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'.
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Udayan Prasad
Starring: Maria Bello, William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne
About three strangers of two generations who embark on a road trip through post-Katrina Louisiana. Along the way, relationships forge and change in a... Read more
Pierrot Le Fou (Crazy Pete) (1965)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders
Aka "Pierrot Goes Wild". Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina run away together to the South of France, he is escaping from his rich wife, she is escapi... Read more
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Pamela Anderson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Luenell , Ken Davitian
Sacha Baron Cohen stirred up a legal hornet's nest when he took his obnoxious Kazakh reporter character, Borat, on the road in the US and A. From drun... Read more
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Monte Hellman
Starring: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, David Drake
Monte Hellman's acclaimed cult film concerns a race around the back-roads of America between a pair of drag-racing drifters (musicians James Taylor an... Read more
Harry and Tonto (1974)
7.4/10
Director: Paul Mazursky
Starring: Chief Dan George, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Art Carney
Harry (Art Carney) is a retired teacher in his seventies living in an area of New York City where he and his deceased wife raised his children - where... Read more
Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
5.7/10
Director: Hue Rhodes
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Tim Blake Nelson, John Cho, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage, Emma...
Loosely styled on Dante's "Inferno", this unique offering stars Steve Buscemi as compulsive gambler John Alighieri who has finally beaten the habit, s... Read more
Freedom (1981)
8.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja, Charles Tingwell, Max Cullen, Chris Haywo...
The first film from Australian director Scott Hicks ('Shine') is the tale of a no-hoper with a big dream - driving down the road in a Porsche, with a... 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
Generation Kill ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Lee Tergesen, Stark Sands, Jon Huertas, Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone
Based on the best-selling book by Evan Wright, this acclaimed seven-part miniseries from HBO examines the first 40 days of the Iraq War from the persp... Read more
Wah Do Dem (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Ben Chace, Sam Fleischner
Starring: Carl Bradshaw, Ira Wolf-Tuton, Norah Jones, Sean Bones, Mark Gibbs, Patrick Morr...
Aka 'What They Do'. Young Brooklyn musician Max (Sean Bones) decides to go on a Caribbean cruise alone after his girlfriend Willow (Norah Jones) dumps... Read more