The outlaw biker film is a film genre that portrays its characters as motorcycle riding rebels. The characters are usually members of an outlaw motorcycle club.

Outlaw biker clubs formed in the late 1940s on the West Coast after the end of World War II. Their culture was first popularized in the glossy Marlon Brando film The Wild One (1953), which tells a story based on actual events. The film's success was followed by a string of low-budget exploitation films aimed at a teenage audience such as Motorcycle Gang (1957) and The Hot Angel (1958). But the genre really took off in the mid 1960s after the Hells Angels gang became prominent in the media. In particular, the Hunter S. Thompson book Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs published in 1966.

In 1965 director Russ Meyer made Motorpsycho (aka Motor Psycho), an obscure film about an evil motorcycle gang led by a disturbed Vietnam War veteran. In 1966 American International Pictures (AIP) released The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and Nancy Sinatra. This film, aimed at the teenage drive-in crowd, was a surprise hit and a new exploitation film subgenre was born. AIP followed this with Devil's Angels (1967) starring actor-director John Cassavetes. They and other independent filmmakers went on to produce dozens of low-budget biker films until the trend dissipated in the early '70s.

This list is for films where at least one biker appears as a significant plot element. A bike in a film does not qualify for this list.

An outlaw motorcycle club (sometimes known as a motorcycle gang) is a motorcycle subculture which has its roots in the immediately post-World War II era of American society. It is generally centered around the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals which celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture and loyalty to the biker group.

In the United States, such clubs are considered "outlaw" as they are not sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and do not adhere to the AMA's rules. Instead the clubs have their own set of bylaws from which the values of the outlaw biker culture arise.

While organizations may vary, the typical internal organization of a motorcycle club consists of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, road captain, and sergeant-at-arms. Localized groups of a single, large MC are called chapters or charters, and the first chapter established for an MC is referred to as the mother chapter. The president of the mother chapter serves as the president of the entire MC, and sets club policy on a variety of issues.

Edward Winterhalder (born 1955) is an American author, television producer and entrepreneur who has written seven books about outlaw motorcycle clubs and the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle.

Winterhalder was born in New England, grew up in Connecticut, and moved to Oklahoma in 1975 after serving in the US Army. In Oklahoma he joined the Rogues Motorcycle Club and was a close associate or member of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle club for more than twenty years.

In 1997 Winterhalder established the Oklahoma chapter of the Bandidos and was the high ranking member of the Bandidos responsible for the 2001 assimilation of a Canadian outlaw motorcycle club known as the Rock Machine into the Bandidos, which became the Canadian chapters of the Bandidos. Winterhalder left the Bandidos in 2003 to spend time with his family, pursue business interests and better manage his construction company.

Since 2005, Winterhalder has authored or co-authored books, produced television shows and DVDs on the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle, and is the creator and executive producer of the Biker Chicz television series, the PHASS MOB television series and the Living on the Edge television series.