6 Best Junkyard and Flea Market Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 25, 2026

Junkyards and flea markets are surprisingly full of heart. WALL-E has a lonely trash-compacting robot finding purpose on an abandoned Earth, The Brave Little Toaster sends five appliances on a wilderness journey, and Chop Shop follows an orphaned boy living in a gritty junkyard. Robots, The Iron Giant and Used Cars round out the six.

WALL-E (2008)

IMDb ★ 8.3

A lonely trash-compacting robot falls for a sleek scout sent to check on a dead Earth.

Directed by Andrew Stanton · 0h 05m

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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Five abandoned household appliances cross the wilderness to find their beloved owner.

Directed by Jerry Rees · 1h 30m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus

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Chop Shop (2007)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An orphaned boy works and lives in a gritty auto-body junkyard while chasing a better future.

Directed by Ramin Bahrani · 1h 24m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Robots (2005)

TMDB ★ 6.5

An idealistic young inventor robot travels to the big city hoping to make his mechanical dreams come true.

Directed by Chris Wedge · 1h 30m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Iron Giant (1999)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 96% Metacritic 85

A young boy befriends a giant alien robot and has to protect it from a paranoid government agent.

Directed by Brad Bird · 1h 26m · Rated PG

Won 1 BAFTA Award20 wins & 18 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Used Cars (1980)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Two rival used car lots wage an increasingly outrageous advertising war against each other.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 53m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

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 Junkyard and Flea Market Movies

WALL-E (2008)

The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Chop Shop (2007)

Robots (2005)

The Iron Giant (1999)

Used Cars (1980)

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