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The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu (2013)
, 1h28Directed by Antonin Peretjatko
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Vincent Macaigne, Vimala Pons, Nicolas Moreau, Philippe Gouin, Lucie Borleteau, Bruno Podalydès
Hector tries to seduce during a short summer Truquette, since the government decided to reduce the vacation of one month due to the economic crisis.
My Own Love Song (2010)
Directed by Olivier Dahan
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about disabilities, Road movies
Actors Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Annie Parisse
In Marysville, Kansas, a paralyzed former singer, Jane, argues with her stuttering friend Joey about his belief that he can talk to the invisible world. One day, as she's out for some physiotherapy treatment, he messes up her house while searching for a book about angels that he has lent her but that she has not read. Frightening the neighbors, he is taken by the police to a hospital, where an angry Jane briefly visits.
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
, 1h53Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Anthony Edwards, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney
In 1956 Schenectady, New York, waitress Shirley Roque (Bonnie Bedelia) marries auto mechanic Jack Muldowney (Leo Rossi) over the mild objections of her singer father Tex (Hoyt Axton), who wants her to be able to take care of herself, rather than having to rely on a husband. Jack buys a gas station, Shirley becomes a housewife, and they have a son.
Come As You Are (2011)
, 1h48Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Films about cancer, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, Films about virginity
Actors Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Gilles de Schrijver, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle de Hertogh, Karlijn Sileghem, Johan Heldenbergh
The Flemish boys Lars, Philip and Jozef are somewhere between 20 and 30 years of age and each has a physical handicap. Jozef is almost blind and needs to use a magnifier. Philip suffers from paraplegia. He can only move his head and can use one hand which gives him the strength to control his automated wheelchair. Lars has an incurable brain tumor a side effect of which is that he is restricted to a wheelchair as a result of his increasing paralysis. The three are good friends and visit each other frequently.
The Lucky Ones (2008)
, 1h55Directed by Neil Burger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies
Actors Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Peña, Kerry Bishé, Molly Hagan, Mark L. Young
Having completed his latest tour of duty, which kept him overseas for nearly two years, middle-aged Sgt. Fred Cheaver has retired from military service and is returning home to his wife and son in suburban St. Louis. Pfc. Colee Dunn and Sgt. T.K. Poole each have a thirty-day leave, and both are headed to Las Vegas. Colee plans to visit the family of her boyfriend, a soldier who was killed in action after saving her life, and T.K. wants to engage the services of a sex surrogate he hopes will cure the impotence he is experiencing as the result of a shrapnel injury before he reunites with his girlfriend.
The Fast and the Furious (1954)
, 1h13Directed by John Ireland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Roger Corman, Iris Adrian, Snub Pollard, Larry Thor
Frank Webster (John Ireland) has broken out of jail, charged with a murder he did not commit. While on the run, and the subject of radio news reports, he becomes cornered in a small coffee shop by a zealous citizen. He commits battery to escape, and kidnaps a young woman named Connie (Dorothy Malone) as he gets away. Frank drives off with Connie in her Jaguar. But she soon proves a difficult hostage, trying to escape a few times, which leads him to treat her more roughly than they both would prefer. This mutual struggle soon leads the two to fall in love with each other. Continuing to elude police, the couple slips into a cross-border sports car race, which Frank plans to take advantage of in order to escape into Mexico. Out of sympathy for Frank and a desire to be with him, Connie informs the police of the plan so he might face trial and be acquitted, and at the last moment he, too, decides it is better to turn himself in. The film ends with his capture by police imminent.
Motorway (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Soi Cheang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Shawn Yue Man Lok, Anthony Wong, Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛), Josie Ho, Gordon Lam, Michelle Ye
Un fugitif met en place un plan pour libérer une de ses connaissances. Il est pris en chasse par un jeune officier de police qui pilote les voitures comme personne. La course peut alors commencer.
Roadside Prophets (1992)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors John Doe, Ad-Rock, David Carradine, Don Cheadle, John Cusack, John Snyder
Joe, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle-riding factory worker, meets Dave, who tells him about a casino in the desert before Dave accidentally electrocutes himself to death on an arcade video game. Following Dave's cremation, Joe decides to travel to Nevada to find Dave's beloved casino and spread his ashes in the desert to fulfill his last wish. While riding his motorcycle across the country, Joe meets Sam, who is traveling on his own motorcycle to find a Motel 9 which his parents committed suicide in. As Sam travels with Joe, the two develop an unlikely friendship.
