Road movie

A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives.[1]

History

The genre has its roots in spoken and written tales of epic journeys, such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid. The road film is a standard plot employed by screenwriters. It is a type of bildungsroman, a story in which the hero changes, grows or improves over the course of the story.

The on-the-road plot was used at the birth of American cinema but blossomed in the years after World War II, reflecting a boom in automobile production and the growth of youth culture. Even so, awareness of the "road picture" as a genre came only in the 1960s with Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider.[2]

Movies of this genre

Note, that the Country column is the country of origin and/or financing, and does not necessarily represent the country or countries depicted in each film.

Title Year Country
A Perfect World 1993  United States
Adventures in Babysitting 1987  United States
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994  Australia
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip 2015  United States
Alice in the Cities 1974  West Germany
Ameerika Suvi (American Summer) 2016  Estonia
Are We There Yet? 2005  United States,  Canada
As Crazy as It Gets 2015  Nigeria
Badlands 1973  United States
Beavis and Butt-head Do America 1996  United States
Burn Burn Burn 2015  United Kingdom
Bonnie and Clyde 1967  United States
Cactus 2008  Australia
Cop Car 2015  United States
Children Who Chase Lost Voices 2011  Japan
Come as You Are (aka Hasta la Vista) 2011  Belgium
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 2017  United States
Dhanak 2016  India
Dirty Girl 2010  United States
Due Date 2010  United States
Duel 1971  United States
Dumb and Dumber 1994  United States
Dumb and Dumber To 2014  United States
Easy Rider 1969  United States
Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show 2009  United States,  Canada
EuroTrip 2004  United States,  Czech Republic
Eyjafjallajökull 2013  France
Fanboys 2009  United States
Fandango 1985  United States
Get on the Bus 1996  United States
God Bless America 2011  United States
Goodbye Pork Pie 1981  New Zealand
A Goofy Movie 1995  United States
Grave of the Fireflies 1988  Japan
The Fundamentals of Caring 2016  United States
The Guilt Trip 2012  United States
Have Dreams, Will Travel 2007  United States
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010  United Kingdom,  United States
The Hitcher 1986  United States
Ice Age 2002  United States
Il Sorpasso 1962  Italy
Interstate 60 2002  United States,  Canada
Into the Night 1985  United States
Kanni Thaai 1965  India
Karachi se Lahore 2015  Pakistan
Kings of the Road 1976  West Germany
Kingpin 1996  United States
Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1997  Germany
Lahore Se Aagey 2016  Pakistan
The Last Detail 1973  United States
Leningrad Cowboys Go America 1989  Finland,  Sweden
Little Miss Sunshine 2006  United States
Loev 2015  India
Magic Trip 2011  United States
M Cream 2014  India
Mad Max 1979  Australia
Mad Max 2 1981  Australia
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015  Australia,  United States
Madeline: Lost in Paris 1999  United States
Midnight Run 1988  United States
Midnight Special 2016  United States
Motorama 1991  United States
The Motorcycle Diaries 2004  Argentina,  United States,  Chile,  Peru,  Brazil,  United Kingdom,  Germany,  France
Mourning [:w:fr] (aka Soog or Soug, سوگ) 2011  Iran
The Muppet Movie 1979  United States,  United Kingdom
My Own Private Idaho 1991  United States
Natural Born Killers 1994  United States
National Lampoon's Vacation 1983  United States
National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985  United States
Nebraska 2013  United States
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi 2013  India
Gamyam 2008  India
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000  United States,  United Kingdom,  France
On the Road 2012  United States,  United Kingdom,  France,  Brazil,  Canada
Paper Towns 2015  United States
Paper Moon 1973  United States
The Parade 2011  Serbia
Paris, Texas 1984  West Germany,  France
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985  United States
Pierrot le Fou 1965  France
Planes, Trains and Automobiles 1987  United States
The Rugrats Movie 1998  United States
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 2000  United States,  Germany
Rain Man 1988  United States
Road, Movie 2009  India
Road to Yesterday 2015  Nigeria
Road Trip 2000  United States
Road to Morocco 1942  United States
RV 2006  United States
Sideways 2004  United States
Smoke Signals 1988  United States,  Canada
Smokey and the Bandit 1977  United States
The Sugarland Express 1974  United States
Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo 2015  Nigeria
The Straight Story 1999  United States,  United Kingdom,  France
The Sure Thing 1985  United States
Thelma & Louise 1991  United States
Thor: Ragnarok 2017  United States
Three for the Road 1987  United States
Transamerica 2005  United States
To Grandmother's House We Go 1992  United States
The Little Bear Movie 2001  Canada,  United States
Y Tu Mamá También 2001  Mexico
Two-Lane Blacktop 1971  United States
Until the End of the World 1991  Germany,  France,  Australia,  United States
Vacation 2015  United States
Vanishing Point 1971  United States
Wild at Heart 1990  United States
Wild Hogs 2007  United States
Wristcutters: A Love Story 2006  United States
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2011  India

See also

References

  1. ↑ Danesi, Marcel (2008). Dictionary of Media and Communications. M.E. Sharpe. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-7656-8098-3.
  2. ↑ Cowen, Nick; Hari Patience (26 Feb 2009). "Wheels On Film: Easy Rider". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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