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Subgenre Sampler

 
DudesDudes (1987)
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Jon Cryer, Catherine Mary Stewart
A wacky road movie about a trio of New York punks who attempt to get to LA in a VW. They bargain on fame and fortune, but end up with serious…
Mark IIMark II (1987)
Dir. John Anderson
Three unemployed Maori youth embark on a bumpy ride south in their Mark II Ford Zephyr. The young novice actors exude charm and raw energy that…
Gladiator, TheGladiator, The (1986)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Ken Wahl, Robert Culp, Nancy Allen
Telemovie excursion for Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT), pummeling viewers with a patented and occasionally intriguing exercise in petrolhead…
Hitcher, TheHitcher, The (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
One of the best and most terrifying thrillers to be made in the '80s. A superbly controlled, often shocking account of a young motorist who is…
FandangoFandango (1985)
Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards
Kevin Costner landed his first leading role in this nostalgic comedy/drama about five college students from Texas in 1971 who go on a last road trip…
Lost in AmericaLost in America (1985) Recommended
Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty give up their stressful yuppie lifestyle to travel in a road–home across America, but things don't go quite to…
National Lampoon's European VacationNational Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, John Astin
Second in National Lampoon's 'Vacation' series sees the Griswald family off to Europe for a round of slapstick shenanigans with the English, French,…
Sure Thing, The (1985)
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Tim Robbins
Early John Cusack film puts an agreeable spin on the plot of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, where he and female–nemesis Daphne Zuniga uncomfortably…
VagabondVagabond (1985) Recommended
Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire
Award–winning drama that artfully presents poetic moments from young vagabond Sandrine Bonnaire’s last month alive, listlessly drifting…
Paris, TexasParis, Texas (1984) Recommended
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski
The German director takes his enigmatic, dilatory style Stateside for this intoxicating work about a mysterious mute loner in search of his missing…

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