The Blu-ray.com Community's Top 20 Road Movies

[jabbercash]

Blu-ray.com Community's Top 20 Road Movies

I think that the "Road Movie" is one of the most fun sub-genres in film.

A road movie is classified as "a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives."

Any movie that involves taking a trip/fleeing to a certain destination, or any film that generally takes place in on the road is elligible.

Something like Taxi Driver wouldn't be eligible because there is no destination, just a guy driving around New York. Something like Dazed and Confused wouldn't qualify since it's mostly teens driving around their neighborhood. Straight adventure films like Lawrence of Arabia, Lord of The Rings, or Forrest Gump do not qualify.



If you're in need of some examples:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_movie

I'm going by the general grading system of most of these threads.

01. 30 points
02. 25 points
03. 20 points
04. 17 points
05. 16 points
06. 15 points
07. 14 points
08. 13 points
09. 12 points
10. 11 points
11. 10 points
12. 9 points
13. 8 points
14. 7 points
15. 6 points
16. 5 points
17. 4 points
18. 3 points
19. 2 points
20. 1 point

Voters must have a minimum of 10 titles, and a maximum of 20.

Deadline is January 21st, 2017!

[jabbercash]

1. True Romance
2. Thelma and Louise
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
5. Almost Famous
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. Hell or High Water
8. Rain Man
9. Freeway
10. Bonnie and Clyde
11. Little Miss Sunshine
12. Red Rock West
13. A Perfect World
14. Nebraska
15. Badlands
16. Wild At Heart
17. Natural Born Killers
18. Sideways
19. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
20. Zombieland

[headphones]

1. Spongebob Squarepants Movie
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
4. Toy Story
5. Bolt
6. Toy Story 2
7. Rugrats Go Wild
8. The Lion King
9. The Country Bears
10. Rat Race
11. Rugrats Go Wild
12. Looney Tunes Back in Action
13. The Hangover
14. The Polar Express
15. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
16. A Goofy Movie
17. Zombieland
18. Cars
19. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
20. Rain Man

[esteban²]

Yes, great one. It was one of my upcoming topics for a 'vote list', but I have plenty more, so I'm glad someone else is doing it.

So, just to make sure : 'Finding Nemo' and 'Finding Dory' count, right? Since they are road movies under water.

Now I have some extra motivation to finally check out 'The Straight Story'.

[jabbercash]

Originally Posted by headphones

Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Rugrats Go Wild
Bolt
The Country Bears
The Lion King
Looney Tunes Back in Action
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
The Hangover
My Blue Heaven
Rat Race
Tropic Thunder
Holes
Zootopia

I don't do ranking. So this is in no particular order. However I would put Spongebob at #1 if I did.

I would only say The Hangover, The Spongebob Movie, Bolt, and Looney Tunes Back in Action really qualifies.

[jabbercash]

Originally Posted by esteban²

Yes, great one. It was one of my upcoming topics for a 'vote list', but I have plenty more, so I'm glad someone else is doing it.

So, just to make sure : 'Finding Nemo' and 'Finding Dory' count, right? Since they are road movies under water.

Now I have some extra motivation to finally check out 'The Straight Story'.

Those stretch it a bit, but I guess they could work. I would try to stick to films that actually take place on the road though.

[esteban²]

To be honest, I don't think 'Finding Nemo' is a 'stretch' at all. It actually is a pure road movie (under water), more than it is anything else. If there's one animated movie out there that fits the genre 100%, it's this one.

But it's your thread and for you to decide.

[principehomura]

Films such as The Palm Beach Story, Sullivan's Travel or It Happened One Night are considered road movies?

[ZeTi]

1. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
2. Vanishing Point
3. Easy Rider
4. Two Lane Blacktop
5. Blues Brothers
6. Mad Max
7. Convoy
8. Smokey and the Bandit
9. Hitch-Hike
10. Over the Top

[principehomura]

01) The Wizard of Oz (V. Fleming, 1939)
02) The Straight Story (D. Lynch, 1999)
03) The Color of Money (M. Scorsese, 1986)
04) Paper Moon (P. Bogdanovich, 1973)
05) It Happened One Night (F. Capra, 1934)
06) Sullivan's Travels (P. Sturges, 1941)
07) Stand by Me (R. Reiner, 1986)
08) Some Like it Hot (B. Wilder, 1959)
09) They Call Me Renegade (E. Barboni, 1987)
10) A Goofy Movie (K. Lima, 1995)
11) The Palm Beach Story (P. Sturges, 1942)
12) Into the Wild (S. Penn, 2007)
13) Il Sorpasso (D. Risi, 1962)
14) Badlands (T. Malick, 1973)
15) Starman (J. Carpenter, 1984)
16) Hell or High Water (D. Mackenzie, 2016)
17) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (J. Hughes, 1987)
18) The Wizard (T. Holland, 1989)
19) Blues Brothers (J. Landis, 1980)
20) Finding Nemo (A. Stanton, 2003)

[Batmon77]

1) The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training
2) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
3) Vanishing Point
4) Road Trip
5) Eurotrip
6) Road Warrior
7) Paper Moon
8) Get On The Bus
9) Pee Wee's Big Adventure
10) The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
11)

[Foggy]

I wouldn't even call The Hangover a road movie (they only move around Las Vegas). Let alone Toy Story (they get trapped literally next door) and The Lion King (they physically can't even drive, let alone actually have any roads in them).

