Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 273 Films to Buy & Rent
Vanishing Point (1971)
- Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger…
- A loner accepts a challenge to drive his Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours, with the fuzz in pursuit and help from blind DJ,…
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Karen Black
- A fascinating, complex character study of a talented drifter (Jack Nicholson) who returns to his affluent but dysfunctional family. Karen Black is…
Wanda (1970)
- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins
- The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick…
- Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
Easy Rider (1969)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
- The definitive rebel movie sees Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper motorcycle across the southwest in search of the 'Real America'. Jack Nicholson's…
Rain People, The (1969)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan
- A woman hits the road to escape her suffocating marriage, but finds her new circumstances no more satisfactory. A thought–provoker from…
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)
- Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Tura Satana, Haji
- Russ Meyer’s most famous film is the ultimate “fast cars, fast women” fantasy about three go–go dancers who find trouble in the desert…
San Ferry Ann (1966)
- Dir. Jeremy Summers
Feat. Barbara Windsor, David Lodge, Wilfred Brambell…
- Dialogue–free comedy about a group of rag–tag British travellers travelling on the San Ferry Ann from Dover to France and getting up to…
Two for the Road (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
- Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney play a married couple who reflect on their twelve year marriage while driving through France in a sports car with…
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar…
- Spencer Tracy leads a countless cast of cameos for a slapstick epic centering around a frantic search for buried bank loot. Your attention might…