Roadgames

Roadgames

The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!

Directed by Richard Franklin

Produced by Essaness Pictures, GUO

1981101 min6.5 / 10

A tense cat-and-mouse thriller set on an isolated Australian highway, where a truck driver becomes entangled in a deadly game with an unseen serial killer.

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.

Questions people ask

  • Is Roadgames scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Roadgames end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Roadgames easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Roadgames violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Roadgames sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise51

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Everything like Roadgames, and what each one shares →

Like Roadgames

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Roadgames

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Roadgames, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Roadgames, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Roadgames, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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