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Baise-moi
Baise-moi (2000)
, 1h17
Directed by Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Pornographic
Themes Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Karen Lancaume, Raffaëla Anderson, Adama Niane, HPG, Marc Barrow, Titoff

Baise-moi tells the story of Nadine and Manu who go on a violent spree against a society in which they feel marginalized. Nadine is a part-time sex worker, and Manu is a slacker who does anything—including occasional porn film acting—to get by in her small town in southern France.
Goodbye Solo, 1h31
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about suicide, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West

Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, is working to provide a better life for his young family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. William, an old man with a lifetime of regrets, hires Solo to take him to Blowing Rock, a peak in which updrafts cause objects that are dropped from it to fly upwards. William does not ask for a ride back from the rock and is obviously depressed, so Solo assumes that the old man intends to commit suicide there. Solo befriends William, in hopes of talking him out of ending his life. He introduces William to his wife and his stepdaughter Alex, hoping to inspire the old man with the joys of life.
The Van
The Van (1996)
, 1h40
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Films about automobiles, Association football films
Actors Colm Meaney, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Brendan O'Carroll, Eileen Walsh, Marie Mullen, Jon Kenny

Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job as a baker. With his redundancy cheque, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his best mate, Larry. Due, in part, to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well. But the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo and his wife, Maggie behave more and more like typical bosses. Larry believes that Maggie is the cause of the strained friendship, as he thinks she is pushing Bimbo away from him. The van is closed down because of poor hygiene by health inspector, Des O'Callaghan. Bimbo thinks that Larry told the Health Board about the van, leading to a fight between the two. Larry quits the job, despite Bimbo's best efforts to get him back. Bimbo then drives the van into the sea, so as to win his friendship with Larry back.
Taxi
Taxi (2015)
, 1h22
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Origin Iran
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Films about capital punishment, Road movies
Actors Jafar Panahi

Le réalisateur Jafar Panahi, se faisant passer pour un chauffeur du nom d'Aghayé Panahi (en persan : آقای پناهی, Mr. Panahi) se trouve au volant d’un taxi partagé dans la capitale iranienne de Téhéran dans lequel il a installé une caméra. Cette caméra filme une succession d’archétypes iraniens variés qui prennent tous place à bord du taxi, les personnages étant plus ou moins conscients du stratagème orchestré par le cinéaste. Hommes ou femmes, jeunes ou vieux, riches ou pauvres, traditionalistes ou modernistes, aussi bien vendeur de vidéos pirates que défenseur des droits de l'homme, tous se retrouvent tour à tour dans le véhicule. Chaque personnage propose un portrait iranien spécifique et est également porteur d’un thème de société. Le film se termine par le vol de la caméra du taxi.
One Week
One Week (2008)
, 1h34
Directed by Michael McGowan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, Campbell Scott, Marc Strange, Caroline Cave, Grace Lynn Kung

Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) is a young elementary school English teacher living in Toronto, Ontario. Ben is told that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in its fourth and final stage.
Under the Bombs, 1h38
Directed by Philippe Aractingi
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Political films
Actors Georges Khabbaz

Although she grew up in Lebanon, wealthy Lebanese Muslim Zeina Nasrueddi (Nada Abu Farhat) has been living in Dubai with her architect husband and son, Karim. Marital difficulties led her to send her son to spend the summer with her sister Maha in Lebanon. When the 2006 Lebanon War began she traveled to Beirut via Turkey. In order to find her son, she hires Lebanese Christian taxi driver Tony (Georges Khabbaz) to drive her to Southern Lebanon. In their search for Maha and Karim, they encounter the devastation wrought by the war and learn each other's personal secrets, including the fact that Tony's brother was a member of the South Lebanon Army and is now living in exile in Israel.
At Any Price, 1h45
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Zac Efron, Heather Graham, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens, Chelcie Ross

In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
The Most Dangerous Game, 1h3
Directed by Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies, Chase films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Hale Hamilton

In 1932, a luxury yacht is sailing through a channel off the western coast of South America. The captain is worried about the channel lights not matching the charts, but is quickly dissuaded from changing course by the wealthy passengers for the sake of time, including famous big game hunter and author Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea). It is a calm evening, with the cheerful passengers relaxing over drinks and a game of cards. Bob and his companions are debating about whether hunting is at all sporting for the animal being hunted after a friend asks if he would exchange places with a tiger he had recently hunted in Africa. Bob replies that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who hunt and those who are hunted.
Full Throttle, 1h48
Directed by Derek Yee
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Andy Lau, Paul Chun, Gigi Leung, Elvis Tsui

