List of biker films

This list is for films where at least one biker appears as a significant plot element. A bike in a film does not qualify for this list.

Before 1960

• The Uncontrollable Motorcycle (1909)
• Alkali Ike's Motorcycle (1912)
• A Motorcycle Adventure (1912)
• Mabel at the Wheel (1914), early Charlie Chaplin film
• A Motorcycle Elopement (1915)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924), Buster Keaton film with world-famous motorcycle scene
• No Limit (1935), starring George Formby
• Step On It (1936)
• Call the Mesquiteers (1938), directed by John English, starring Robert Livingston
• They Caught the Ferry (1948)
• Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
• Full Speed Ahead (1951)
• The Pace That Thrills (1952)

• Code Two (1953)
• The Wild One (1953) ^[1]
• An American in Rome (1954)
• The Black Rider (1954)
• Teenage Devil Dolls (1955)
• Engaged to Death (1957)
• Motorcycle Gang (1957)
• Dragstrip Riot (1958)
• The Hot Angel (1958)
• Ivy League Killers (1959)
• Les Motards  [ fr ] (1959)

1960s

• Some People (1962)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• The Damned (1963)
• Roustabout (1964)
• The Leather Boys (1964) ^[1]
• Scorpio Rising (1964)
• Motorpsycho (a.k.a. Motor Psycho) (1965)
• The Love Merchant (1966)
• Girls from Thunder Strip (1966)
• Outlaw Motorcycles (1966)
• Teenage Gang Debs (1966)
• The Wild Angels (1966) ^[1]
• The Born Losers (1967, released 1969) ^[1]
• Devil's Angels (1967)
• The Glory Stompers (1967)
• Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
• The Hellcats (a.k.a. Biker Babes) (1967)
• The Rebel Rousers (1967, released 1970)
• Wild Rebels (1967)
• Angels from Hell (1968)
• The Angry Breed (1968)
• The Great Chase, Breaking It Up (1968)
• The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) ^[1]
• Hell's Chosen Few (1968)
• The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
• The Sweet Ride (1968)
• Mr. Kinky (1968)
• Biker Babylon (a.k.a. It's a Revolution Mother) (1968)
• The Savage Seven (1968)
• Savages from Hell (1968)
• She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
• The Cycle Savages (1969)
• Easy Rider (1969) ^[1]
• Five the Hard Way (a.k.a. The Sidehackers) (1969)
• Free Grass (a.k.a. Scream Free!) (1969)
• Hell's Belles (1969)
• Hell's Angels '69 (1969)
• Naked Angels (1969)
• Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
• Satan's Sadists (a.k.a. Nightmare Bloodbath) (1969)
• Sinner's Blood (1969)
• Sisters in Leather (1969)
• Wild Wheels (1969)

Harvey Lembeck also did a parody of Marlon Brando from The Wild One as the bumbling leader of the inept Rat Pack motorcycle gang in six Beach Party films: Beach Party (1963), Bikini Beach and Pajama Party (both 1964), Beach Blanket Bingo and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (both 1965), and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).

1970s

• Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (a.k.a. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss or Female Juvenile Delinquent Leader: Alleycat Rock or Wildcat Rock) (1970), first in the 5-film Japanese Alleycat Rock or Stray Cat Rock series
• Angel Unchained (1970)
• Angels Die Hard (a.k.a. Rough Boys) (1970)
• Bigfoot (1970)
• The Black Angels (a.k.a. Black Bikers from Hell) (1970)
• Bolidi Sull'Asfalto - A Tutta Birra! (1970)
• C.C. and Company (1970)
• Devil Rider! (1970), starring Ridgely Abele as James Aldrige
• The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970)
• Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), a mashup between the unreleased 1967 film The Fakers and added biker scenes / storyline
• Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
• The Losers (a.k.a. Nam's Angels) (1970)
• No Blade of Grass (1970)
• Outlaw Bikers - The Gang Wars (1970)

• Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (a.k.a. Alleycat Rock: Wild Jumbo) (1970), second of the Japanese Alleycat Rock or Stray Cat Rock series
• Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (a.k.a. Alleycat Rock: Sex Hunter) (1970), third of the Japanese Alleycat Rock or Stray Cat Rock series
• Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (a.k.a. Alleycat Rock: Machine Animal) (1970), fourth of the Japanese Alleycat Rock or Stray Cat Rock series
• Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 (a.k.a. Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71) (1971), fifth of the Japanese Alleycat Rock or Stray Cat Rock series
• Weekend with the Babysitter (1970)
• Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
• Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
• The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
• Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of the Yokohama Hoods (1971)
• Evel Knievel (1971)
• Girl Boss: Queen Bee Strikes Again (a.k.a. Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counterattack) (1971)
• The Hard Ride (1971)
• The Jesus Trip (1971)
• On Any Sunday (1971)
• Outlaw Riders (1971)
• The Peace Killers (1971)
• The Pink Angels (1971)
• The Proud Rider (1971)
• Psychomania (a.k.a. The Death Wheelers) (1971)
• Ride Hard, Ride Wild (1971)
• Ride the Hot Wind (1971)
• The Tormentors (1971)
• Vanishing Point (1971)
• Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
• The Wild Riders (a.k.a. Angels for Kicks) (1971)
• The Windsplitter (1971)
• Angels' Wild Women (1972)
• Bury Me an Angel (1972)
• Continental Circus (1972)
• The Dirt Gang (1972)
• Blood Freak (1972)
• Fritz the Cat (1972)
• Cancel My Reservation (1972)
• Bad, Bad, Gang! (1972)
• Girl Boss Guerilla (a.k.a. Sukeban Gerira) (1972)
• J.C. (a.k.a. The Iron Horsemen) (1972)
• The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
• The Loners (1972)
• Sleazy Rider (1972)
• The Big Score (a.k.a. A Ton of Grass Goes to Pot) (1972)
• Cycle Psycho (a.k.a. Savage Abduction) (1973)
• Electra Glide in Blue (1973) ^[1]
• Camper John (a.k.a. Gentle Savage) (1973)
• Hex (a.k.a. Charms) (1973)
• Road of Death (1973)
• Horror Hospital (1973)
• Teenager (a.k.a. The Real Thing) (1974)
• La minorenne (1974)
• The Black Six (1974)
• Darktown Strutters (1974)
• Pray for the Wildcats (television film, 1974)
• Stone (1974) ^[1]
• What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
• You and Me (1975)
• Act of Aggression (1975)
• Sidecar Racers (1975)
• Syndicate Sadists (1975)
• Race with the Devil (1975)
• Trip with the Teacher (1975)
• Blonde in Black Leather (1975)
• Detonation: Violent Riders (a.k.a. Bakuhatsu! Bakuhatsu) (1975)
• Detonation: 750CC zoku (a.k.a. Bakuhatsu! Nana-han zoku) (1976)
• Detonation: Violent Games (a.k.a. Bakuhatsu! Boso yugi) (1976)
• Season of Violence (a.k.a. Boso no Kisetsu) (1976)
• God Speed You! Black Emperor (1976)
• The Gumball Rally (1976)
• Hollywood Man (1976)
• Northville Cemetery Massacre (a.k.a. Freedom R.I.P. or Harley's Angels) (1976)
• Killers On Wheels (a.k.a. Karate Killers on Wheels and Speed Gang) (Hong Kong, 1976)
• One Away (1976)
• Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
• Whiskey Mountain (1977)
• Sidewinder One (1977)
• The Gauntlet (1977)
• Cosy Cool (1977)
• Viva Knievel (1977)
• Foul Play (1977)
• Animal House (1978)
• Get a Ride (1978)
• Cycle Vixens (1978)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Deathsport (1978)
• Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
• Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
• Dirt (1979)
• Spree (1979)
• Mad Max (1979)
• Quadrophenia (1979) ^[1]

1980s

• La Bande du Rex (1980)
• The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980)
• Pick-up Summer (1980)
• Spetters (1980)
• Hog Wild (1980)
• Intrepidos Punks (1980)
• Any Which Way You Can (1980)
• Kuruizaki sanda rodo (1980)
• Take It to the Limit (1980)
• Terrorgang (also known as Beyond Terror and Further Than Fear) (1980)
• Knightriders (1981)
• Mad Foxes (1981)
• Nomad Riders (1981)
• Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior) (1981)
• Return of the Rebels (1981)
• Silver Dream Racer (1981)
• 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
• The Aftermath (1982)
• Bakuretsu toshi (1982)
• Grease 2 (1982)
• High Teen Boogie  [ ja ] (1982)
• The Last Hero (film)  [ ja ] (1982)
• The Loveless (1982)
• Megaforce (1982)
• Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
• Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
• 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
• Escape from the Bronx (also known as Bronx Warriors 2 or Fuga Dal Bronx) (1983)
• Hells Angels Forever (1983), a documentary
• Rumble Fish (1983)
• Çöl (also known as Turkish Jaws) (1983)
• Survival Zone (1983)
• Young Warriors (1983)
• Hell Riders (1984)
• Space Riders (1984)
• Purple Rain (1984)
• Streets of Fire (1984)
• Reckless (1984)
• Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984)
• City Limits (1985)
• The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
• Demons (1985)
• Mask (1985)
• Savage Dawn (1985)
• Street Hawk (1985)
• Restless Natives (1985)
• Eat The Peach (1986)
• Eye of the Tiger (1986)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• The Majorettes (1986)
• Vamp (1986)
• Land of Doom (1986)
• Cyclone (1987)
• Winners Take All (1987)
• The Black Cobra (1987)
• The Danger Zone (1987)
• Raising Arizona (1987)
• Warlords of Hell (1987)
• Motorcycle Diaries (1987), a documentary
• Akira (1988)
• The Dark Side Of The Sun (1988)
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1988)
• Runaway Ralph (1988)
• Dead Mate (1988)
• Nightmare Beach (1988)
• Shame (1988)
• Dead End City (1988)
• Black Rain (1989)
• Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)
• Eversmile, New Jersey (1989)
• Crossing the Line (1989)
• Easy Wheels (1989)
• Race for Glory (1989)
• Nam Angels (1989)
• All About Ah-Long (1989)
• Danger Zone II: Reaper's Revenge (1989)

