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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  1. 37 new

    Im Lauf der Zeit

    1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 73 new

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 92 new

    El viaje

    1992 — a.k.a. The Journey, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 89 new

    Les valseuses

    1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 94 new

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 83 new

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 28 new

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 74 new

    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 39 new

    Topio stin omihli

    1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 52 new

    Diarios de motocicleta

    2004 — a.k.a. The Motorcycle Diaries, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 50 new

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 60 new

    Professione: reporter

    1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 49 new

    Messidor

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 84 new

    Thieves Like Us

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 36 new

    Kikujirô no natsu

    1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 25 new

    Get on the Bus

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  17. 71 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 54 new

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 35 new

    Kalifornia

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  20. 48 new

    Merci la vie

    1991 — a.k.a. Merci La Vie, in 1 top list Check
  21. 5 new

    Boys on the Side

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  22. 86 new

    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 6 new

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 78 new

    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 4 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  26. 80 new

    The Sugarland Express

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 67 new

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 41 new

    Last Orders

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 62 new

    Poetic Justice

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  30. 27 new

    Le grand voyage

    2004 — a.k.a. The Great Journey, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 43 new

    The Leather Boys

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  32. 77 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 68 new

    Qian li zou dan qi

    2005 — a.k.a. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 7 new

    Broken Flowers

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 100 new

    Y tu mamá también

    2001, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 66 new

    Feux rouges

    2004 — a.k.a. Red Lights, in 1 top list Check
  37. 29 new

    Guantanamera

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  38. 57 new

    One False Move

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 88 new

    Sans toit ni loi

    1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 75 new

    Simple Men

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 95 new

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 1 new

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    1994, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 21 new

    Exils

    2004 — a.k.a. Exiles, in 1 top list Check
  44. 34 new

    Günese Yolculuk

    1999 — a.k.a. Journey to the Sun, in 1 top list Check
  45. 40 new

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 53 new

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 64 new

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 22 new

    Familia rodante

    2004 — a.k.a. Rolling Family, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 59 new

    Paper Moon

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 87 new

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 22, 2012; source