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Movies: Best "road movie" Movies

A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienation and examining the tensions and issues of the cultural identity of a nation or historical period; this is all often enmeshed in a mood of actual or potential menace, lawlessness, and violence, a "distinctly existential air" and is populated by restless, "frustrated, often desperate characters". The setting includes not just the close confines of the car as it moves on highways and roads, but also booths in diners and rooms in roadside motels, all of which helps to create intimacy and tension between the characters. Road movies tend to focus on the theme of masculinity (with the man often going through some type of crisis), some type of rebellion, car culture, and self-discovery. The core theme of road movies is "rebellion against conservative social norms". There are two main narratives: the quest and the outlaw chase. In the quest-style film, the story meanders as the characters make discoveries (e.g., Two-Lane Blacktop from 1971). In outlaw road movies, in which the characters are fleeing from law enforcement, there is usually more ... ()

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 26min | Adventure, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 8,967 votes)

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

Green Book(2018)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 10min | Drama, Comedy
4.1/5 (with 4,969 votes)

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Broker(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 9min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.6/5 (with 170 votes)

Sang-hyeon is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

The Marksman(2021)

1h 48min | Action, Drama
3.5/5 (with 654 votes)

Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.

The Hitcher(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 38min | Horror, Action, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 406 votes)

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

Little Miss Sunshine(2006)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 3,112 votes)

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Wild Hogs(2007)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 40min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1,015 votes)

Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.

Nomadland(2020)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,288 votes)

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Directed by Chloé Zhao - With Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Peter Spears

Easy Rider(1969)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Adventure, Drama
3.5/5 (with 856 votes)

A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.

Near Dark(1987)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 35min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 303 votes)

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

Bird on a Wire(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 391 votes)

An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.

Mississippi Grind(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 204 votes)

Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.

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Pee-wee's Big Adventure(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 328 votes)

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

The Beekeeper(1987)

2h 2min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

Feeling himself an outsider in contemporary Greece, a schoolteacher Spyros leaves his job and family to return to his hometown, where he intends to take up the occupation of his ancestors as a beekeeper. Over the course of his road trip he visits the sites and friends of his childhood, hoping to gather the pollen of his past, but instead meets and becomes obsessed with a young hitchhiker who represents the empty hedonism of the present.

The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 6min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 562 votes)

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

Two-Lane Blacktop(1971)

1h 42min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 94 votes)

A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.

Smokey and the Bandit(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 296 votes)

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

Pixie(2020)

1h 34min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 40 votes)

To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.

Please Stand By(2018)

1h 33min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 200 votes)

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.

Leningrad Cowboys Go America(1989)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 19min | Comedy, Music
3.5/5 (with 61 votes)

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki - With Matti Pellonpää, Silu Seppälä, Jim Jarmusch, Duke Robillard, Kari Väänänen, Leningrad Cowboys, ...

Knockin' on Heaven's Door(1997)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Crime
3.8/5 (with 209 votes)

Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.

The Volcano(2013)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 297 votes)

The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull causes major disruptions to travelers' plans around the world. For Alain and Valérie, it's a catastrophe. Because to make it to the small Greek village in time for their daughter's wedding, this divorced couple, whose mutual hatred knows no bounds, will be obliged to set out on the road together.

Zola(2020)

1h 30min | Comedy, Crime
3.1/5 (with 83 votes)

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.

Directed by Janicza Bravo - With Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Ari'el Stachel, Colman Domingo, Jason Mitchell, ...

It Happened One Night(1934)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 504 votes)

A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.

Road to Paloma(2014)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Thriller, Drama
3.1/5 (with 47 votes)

While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.

Il Sorpasso(1962)

1h 45min | Drama, Comedy
4.1/5 (with 309 votes)

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Lean on Pete(2018)

2h 1min | Drama, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 142 votes)

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

Alice in the Cities(1974)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 114 votes)

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.

Survival Family(2016)

1h 57min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 52 votes)

A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.

Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi

Viola bacia tutti(1998)

1h 33min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 26 votes)

Three deadbeat friends see their motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from the police after a robbery.

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