Movies and TvShows featuring "car-breaks-down" theme.
Ghost Stories is a 2017 movie based on a play. It follows a professor who is known for debunking paranormal activity, but he is forced to reconsider his beliefs when he receives a supernatural challenge. The professor delves into a series of ghost stories, each with its own unique twist and horrifying creatures. As he investigates, he becomes consumed by guilt and faces the terrifying truth behind his skepticism.
When a pregnant woman's car breaks down in the desert, she seeks help from a nearby farmhouse. Little does she know, the farmhouse is inhabited by an evil preacher and his cult, who believe in sacrificing children to the corn. As the woman fights to escape, she discovers that she possesses telekinetic powers and must use them to survive.
Gold reappears after vanishing for months. His car breaks down in a remote area. He meets peculiar people in a house. Waking up in his car, he questions if it was a dream or reality.
Charlie Chan is on vacation in Monte Carlo when he gets involved in a case of animosity, death, violence, and retribution. With the combination-safe being the main focus of the investigation, Charlie must navigate through a web of betrayal and deception to uncover the truth.
Winona Applegate is on the fast track to becoming a celebrity chef, already running a very successful bistro in Pittsburgh. With nerves building, she leaves for New York to audition for her own show in front of television executives. Unfortunately, her car breaks down near New Holland, a small, quirky town where Winona rents a room at a local inn run by Adam, a widower. With the local Spring Festival coming up and the resident cook unavailable to manage the menu, Winona agrees to get her car fixed in time for her audition in exchange for her much needed help in the Inn's kitchen. As she prepares for the festival with Adam, Winona begins to fall in love with New Holland and one of its residents as well.
International House is a comedy film set in an international hotel where an inventor showcases his latest invention. However, chaos ensues with misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious misadventures involving a gold digger, a businessman, a health inspector, and various other colorful characters. The film is filled with musical numbers and slapstick humor, making it a delightful comedy from the pre-Code era of Hollywood.
War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
A family-run meat shop struggling to survive stumbles onto the secret of success - and is obliged to keep up with insatiable customer demand.
A carefree college student has to face up to responsibility when his girlfriend announces she's pregnant.
Violet has carried a torch for Garrett, the love of her life, ever since they dated in high school 20 years ago. After moving in next door to Garrett, she becomes determined to destroy his marriage and take his wife's place.
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
Betty Boop runs out of gas in Feud County, and wins over the initially hostile hillbillies with her dancing.
Horace and Chester search for peace and quiet in the Arizona desert, with Lizzy, their personalized jalopy. Arriving in a small town they befriend two girls, a crack-pot prospector, and attract the ire of a dangerous outlaw.
Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for tearing up the mortgage. When Mabel and Fatty find out dad's plan, they elope, pursued by dad, the hopeful suitor, and the local constables.
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
On a warm and clear summer day in the 50s, a proud and graceful city boy meets two mischievous, free country kids. It opens up a window on a whole new world; his journey under the sun will bring him closer to nature and the harbingers of love.
The story of Manuel, a young man, entrepreneur, married, has a big accident after a long chase in which he's the target, his chaser can't find him after searching his crashed car, and that's when the plot unfolds into his location. Manuel's wife, Paulina, begins a search with the police that will uncover Manuel's deepest darkest secrets.