VAN NUYS BLVD.

The film tells the story of a small-town boy, Bobby, who hears about the excitement of cruising Van Nuys Boulevard in California. He investigates and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.

After some establishing scenes in which two men destroy each other's cars, Greg hooks up with a female biker, "Chooch" is arrested for running a red light after being mooned, and Bobby and Moon are arrested for drag racing, the main characters meet in jail and make plans to go to an amusement park. Chooch gets sick, but Bobby learns to dance and Greg and his dream girl Camille hit it off. Wanda, after hooking up with Bobby in his van, resists the attentions of police officer "Zass," and escapes by handcuffing him to his police car. After a visit to the doctor after Greg gets lockjaw, Chooch meets Wanda and they play air hockey. After everyone is paired off, Chooch admits his name is "Leon" and he and Wanda decide to leave and get married, and Greg and Camille are a couple, but Bobby stills needs to prove his manhood by beating Moon in a drag race in their respective vans. He wins, but Moon leaves him because he loves his van instead of her. To prove he loves her more, Bobby jumps clear as his van goes over a cliff. Moon, confused by his crazy behavior, drives off, but comes back and hugs Bobby as Greg, Camille, Leon, and Wanda circle them in cars.

Because director William Sachs' style is often rather absurdist, a number of comedic scenes in the B plot of police officer Zass on the beach, being handcuffed to his car, show a gradually more and more absurd tone as the film progresses. In the course of the film, he gets approached by a mysterious biker stealing his possessions, a dog and ultimately, towards the end of the film, his own mother who is worried about her boy while police searches for his location. The film ends with Zass buying Leon's car and getting harassed by another police officer himself for driving on Van Nuys Boulevard.

Bobby proves his love for Moon by sacrificing his beloved van, and after a dramatic showdown, Moon returns to him as their friends celebrate nearby; Officer Zass’s comic saga ends with him being harassed by another cop on Van Nuys Boulevard.

The ending ties up the film’s coming-of-age themes with absurdist humor and romantic resolution. Bobby’s dramatic gesture—sending his van over a cliff—signals his willingness to put relationships above material obsession, while Moon’s return suggests reconciliation and growth. The closing scene with Officer Zass, now on the receiving end of the boulevard’s chaos, delivers a winking coda that keeps the film’s playful tone intact.