The great race

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows the great race

poster Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
14mn - Comedy, Action
When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney Oldfield for help.
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
(2.9/5)
5mn - Drama, Action, Romance
A couple elopes; Her father pursues via motorcar.
poster Kid Speed
Kid Speed
18mn - Comedy, Romance, Action
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in lov…
poster DĂ©part de cyclistes
DĂ©part de cyclistes
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
poster 200 MPH
200 MPH
92mn - Action, Thriller
After his older brother is killed in an illegal street race, a grief-stricken novice racer enters the dangerous underground racing world to seek revenge against the ruthless drug dealer responsible.
poster The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel
(2.8/5)
92mn - Action, Drama, Romance
The ambitious son of a legendary race car driver who died at the Indianapolis 500 fights to escape his father's shadow and prove himself on the dangerous racing circuit, culminating in his own shot at the…
poster Gentlemen of Nerve
Gentlemen of Nerve
15mn - Comedy
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
poster The Battle Royal
The Battle Royal
10mn - Comedy
Plump and Runt are on opposite sides of a mountain feud. Then government revenue agents arrive and both families join together to run off the common enemy.
poster The Derby
The Derby
1mn - Documentary
poster The Two Gladiators
The Two Gladiators
100mn - Adventure
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
poster Cajus Julius Caesar
Cajus Julius Caesar
(3.1/5)
112mn - Drama, History, War
A colossal epic film like this that tries to depict the life and glory of Julius Caesar, must have a variety of scenery appropriate to the film's hero. This includes the Senate and its conspirators..or ..…
poster The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse
(3.6/5)
150mn - Western
Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they ar…
poster Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
48mn - Drama, Comedy, Action
A top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife doesn't want him to race anymore. However, not long afterwards his wife takes their infant son and leaves him to…
poster Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track
Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track
3mn - Documentary
A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre Ríos, Zapicán and San Fructuoso.
poster The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist
3mn - Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
poster Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel
18mn - Comedy
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
poster Hannibal
Hannibal
(2.6/5)
88mn - History, Adventure, Drama
A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.
poster Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice
(2.9/5)
7mn - Comedy
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming…
poster Winning a Continent
Winning a Continent
(3.5/5)
54mn - Drama, History
This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Bat…
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