Movies like Maximum Overdrive (1986)
If you're looking for some great movies that are a lot like Maximum Overdrive, here is our list of similar films:
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    1. Christine

    #1,575 most popular movie yesterday

    This adaptation of another Stephen King novel also features a sentient, malevolent vehicle - this time a classic Plymouth Fury. Fans of Maximum Overdrive will appreciate the shared theme of inanimate machines coming to life with deadly intent.

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    2. Joy Ride

    #2,440 most popular movie yesterday

    Though not about inanimate objects coming to life, Joy Ride shares the terror on the road as a prank on a trucker turns into a nightmare for two brothers, making it a thrill for those who enjoy the highway horror aspect of Maximum Overdrive.

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    3. The Hitcher

    #3,079 most popular movie yesterday

    This intense psychological thriller involves a driver picking up a hitchhiker, who turns out to be a serial killer. While it differs in premise from Maximum Overdrive, the highway setting and the peril of being pursued by an unstoppable force will resonate with fans of road terror.

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    4. The Car

    #4,728 most popular movie yesterday

    Horror-thriller enthusiasts who got a kick out of Maximum Overdrive's vehicular mayhem will find more to love in The Car, which features a mysterious black sedan terrorizing a small town with no one at the wheel.

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    5. The Mangler

    #6,187 most popular movie yesterday

    Fans of inanimate objects turning evil will be drawn to The Mangler, in which a laundry-folding machine becomes possessed by a demon and starts to wreak havoc with a thirst for blood, echoing the possessed machines theme in Maximum Overdrive.