Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Great Race

If you loved The Great Race, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

1989★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Comedy & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports alm...

#2
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Comedy & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#3
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Comedy & Adventure & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days....

#4
Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

1990★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Comedy & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the traveler...

#5
Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo

2023★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Adventure & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver....

#6
Mortal Engines

Mortal Engines

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Race for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive trac...

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