Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 271 Films to Buy & Rent
- Eversmile, New Jersey (1989)
- Dir. Carlos Sorin
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Jokovic
- Oddball dramedy with Daniel Day–Lewis taking on the role of a dentist travelling by motorbike through South America to provide locals with free…
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Total Balalaika Show) (1989)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Jim Jarmusch
- Laconic, often funny road movie follows an awful Soviet rock group with outlandish hairstyles across backwater USA. Director is Europe's answer to…
- Palin Travel Collection (1989-2007)
- Feat. Michael Palin
- Comprehensive 19–disc set containing all of Michael Palin's BBC travel documentary series including; Great Railway Journeys, Around the World…
- Roadkill (1989)
- Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar
- This first road movie from dir. Bruce McDonald (HIGHWAY 61) is possessed of a naive charm and raw energy that characterizes many of the best indie…
- Starlight Hotel (1989)
- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Greer Robson, Bruce Phillips, Alison Fraser
- A young runaway in search of her father and a reluctant fugitive become unlikely partners who manage to keep one step ahead of the police. Shot on…
- Ariel (1988)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
- A redundant miner takes his newly acquired Thunderbird to Helsinki in search of financial and emotional security, but is hampered with rotten luck. A…
- Cohen and Tate (1988)
- Dir. Eric Red
Feat. Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin
- A nine–year–old witness to a gangland murder is kidnapped by two neurotic thugs who can't bear each other. Inventive road–movie…
- Midnight Run (1988)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
- A cleverly plotted non–stop action jaunt across the States with a bounty hunter hired to bring a crooked accountant back to L.A. before the…
- Never Say Die (1988)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Temuera Morrison
- Geoff Murphy re–applies his GOODBYE PORK PIE formula for this good–natured action yarn which posits Temuera Morrison as an unwitting…
- Rain Man (1988)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
- Oscar–winning road drama featuring Dustin Hoffman's virtuoso performance as the idiot savant brother of Tom Cruise, who does equally well in a…