Road movie movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant road movie movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out road movie, realistic, interesting, weird, visually appealing and entertaining films and TV shows about / with on the road, road trip, storytelling, runaway, dialogue, mentor, travel, catastrophe, chase and vengeance 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 road movie: Into the Wild (2007), We're the Millers (2013), RV (2006), Thelma & Louise (1991), Duel (1971), On the Road (2012), Nomadland (2020), Interstate 60 (2002), And Your Mother Too! (2001), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
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692K
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:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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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:
hilarious, road movie, humorous, laugh out loud, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, nothing goes right, parenthood, journey, smuggling, camping, marijuana, adolescence, homeless teenager, drug dealing, pretense ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, colorado, arizona, north america ...
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67K
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, road movie, entertaining, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
road trip, family vacation, camping, vacation, workaholic, motor home, father daughter relationship, on the road, happy ending, parents and children, siblings relations, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, utah, nevada, pasadena california ...
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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, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
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86K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style:
road movie, creepy, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
car chase, desert, chase, truck, road rage, psychopath, driving, truck driver, duel, mysterious villain, on the road, pursuit ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
california, persia, usa, los angeles, canada
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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, inspirational, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, writers, beat generation, homoeroticism, nude, infidelity, homoerotic friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, poetry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 1950s, year 1951, year 1949 ...
Place:
nebraska, arizona, california, usa, virginia ...
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216K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
van, homeless, motor home, on the road, loss of job, road trip, nomad, journey, desert, homelessness, skinny dipping, healing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
nevada, nebraska, arizona
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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, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, life philosophy, dream girl, choice, alternate reality, twists and turns, mentor, on the road, self fulfillment, wish come true, surrealism ...
Time:
year 2002, future, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, st. louis missouri
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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, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time:
year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style:
road movie, funny, visually stunning, dark comedy, epic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
prison escape, great depression, blues, on the run, small town, roman empire, country music, dark humor, music, runaway, satire, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
mississippi, ancient greece, persia, america, greece ...
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123K
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, independent film, cult classic, avant garde ...
Plot:
road trip, hippie, on the road, existentialism, motorcycle, marijuana, rebelliousness, friendship, biker, self discovery, rock music, stoner ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
california, new mexico, alabama, arizona, louisiana ...
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68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.
Style:
road movie, light, entertaining, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, classmate, friendship between boys, teenage boy, alcoholic mother, junkyard, birthday party, youth, fall in love, teenage love, mother son relationship, gay ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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673K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style:
feel good, road movie, uplifting, funny, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
racism, road trip, musician, interracial friendship, travel, lgbtq, racial prejudice, journey, friendship, driver, black american, dignity ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
southern usa, bronx new york city, america, birmingham alabama, new york ...
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11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
Style:
suspense, road movie, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
truck, rescue, car chase, chases and races, chase, fugitives, gang, arms dealer, rivalry, on the run, danger, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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81K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, truck driver, truck, prank, twists and turns, paranoia, psychopath, brother brother relationship, torture, brutality, road trip, trap ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
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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, melancholic, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, escapades, coming of age, suicide attempt, journey ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, north america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, touching, cult classic, visual ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
road trip, old age, brother brother relationship, elderly man, on the road, small town, senior citizen, determination, aging, family feud, illness, highway ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, mississippi, nebraska, usa, wisconsin
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127K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, Poland, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, prison escape, escape, journey, war, pow, freedom, gulag, world war two, explorer, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 2010s
Place:
himalaya, russia, tibet, mongolia, soviet union ...
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370K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Style:
hilarious, road movie, funny, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
road trip, stupidity, weed, getting home, hitchhiker, odd couple, bonding, marijuana, trip, buddies, screwball, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
dallas texas, usa, birmingham alabama, louisiana, texas ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, USA, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
"The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style:
road movie, breathtaking, touching, political, cerebral ...
Plot:
self discovery, motorcycle, revolutionary, poverty, on the road, road trip, journey, travel, politics, idealism, revolution, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 50s, 1950s, y2k ...
Place:
latin america, south america, chile, bolivia, argentina ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Style:
road movie, disturbing, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, teenage girl, first love, misfit, teenage boy, supermarket, van, sex scene, on the road, adolescence, naked in public, motel ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017, 90s
Place:
oklahoma city, kansas city, america, oklahoma, nebraska ...
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188K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.
Style:
road movie, sexy, teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
road trip, college, sex, sex scene, nothing goes right, high school, foot fetish, sex tape, stupidity, cross country, loss of virginity, nerd ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, austin texas, new york state, boston, texas
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Genre: 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, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, road movie, teen, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, gory, desert, murder, hitchhiker, road trip, killer, sociopath, brutality, murder of family, rain ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s
Place:
texas, new mexico, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Norway, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heavy metal, rock, rock band, rock music, border, black metal, viking, small town, grave robbing, friendship, entertainment industry, punk ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, finland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, black and white, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, friendship, great depression, mischievous children, girl, tomboy, road trip, funeral, little girl, childhood trauma, bible, carnival ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
missouri, kansas, usa
Is relevant?
139K
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, touching, surreal, atmospheric, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, desert, redemption, on the road, road trip, relationships, memory, melancholy, motel, reconciliation, drifter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, houston texas, california, america ...
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248K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, inspirational, touching, culinary ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
cooking, food, chef, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, parent child relationship, restaurant owner, father son relationship, divorce, starting over, workplace problem ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
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21K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, surprise ending, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, police brutality, highway, car, corrupt sheriff, state trooper ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico ...
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