1990s

• Danger Zone III: Steel Horse War (1990)
• Cry-Baby (1990)
• Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
• The Final Alliance (1990)
• I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)
• Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
• Masters of Menace (1990)
• A Moment of Romance (1990)
• Blood Ties (1991)
• Born to Ride (1991)
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
• The Last Riders (1991)
• Dark Rider (1991)
• Harley (1991)
• Cool as Ice (1991)
• Stone Cold (1991)
• Beyond the Law (a.k.a. Fixing the Shadow or Made of Steel) (1992)
• Double Cross (1992)
• Motor Psycho (1992)
• The Silencer (1992)
• Sweet Justice (1992)
• Snake Eater III: His Law (1992)
• Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell (1992)
• Chrome Soldiers (1992)
• Roadside Prophets (1992)
• A Moment of Romance II (1993)
• Running Cool (1993)
• Caro Diario (1993)
• The Last Border (1993)
• Bikers, Blondes and Blood (1993), a documentary
• Iron Horsemen (a.k.a. Bad Trip) (1994)
• Ride with the Wind (1994)
• Jailbreakers (1994)
• Trust in Me (1994)
• Rebel Run (1994)
• Wonder Seven (1994)
• Lazy Man's Zen (1994), a documentary
• She Lives to Ride (1994), a documentary
• Motorcycle Gang (1994)
• Valley of the Cycle Sluts (a.k.a. Death Riders) (1994)
• The Stranger (1995)
• Full Throttle (1995)
• Full Throttle (1995), animation film
• The Demolitionist (1995)
• Rebellious (1995)
• Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
• Barb Wire (1996)
• Going Places: Biking the Black Hills (1997), a documentary
• Evel Knivel's Spectacular Jumps (1997), a documentary
• Violetta la reine de la moto (1997)
• Ground Rules (1997)
• Flat Out (1998)
• Biker Dreams (1998), a documentary
• Evel Knivel: Hell on Whells (1998), a documentary
• Zombie Cult Massacre (1998)
• CHiPs '99 (1998)
• Inferno (a.k.a. Desert Heat or Coyote Moon) (1999)
• Me & Will (1999)
• The Legend of Speed (1999)
• Steal Whells (1999)
• Murdercycle (1999)
• Point Doom (1999)
• Desert Diners (1999)
• The Privateer (1999), a documentary
• The Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (1999), a documentary

