Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon (1984) — watch online on iFILM — is a quietly affecting drama directed by Richard Benjamin. Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage play two working-class friends in a small California coastal town with only weeks left before they're shipped off to the Pacific as Marines.

Henry falls for a girl new to town, Caddie Winger, and assumes she comes from money. Nicky, reckless as ever, lands in serious trouble — and suddenly both boys need Caddie's help in ways they didn't expect. Elizabeth McGovern gives Caddie a careful independence that makes the romance feel earned rather than inevitable. The film keeps the war at arm's length, focusing instead on the strange lightness and dread of a last few weeks of ordinary life. Stream Racing with the Moon (1984) on iFILM.