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'.
Vanishing Point (1997)
5.7/10
Director: Charles Robert Carner
Starring: Christine Elise, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Railsback, Jason Priestley, Keith David
This updated version of the 1971 cult classic stars Viggo Mortensen as the former race car driver who races home cross-country to be with his wife who... Read more
Beavis And Butt-head Do America (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Mike Judge, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman
The unabashedly ignorant, flagrantly antisocial, hormonally charged duo from MTV's animated series find themselves on a cross country odyssey that beg... Read more
Fargo (1996)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Peter Stormare, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Frances McDormand
A lovingly mocking tale of a kidnapping scheme that goes horribly wrong in the snow-clad Mid-West. A pregnant Sheriff (Oscar-winning Frances McDormand... Read more
The Daytrippers (1995)
6.9/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Pat McN...
Happily married Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a letter written to her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci), signed 'Forever Sandy'. Her curiosity pricked by t... Read more
Tommy Boy (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy, Bo Derek, Dan Aykroyd, Julie Warner, S...
When Big Tom Callahan dies, his auto parts factory passes to his family, many of whom want to sell it to a corporation which plans to close it down. N... Read more
Boys on the Side (1995)
6.4/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Mary-Louise Parker
This likeable comedy/drama deals with three disparate women who travel cross-country together bonding enroute. Dealing with physical abuse, pre-marita... Read more
The Doom Generation (1995)
6/10
Director: Gregg Araki
Starring: James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech
Writer-director Gregg Araki knocks off 'Natural Born Killers' with this tale of three teen slackers who go on a cross-country sex-and-violence spree,... Read more
Mad Love (1995)
5.3/10
Director: Antonia Bird
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Joan Allen
A teen-lovers-on-the-lam movie with a difference: she's mentally unstable... From the director of 'Priest' and starring Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barry... Read more
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
6.4/10
Director: Beeban Kidron
Starring: John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner,...
The tale of three drag queens headed for Hollywood whose car breaks down in a small rural town where they are befriended by the local female populatio... Read more
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Masato Harada
Starring: Reiko Kataoka, Kazuya Takahashi, Koji Yakusho
Part crime thriller, part road movie and part social polemic, writer/director Masato Harada's drama follows Yakuza underling Tatsuo (Kazuya Takahashi)... Read more