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 6.8
 8K
Take Me Home (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: on the road, road trip, taxi driver, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, disorder, couples, taxi, charm, travel, love, driver ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, new york, las vegas
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Highway to Hell (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides
Style: scary, semi serious, black comedy, suspense, road movie ...
Plot: zombie, supernatural, rescue, on the road, undead, chase, fiance fiancee relationship, woman in danger, legends and myths, imaginary, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1991
Place: las vegas, usa
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 6.8
 3K
Blackboards (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, Italy, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, educational, road movie ...
Plot: on the road, kurd, uneducated, teacher, dedicated educator, life is a bitch, wartime life, obsessive quest, danger, hopes, teachers and students, wandering ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, kurdistan, iraq
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 6.4
 3K
On My Way (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Cathy who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a weeklong odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she ...
Style: road movie, realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: strong female character, elderly, on the road, parents and children, strong female lead, countryside, aging, mother daughter conflict, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, breakup, senior citizen ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, brittany
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How Much Further (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet ...
Style: road movie, realistic, touching, scenic, captivating ...
Plot: on the road, countryside, journey, self discovery, strike, hopes, travel, hitchhiking, student, journalist, survival, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ecuador, andes mountains
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Goin' Down the Road (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Story of desolation as two friends travel from Nova Scotia to Toronto in hope of finding a better life. Drifting from job to job: bottling plant, car wash, bowling alley, newspaper delivery, and in between enjoying the night life of the big city. ...
Style: disturbing, independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: on the road, friendship, friends, female nudity, survival, train, waitress, snow, bowling, pregnancy, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 70s
Place: canada, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, toronto ontario canada
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, road movie, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, addiction, psychedelia, trippy, surrealism, american dream, hallucination, drug, journalist ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: las vegas, usa
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 7.3
 35K
The Way (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style: emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: travel, road trip, journey, traveler, pilgrimage, death of son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust, father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, france, iberian peninsula, europe
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 5.7
 12K
Transit (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A family on a road trip is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in their car.
Style: serious, realistic, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: road trip, on the road, father son relationship, family in danger, on the run, heist, husband wife relationship, swamp, expedition, car chase, stash, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
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The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, embarks on a journey in search of his real self.
Style: touching, emotional, road movie, serious, realistic ...
Plot: on the road, communism, birthday, hopes, self discovery, immigrant, fall in love, migration, grandfather grandson relationship, emigration, travel, european ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: serbia, eastern europe, germany, europe, italy ...
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 7.0
 55K
Away We Go (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, road movie, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, on the road, family drama, love story, love, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity, travel ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: arizona, colorado, wisconsin, usa, montreal ...
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The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A rich young Japanese man travels to Australia with the intention of buying a Citroën DS car (the goddess of the film's title - nicknamed the Déesse, after its initials in French, déesse being French for "goddess") that he has ...
Style: serious, stylized, melancholic, captivating, touching ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, on the road, sexual abuse, child abuse, obsessive quest, self discovery, couples, attempted rape, unlikely partners, husband wife relationship, death, murder ...
Time: 90s, future, year 1967
Place: australia, japan, asia, tokyo
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The Volcano (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull causes major disruptions to travelers' plans around the world. For Alain and Valérie, it's a catastrophe. Because to make it to the small Greek village in time for their ...
Style: road movie, humorous, cynical, romantic, realistic ...
Plot: ex husband ex wife relationship, on the road, nothing goes right, dark humor, car chase, fight for supremacy, road accident, woman fights a man, wedding, family conflict, con trick, travel ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: france, somalia, europe, iceland, greece
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Give Me Your Hand (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Quentin and Antoine are 18-year-old twins. Without their father knowing it, they set out on a voyage to Spain, where their mother's funeral is to ake place. The two brothers barely knew their mother. Their hitchhiking journey is full of ...
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, road movie ...
