I dont even know how I got on this sight but
the darjeeling lmt. was fabulous.
cross roads. ha ha just kidding
Side ways was good
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Some that pop into my mind:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Darjeeling Limited
Apocalypse Now.
Recently, I have quite enjoyed “Pineapple Express,” though my all-time favorite road-movie is probably “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”
I like all that are mentioned, so allow me to list one that is sadly forgotten — Albert Brooks’ hysterical document of the 1980s, LOST IN AMERICA
Scarecrow w/ Hackman and Pacino. About Schmidt qualifies as a road movie, doesn’t it?
Dumb and Dumber. a movie that i could watch all day long and laugh at every joke every time. sadly the Farrelly’s haven’t made anything as good since.
Wiki has an interesting assessment of what they are calling road movies. Apocalypse Now ? Kind if ? Maybe ? Naaaw.
My Favs
Sideways
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Smokey and the Bandit.
Wiki has an interesting assessment of what they are calling road movies. Apocalypse Now ? Kind if ? Maybe ? Naaaw.
My Favs
Sideways
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Smokey and the Bandit.
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP!!
Ok, so I have always had a fondness for Fandango. It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s a hell of a good time.
yeah, King Of The Road is on top here. Why is this movie unavailable in region 1 I just don’t understand. Though the 5 hour version of Until The End Of The World is right up there, in a globe-trotting road movie way, as well as most of the earlier movies Wenders made. Wild At Heart is another favorite along with of course Easy Rider and Thelma And Louise. I loved Lost In America; it’s too bad Albert Brooks doesn’t get more recognition for his genius. And how about the ultimate road movie that nobody’s seen yet, the film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I can’t wait to see that, tho I’m kinda leary it will do the book justice.
Empire Strikes Back :)
I’ve always been very fond of Two-Lane Blacktop and its existensialist narrative; it’s a rare breed of genius and entertainment.
Thank God I made a dub of “Kings of the Road” ten years ago, when you could actually rent the film from Blockbuster. Widescreen, too, and for a dub it still plays well. Great film; Wenders at his best.
KINGS OF THE ROAD!
Apparently you can get Kings Of The Road as a German import and maybe also from the U.K. I would probably do that but I still have a Pacific Arts VHS copy that’s in pretty good shape. It will come out in region 1 sometime soon I bet, with the Wim Wenders boxsets.
Bonne And Clyde, Pierrot Le Fou, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Motorcycle Diaries, Life…And Nothing More
goin’ down the road
- don shebib
Goin’ Down The Road, although perhaps not a traditional road movie, is also one of my favorites and completely under appreciated outside of film circles. It captures the loneliness of the road and the displacement one feels when they are far from home. A Canadian classic and a great film. Good call lonewolf!
DEAT PROOF DIRECTED BY TARNTINO….its crazy.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
“Radio On” by Chris Petit – a New German Cinema-style road movie set in the UK. Great soundtrack – Bowie, Wreckless Eric, Devo, Kraftwerk – and as someone who has to make the dreary journey from London to Bristol regularly, it adds a touch of cinematic glamour to my commute!
Also, “Children of Men” – once again not a traditional road movie, but definitely structured as such.
No one has mentioned Jonathan Demme’s brilliant Something Wild. And, for all its many many flaws, there are golden road moments in Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown.
Wild Strawberries!
Lots of great films listed on this page, including some that I haven’t seen but definitely plan to now, based on you folks’ recommendations. As to my Top 5 they’d have to be:
The Passenger
Wild Strawberries
Wild At Heart
Stranger Than Paradise
The Straight Story
Since several of you mention Apocalypse Now and its contentious/questionable definition as a road movie… There’s a great anthology of essays on road movies called “Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of Road Movies” and one chapter is entitled “The Road as River” with an essay by David Sorfa that identifies “the river journey film,” which includes such great films as Apocalypse Now, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Fitzacarraldo, and Deliverance.
Just wanted to throw that concept out there!
Where’s the love for Hope & Crosby? Road To Morocco!!!!
Road to Utopia is pretty good too.
I agree with Eli: Wender’s ‘Kings of the Road’.
Little Miss Sunshine and Wild Strawberries
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Maicol Andrés Ordoñez
Using my stalwart detective skills I’ve discovered that there’s an idiot on here who is putting a thumbs down on any post that mentions “Y Tu Mama Tambien”. Who are you and will you reveal yourself?