Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Road Movie: 125 Films to Buy & Rent
- Kings of the Road (1976)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
- Two men embark on an odyssey of discovery along Germany's East/West border. A thoughtful, illuminating road movie that will ultimately reward…
- Passenger, The (1975)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider
- Jack Nicholson stars in this slow but absorbing parable about a dissatisfied TV journalist on location in Africa, who exchanges his identity with a…
- Wrong Move (1975)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Rudiger Vogler, Nastassja Kinski
- A young writer works through his artistic angst and laments the decline of German society in Wenders disquieting road movie. Downbeat, but compelling…
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel…
- Resonant account of a young widow trying to secure self–assurance and financial stability for herself and her pre–teen son. Scorsese's…
- Alice in the Cities (1974)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Rudiger Vogler, Yella Rottlander, Lisa Kreuzer
- A German journalist's homeward trek is diverted through various cities when he helps a young companion re–locate her family. Wenders'…
- Harry & Tonto (Harry and Tonto) (1974)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Rene Enriquez…
- Art Carney won the Oscar for his performance as a retiree embarking on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
- Wim Wenders Road Movies (Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of the Road) (1974-1976)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
- Boxset compilation of a further three Wim Wenders touchstones, each variations on the quintessential road movie.
- Paper Moon (1973)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal
- An inventive and enjoyable pastiche of the films from the golden age. Ryan O'Neal stars as a con–man who befriends a 9–year–old…
- Scarecrow (1973)
- Dir. Jerry Schatzberg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Al Pacino
- Modest drama charts the therapeutic relationship between two drifters who seek redemption. Sombre moral tale about ordinary people is the kind rarely…
- Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, The (1971)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Arthur Brauss
- Enigmatic tale of a maturing goalkeeper who abandons his soccer team and ambles about Germany. Dir. Wender's typical sketchbook narrative provides…