Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 271 Films to Buy & Rent
- Bondi Tsunami (2004)
- Dir. Rachael Lucas
Feat. Keita Abe, Taki Abe, Nobuhisa Ikeda…
- A surfee, road–movie oddity in which two Japanese surfers travel the breaks and landmarks of Australia, in a beer–fueled dope…
- Coast to Coast (2004)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair…
- Audience faves Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss play a married couple on the verge of divorce who take a road trip together in this witty but…
- Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
- Dir. Joel Zwick
Feat. John Corbett, Kim Basinger, Denise Richards…
- A goofy roadtrip from the dir. of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, in which a depressed advertising executive (Corbett) hooks up with a cosmetics saleswoman…
- Eurotrip (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Schaffer
Feat. Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg…
- The makers of ROADTRIP detour into the (moderately) 'bad taste' potential of a European holiday, as an American student attempts to track down a…
- Exils (Exiles) (2004)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Romain Duris
- Possibly dir. Gatlif's most exuberant and personal film yet, this observes a bohemian French couple's journey southwards to their family's respective…
- Great Journey, The (Grand Voyage, Le) (2004)
- Dir. Ismaël Ferroukhi
Feat. Nicolas Cazalé
- A few weeks before his college entrance exams, a young man finds himself obligated to drive his stubborn father to Mecca. From France through Italy,…
- Land of Plenty (2004)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Michelle Williams, John Diehl
- There's good intentions aplenty in dir. Wenders latest dramatic meditation on the state of post–9/11 America, set mainly around the…
- Long Way Round (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
- An engrossing 'reality' show which tags along with actor Ewan McGregor (TRAINSPOTTING) and his best friend Charley Boorman on an improvised…
- Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) (2004)
- Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mercedes Morán
- Sumptuously filmed two–wheeled road trip across 1950s South America with the youthful, asthmatic Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Bernal), and friend…
- Sideways (2004)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen…
- Reserve quality odd–couple comedy–drama from the consistent talent behind ELECTION and ABOUT SCHMIDT, about two middle–aged friends…