The best road movies (Comedy – action – adventure – horror) “The road” is not just what is traveled, but what is experienced.” 1. Mad Max(Fury Road) (2015) – George Miller A chase that knows no stopping. A crazy road…devamıThe best road movies
(Comedy – action – adventure – horror)
“The road” is not just what is traveled, but what is experienced.”
1. Mad Max(Fury Road) (2015) – George Miller
A chase that knows no stopping. A crazy road battle for gasoline, water and salvation in a barren world. The action itself is a work of art.
2. little miss sunshine (2006) – jonathan dayton & valerie faris
The dispersion of a family while taking their little daughter to a beauty contest and reunite. cheerful, tragic, sincere. bus is no different from character.
3. the motorcycle diaries (2004) – walter salles
The transformation that young Che Guevara experienced on his South American tour. Not a landscape, but a journey on humanity. Deep but simple.
Thelma & Louise (1991) – Ridley Scott
The escape of two women to freedom. As the road gets longer, prohibitions, and so does the reckoning with society and the past. A feminist classic, angry and passionate.
5. Zombieland (2009) – Ruben Fleischer
Against the background of the zombie apocalypse, the effort of a group of people to survive and have fun. humor and brutality are beautifully dosted. It became a cult even with the list of rules.
6. into the wild (2007) – sean penn
The journey of a young man who escapes from society towards nature and loneliness. freedom, romance and tragedy are intertwined. based on the true story.
7. Road Trip (2000) – Todd Phillips
A sex tape sent by mistake and a journey full of panic that followed. Crazy comedy with a college, sex and friendship theme.
8th duel (1971) – Steven Spielberg
The tense journey of the man who is followed by an unnamed truck driver. a minimal but oppressive horror. Spielberg's first genius.
9. y tu mamá también (2001) – alfonso cuarón
A sexual and emotional journey into Mexico with two young and a mysterious woman. On desires, class difference and the fragility of youth.
10. planes, trains and automobiles (1987) – John Hughes
A man trying to return home facing everything that happens to him. human warmth in comedy and absurdity. like John Candy's heart.
11. easy rider (1969) – dennis hopper
The story of the motorcycle road of American counterculture. It tells the hypocrisy of society as well as the feeling of freedom. It is full of rock music and rebellion.
The Hitcher (1986) – Robert Harmon
A mysterious hitchhiker taken on the road, plunging the driver into terror. A minimalist nightmare in the horror genre.
13. captain fantastic (2016) – matt ross
A father who sets out with children who have been raised away from society. Both entertaining and questioning. A family manifesto against nature and order.
14. Wild (2014) – Jean-Marc Vallée
A woman's thousands of kilometers of walking alone. mourning, purification and confronting the female body. An inner road movie.
15. the straight story (1999) – David Lynch
An old man tries to reach his sick brother with his tractor. A road story that is too naive to be expected from Lynch, but with depth.
16. midnight run (1988) – martin brest
A bounty hunter and fugitive accountant; a strange friendship is born as he crosses the paths, the mafia and the fbi. blended with action and humor.
17. the way (2010) – emilio estevez
The inner change of a father who embarks on the journey of camino de santiago after the death of his son. A spiritual and simple flow.
18. detour (1945) – edgar g. ulmer
The irony of fate, a decision and a crime made on the road. The journey that turns into a nightmare with the aesthetic of film noir. Cinema lesson in 60 minutes.
19th queen & slim (2019) – melina matsoukas
The tragedy, which begins with a traffic flip, turns into a mediatic escape. A modern road tale with the theme of love, identity and rebellion.
20. rubber (2010) – quentin dupieux
A self-conscious car tire massacres in the desert. Yes, you read it right. An absurd, experimental and strange road fear.
21. the darjeeling limited (2007) – wes anderson
Three brothers jump on a train in India and try to bond again after their father's death. colorful, eccentric and emotional. Anderson style journey.
22. locke (2013) – Steven Knight
The whole movie takes place in a car. A man is behind the wheel, he tries to untie all the strings of his life on the phone. suspense, minimalist and amazing acting.
