Car Wash (1976)

Name: Car Wash
Released: 1976

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

What to watch after Car Wash

License to Drive (1988) — Two steps away in the credits
The Hollywood Knights (1980)
My Blue Heaven (1990) — Same feel: cheerful, fun
10 (1979)
Cooley High (1975) — Same subject: playful
Convoy (1978) — Franklyn Ajaye appears in both