Road Movies

[Quebec Gen]

Hi!

I'm trying to start a collection of road movies at home, any suggestions? Foreign movies accepted!

I already own these ones :

Thelma & Louise, Boys on the Side, Bagdad Cafe, U-Turn, The Mexican

Quebec-Montreal, Le Grand Serpent du monde, Un 32 août sur Terre

Thanks!

[Robert Schaller]

The Great Race

Star Man

The Sweetest Thing

National Lampoon's Vacation

Rain Man

The Sure Thing

Pontiac Moon

I have so many films that are about QUESTS -- they're not in automobiles -- but they ARE "road" movies in a sense. I guess for some reason it is my favorite theme!

[Quebec Gen]

Bob,

I do think most road movies don't actually take place on the road, as akward as it sounds. It's the general idea of a film that makes it a "road movie" or a quest movie like you said.

The Muppet Movie (the first one)

Easy Rider

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Cannonball Run

Almost Famous

The Wizard of Oz

Dumb and Dumber

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (RIP HST)

About Schmidt

Bustin' Loose

Natural Born Killers

Kingpin

Tommy Boy

Road Trip

Me, Myself & Irene

Pee Wee's Big Adventure



Mostly comedies on this list. More will come to mind, I'm sure.


AB

[Robert Schaller]

I thought of a few more, but now I cannot remember what they were! :)

[Ricardo]

Hi Everybody,
This is my first post here and currently (June 2005) I am one of the recent members of this "family" ;)

Here are some which I recall:

"The Hitcher"

"Road Kill" (or Joyride)

"Breakdown"
(These are all suspense movies...)

Oh and of course, "Roadtrip" (Comedy)

I'll post more if I remember!
Cheers,

Ricardo

[Mark Sedenquist]

I just did some checking and most, if not all, of these titles can be rented through Netflix. We are supporters of this company ever since we did an early review of their services.

thanks for the post,

mark

[Selma&Louis]

Two from the weird auteur David Lynch:

- Wild at Heart

- The Straight Story

The first is a postmodern masterpiece, the second is one of the cutest stories ever!

[lhuff]

The "Road" Movies with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. I grew up with those and still find myself humming "The Road to Morroco" every so often.

Also the movie "Cars" really made me want to go and explore Route 66. But "Romeo and Juliet" also made me want to go and explore Verona, so I guess I'm easily led astray by the locations where movies took place.

Laura

[roadie]

I don't know if this would count as a road movie, since it
takes place in one regional area, but Vertigo visits many
famous locations from Big Basin State Park, SanFrancisco
to Mission San Juan Bautista.

The City is like another character in the movie.

The movie has always been a favorite of mine and a big
part of the appeal is the the way San Francisco and the
Bay Area are featured.

http://www.movie-locations.com/intro.../vertigo3.html