Movies Like Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 action, comedy film from Hal Needham with a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3.

Action Comedy

Smokey and the Bandit

1977

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

7.0

MagicScore

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

1983

The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?

4.4

MagicScore

Big Sky

2015

Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia - so much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. They agree that Hazel will go to a treatment facility to help her deal with her fear, transported by a driver and specialty van from the facility. But when two masked gunmen attack them on the desert road, Hazel has to battle her fears so she and her mother can survive.

4.4

MagicScore

Theo Against the Rest of the World

1980

Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.

5.5

MagicScore

The Road Killers

1994

After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a car full of maniacs.

5.4

MagicScore

No Country for Old Men

2007

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

7.9

MagicScore

The Hitcher

1986

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

7.0

MagicScore

Thelma & Louise

1991

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

7.6

MagicScore

Paris, Texas

1984

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

8.1

MagicScore

#10

First Blood

1982

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Frenzy

1972

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Dead Man

1995

On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

My Partner

1982

The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.

8.9

MagicScore

#14

Bholaa

2023

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

5.9

MagicScore

#15

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

2003

A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.

4.7

MagicScore

#16

Prince Avalanche

2013

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word

2016

When a young man is executed for committing murder, he leaves behind a curse letter, promising vengeance for all those connected to his unfair trial.

4.6

MagicScore

#18

Convoy

1978

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Duel

1971

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 life.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

The Wages of Fear

1953

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

8.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Smokey and the Bandit II?

The top films similar to Smokey and the Bandit II by MovieMagicScore are Smokey and the Bandit (7.0), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (4.4), Big Sky (4.4). Each shares action/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Smokey and the Bandit II worth watching?

Smokey and the Bandit II holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10 from 300 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Smokey and the Bandit II?

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) is a action, comedy film directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed.

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About movies like Smokey and the Bandit II

This ranked list pairs Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), a action and comedy film from Hal Needham, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Burt Reynolds take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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