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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'.

Nocturne Indien (1989)

6.9/10
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Clementine Celarie, Otto Tausig, TP Jain

A young Frenchman goes in search of his friend after he goes missing in India in this reflective and sensually photographed drama from French director... Read more

Lost in America (1985)

7.1/10
Director: Albert Brooks
Starring: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall

Albert Brooks' masterpiece, an existential road film about an obsessive Yuppie couple (Brooks and Julie Hagerty) who drop out when Brooks' character i... Read more

My Blueberry Nights (2007)

6.7/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Jude Law, Norah Jones, Natalie Portman, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz

Wong Kar-wai's first English-language film stars Norah Jones as a girl with a broken heart who decides to put as much space between her and her troubl... Read more

Blues Brothers 2000 / The Blues Brothers (1998)

Director: John Landis
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Joe Morton, John Belushi, John Goodman, Nia Peeples

Just sprung from prison, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) reunites his old band (minus brother Jake - the late John Belushi). Featuring a grand assemblage o... Read more

Wild Hogs (2007)

5.9/10
Director: Walt Becker
Starring: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa To...

A group of bored, mismatched suburbanites hit the road on their shiny new Harleys for a two-wheeled, cross-country adventure. Along the way they enco... Read more

The Road ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

7.3/10
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring: Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Molly Parker, Robert Duvall, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi...

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee are featured in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey acr... Read more

Western (1997)

6.9/10
Director: Manuel Poirier
Starring: Sergi Lopez, Sacha Bourdo, Elisabeth Vitali

An intelligent and sensitive road-movie about two foreigners spending three weeks together hitch-hiking through northern France. Crackling with traged... Read more

The Go-Getter (2007)

6.7/10
Director: Martin Hynes
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone

A fresh, bittersweet road movie about a teenager responding to the untimely death of his mother. Overcome with grief that he's unequipped to deal with... Read more

Love the Beast (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Eric Bana
Starring: Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Phil McGraw, Jeremy Clarkson

'The Beast' being Eric Bana's 1974 Ford XB Falcon Coupe which he loves more than just about anything in the world. In this entertaining and affectiona... Read more

The Wizard of Oz ( Blu-ray ) (1939)

8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamil...

Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more