Movies Like Greased Lightning

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Days of Thunder

1990·1h 47m·★ 6.1·Tony Scott

4 shared themes: stock car, stock car racing, nascar...Fans also likedAction & Drama

Winning

1969·2h 3m·★ 6.1·James Goldstone

Themes: race car crash, race car driving, race car driverFans also likedAction & Drama

Logan Lucky

2017·1h 59m·★ 7.0·Steven Soderbergh

Themes: nascar, race car driverFans also likedComedy & Action & Drama

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.6·Adam McKay

5 shared themes: race car crash, race car driving, nascar...Fans also liked

Herbie Fully Loaded

2005·1h 41m·★ 5.0·Angela Robinson

Themes: nascar, car raceTMDB recommends

Ford v Ferrari

2019·2h 33m·★ 8.1·James Mangold

Themes: race car driver, car raceFans also likedDrama & Action

The Fast and the Furious

2001·1h 46m·★ 6.8·Rob Cohen

Themes: auto-tuning, car raceFans also liked

In the Heat of the Night

1967·1h 49m·★ 7.9·Norman Jewison

Themes: deep south, racismFans also liked

Grand Prix of Europe

2025·1h 38m·★ 5.8·Waldemar Fast

Themes: race car driving, race car driver, car race

The Final Destination

2009·1h 22m·★ 5.1·David R. Ellis

Themes: stock car racing, car race

A Time to Kill

1996·2h 29m·★ 7.5·Joel Schumacher

Themes: black community, racism

Annie Hall

1977·1h 33m·★ 7.9·Woody Allen

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Green Book

2018·2h 10m·★ 8.2·Peter Farrelly

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy

Rush

2013·2h 3m·★ 8.1·Ron Howard

Fans also likedDrama & Action

Gran Turismo

2023·2h 15m·★ 7.1·Neill Blomkamp

Fans also likedDrama & Action

Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

TMDB recommends

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game

2017·1h 30m·★ 7.7·Shunsuke Tada

TMDB recommends

The Defiant Ones

1958·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kramer

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Cars

2006·1h 57m·★ 7.3·John Lasseter

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The Natural

1984·2h 17m·★ 7.4·Barry Levinson

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How Good Is Greased Lightning?

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