Cross country movies and TV shows – page 5

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Run, Appaloosa, Run (1966)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: In the Nez Perce nation, usually girls may not ride in a certain dangerous "suicide" cross-country and downhill horse race, but trick rider Mary and her exceptional horse Holly Smoke get the chief's permission to do so.
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, sibling relationship, race against time, woman horse relationship, rider horse relationship, girl dog relationship, girl, dog, racing, family relations, boy horse relationship ...
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If I Had Wings (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: blind man, blind boy, disability, asthma, blindness, hopes, against the odds, friendship, unlikely partners, ambition, human spirit, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 4K
Gone (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot: road trip, infidelity, wilderness, psychopath, couples, missing person, dishonesty, couple relations, mysterious character, woman in danger, on the road, vacation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
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The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Henry Fonda plays Elegant John, an old trucker who steals back his prized rig in California and takes off with almost no money. His Kenworth tractor has the name Eleanor on it. Elegant John once met Eleanor Roosevelt. He pulls a Fruehauf van with a ...
Style: road movie, independent film, crying
Plot: trucker, truck, sex work, hitchhiker, truck driver, car chase, trucking, stoner, crooked cop, cross country trip, on the road, prostitution ...
Time: 70s
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I Won't Come Back (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her ...
Style: touching, sincere, road movie, serious, tragic ending ...
Plot: orphan, teenage life, friends, false accusation, odd couple, obsessive quest, escapades, friendship, young girl, escape, little girl, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, europe, kazakhstan, russia
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Charlot og Charlotte (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
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Story: Cool city girl Charlot ends up with lonely naive country girl Charlotte on a road trip together across Denmark. On their trip to Skagen on the top of Denmark they have many strange and existential experiences, meeting among others an angel, a ...
Style: road movie
Plot: satire, friendship, cross dressing, surrealism, female protagonist, psychopath, blonde, road trip, hitchhiking, transvestite, police, airport ...
Place: denmark, scandinavia
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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Having been adopted by the madam of a southwestern brothel, a now adult Adrian must cope with the fact that he's Satan's kid, and not living up to his expectations.
Style: creepy, psychotronic, surprise ending
Plot: occult, evil child, demon, childbirth, satanic ritual, religion, faith, exorcism, doom, satan, witch, child born of rape ...
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Cab to Canada (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An elderly woman (Maureen O'Hara) and a young cabby (Jason Beghe) seek life's meaning as they drive from California to Canada.
Style: road movie
Plot: taxi, driver, single mother, boy, road trip, friendship, male female relationship, old woman, old age, taxi driver, on the road, father figure ...
Place: vancouver, pasadena california
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 7.4
 19
Colorum (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: a film by Jobin Ballesteros.
Style: independent film
Plot: only son, writers, getting home, extortion, cell phone, cigarette smoking, beach, escape, beer, interview, accident, male nudity ...
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 7.0
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Road Movie (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads. They also have to pay off highway cops when their rigs are overweight and bank loans but consider themselves lucky just to ...
Style: road movie, independent film, crying
Plot: truck, trucker, passenger, sleeping, hitchhiker, labor, fight, abuse, highway, mining, sadness, insurance ...
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, chicago
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 6.1
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Easy Prey (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a true story, a serial killer abducts his latest victim from a mall and assaults her. Confused by her atypical reaction, he doesn't kill her, but instead takes her along as he continues on his killing spree. Meanwhile, the authorities ...
Style: factual
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, age difference, rape, kidnapping, murder, stockholm syndrome, child kidnapping, killer, fugitive, police, on the run, female protagonist ...
Place: miami
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Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
Style: road movie
Plot: biker, racing, auto racing, chase, speed, motorcycle, race, motorcycle racing, sabotage, cross country
Time: 1920s, year 1979
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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the ...
Plot: christmas, youth, santa claus, runaway girl, factory owner, family relations, balloon, little girl, african american, train, criminal, limousine ...
Place: los angeles
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Trouble on Wheels (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After the death of his wife and father, Kudret, who has always lived by the book, decides to go on a road trip to save a girl.
