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Feb 2, 2016 · The 30 Best American Road Movies of The 1970s. Posted on February 2, 2016 by Lee Teasdale. The spirit of the road has always been deeply embedded within American culture, dating all the way back to the founding fathers and their westward expansion.
- The 25 Best Road Movies of All Time
Lost in America (1985) When couples and families in road...
- The 25 Best Road Movies of All Time
25 Essential Road Trip Movies of the Last 25 Years. We’re looking down the horizon and beyond for some of the best road trip movies that defined the genre over the last 25 years! To rev up...
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
- Detour (1945) This gritty film noir opens in a diner as protagonist Al Roberts, a pianist, recalls his trip from New York to Los Angeles to see his girlfriend, Sue.
- Vagabond (1985) Agnès Varda creates a haunting portrait of a young woman who lives not knowing where she will sleep or get her next meal, conveyed by the original title in French Sans Toit Ni Loi (Without Roof nor Law).
- The Hitchhiker (1953) In his , “An Informal History of Hitchhiking,” John T. Schlebecker writes, “The hitchhiker was first of all a product of the American automobile,” becoming more noticeable and common beginning in the 1920s.
- The Last Detail (1973) After getting caught trying to steal money from the charity fund sponsored by the admiral’s wife, Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) is escorted by Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule (Otis Young) to the navy jail in New Hampshire.
US road movies examine the tension between the two foundational myths of American culture, which are individualism and populism, which leads to some road films depicting the open road as a "utopian fantasy" with a homogenous culture while others show it as a "dystopian nightmare" of extreme cultural differences. [15]
Dec 10, 2013 · Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider may be the most iconic road movie ever made – but films that hit the highway have overlapped with many genres. (AF Archive/Alamy) Films about long journeys on...
Apr 25, 2013 · A new restoration of Scarecrow, starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman as an ex-convict and a sailor crossing the USA on an epic road trip, is a chance to rediscover a neglected classic of 1970s American cinema. As this Cannes Palme d’or winner is rereleased nationwide, we buckle up for 10 great American road trip films.
