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Road Movies

In the guise of a comedy or drama, a thriller or romance, the road movie acts as a metaphor for life where during the course of the running time, the characters lives are changed forever by the journey that they are taking. People go through love, loss, redemption and salvation. They are on the road of discovery, learning about themselves and adjusting to the changes and hurdles that the road throws up at them. Finally, there is the destination, the goal which makes the journey worthwhile, where closure is provided and a final catharsis occurs; the literal end of the road. However, if this sounds like too much hard work for you and you just want some good, honest car chases with burning rubber and squealing tires, then look no further than "Car Chase Movies". Just click on the link at left. Pictured: Kowalski and his Dodge Challenger in 'Vanishing Point'.

Breakdown (1997)

6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan

This incredibly tense, gripping thriller stars Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, a couple who breakdown while driving cross-country. She accepts a li... Read more

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Gig Young, Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Webber, Warren Oates

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollar bounty on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Gig Young and Robert Web... Read more

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Blu-ray) (1974)

7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Gig Young, Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Webber, Warren Oates

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollar bounty on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Gig Young and Robert Web... Read more

Broken Flowers (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Julie Delpy, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wr...

Bill Murray is at his deadpan best in this typically understated comedy/drama from unique auteur, Jim Jarmusch. Emotionally stilted Don Johnston (Mur... Read more

Cactus (2007)

5.9/10
Director: Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
Starring: Travis McMahon, Bryan Brown, Shane Jacobson, David Lyons

To gain some much needed cash, John Kelly (Travis McMahon) accepts a job to kidnap and deliver professional gambler Eli Jones (David Lyons) to his kee... Read more

Cars (2006)

7.1/10
Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Starring: Voices Of, Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, J...

Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is a pedal-to-the-metal racer determined to make it to across country to California for the Piston Cup Champ... Read more

Cars ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

7.1/10
Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Starring: Voices Of, Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, J...

Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is a pedal-to-the-metal racer determined to make it to across country to California for the Piston Cup Champ... Read more

Charlie and Boots (2009)

Director: Dean Murphy
Starring: Paul Hogan, Morgan Griffin, Shane Jacobson, Roy Billing

When Charlie McFarlane (Paul Hogan) withdraws from his life after a family tragedy, his estranged son, "Boots" (Shane Jacobson), decides to drag his r... Read more

Cold Fever (1994)

7.1/10
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens

This Jarmusch-like comic road movie charts the adventures of Atshushi (Masatoshi Nagase), a Japanese businessman who decides to go to Iceland and trek... Read more

Convoy (1978)

6.3/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young, Ernest Borgnine

Sam Peckinpah's classic road-movie based around the hit song by C.W. McCall. Long-distance trucker Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson) is on the run from... Read more