[Gerby]

This was a really hard task whittling my list down to 20. There were at least another 20 that I didn't want to leave off my list.

01. The Passenger (1975)
02. Sorcerer (1977)
03. It Happened One Night (1934)
04. Radio On (1979)
05. The Golden Dream (2013)
06. La Strada (1954)
07. Harry & Tonto (1974)
08. Wild Boys Of The Road (1933)
09. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
10. Midnight Run (1988)
11. The Straight Story (1999)
12. Coupe De Ville (1990)
13. Lost In America (1985)
14. Goodbye Pork Pie (1980)
15. Fandango (1985)
16. Race With The Devil (1975)
17. Wild At Heart (1990)
18. Cold Fever (1995)
19. Messidor (1979)
20. Hard Core Logo (1996)

[Daveismyhero]

Would films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and American Graffiti count?

[jabbercash]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

Work in progress. Updates incoming. Let me know if any are ineligible.

Broken Flowers
The Rover
Nebraska
Goodbye Pork Pie
The World's Fastest Indian
Inside Llewyn Davis
Locke
The Color Wheel
Mr. Bean's Holiday
...

How did I forget this? I'm going to have to revise my list. As for Locke, I'm not sure. The film's not really about the destination or a goal, it's just a character study that happens to take place in the car.

Originally Posted by principehomura

Films such as The Palm Beach Story, Sullivan's Travel or It Happened One Night are considered road movies?

I have not seen any of those so I wouldn't know. Films that usually involve a trip or take place mostly on the road or in a car qualify. The genre is limited so stretches can be made, but I'd try to stick as close to that idea as possible.

Originally Posted by Foggy

I wouldn't even call The Hangover a road movie (they only move around Las Vegas). Let alone Toy Story (they get trapped literally next door) and The Lion King (they physically can't even drive, let alone actually have any roads in them).

I'd say The Hangover definitely works. The first act of the film is them driving to Vegas and most of the film revolves around that.

Originally Posted by Daveismyhero

Would films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and American Graffiti count?

I don't think those qualify because it's mostly them hanging out around town, rather than it being any kind of trip. Dazed and Confused similary wouldn't really fit.

[dommie]

1. Hell or High Water
2. Road to Perdition
3. The Getaway (1972)
4. Midnight Run
5. North by Northwest
6. Five Easy Pieces
7. Book of Eli
8. Thelma and Louise
9. Easy Rider
10. Almost Famous
11. Sideways
12. Bonnie and Clyde
13. It Happened One Night
14. Starman
15. High Sierra (1941)
16. Saboteur (1942)
17. Sorcerer
18. Rain Man
19. Nebraska
20. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

I consider the two Hitchcock films, North by Northwest and Sabateur, to be road films as they spend a lot of time traveling from location to location. High Sierra works for me in the same manner. If any of these don't qualify, I'll swap them out.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

1. True Romance
2. Rain Man
3. Paper Moon
4. Natural Born Killers
5. Get Him to the Greek
6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7. 3000 Miles to Graceland
8. Road to Perdition
9. Inside Llewyn Davis
10. Detroit Rock City
11. The Wizard
12. Drugstore Cowboy
13. Joy Ride
14. Kalifornia
15. Midnight Run
16. Kingpin
17. Something Wild
18. Thelma and Louise
19. The Hitcher 1986
20. Vacation

[Mrdamron]

1. Five Easy Pieces
2. Easy Rider
3. Paper Moon
4. Bonnie & Clyde
5. O Brother Where Art Thou?
6. The Last Detail
7. Thelma & Louise
8. It Happened One Night
9. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
10. Rain Man
11. Midnight Run
12. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
13. Sideways
14. National Lampoon's Vacation
15. My Own Private Idaho
16. Wild at Heart
17. True Romance
18. Two Lane Blacktop
19. Natural Born Killers
20. Drugstore Cowboy

This is without counting North by Northwest, The Hustler or it's sequel, or any of the Wes Anderson films as "Road" Movies.

[CZAR]

1. Road to Perdition
2. Natural Born Killers
3. Dumb and Dumber
4. Cars
5. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
6. The Book of Eli
7. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
8. Thelma & Louise
9. The Chase
10. Joy Ride
11. Wild Hogs
12. The Cannonball Run
13. Smokey and the Bandit
14. Convoy
15. Get on the Bus
16. Road Trip
17. Sex Drive
18. Soul Men
19. Kalifornia

Got Em!!

[Hucksta G]

I love road movies! Let me know if any don't qualify [I have loads of backups *wish this was a top 25*, am I pushing it with Hana-Bi, Elizabethtown, and Carol? They weren't listed on the Wikipedia page]

1. Almost Famous
2. Into the Wild
3. Road to Perdition
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6. Hana-Bi
7. Paris, Texas
8. The Road
9. Wild at Heart
10. Hell or High Water
11. Elizabethtown
12. Bonnie and Clyde
13. Borat
14. Carol
15. The Muppets
16. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
17. Sideways
18. The Darjeeling Limited
19. Easy Rider
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien