On the road movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant on the road movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out road movie, realistic, cult classic, independent film, feel good and inspirational films and TV shows about / with road trip, on the road, travel, cigarette smoking, profanity, car, journey, friendship, gas station and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as on the road: On the Road (2012), We're the Millers (2013), Up in the Air (2009), Lost (2004), Into the Wild (2007), Locke (2013), Paris, Texas (1984), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Almost Famous (2000).

List of on the road movies

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 6.0
 43K
On the Road (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style: road movie, sexy, independent film, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot: road trip, writers, on the road, beat generation, infidelity, friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, youth, hitchhiker, watching sex ...
Time: 1940s, year 1951, 1950s, 50s, year 2012 ...
Place: nebraska, california, arizona, usa, louisiana ...
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We're the Millers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style: road movie, humorous, hilarious, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, journey, nothing goes right, parenthood, pretense, adolescence, robbery, marijuana, drug smuggling, homeless teenager, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, arizona, tucson arizona, new mexico ...
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 7.4
 348K
Up in the Air (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as ...
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: on the road, travel, loneliness, business, couples, business trip, hotel, airport, downsizing, introspection, love affair, airplane ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, las vegas, iran, dallas texas, usa ...
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 5.7
 2K
Lost (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trapped in a maze of endless desert highways, bound by a vital deadline, and pursued by an unseen menace....Jeremy Stanton is about to take the longest ride of his life. He will learn that when you reach the crossroads of life...you must be careful ...
Style: tense, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: on the road, map, heist, danger, race against time, chases and races, road trip, husband wife relationship, die hard, desert, isolation, state trooper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, nevada, usa
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story: A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Style: road movie, humorous, funny, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: treasure hunt, on the road, car chase, race, treasure, road trip, chase, greed, money, competition, twists and turns, disorder ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1916
Place: california, usa
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 8.1
 655K
Into the Wild (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style: road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place: alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
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 7.1
 159K
Locke (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his ...
Style: talky, minimal cast, neo noir, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: on the road, driving, destiny, adultery, character study, dead father, life turned upside down, family problems, night, mobile phone, storytelling, existentialism ...
Time: future, y2k, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, ethiopia, usa, london
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 8.1
 117K
Paris, Texas (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style: road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, hitchhiker, mind game, on the road, woman in danger, survival, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, police investigation, murder ...
Place: texas, usa
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style: feel good, road movie, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: road trip, thanksgiving, travel, on the road, buddy, snow, holiday, train, airplane, airport, railway, traveling salesman ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico ...
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 7.9
 292K
Almost Famous (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, new york, seattle, phoenix arizona ...
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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 7.5
 94K
Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style: road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, buddy, organized crime, hitman, gangster, chase, bounty hunter, train, car chase, race against time, police surveillance ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, arizona, manhattan new york city ...
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 3.8
 1K
Roadkill (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Six young friends on a road trip in Ireland run afoul of gypsies who curse them for accidentally running down an old woman. The curse takes the form of a terrifying flying beast that tries killing them all.
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, natural horror ...
Plot: killer animal, on the road, curses spells and rituals, accident, redneck, giant bird, brutality, deadly creature, mythical creature, ogre, travel, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 7.6
 36K
Interstate 60 (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Style: road movie, surreal, witty, enigmatic, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: road trip, self discovery, on the road, alternate reality, life philosophy, dream girl, choice, self fulfillment, wish come true, surrealism, twists and turns, highway ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: st. louis missouri
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 7.2
 100K
Wild at Heart (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style: surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: on the road, murder, surrealism, forbidden love, on the run, road trip, violence, sex scene, domineering mother, rape, haunted by the past, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place: new orleans, texas, austin texas, usa, california ...
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And Your Mother Too! (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style: sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, sex, sexuality, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, on the road, coming of age, gay, sexual exploration, nudity, older woman younger man sex ...
Time: year 2001, year 2002, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, french riviera, barcelona ...
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 7.5
 203K
Sideways (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Style: road movie, talky, dark comedy, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: road trip, wine, on the road, friendship, couples, vineyard, vacation, divorce, infidelity, golf, food, buddy ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, los angeles, bay area, usa ...
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 6.5
 91K
Sex Drive (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, funny, sexy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: road trip, high school, loss of virginity, on the road, friendship, coming of age, looking for sex, male virgin, college, public nudity, virginity, adolescence ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Vanishing Point (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, car, on the road, hitchhiker, hippie, driver, desert, road trip, chase, radio station, on the run, truck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: san francisco, utah, california, colorado, nevada ...
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 7.6
 23K
In July (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
Style: offbeat, humorous, road movie, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: on the road, travel, looking for love, hot and sexy, hitchhiker, summer vacation, male female relationship, border crossing, cigarette smoking, true love, summer, fall in love ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: hamburg germany, bulgaria, germany, istanbul turkey, turkey ...
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman ...
Style: road movie, feel good, melancholic, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gay, road trip, desert, on the road, transgender, drag queen, gay slur, transvestism, gender bending, homosexuality, bus ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, south australia
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 7.2
 253K
The Road (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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 7.2
 116K
Easy Rider (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style: road movie, psychedelic, avant garde, offbeat, cult classic ...
Plot: road trip, hippie, on the road, motorcycle, friendship, biker, marijuana, existentialism, freedom, rock music, rebelliousness, hallucination ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, southern usa ...
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 7.6
 171K
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style: road movie, sexy, touching, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, on the road, fugitives, rape, female bonding, gender, escapades, lovers on the run, attempted rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place: arizona, southern usa, oklahoma, bolivia, usa ...
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 7.2
 52K
The Hitcher (1986)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style: road movie, slasher, psychological, scary, neo noir ...
Audience: date night, teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, hitchhiker, psychopath, desert, on the road, insanity, stalker, stalking, car chase, sociopath, road trip ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
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Alice in the Cities (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter ...
Style: road movie, black and white, surreal, art house, stylized ...
Plot: on the road, airport, journalist, single mother, photography, stranger, road trip, child abandonment, strong female character, swimming, travel, children ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: germany, amsterdam, new york, central europe, west germany ...
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The Road Within (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Style: road movie, touching, sentimental, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: road trip, mental illness, tourette's syndrome, on the road, friendship, psychiatrist, coming of age, father son relationship, obsessive quest, mentally unstable protagonist, social misfits, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, reno nevada
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 7.5
 617K
Zombieland (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style: funny, humorous, apocalyptic, road movie, parody ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, survival, road trip, virus, amusement park, end of the world, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., los angeles, ohio, columbus ohio, usa ...
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