23. paris, texas (1984) – wim wenders
A man buried in silence sets out to find his family years later. cinematic poetry on melancholy, America and belonging.
24. the road (2009) – John Hillcoat
In the post-apocalyptic world, a father and son. misery, protection, crumbs of humanity... adaptation of the novel Cormac McCarthy. Cold but strong.
Wild at Heart (1990) – David Lynch
A young couple goes on an illegal escape. a surreal journey full of love, violence, rock'n roll and dreams. Lynch's freest movie.
26. Snakes on a plane (2006) – David R. Ellis
Wild snakes in a plane, panic under it and samuel l. jackson. absurd but fun, full road action craze.
27. nebraska (2013) – Alexander Payne
An old man hits the road with his son for a fake lottery prize. black and white, sad but warm. a sharp look at the American country.
28. California (1993) – dominic sena
Journalists unknowingly take a serial killer with them while tracking down serial killers. He stands out with Brad Pitt's dark role.
29. my own private idaho (1991) – gus van sant
Two homeless friends, one of whom suffers from sleepwalking. An existential road movie on identity, love and belonging. Arthouse classic.
30. hit the road (2021) – panah panahi
A family of four moving in a small car in Iran. Both political and emotional, simple but like a slap. The star of the new generation road cinema.
Absurd road comedies
1. eurotrip (2004) – jeff schaffer
A group of Americans who graduated from high school, what happened to them while they were discovering Europe is a complete culture shock and a storm of absurdity. level of humor: on the verge of nonsense.
2. death to 2020 (2020) – Charlie Brooker (in a mockumentary mood)
It's not a kind of journey, it's time travel. A satirical "look back" with absurd characters on the pandemic year.
3. rubber (2010) – quentin dupieux
A conscious car tire kills people by driving in the desert and blowing it up. If the definition of absurd changes, it happens with this movie.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Daniels
A journey between multiverses, kung-fu scenes, tax debts and... sausage fingers. in the dose of comedy that breaks the head.
The Trip (2010) - Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's gourmet journey in the countryside of England. The intellectual deer who constantly works the abdominal muscle with his words and imitations.
Eroticism themed road movies
The Brown Bunny (2003) – Vincent Gallo
A lonely motorcyclist crosses America to face his ex-girlfriend. He encounters sexuality, melancholy and inner emptiness along the way. His last scene was talked about a lot, leading to censorship arguments. Silent, disturbing but very personal.
2. Ken Park (2002) – Larry Clark, Edward Lachman
The inner journeys and sensual discoveries of young people in the American suburb. open and real in a disturbing dose.
3. the dreamers(2003) – bernardo bertolucci
In 1968 Paris, the bodies and desires of three young people stuck between sexuality, cinema and revolution. The road is fixed but there is a storm inside.
All About Anna (2005) - Jessica Nilsson
A bold Danish journey on sexuality, loneliness and intimacy from a female point of view. It has erotic but also emotional depth.
5. malena (2000) – giuseppe tornatore
Although it is not considered a classic road movie, the woman a child meets on his inner journey while growing up: malèna. loaded with erotic nostalgia and melancholy.
Car themed / road movies focused
1. drive (2011) – nicolas winding refn
A car driver, he goes back and forth between his silence and violence. neon lights, speed and loneliness. a poem behind the wheel.
2. vanishing point (1971) – Richard C. Sarafian`
Kowalski goes non-stop with a white dodge challenger. The police chaskes, but he's running away from something else. classic American road philosophy.
The Italian Job (2003) – F. Gary Gray
The escape plan with mini coopers is the peak of choreographic car chases in the city. Dance movie like a car movie.
4. `crash (1996) – david cronenberg*
A group of people who develop an erotic obsession with car accidents. Road, body and steel are mixed together. It brings both sexuality and the car cult to the extreme limit. Is it erotic? Pervert? Art? Anything can happen.
5. baby driver (2017) – edgar wright
An escape master who synchronizes with music while driving. Cars flow with the beat. It's like a musical car chase.