6 Best Truck Stop and Laundromat Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 3, 2026

Truck stops and laundromats are gritty backdrops for survival and connection. Everything Everywhere All at Once has a laundromat owner meeting her parallel selves, Bagdad Cafe has a stranded German tourist transforming a desert truck stop, and Duel has a salesman hunted by an unseen truck driver. Joy Ride, Breakdown and Convoy round out the six.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 93% Metacritic 81

Genre chaos plus one of the best portraits of a long marriage ever put on screen.

Directed by Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan · 2h 20m · Rated R

Won 7 Oscars408 wins & 382 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu · 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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Bagdad Cafe (1987)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A stranded German tourist transforms the fortunes of a rundown desert motel and its eccentric owner.

Directed by Percy Adlon · 1h 48m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Duel (1971)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A travelling salesman is relentlessly pursued on a desert highway by a menacing, unseen truck driver.

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 1h 14m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Joy Ride (2001)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Two brothers' prank call to a trucker over CB radio spirals into a deadly cross-country pursuit.

Directed by John Dahl · 1h 38m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Breakdown (1997)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A man's wife vanishes after their car breaks down, leading him into a dangerous rural conspiracy.

Directed by Jonathan Mostow · 1h 33m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Convoy (1978)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A rebellious trucker leads a growing convoy of rigs in open defiance of a vindictive sheriff.

Directed by Sam Peckinpah · 1h 52m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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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 Truck Stop and Laundromat Movies

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Bagdad Cafe (1987)

Duel (1971)

Joy Ride (2001)

Breakdown (1997)

Convoy (1978)

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