The Checkered Flag

On Drive

2026 · ★ 7

A group of friends in frontline Kharkiv discovers abandoned cars inside a war-shuttered shopping mall and turns them into the core of an underground racing scene. What begins as an escape from reality quickly becomes a rule-free game powered by bets, clout, and danger. As adrenaline and social-media fame escalate, every race could be their last, and the stakes now include friendship, trust, and holding on to who they are.

Army Bound

1952 · ★ 9

Race car driver Frank Cermak is in love with Jane Harris. Jane and her parents watch Frank win a tight race from Bill Peters, an army lieutenant on leave. Peters tries to foul Frank, and Frank beats him in a fist fight after the race. Frank is drafted into the army and (against staggering and overwhelming odds) finds Lt. Peters to be his commanding officer.

Initial D Legend 1: Awakening

2014 · ★ 7.8

Koichiro of the Akina Speedstars witnesses a mysterious driver outmaneuver rival Keisuke of the Akagi RedSuns. The race, he later discovers, was won by none other than his own co-worker, Takumi. What happens next is the stuff of street racing legend!

2DIE4

2026 · ★ 5.5

The film follows Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr as he competes in a real race, capturing a story unfolding in real time.

New Initial D the Movie: Battle Digest

2022 · ★ 7

Features the battle scenes from the Initial D Legends films with a new soundtrack, in a similar fashion to the Battle Stages. While the original films featured a J-Rock soundtrack, this film features a Eurobeat soundtrack.

A Racing Romeo

1927 · ★ 8

When Red Walden loses out in the annual town motor race, Aunt Hattie Wayne and her niece Sally advise him to pay more attention to his garage.

F1

2025 · ★ 7.8

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

Player Two

2016

Inspired by a YouTube comment from user 00WARTHERAPY00, this touching short film tells the story of a son playing his old Xbox console for the first time years after his father’s death— chasing his father’s ghost in the racing video game Rally Sport Challenge

Cannonball

1976 · ★ 5.6

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.

Untitled F1 Sequel

The sequel to the 2025 film. Plot TBA.

Jailbrake

2025

London, 2101. The automotive world is turned upside down by new cars with unrivalled skills. A new era of gaming emerges, a competition between prisoners and drivers. Prisoners have the chance to get out of prison, while the professionals rake in the cash. It a dangerous competition in which everyone risks their lives. Aaron, a young prisoner, is asked to take part in this year’s games. Having found himself in prison for a minor crime, he sees this as an opportunity to reunite with his family. After winning all the preparatory races, he now finds himself in the final against the favorite.

Racing Romance

1927

Racing Romance is a 1927 Action film. According to a brief article in the St. Petersburg, FL Evening Independent newspaper, the film was centered in the world of automobile racing. The article also noted that racing sequences in the film were shot at the "world famous Culver City Race track," which referred to the Culver City Speedway, a popular racing venue that opened in mid-Jun 1924 and was located adjacent to Washington Blvd., close to M-G-M and other movie studios. Apparently it's a lost film.