BFI's 100 Road Movies
As seen by theBlackLodge
You are viewing theblacklodge's version of this list. You can view your version too.
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Timec).
Favorited 72 times, disliked 0 times, added to 80 watchlists.
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.
Pssst, want to check out the BFI's 100 Road Movies list in our new look?
Filter
-
91 new
Vendredi soir
2002 — a.k.a. Friday Night, in 2 top lists Check -
6 new
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
89 new
Les valseuses
1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check -
16 new
Caro diario
1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check -
10 new
Bye Bye Brasil
1980 — a.k.a. Bye Bye Brazil, in 4 top lists Check -
86 new
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
8 new
The Brown Bunny
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
40 new
The Last Detail
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
57 new
One False Move
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
32 new
In This World
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
7 new
Broken Flowers
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
1 new
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994, in 6 top lists Check -
46 new
Lost in America
1985, in 5 top lists Check -
44 new
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989, in 4 top lists Check -
96 new
Khane-ye doust kodjast?
1987 — a.k.a. Where Is the Friend's House?, in 15 top lists Check -
18 new
Drugstore Cowboy
1989, in 7 top lists Check -
37 new
Im Lauf der Zeit
1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check -
60 new
Professione: reporter
1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check -
93 new
Viaggio in Italia
1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check -
73 new
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
31 new
The Hit
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
39 new
Topio stin omihli
1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check -
95 new
Week End
1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check -
79 new
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
47 new
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
13 new
The Cannonball Run
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
88 new
Sans toit ni loi
1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check -
17 new
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
30 new
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
23 new
Five Easy Pieces
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
62 new
Poetic Justice
1993, in 1 top list Check -
87 new
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971, in 13 top lists Check -
100 new
Y tu mamá también
2001, in 15 top lists Check -
99 new
Wolf Creek
2005, in 3 top lists Check -
59 new
Paper Moon
1973, in 7 top lists Check -
5 new
Boys on the Side
1995, in 1 top list Check -
35 new
Kalifornia
1993, in 1 top list Check -
77 new
La strada
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
90 new
Vanishing Point
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
67 new
Vozvrashchenie
2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check -
36 new
Kikujirô no natsu
1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check -
2 new
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
52 new
Diarios de motocicleta
2004 — a.k.a. The Motorcycle Diaries, in 4 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 -
55 new
Near Dark
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
19 new
Duel
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
54 new
Natural Born Killers
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
50 new
Midnight Run
1988, in 4 top lists Check -
61 new
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
1987, in 4 top lists Check -
78 new
The Straight Story
1999, in 10 top lists Check
Last updated on May 22, 2012; source