Movies Like Joy Ride 3 (2014)

Joy Ride 3 is a 2014 horror, thriller film from Declan O'Brien with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Joy Ride and Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead.

Horror Thriller

Joy Ride

2001

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

6.5

MagicScore

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

2009

While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...

5.5

MagicScore

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

Vacancy

2007

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

6.3

MagicScore

Saw VI

2009

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

6.3

MagicScore

Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

2020

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

5.2

MagicScore

Unhinged

2020

Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.

6.4

MagicScore

Wild Tales

2014

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

7.9

MagicScore

Falling Down

1993

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

Changing Lanes

2002

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Delivery Run

2025

A food delivery driver gets caught in a deadly chase in the icy Minnesota wilderness, pursued by a crazed snowplow driver for unknown reasons, facing life-threatening situations and forced to outsmart his relentless pursuer alone.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Motor Mania

1950

Mild-mannered average guy Mr. Walker (Goofy) turns into violent Mr. Wheeler when he starts driving. Back on his feet, Mr. Walker finds it nearly impossible to cross the street.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Rampart

2011

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.

5.4

MagicScore

#14

Roadgames

1981

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Rest Stop

2006

In Texas, the aspirant actress Nicole Carrow runs away home to Los Angeles with her boyfriend Jess Hilts. They drive through a shortcut in an old road, and when they park in a rest stop, Jess is abducted by the sadistic driver of an old yellow truck. Along the night, Nicole is threatened by the sick maniac, while mysterious things happen to her in the place.

5.4

MagicScore

#16

Vacancy 2: The First Cut

2008

Three young people check into the Meadow View Inn for a night's rest, fully unaware of the inn's sick-minded employees and their nefarious intentions.

5.3

MagicScore

#17

Staunton Hill

2009

When a group of hikers take off for a weekend of fun and adventure in remote mountain region, they unwittingly stumble across the Staunton family - for whom the hill is named - and find themselves at the mercy of a depraved, diabolical brood that will stop at nothing to rid their property of these "trespassers." The only law on Staunton's Hill is the law of the Stauntons...and, in this case, the penalty for defying that law is death.

4.3

MagicScore

#18

Thieves' Highway

1949

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

They Drive by Night

1940

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Veteran

2015

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Joy Ride 3?

The top films similar to Joy Ride 3 by MovieMagicScore are Joy Ride (6.5), Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (5.5), Duel (7.4). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Joy Ride 3 worth watching?

Joy Ride 3 holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 226 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Joy Ride 3?

Joy Ride 3 (2014) is a horror, thriller film directed by Declan O'Brien, starring Ken Kirzinger, Jesse Hutch, Benjamin Hollingsworth.

Where can I find more recommendations like Joy Ride 3?

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About movies like Joy Ride 3

This ranked list pairs Joy Ride 3 (2014), a horror and thriller film from Declan O'Brien, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ken Kirzinger 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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