Freedom (1982)
, 1h42Directed by Scott Hicks
Origin Australie
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jon Blake, Candida (Candy) Raymond, Bud Tingwell, Max Cullen, Chris Haywood, Greg Rowe
Australie Méridionale. Ron a perdu une nouvelle fois son emploi en usine, et se rebelle de plus en plus contre la société. Fasciné par les Porches, il se décide à voler l'objet de ses rêves à la suite d'une nouvelle déception. En fuite à bord du véhicule il se fait passer pour un agent secret. Au passage il embarque Sally, une jeune femme qui cherche à récupérer un enfant placé dans une famille d'accueil.
Driven (2019)
, 1h48Directed by Nick Hamm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Corey Stoll, Erin Moriarty, Michael Cudlitz
Après avoir été vice-président de General Motors jusqu'en 1972, John DeLorean fonde sa propre société automobile, DeLorean Motor Company, en 1975. Il lancera un modèle unique, la DeLorean DMC-12, produite dès 1981. Mais John DeLorean va ensuite se lier avec un certain Jim Hoffman, ancien détenu désormais informateur pour le FBI.
Cop Car (2015)
, 1h26Directed by Jon Watts
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Camryn Manheim, Shea Whigham, Kyra Sedgwick
Two young boys, Travis and Harrison, are walking through a field. Cursing as they walk, they come to a barbed wire fence and take turns climbing through it. While continuing their walk they come across a cop car in a lightly wooded area. Travis dares Harrison to touch the cop car. He refuses, so Travis touches it first, saying that if he does it so does Harrison. After realizing that there’s no one in the car, the boys try opening the doors. Harrison finds that the driver's side door is open and Travis hops in. The boys play around in the car until Travis hits the visor and the car keys fall into his lap. He starts the car and the boys both hop out and take off. Once they realize no one is around, Travis gets back in the car and puts it into drive. Harrison hops in and they take off, driving wildly through the open field.
, 1h46Directed by Steven Lo
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Simon Yam, Sean Lau, Wan Yeung-ming, Roy Cheung, Mariane Chan Miu Ying, Yvonne Yung
Chan Yiu-hing (Simon Yam) possess adept driving skills and works as a car jockey alongside his friends Hung (Wan Yeung-ming), Chung (Roy Cheung) and Dee (Lau Ching-wan). Because Dee was a compulsive gambler, he owed a large amount of gambling debt to Lam Kwok-yeung (Ben Lam), a triad leader of the Wan Chai district and was badly beaten by Lam. In order to pay for Dee's debt, Hing and his friends steal Lam's car and has thus forged a rivalry. On the other hand, Hing becomes obsessed with a girl named Miu (Mariane Chan), whom he had only met once. When the two meet again, they become a couple, while Hung also becomes a couple with Miu's friend Fanny (Charine Chan). Hing feels that his strength is weak and becomes involved in the debt collection field, where his influence becomes stronger. However, glory does not last long as many triad leaders were unhappy with Hing expanding his business and lures Hing into the drug business, which Hing refuses. When Hing goes to Macau to participate an auto race, the footsteps of assassins approach step by step closer.
Six-String Samurai (1999)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about music and musicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Musical films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Buddy films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Jeffrey Falcon, Dan Barton, Rheagan Wallace
In 1957, the Soviet Union attacks the United States with nuclear weapons, rendering most of the nation uninhabitable. The American government has collapsed with the exception of the haven known as "Lost Vegas", ruled by King Elvis. The Red Army has been besieging Lost Vegas, but the lack of supplies over the years has relegated them to a gang of thugs. Forty years after the Soviet invasion, King Elvis dies and radio disc jockey Keith Mortimer announces a call for all musicians to come to Lost Vegas to try to become the new King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Ten (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Films about Islam, Road movies
The film is divided into ten scenes, each of which depict a conversation between an unchanging female driver (played by Mania Akbari) and a variety of passengers as she drives around Tehran. Her passengers include her young son (played by Akbari's real life son, Amin Maher), her sister, a bride, a prostitute, and a woman on her way to prayer. One of the major plots during the film is the driver's divorce from her (barely seen) husband, and the conflict that this causes between mother and son.
Roadgames (1981)
, 1h41Directed by Richard Franklin
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Alan Hopgood
The film opens on truck driver Patrick Quid (Stacy Keach) as he pulls into a motel for the night. Quid notices a man in a green van checking in with a female hitchhiker he had passed earlier because the trucking company policy forbids it. Nevertheless, Quid is miffed at the man for taking the last room in the motel and picking up the attractive hitcher. In the motel, the hitcher strums a guitar naked on the bed, while the unidentified man unpacks a new guitar string. He winds the string around his gloved hands and uses it to strangle the woman.