Style: road movie
Plot: chase, road trip, on the road, job interview, gas station, cross country, runaway, clown, cleavage, fair
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style: realistic, retro, intellectual, serious, touching ...
Plot: jazz, biopic, african american, drug abuse, music, blaxploitation, drug addiction, black, racism, blues, musician, singer ...
Time: 1930s, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place: america, harlem, new york city, usa, new york, baltimore ...
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Leaving No Trace (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, realistic
Plot: self discovery, life is a bitch, friendship, drug dealing, society, on the road, partner, travel, escape, hitchhiker, beach, seaside ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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 5.9
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La Cucaracha (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.
Style: independent film, neo noir, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: hospital, desert, hitman, vengeance, haunted by the past, dark humor, writer's life, redemption, betrayal, rivalry, goat, rescue ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey, mexico, latin america, usa
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 6.3
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Lily in Winter (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, emotional, touching, feel good ...
Plot: black, youth, family relations, interracial relations, switching roles, nanny, society, on the run, missing person, racism, kidnapping, bittersweet ...
Time: 90s
Place: alabama, new york, usa, southern usa, manhattan new york city
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Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) is a movie comedy starring Rosalind Russell and Stella Stevens. The film is a sequel to The Trouble with Angels (1966) and was written by Blanche Hanalis from a story by Jane Trahey, and directed by James ...
Style: road movie, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: mother superior, nun, clergy, catholic, convent, church, monk, nunsploitation, girl power, religion, boarding school, bishop ...
Time: 60s
Place: california, usa, new mexico, pennsylvania, arizona
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Agent Zero (Miki Sugimoto) is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's ...
Style: grindhouse, controversial, disturbing, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, sexploitation, exploitation, fraternity, revenge, pink film, gangster, martial arts, samurai, woman, vigilante, rapist ...
Time: 70s
Place: japan, asia
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 6.2
 500
Sylvester (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.
Style: fairy tale, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: girl horse relationship, horse, equestrian, strong female lead, wild west, horse race, family relations, orphan, attempted rape, animal life, friends, power relations ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, kentucky
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Cannonball Fever (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? ...
Style: humorous, road movie, independent film, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: car chase, racing, auto racing, race, classic car, chase, car, carsploitation, car race, on the road, satire, fast car ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
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 1K
Smash Palace (1981)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms ...
Style: retro, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: marital rape, kidnapping, love affair, car, race, chase, family relations, racecar driver, domestic violence, daughter, junkyard, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1981, future, 80s
Place: new zealand
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The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Style: biting, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, sex, lgbt, coming of age, gay man has sex with a woman, lgbtq, satire, pregnancy, age difference, dark humor, death, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: louisiana, canada, las vegas, los angeles, palm springs california ...
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One Week (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to ...
Style: road movie, realistic, meditative, bad ending, philosophical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, road trip, travel, self discovery, terminal illness, cancer, on the road, solitude, depression, beautiful scenery, coming of age, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ontario canada, pacific ocean, british columbia, toronto ontario canada
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Nurse Betty (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, light, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: happy ending, murder, medical, psychology, hospital, memory loss, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest, road trip, mental illness, killer ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, kansas, usa, kansas city ...
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Napoleon (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, pets, golden retriever, balloon, family relations, survival, odd couple, youth, getting home, rescue, young heroes, danger ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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My One and Only (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: road trip, coming of age, parents and children, obsessive quest, siblings relations, teenage life, starting over, father son relationship, teenager, writers, mother, lgbt ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1953
Place: usa, kansas city, philadelphia, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
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The Muppet Movie (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of ...
Style: funny, humorous, uplifting, grindhouse, avant garde ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, road trip, puppet, mad scientist, children, friendship, puppetry, hollywood, eternal love, pig, chaos, good versus evil ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, georgia, usa, los angeles
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Mr. Billion (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: race against time, mechanic, chase, gangster, inheritance, cons and scams, rich and poor, kidnapping, fish out of water, rise to the top, misfit, human spirit ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, europe, italy, usa, san francisco
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