BFI's 100 Road Movies
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From the earliest days of American cinema, the road movie has been synonymous with American culture and the image America has presented both to itself and the world. But the road movie is not uniquely American, and other national cinemas have offered their own take, adapting it to reflect their own sensibilities and geographies. Whatever its nationality, the road movie has presented a means by which to challenge and confront convention, remaining an ever-changing, fascinating metaphor for life.
Beginning with an expansive essay tracing its historical development, "100 Road Movies" provides a comprehensive guide to the development of what is perhaps one of the most enduring, popular, and reflexive of sub-genres.
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Gallivant
1996, in 5 top lists Check -
42 new
The Last Run
1971, in 1 top list Check -
39 new
Topio stin omihli
1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check -
16 new
Caro diario
1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check -
12 new
Candy Mountain
1987, in 3 top lists Check -
10 new
Bye Bye Brasil
1980 — a.k.a. Bye Bye Brazil, in 4 top lists Check -
76 new
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1992, in 1 top list Check -
43 new
The Leather Boys
1964, in 1 top list Check -
9 new
Butterfly Kiss
1995 — a.k.a. Killer on the Road, in 1 top list Check -
66 new
Feux rouges
2004 — a.k.a. Red Lights, in 1 top list Check -
75 new
Simple Men
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
63 new
Powwow Highway
1988, in 1 top list Check -
37 new
Im Lauf der Zeit
1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check -
44 new
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989, in 4 top lists Check -
91 new
Vendredi soir
2002 — a.k.a. Friday Night, in 2 top lists Check -
45 new
The Living End
1992, in 3 top lists Check -
60 new
Professione: reporter
1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check -
82 new
The Sure Thing
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
96 new
Khane-ye doust kodjast?
1987 — a.k.a. Where Is the Friend's House?, in 15 top lists Check -
67 new
Vozvrashchenie
2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check -
93 new
Viaggio in Italia
1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check -
46 new
Lost in America
1985, in 5 top lists Check -
68 new
Qian li zou dan qi
2005 — a.k.a. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, in 2 top lists Check -
7 new
Broken Flowers
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
89 new
Les valseuses
1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check -
13 new
The Cannonball Run
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
8 new
The Brown Bunny
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
1 new
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994, in 6 top lists Check -
86 new
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
64 new
Radio On
1979, in 3 top lists Check -
80 new
The Sugarland Express
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
79 new
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
53 new
My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
31 new
The Hit
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
73 new
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
52 new
Diarios de motocicleta
2004 — a.k.a. The Motorcycle Diaries, in 4 top lists Check -
40 new
The Last Detail
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
25 new
Get on the Bus
1996, in 1 top list Check -
17 new
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
85 new
Thunder Road
1958, in 1 top list Check -
35 new
Kalifornia
1993, in 1 top list Check -
70 new
Roadside Prophets
1992, in 1 top list Check -
99 new
Wolf Creek
2005, in 3 top lists Check -
62 new
Poetic Justice
1993, in 1 top list Check -
50 new
Midnight Run
1988, in 4 top lists Check -
69 new
Road to Morocco
1942, in 4 top lists Check -
2 new
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
30 new
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
59 new
Paper Moon
1973, in 7 top lists Check -
90 new
Vanishing Point
1971, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on May 22, 2012; source