1960s Biker films, best to worst
Rough ranking.. Some almost forgotten, some in fresh memory..
Essentials, from a general educational point-of-view ***
Not much of a biker film, but they're there baby ~
Essentials, from a general educational point-of-view ***
Not much of a biker film, but they're there baby ~
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- DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack NicholsonTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.***
- DirectorBill BrameStarsBruce DernMelody PattersonChris RobinsonThe leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinElizabeth JamesJeremy SlateBilly Jack battles a motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsRuss TamblynScott BradyJohn 'Bud' CardosThe "Satans" are a very cruel biker gang led by Anchor. The gang goes to a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert where they begin to terrorize Lew and his patrons and his waitress, Tracy. After a little killing, one of the patrons named Johnny manages to escape from the bikers into the desert. They need to reach a town before the Satans catch up to them and kill them.
- DirectorAnthony M. LanzaStarsDennis HopperJody McCreaChris NoelChino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
- DirectorBruce KesslerStarsTom SternTed MarklandJack StarrettA destructive ex-motorcycle gang leader comes home from Vietnam to resume his life. His desire to form a powerful gang has the police running scared. But, will he succeed...
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsHajiAlex RoccoSteve OliverThree bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed. The leader of the gang, a Vietnam Vet, begins showing signs of being a few slices short of a loaf.
- DirectorDon HendersonStarsPatricia WymerGeorge E. CareyAnne BellamyAn Assistant District Attorney is about to prosecute members of a motorcycle gang for murder when he gets blackmailed because of an affair with a teenage babysitter.~
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsPeter FondaNancy SinatraBruce DernThe "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, party their way through the Coachella Valley while searching for a bike stolen from them by Mexicans, clashing with police along the way.***
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsJeremy SlateJocelyn LaneAdam RoarkeWhen hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.
- DirectorDaniel HallerStarsJohn CassavetesBeverly AdamsMimsy FarmerAn exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
- DirectorWilliam GreféStarsSteve AlaimoWillie PastranoJohn VellaA stock car driver goes undercover as the wheel man for a motorcycle gang.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsWilliam SmithValerie StarrettDan KempWhen Angel writes a story about the Devil's Advocates motorcycle gang, his luck changes. The good news is he sells the story to a magazine for $10,000. The bad news is he is a wanted man, now hunted by the biker gang.
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsJeremy SlateDiane McBainSherry JacksonDriven by jealousy, the jilted leader of a female motorcycle gang instigates a sadistic reign of terror against her ex-lover and his new bride.
- DirectorLee MaddenStarsTom SternJeremy SlateConny Van DykeChuck and his brother Wes are wealthy siblings who plan to rob Caesar's Palace more for fun than profit.
- DirectorBill BrameJohn LawrenceStarsRichard BeymerRuss TamblynLana WoodHere's an "Easy Rider" - inspired plot with the combination of "West Side Story" stars. Richard Beymer falls in love with Lana Wood (sister Natalie wasn't available). They need cash so they agree to help Russ Tamblyn and his gang smuggle grass from Mexico to L.A. When Beymer objects to narcotics agents being killed, his long-haired pal from the Jets puts LSD in his drink, tries to burn him alive, and has Lana kidnapped. No musical numbers, however. With Bing's son Lindsay Crosby, Joel's son Jody McCrea and deejay Casey Casem. Directed by Bill Brame ("The Cycle Savages").~
- DirectorDavid CommonsStarsJan SterlingJames MacArthurWilliam WindomIn Vietnam, aspiring actor Johnny Taylor is given a prize film script after saving the life of a Hollywood screenwriter. On his return, Johnny has trouble finding a studio that will let him play the lead until he saves producer Vance Patton's daughter Diane from a cycle-gang attack. The grateful father sends him to agent Mori Thompson, but Thompson wants the script for gang leader Deek Stacy. Deek and his agent feed Johnny LSD and drag him away to the dungeon during the producer's Halloween party. Melody Patterson (married at the time to James MacArthur) plays April Wilde.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsAdam RoarkeJack NicholsonSabrina ScharfAt first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsRobert Walker Jr.Joanna FrankJohn GarwoodMad bikers storm through an Indian reservation just to have a good ol' time.
- DirectorRobert F. SlatzerStarsRoss HagenDee DuffySharyn KinzieThe brother and fiancee of a dead policeman infiltrate a female-led biker gang to uncover his murderer.
- DirectorGus TrikonisStarsRoss HagenDiane McBainMichael PatakiMotorcycle racer Rommel seeks vengeance against JC, a madman who murdered the sidehacker's fiancee.
- DirectorHerschell Gordon LewisStarsBetty ConnellNancy Lee NobleChristie WagnerAn all-female motorcycle gang, called 'The Maneaters' hold motorcycle races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clash off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders.
- DirectorBruce D. ClarkStarsMichael GreeneJennifer GanRichard RustMother has just got out of prison and wants to get revenge on the biker gang that put him there. He teams up with his old gang "The Angels" and they head to the desert to get even. Soon, Mother's obsession begins to take it's toll on his relationship with his girlfriend, Marlene, and the respect his gang has for him quickly dwindles until he is left alone in the desert to fend for himself.
- DirectorDavid L. HewittStarsJody DanielsKelly RossWilliam BonnerA biker gets falsely accused of a murder committed by a drunken sheriff. His Vietnam vet brother doesn't believe this accusation, so he decides to join the Hell's Chosen Few biker gang in order to find out the truth.
- DirectorZoltan G. SpencerStarsBambi AllenPat BarringtonBonnie ClarkA husband is blackmailed by 3 lesbian bikers after they spot him having sex with another woman in a convertible. They then take the man's wife out for a picnic and some nude motorcycle riding. The husband finds some male bikers and together they try to save his wife from becoming a lesbian biker.
- DirectorJoseph G. PrietoStarsBobbie ByersDete ParsonsViola LloydWhen the leader of a vicious motorcycle gang finds a farmworker's son flirting with his woman, he beats the boy senseless, then kidnaps the farmworker's daughter.
- DirectorKen OsborneStarsDon EppersonRobert DixCasey KasemA group of surfers use dune buggies to protect their beach from a gang of invading bikers.
- DirectorNeil DouglasStarsJohn TaltJulie ConnersCristy BealA terrifying tale of an insane gang of bikers that wreaks havoc on a small town, where they mutilate, torture and create a reign of horror that's not to be believed. Not for the squeamish.