6 Best Trucking and Long-Haul Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 28, 2026

Long-haul trucking is a distinct strain of American action built on speed and defiance. Smokey and the Bandit has a daredevil racing to bootleg beer, Convoy has a trucker’s standoff snowballing into a protest, and White Line Fever has an independent trucker refusing to haul illegal cargo. Duel, Hell Drivers and They Drive by Night round out the six.

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A bootlegger races against the clock to deliver illegal beer while evading a relentless sheriff.

Directed by Hal Needham · 1h 36m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Convoy (1978)

TMDB ★ 6.0

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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White Line Fever (1975)

TMDB ★ 6.1

An idealistic young trucker takes on a corrupt cartel controlling his industry with deadly force.

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · 1h 30m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Duel (1971)

TMDB ★ 7.4

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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Hell Drivers (1957)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A truck driver at a corrupt haulage company uncovers a dangerous scheme involving reckless speed and sabotage.

Directed by Cy Endfield · 1h 48m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, TCM

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They Drive by Night (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Two trucking brothers face danger on the road and a dangerous woman's obsessive scheming.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 35m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or 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 Trucking and Long-Haul Movies

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Convoy (1978)

White Line Fever (1975)

Duel (1971)

Hell Drivers (1957)

They Drive by Night (1940)

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