Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 271 Films to Buy & Rent
- Stranger than Paradise (1984)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. John Lurie
- Jarmusch's breakthrough and best film is the shaggy dog tale of three deadbeats, a slavic grandmother and one endless trip to Florida. The style is…
- Freedom (1982)
- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Jon Blake, Mare Winningham, Jad Capelja…
- Low–budget Aussie coming–of–age drama centred on a rebellious teen who runs away from home to join a travelling carnival, only to…
- Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman…
- This little beauty was the first Kiwi film to make international inroads. An amoral tale about a gang of misfits who travel the length of the country…
- Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
- Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
- Road Games (1981)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Inventive and at times intense, this road thriller has truckdriver Keach traversing the outback, while a serial killer is on the loose. Effectively…
- Mad Max (1979)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley…
- Mel Gibson made his international splash in an apocalyptic, futuristic actioner charged with a fierce energy that only a paltry budget can bring.…
- Mad Max Anthology, the (1979-2015)
- Dir. George Miller
- All four MAD MAX films in one box set.
- Radio On (1979)
- Dir. Christopher Petit
Feat. David Beames
- Rambling, meditative car–trip through a lonely B&W England as David Beames travels from London to attend his brother's funeral in Bristol. A…
- Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
- A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
- Stone (1979)
- Dir. Sandy Harbutt
Feat. Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt
- Hailed as one of the great bikie movies, but with a few unintentional laughs along the way as renegade cop Stone (a John Farnham look and…