6 Best Truck Stop and Laundromat Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 3, 2026

Roadside truck stops and neighborhood laundromats have provided cinema with gritty, unglamorous backdrops for stories of survival and unexpected connection. In Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): An overwhelmed laundromat owner discovers she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself. Don’t overlook Duel (1971): A traveling salesman is relentlessly pursued on a desert highway by a menacing, unseen truck driver.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 93% Metacritic 81

An overwhelmed laundromat owner discovers she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself.

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 lives of the eccentric residents of a remote desert truck stop.

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 traveling 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 big rigs in defiance of a corrupt local 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, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually 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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