Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 273 Films to Buy & Rent
Death Race 2000 (1975)
- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone
- Hilarious black comedy from the director of EATING RAOUL, about a road race across the States where one can gain points from killing pedestrians…
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…
Race with the Devil (1975)
- Dir. Jack Starrett
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates
- Peter Fonda, Warren Oates and their bell–bottomed chicks go east in a Winnebago, but are plagued en route by an occult conspiracy. Memorably…
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'…
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke…
- Countercultural couple Mary and Larry commandeer a muscle car, a mechanic, and a whole lotta highway in this hard and fast rev–up of the chase…
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.
Macon County Line (1974)
- Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters…
- An under–rated, gritty kids vs. rednecks thriller in the EASY RIDER tradition about three youngsters pursued on Georgian byways for a gruesome…
Sugarland Express, The (1974)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Goldie Hawn
- Spielberg's second feature is a redneck road comedy deployed with consummate skill. Goldie Hawn features in what is probably her best role.