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The Gearhead Drive-In

Classic car films, hot rods, chase scenes, road movies, racing pictures, drive-in weirdness, and gasoline-era cinema worth watching again.

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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry poster
1974 / Chase Film

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Peter Fonda, Susan George, a Dodge Charger, and proper outlaw drive-in energy.

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Two-Lane Blacktop poster
1971 / Road Film

Two-Lane Blacktop

Cars, silence, attitude, and early-’70s road-film weirdness.

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Bullitt poster
1968 / Chase Film

Bullitt

The Mustang, the Charger, and the chase scene that still owns the room.

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American Graffiti poster
1973 / Cruising Film

American Graffiti

Cruising, radios, drag-strip tension, and teenage car culture at golden-hour temperature.

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The Driver poster
1978 / Getaway Film

The Driver

Cool, stripped-down getaway cinema with serious night-driving style.

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Smokey and the Bandit poster
1977 / Highway Comedy

Smokey and the Bandit

Trans Am mythology, CB radio nonsense, and pure late-’70s road energy.

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Vanishing Point poster
1971 / Road Film

Vanishing Point

White Challenger, open road, radio mysticism, and existential horsepower.

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Gone in 60 Seconds poster
1974 / Car Theft Film

Gone in 60 Seconds

The original. Lo-fi chaos, Eleanor, and relentless metal-on-asphalt mayhem.

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Christine poster
1983 / Haunted Car Film

Christine

Plymouth Fury menace, teen obsession, and one of the great evil-car screen presences.

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Duel poster
1971 / Road Thriller

Duel

Spielberg’s nightmare fuel: one driver, one truck, and escalating highway dread.

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Return to Macon County poster
1975 / Road Film

Return to Macon County

Southern road-movie trouble with hot cars, youth, and bad decisions.

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The Last American Hero poster
1973 / Racing Film

The Last American Hero

Stock-car roots, bootlegger energy, and blue-collar racing mythology.

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Corvette Summer poster
1978 / Car Quest Film

Corvette Summer

A custom Corvette, late-’70s weirdness, and teenage car obsession in full bloom.

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Van Nuys Blvd. poster
1979 / Cruising Film

Van Nuys Blvd.

Cruise-night drive-in culture, street machines, and late-’70s boulevard nonsense.

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The California Kid poster
1974 / Hot Rod TV Movie

The California Kid

A ’34 Ford coupe, revenge, small-town menace, and proper hot-rod attitude.

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The Road Warrior poster
1981 / Wasteland Car Film

The Road Warrior

Post-apocalyptic machinery, brutal road combat, and gasoline-as-religion cinema.

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Fast X poster
2023 / Action Film

Fast X

Dom, family, impossible machinery, and a globe-spanning dose of full-throttle spectacle.

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Le Mans poster
1971 / Racing Film

Le Mans

Steve McQueen, Gulf-liveried machinery, and racing cinema with the noise left gloriously intact.

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Death Proof poster
2007 / Road Thriller

Death Proof

Stunt cars, grindhouse swagger, and a final chase built from real steel and righteous revenge.

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Used Cars poster
1980 / Car Comedy

Used Cars

Cut-rate lots, outrageous salesmanship, and Robert Zemeckis turning automotive sleaze into comedy.

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Add a New Car Film Later

Add the poster image to theatre/gearhead-drive-in/images/, then copy a movie card and update the title, poster filename, note, and Plex link.

<a class="movie-card" href="https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/server/SERVER-ID/details?key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2FMETADATA-ID" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <div class="poster">
    <img src="images/movie-poster-filename.jpg" alt="Movie title poster">
  </div>
  <div class="movie-info">
    <div class="tag">Year / Type</div>
    <h2>Movie Title</h2>
    <p>Short note about why this belongs in The Gearhead Drive-In.</p>
    <div class="visit">Open in Plex →</div>
  </div>
</a>
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