Joe (Andy Lau) is a youth that loves auto racing. His father Paul (Paul Chun) operates a motorbike business which often organizes motorbike teams to race in Macau and Japan and his racers would often be awarded the crown bike. However, Joe has been rumored to be the best among the racers because every crown bike is always defeated in hands of Joe on the streets. Since Joe's license has been revoked for speeding at the age of 19, he is unable to participate in an official race and can only secretly race in the streets to fulfill his desire of racing on the roads. Joe's father is very irritated about this and views his son as an outlaw biker so he prohibits his racers to race with Joe which sours their father and son relationship. Joe owns an auto repair shop with his friend Jimmy (Chin Ka-lok). Joe's girlfriend Annie (Gigi Leung) is very gentle and kind but she always worries about her boyfriend racing.
Deathsport
Deathsport (1978)
, 1h22
Directed by Roger Corman, Allan Arkush
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films
Actors David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers, David McLean, H.B. Haggerty

"A thousand years from tomorrow," after the Neutron Wars, the world is divided into a barbaric collection of city states, surrounded by wastelands where only mutant cannibals and independent warriors, known as Range Guides, can live. The city state of Helix is planning war on another, Tritan. Hoping to prove their newest weapon's superiority, the "Death Machines" (laser equipped Dirt bikes), they create a new Death Sport.
All About Ah-Long, 1h30
Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Ng Man-tat, Sylvia Chang, Wong Tin-Lam

Chow Yun-fat plays Ah-Long, a single father trying to raise his son, Porky (Wong Kwan-yuen), on a low-income lifestyle. Ah-Long works as a truckdriver at a construction site. The son's real mother, Por-por, who is Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend (played by Sylvia Chang) left him ten years ago for the United States after a lovers' spat.
Detropia
Detropia (2012)
, 1h31
Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about technology, Documentary films about cities, Road movies

Detropia relate le déclin économique et la dépopulation accélérée qui touche la ville depuis une décennie. La principale ville du Michigan a perdu en dix ans un quart de sa population, passant du 10 au 18 rang du classement des villes les plus peuplées des États-Unis.
The Brown Bunny, 1h33
Directed by Vincent Gallo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Chloë Sevigny, Vincent Gallo, Cheryl Tiegs

Motorcycle racer Bud Clay undertakes a cross-country drive, following a race in New Hampshire, in order to participate in a race in California. All the while he is haunted by memories of his former lover, Daisy. On his journey he meets three women, but Bud seems to be a lost soul, and he's unable to form an emotional connection with any of them. He first meets Violet at a gas station in New Hampshire and convinces her to join him on his trip to California. They stop at her home in order to get her clothes, but he drives off as soon as she enters the house.
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, 1h33
Directed by Joann Sfar
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Freya Mavor, Benjamin Biolay, Elio Germano, Stacy Martin, Thierry Hancisse, Alexandre von Sivers

Dany, jeune rousse flamboyante manquant de confiance en elle, est dactylographe dans une agence de publicité. Son directeur lui confie un jour un travail de rédaction pour le lendemain, où il doit se rendre en Suisse. Pour gagner du temps, il lui propose de le rédiger à son domicile. Au petit matin, le directeur demande à Dany de le conduire lui et sa famille à l'aéroport puis de ramener la voiture, une splendide Ford Thunderbird, à son domicile mais Dany décide, sur un coup de tête, d'aller voir la mer. La voici en route vers la Côte d'Azur, elle ne se doute alors pas qu'elle vient de mettre le pied dans un engrenage infernal.
On the Wrong Track, 1h28
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Andy Lau, Yueh Hua, Stephen Shiu, Chin Tsi-ang

The film revolves around two rebellious high school students and brothers Paul (Andy Lau) and Dee (Jeem Yim), and Paul's relationship with Sze (Prudence Liew), a Vietnamese refuge. Paul and Dee's father (Elliot Ngok) is a prison officer who is very strictl to his sons. When Officer Chan, who is divorced, decides to marry a younger woman (Winnie Chin), his two sons become more rebellious, leading them to a path of destruction.