Plot: gay, gay brother, estranged mother, twins, road trip, lgbt, on the road, funeral, hitchhiker, brother brother relationship, gay teenager, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, spain, france
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Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his influence. Now a Pink Lady selling cosmetics, she seems to inadvertently bring harm to any Elvis impersonators she encounters. After a bizarre car accident ...
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining
Audience: date night
Plot: on the road, partner, music, unlikely couple, elvis impersonator, disorder, hidden identity, elvis presley, advertising agency, self discovery, serial killer, special agent ...
Time: 1950s, 2000s, year 1958
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada, memphis, texas
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 5.0
 3K
Bingo (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents (Cindy ...
Style: humorous, touching, not serious, spoof, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, friendship, on the road, rescue, american football, escapades, youth, pets, kidnapping, childhood, coming of age, animal protagonist ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 4K
Eureka (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 217 min.
Story: In Kyushu, southwest Japan, one hot summer morning, a municipal bus is hijacked. In the carnage only three people survive: the driver, a school girl, and her older brother.
Style: bleak, psychological, enigmatic, lyrical, sincere ...
Plot: road trip, on the road, bus driver, haunted by the past, family relations, serial killer, orphan, starting over, hijacking, bus, redemption, asian ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style: touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: prodigy, genius, young heroes, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, loneliness, cowboy, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, tragedy ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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 5.1
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Cosmopolis (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Portugal, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
Style: bleak, philosophical, art house, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: wall street, billionaire, on the road, murder, social decay, downfall, losing-it hero, city life, lifestyle, dialogue, cyberpunk, adaptation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country ...
Style: humorous, talky, funny, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: on the road, road trip, love and romance, unfulfillment, infidelity, buddies, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, couple relations, nothing goes right, partner, friends ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, arkansas, nevada, reno nevada
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The Giants (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Brothers Danny and Zak, 15 and 13 & 3/4 are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent out the ...
Style: touching, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: youth, teenager, brother brother relationship, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, drug dealer, on the road, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, when the parents are away, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, art house, lgbt cinema, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, homosexual, friendship, homosexuality, friendship between men, lgbt, male prostitute, character study, alienation, unrequited love, love, road trip ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: idaho, portland oregon, seattle, rome italy, indiana ...
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Central Station (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Style: touching, feel good, emotional, road movie, realistic ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, road trip, teacher, on the road, children, homeless, letter, poverty, youth, adoption, great ending ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro
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The Heart Refuses to Listen (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Runaway heiress in search of her beloved falls in love with another man on the way.
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: father daughter relationship, on the road, unlikely couple, fall in love, opposites attract, love and romance, on the run, chases and races, rescue, private detective, heiress, bus ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
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 5.6
 1K
Back Roads (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Style: road movie, realistic, humorous, semi serious, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hitchhiking, on the road, police, love and romance, hopes, couples, male female relationship, prostitute, fight, survival, lost girl, outlaw ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place: california, alabama
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 5.5
 21K
Hick (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Style: touching, realistic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, hitchhiker, teenage runaway, on the road, nymphet, alcoholic, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, lolita, youth, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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 7.2
 20K
The Great Race (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. ...
Style: epic, funny, slapstick, road movie, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: swashbuckler, car, racing, royalty, sword fight, on the road, steampunk, race, mechanic, auto racing, road trip, drunkenness ...
Time: 1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: alaska, paris france, new york, america, france ...
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 5.6
 63K
RV (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the McNeive family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one ...
Style: funny, feel good, road movie, entertaining, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: road trip, camping, family vacation, workaholic, motor home, father daughter relationship, vacation, on the road, happy ending, family values, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, nevada, utah, pasadena california
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 6.2
 6K
Flashback (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar ...
Style: entertaining, emotional, light, witty, humorous ...
Plot: lsd, friendship, train, chase, on the road, fbi, hippie, unlikely friendships, prison, criminal heroes, partner, mistaken identity ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: oregon, usa
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: steampunk, martial arts, inventor, scientist, journey, friendship, road trip, train, on the road, one against many, chase, travel ...
Time: 19th century, year 2004, victorian era, 2000s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, london, china, turkey, san francisco ...
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