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10 Best Movies Like Maximum Overdrive

If you loved Maximum Overdrive, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra....

#2
Creep Van

Creep Van

2012★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When Campbell, a vehicle-less 20-something slacker, innocently makes the mistake of answering a FOR SALE sign placed on a dilapidated van, suspense and action take over as he is su...

#3
Dust To Dust

Dust To Dust

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Rodrigo and Rocco join their families to hold a birthday party for their grandfather. Rodrigo is a regular middle-class teenager, while Rocco is rather more unconventional, indie m...

#4
Useless Humans

Useless Humans

2021★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Horror & Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A thirtieth birthday -- and the survival of mankind -- are left hanging in the balance after a mysterious creature crashes the party, forcing four childhood friends to save the nig...

#5
The Sect

The Sect

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the...

#6
Seize the Day

Seize the Day

1986★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maximum Overdrive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick u...