2000s

• Hellblock 13 (2000)
• Hochelaga (a.k.a. Riders) (2000)
• Radical Jack (2000)
• The Road  [ es ] (2000)
• He Would Have Rode a Harley (2000) a documentary
• Girl Gone Bad (2000) a documentary
• Biker Zombies (2001)
• Motocrossed (2001)
• Bhagaty Jao (2002)
• Lone Hero (2002)
• Biker Fantasies (2002)
• Leather and Iron (2002)
• Motorcycle Women (2002)
• Tattoo, a love story (2002)
• Biker Boyz (2003)
• Road Kings (a.k.a. Road Dogs) (2003)
• Danny Deckchair (2003)
• One Man's Island (Isle of Man) (2003)
• Faster (2003) a documentary
• Mondo Enduro (2003) a documentary
• The Brown Bunny (2003)
• Angel in Chains (2004)
• Evel Knivel (2004)
• Dhoom (2004)
• Silver Hawk (2004)
• Long Way Round (2004), a documentary
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) ^[1]
• Torque (2004)
• Choppertown: the Sinners (2005), a feature documentary
• Dust to Glory (2005), Baja 1000 adventure/documentary
• The Rain Makers (2005)
• Supercross (2005)
• The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
• Barrio Angelz (2005)
• The Seeker (2005) a documentary
• Glory Road: The Legacy of the African-American Motorcyclist (2005) a documentary
• Harley Speed Junkies (2005) a documentary
• Wheels of Soul (2005) a documentary
• Hessians MC (2005) a documentary
• Greed (2006)
• GlobeRiders: Iceland Adventure (2006) a documentary
• Dhoom 2 (2006)
• The Doctor, the Tornado and the Kentucky Kid (2006)
• Riding Solo to the Top of the World (2006) a documentary
• Choppertown: From The Vault (2007), a documentary
• Ghost Rider (2007)
• Wild Hogs (2007), a comedy
• Hot Rod (2007)
• Long Way Down (2007), a documentary
• New Blood (2007), a documentary
• Missionary Man (2007)
• Glory Road: Silk Road Adventure (2007)
• Vampire Biker Babes (2007)
• The Indian (2007)
• Stories From the Road, Sturgis 2006 (2007), a documentary
• One Million Motorcycles (2007), a documentary
• Brittown (2008), a feature documentary
• Freebird (2008), a comedy
• Free Style (2008)
• Exit Speed (2008)
• Hell Ride (2008)
• Heroes (2008)
• Riders (2008)
• One Week (2008)
• Outlaw Bikers (2008)
• Redline America (2008), a documentary
• The Motorcycle Diarrheas (2008), a documentary
• GlobeRiders: Iceland Expedition (2008), a documentary
• GlobeRiders: IndoChina Expedition (2008), a documentary
• GlobeRiders: BMW F800 GS Adventure Touring Instructional DVD (2008), a documentary
• GlobeRiders: Eurasian Odyssey (2009), a documentary
• Biker Mania (2009), a documentary
• Chrome Angels (a.k.a. Cyborg Conquest) (2009), science fiction
• The Harbortown Bobber (2009), a feature documentary
• The Best Bar in America (2009), a documentary
• One Crazy Ride (2009)
• Easy Rider: The Ride Back (2009)
• Finding B.C. the Biker Chick (2009)
• Killer Biker Chicks (2009)
• Poker Run (a.k.a. Devil Riders) (2009)

2010s

• Attack the Gas Station 2 (2010)
• Dui Prithibi (2010)
• Buyusenki Battle Chronicle (2010)
• Hard Ride To Hell (2010)
• The Kids Are All Right (2010), a comedy-drama
• TT3D: Closer to the Edge (2010)
• The Violent Kind (2010), a horror movie
• Mammuth (2010)
• Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
• Born to Ride (2011)
• Quick (2011)
• Fastest (2011)
• Travellers (2011)
• Dear God No! (2011)
• I, Superbiker (2011)
• In search of Nirvana (2011)
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
• The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
• The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), a crime drama starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes
• Dead in Five Heart Beats (2013), a Sonny Barger movie
• Girl Meets Bike (2013)
• Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013)
• Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America's Sidecar Dogs (2014)
• Penton: The John Penton Story (2014)
• Morbidelli - a story of men and fast motorcycles (2014)
• Irumbu Kuthirai (2014)
• Dhoom 3 (2014)
• Road to Paloma (2014)
• Road (2014)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• Biker's Adda (2015)
• Cymbeline (2015)
• Frankenstein Created Bikers (2016), sequel to Dear God No! (2011) from Big World Pictures
• Mancini, the Motorcycle Wizard (2016)
• Blood Ride (2017)
• 1% (2017)
• Motorcycle Girl (2018)
• American Dresser (2018)
• Mandy (2018)
• Long Way Up (2019), a documentary
• Morbidelli Rising (2019)

2020–present

• Life Of A 1%er (2020)
• Rough Boys (2020)
• Lost But Win (2020)
• Revenge Ride (2020) ^[2]
• Luca (2021)
• Roberrt (2021)
• The Bikeriders (2023)
• One Fast Move (2024)
• Hellhounds (2024)
• Pillion (2025) ^[3]

References

1. Nette, Andrew (23 January 2018). "10 Great Biker Films". British Film Institute . Retrieved 8 April 2019.
2. Shaer, Brian (December 3, 2020). "Revenge Ride". Film Threat (film review). The movie sets its gritty, biker-chic tone right off the bat in an opening credit sequence of motorcycles cruising along suburban roads at night.
3. Dempsey, Isabel (19 May 2025). "'Graphic' biker film with Alexander Skarsgård receives seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes". The Independent .

Further reading

• Seate, Mike (2001). Two Wheels on Two Reels: A History of Biker Movies. Whitehorse Press. ISBN   978-1-884313-25-7.
• Stanfield, Peter (2018). Hoodlum Movies: Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle, 1966-1972. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-0-8135-9901-4.
• Stidworthy, David (2024). High on the Hogs: A Biker Filmography. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-1131-0.
• Wooley, John; Price, Michael H. (2005). The Big Book Of Biker Flicks: 40 Of The Best Motorcycle Movies Of All Time. Hawk Pub Group. ISBN   978-1-930709-45-4.