Road Movies
Submitted by FILMBUFF on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:32
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- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, Stephan Elliott)
- Badlands (1973, Terrence Malick)
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996, Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn)
- The Color of Money (1986, Martin Scorsese)
- The Defiant Ones (1958, Stanley Kramer)
- Detour (1945, Edgar G. Ulmer)
- Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
- Dumb & Dumber (1994, Peter Farrelly)
- Crossroads (1986, Walter Hill)
- Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper)
- Fandango (1985, Kevin Reynolds)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Terry Gilliam)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)
- Go (1999, Doug Liman)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940, John Ford)
- It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra)
- Jeepers Creepers (2001, Victor Salva)
- Joy Ride (2001, John Dahl)
- Kalifornia (1993, Dominic Sena)
- La Strada (1954, Federico Fellini)
- Lost in America (1985, Albert Brooks)
- Midnight Run (1988, Martin Brest)
- Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, Joel Coen)
- Paris, Texas (1983, Wim Wenders)
- Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985, Tim Burton)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, John Hughes)
- Rain Man (1988, Barry Levinson)
- Road To Perdition (2001, Sam Mendes)
- Road Trip (2000, Todd Phillips)
- The Salton Sea (2002, D. J. Caruso)
- Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)
- The Sure Thing (1985, Rob Reiner)
- Smoke Signals (1998, Chris Eyre)
- Something Wild (1986, Jonathan Demme)
- The Straight Story (1999, David Lynch)
- Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1983)
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941, Preston Sturges)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995, Beeban Kidron)
- Thelma and Louise (1991, Ridley Scott)
- Twentynine Palms (2004, Bruno Dumont)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971, Monte Hellman)
- Vanishing Point (1971, Richard Sarafian)
- Wild at Heart (1990, David Lynch)
- The Wiz (1978, Sidney Lumet)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939, Victor Fleming)
- Y tu mamá también (2001, Alfonso Cuarón)
Cloned From:
The more elaborate the definition, the more exclusive it becomes. Since I’m trying to build a long list, the basic requirements will be brief: a road movie has 1) an extensive journey 2) by road. It may involve a crime spree, a lark, running away from or towards home, or various kinds of quests. It may intersect with other genres along the way (film noir, the western, fantasy, coming of age), and pick up one or more metaphors: the journey as self-discovery, freedom or life. The road may become a test or an escape or an obstacle or a means or (more rarely) an end in itself.
Thanks to russa, flfrleta, stumpy, frankie, jpthompson, 1922, Rosie, and kenji for their input. More is certainly welcome.