Subgenre Sampler
Road Movie: 270 Films to Buy & Rent
- Italy: Love It or Leave It (2011)
- Dir. Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi
- This thoroughly engaging road trip throughout picturesque Italy doubles as a serious critique of a nation beset by various social, economic, and…
- Las Acacias (2011)
- Dir. Pablo Giorgelli
Feat. Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte
- An improbable gem of the road movie genre, about the slow–forming relationship between a long–haul truck driver and the woman (and…
- Magic Trip (2011)
- Dir. Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood
- Recovering 16mm footage shot during the maiden voyage of the psychedelic 'Magic Bus', this documentary reassembles a visual snapshot of the legendary…
- Natural Selection (2011)
- Dir. Robbie Pickering
Feat. Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl
- A devout Christian locked in a sexless marriage forms an unlikely bond with a troubled man conceived from her husband's sperm donations in this…
- Paul (2011)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen…
- The creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ make a beeline for America's UFO heartland in this comedy about two sci–fi nerds who befriend a…
- This Must Be the Place (2011)
- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch…
- Sean Penn is all affectation as a retired, depressed glam rocker who sets off on an American road trip in search of a Nazi war criminal in this…
- Africa United (2010)
- Dir. Debs Paterson
Feat. Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva
- An aspiring Rwandan footballer attracts a throng of like–minded soccer fans on a road trip to Johannesburg for the opening ceremony of the 2010…
- Due Date (2010)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan…
- Raucous road movie with Robert Downey Jnr as a jittery father–to–be forced to catch a ride with the eccentric Galifianakis in order to…
- Expecting Mary (2010)
- Dir. Dan Gordon
Feat. Olesya Rulin, Elliott Gould, Linda Gray…
- Good–natured road movie tale with a pregnant teenager heading to California in search of her father, but who she encounters along the way will…
- Mad Bastards (2010)
- Feat. Dean Daley-Jones, Lucas Yeeda, Greg Tait…
- Affecting tale of a violent father traveling thousands of miles across barren Australian landscape to see the troubled son he's never met.
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