6 Best Ice Cream Truck Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 10, 2026

Ice cream vans are a funny setting for turf wars and second chances. Rocky Road has a downsized Wall Street trader forced back home to drive his parents’ truck, The Hooligan Wars has an injured footballer buying a van and drifting into a hooligan gang, and Comfort and Joy has a radio DJ caught in a bitter Glasgow ice cream turf war. The Ice Cream Truck, Trees Lounge and Training Wheels round out the six.

The Ice Cream Truck (2017)

TMDB ★ 4.6

A woman returning to her suburban hometown discovers the neighbourhood is far more sinister than she remembered.

Directed by Megan Freels Johnston · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Rocky Road (2014)

TMDB ★ 5.1

A downsized Wall Street trader is forced to move back home and drive his parents' ice cream truck.

Directed by Brian K. Roberts · 1h 30m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, History Vault, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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The Hooligan Wars (2013)

TMDB ★ 4.7

An injured footballer buys an ice cream van for extra cash and ends up joining a hooligan gang.

Directed by Paul Tanter · 1h 16m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Comfort and Joy (1984)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A radio DJ gets pulled into a bitter turf war between two Italian families fighting over Glasgow's ice cream van trade.

Directed by Bill Forsyth · 1h 46m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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Trees Lounge (1996)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A washed-up man takes a job driving an ice cream truck and gets entangled with his ex-girlfriend's teenage relative.

Directed by Steve Buscemi · 1h 35m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Training Wheels (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.0

When a young girl tumbles off her bike chasing an ice cream truck, the Minions build her a whimsical new set of wheels.

Directed by Eric Favela & Régis Schuller · 0h 04m · Rated G

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Ice Cream Truck Movies

The Ice Cream Truck (2017)

Rocky Road (2014)

The Hooligan Wars (2013)

Comfort and Joy (1984)

Trees Lounge (1996)

Training Wheels (2013)

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