Kennedy
Plot:
spoof,
sexual humor,
slapstick comedy,
neo screwball comedy,
absurd comedy,
cult comedy,
male protagonist,
prison,
police,
parody
...
#6
Groundhog Day
Synopsis:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Starring:
Rick Overton,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Bill Murray
#7
Deep Red
Synopsis:
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Starring:
Daria Nicolodi,
Macha Méril,
David Hemmings
#8
Dawn of the Dead
Synopsis:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Starring:
David Emge,
Ken Foree,
Scott H. Reiniger
#9
City of Angels
Synopsis:
When guardian angel Seth - who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles - becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Meg Ryan,
Colm Feore
Plot:
candlelit bath,
woman wears eyeglasses,
barefoot male,
man in a shower,
dream,
nightmare,
flying,
magic,
beer bottle,
hugging
...
#10
Centauro
Synopsis:
Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Starring:
Édgar Vittorino,
Àlex Monner,
Carlos Bardem
Plot:
female nudity,
mixed,
drug,
drug dealer,
motorcycle,
son,
professional,
racer,
criminal,
life
...
#11
Zombieland
Synopsis:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Amber Heard
#12
World War Z
Synopsis:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and l…
Starring:
James Badge Dale,
Brad Pitt,
Ludi Boeken
Plot:
zombie,
walled city,
severed arm,
south korea,
white male lead in a diverse cast,
chaos,
pandemic,
infection,
disease,
antidote
...
#13
Vanguard
Synopsis:
Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Starring:
Jackie Chan,
Temur Mamisashvili,
Yang Yang
#14
Triangle
Synopsis:
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realised when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship Jess is convinced she’s been on before.
Starring:
Liam Hemsworth,
Melissa George,
Michael Dorman
#15
The Terminator
Synopsis:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Starring:
Michael Biehn,
Lance Henriksen,
Linda Hamilton
Plot:
robotics,
time travel,
cyborg,
loss of loved one,
future war,
2020s,
action hero,
hero,
parking garage,
tech noir
...
#16
The Purge: Election Year
Synopsis:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to s…
Starring:
Edwin Hodge,
Frank Grillo,
Ethan Phillips
#17
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Synopsis:
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Starring:
Ryan Reynolds,
Yuri Kolokolnikov,
Gary Oldman
Plot:
bodyguard,
chase,
hitman,
singing in a car,
two against many,
ex cia agent,
war criminal,
interpol,
trial,
helicopter
...
#18
The Gentlemen
Synopsis:
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Starring:
Colin Farrell,
Henry Golding,
Eddie Marsan
Plot:
british,
drugs,
gangster,
voice over narration,
marijuana,
dark comedy,
heroin,
blackmail,
thug,
gun
...
#19
The First Purge
Synopsis:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Starring:
Lauren Vélez,
Marisa Tomei,
Lex Scott Davis
Plot:
abuse of power,
social injustice,
church,
murder,
politics,
fascism,
atrocity,
official corruption,
class conflict,
homicide
...
#20
The Final Destination
Synopsis:
After a young man's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
Starring:
Mykelti Williamson,
Stephanie Honoré,
Bobby Campo