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Top 100 Road Movies

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  • The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

    1. The Motorcycle Diaries

    20042h 6mR75Metascore
    7.7 (107K)
    Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
    DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía Maestro
  • Vittorio Gassman in Il sorpasso (1962)

    2. Il sorpasso

    19621h 48mNot Rated
    8.2 (14K)
    An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
    DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakJean-Louis Trintignant
  • Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

    3. Bonnie and Clyde

    19671h 51mR86Metascore
    7.7 (125K)
    Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. Pollard
  • Badlands (1973)

    4. Badlands

    19731h 34mPG94Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsMartin SheenSissy SpacekWarren Oates
  • Wild Strawberries (1957)

    5. Wild Strawberries

    19571h 32mNot Rated88Metascore
    8.1 (121K)
    After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid Thulin
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina in Pierrot le fou (1965)

    6. Pierrot le fou

    19651h 50mPG-13
    7.4 (39K)
    Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella Galvani
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)

    7. The Wages of Fear

    19532h 36mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.1 (71K)
    In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
    DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van Eyck
  • La Strada (1954)

    8. La Strada

    19541h 48mNot Rated
    8.0 (69K)
    A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard Basehart
  • Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

    9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    19981h 58mR41Metascore
    7.5 (312K)
    An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey Maguire
  • Rüdiger Vogler and Hanns Zischler in Kings of the Road (1976)

    10. Kings of the Road

    19762h 55mNot Rated
    7.6 (6.9K)
    A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsRüdiger VoglerHanns ZischlerLisa Kreuzer
  • Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders in Journey to Italy (1954)

    11. Journey to Italy

    19541h 37mApproved100Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples.
    DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanGeorge SandersMaria Mauban
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

    12. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

    20112h 37mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.8 (52K)
    A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
    DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner Birsel
  • Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels (1941)

    13. Sullivan's Travels

    19411h 30mApproved89Metascore
    7.9 (30K)
    Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
    DirectorPreston SturgesStarsJoel McCreaVeronica LakeRobert Warwick
  • John Hurt and Laura del Sol in The Hit (1984)

    14. The Hit

    19841h 38mR75Metascore
    7.0 (10K)
    Ten years after Willie Parker ratted on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men kidnap him and drive him to Paris for his planned execution. However, they encounter many mishaps along the way.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsFreddie StuartRalph BrownA.J. Clarke
  • Weekend (1967)

    15. Weekend

    19671h 45mNot Rated
    6.9 (16K)
    A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsMireille DarcJean YanneJean-Pierre Kalfon
  • Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, and Hunter Carson in Paris, Texas (1984)

    16. Paris, Texas

    19842h 25mR81Metascore
    8.1 (133K)
    Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsHarry Dean StantonNastassja KinskiDean Stockwell
  • Dear Diary (1993)

    17. Dear Diary

    19931h 40mUnrated68Metascore
    7.2 (9.8K)
    Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
    DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiRenato CarpentieriAntonio Neiwiller
  • Vanishing Point (1971)

    18. Vanishing Point

    19711h 39mR61Metascore
    7.2 (32K)
    During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
    DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsBarry NewmanCleavon LittleCharlotte Rampling
  • Jafar Panahi in Taxi (2015)

    19. Taxi

    20151h 22mNot Rated91Metascore
    7.3 (17K)
    Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
    DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiHana SaeidiNasrin Sotoudeh
  • Laurie Bird, Warren Oates, James Taylor, and Dennis Wilson in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

    20. Two-Lane Blacktop

    19711h 42mR89Metascore
    7.2 (14K)
    While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
    DirectorMonte HellmanStarsJames TaylorWarren OatesLaurie Bird
  • Dennis Weaver in Duel (1971)

    21. Duel

    19711h 30mPGTV Movie81Metascore
    7.6 (83K)
    A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie Firestone
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

    22. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    19741h 52mR80Metascore
    7.4 (23K)
    An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWarren OatesIsela VegaRobert Webber
  • Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)

    23. Alice in the Cities

    19741h 53mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.8 (14K)
    A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsYella RottländerRüdiger VoglerLisa Kreuzer
  • Sin Nombre (2009)

    24. Sin Nombre

    20091h 36mR77Metascore
    7.5 (35K)
    A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.
    DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsPaulina GaitanMarco Antonio AguirreLeonardo Alonso
  • The Golden Dream (2013)

    25. The Golden Dream

    20131h 48mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.6 (5.3K)
    A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
    DirectorDiego Quemada-DiezStarsBrandon LópezRodolfo DomínguezKaren Martínez

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