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Fandango (1986)
, 1h31Directed by Kevin Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Road movies, Teen movie
Actors Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush, Elizabeth Daily, Suzy Amis
In 1971 at a fraternity house on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, Gardner Barnes (Kevin Costner) is throwing darts at a picture of himself and his ex-girlfriend (Suzy Amis). He rejoins the graduation party going on downstairs, but not before tearing the picture in half.
Off Track (1991)
, 1h30Origin Hong kong
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Jacky Cheung, Max Mok, Rachel Lee, Ellen Chan, Loletta Lee, Wu Ma
Joe (Max Mok) is a car fanatic and co-owns an auto repair shop. One time in an illegal street race, Joe collides with Lui (Jacky Cheung) and the two of them were arrested. Since then, Lui and Joe had become enemies. Lui's father (Wu Ma) is a seasoned police officer who goes by his principles and detains his own son, and thus, their relationship had grown very sour, and Lui also increases his hatred towards Joe.. On the other hand, Joe meets Ann (Loletta Lee) and falls in love her. However, Joe discovers that Ann is actually Lui's younger sister, and Lui tries to destroy their relationship. At first, Joe resisted Lui for the sake of Ann, but Lui becomes increasingly aggressive. Knowing that this all started because of her, Ann reluctantly breaks up with Joe. However, Joe refuses to step and negotiates with Lui to settle in a car race with a bet of HK$500,000. During the race, Lui dashes into the ocean. Lui's underling, Bull (Karel Wong), who thinks that Lui is dead, takes Ann hostage to threaten Joe in order to avenge his boss. Joe rushes to save Ann, but was no match for Bull. In this critical occasion, Lui returns with a full body of blood.
Microbe and Gasoline (2015)
, 1h43Directed by Michel Gondry
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Audrey Tautou, Sacha Bourdo, Fabio Zenoni, Laurent Poitrenaux, Hélène Alexandridis, Marie Berto
Daniel, surnommé « Microbe », est un enfant timide et rêveur. Quand Théo, dit « Gasoil », plus ouvert et déluré, est parachuté dans sa classe en cours d'année, une forte amitié naît entre les deux adolescents.
Zaytoun (2012)
, 1h47Directed by Eran Riklis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Stephen Dorff, Ashraf Barhom, Alice Taglioni, Mira Awad, Ali Suliman, Abdallah El Akal
During the 1982 Lebanon War, an Israeli fighter pilot, Yoni, is shot down over Beirut and captured by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Fahed, a precocious young Palestinian refugee who is angered by the death of his father in an Israeli air attack, agrees to help Yoni escape and lead him out of the city if Yoni will get him over the border and back to his family's ancestral village, where Fahed intends to plant an olive tree that his father had been tending in Beirut. As they embark on a hazardous road trip across the war-ravaged country, Yoni and Fahed move from suspicion and mutual antagonism to a tentative camaraderie as they make their way closer to the place they both call home.
, 1h23Directed by Russ Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster, John Furlong
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence." The narration over images of an optical audio track gives way to three go-go dancers—Billie (Lori Williams), Rosie (Haji), and Rosie’s lover, their leader, Varla (Tura Satana)—as they shimmy and shake their way through the title song before racing their sports cars across the California desert. They play a high-speed game of chicken on the salt flats and encounter a young couple out to run a time trial. After breaking the boyfriend’s (Ray Barlow) neck in a fight, Varla kidnaps and drugs his bikini-clad teenage girlfriend, Linda (Susan Bernard).
Love and a .45 (1994)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Wiley Wiggins, Jace Alexander
A young couple in love—Watty Watts (Gil Bellows) and Starlene (Renée Zellweger)—are planning a successful convenience store robbery. The next day, they are paid a visit by two collectors for a local mobster who Watty has borrowed money from to buy an engagement ring for Starlene. They are called Creepy Cody and Dinosaur Bob, and they inform Watty that he must get the money very soon. This is followed by a visit by Watts' drug-addicted former prison buddy, Billy Mack Black (Rory Cochrane), who has a plan for a big score. Against the wishes of Starlene, Watty goes along with the plot and the robbery fails, leading to the stoned clerk being shot and killed by Billy, though they do clear the safe of the money.
Highway to Hell (1991)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Demons in film, Zombie films, Road movies, Comedy horror films
Actors Patrick Bergin, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Adam Storke, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller
Charlie Sykes and Rachel Clark are a young all-American couple that decide to run away and elope in Las Vegas. On the road to Vegas, they ignore the warning of a local gas station attendant named Sam. They take an abandoned backroad where Rachel is kidnapped by a zombie Hell Cop who takes her to hell. Charlie goes back to Sam, and Sam explains what the Hellcop is and how to save her. Sam then gives Charlie a shotgun with special ammo and a car that holds a special attribute. On the highway, Charlie meets other dead people that live in Hell and even a motorcycle gang. On the road, he meets a mechanic named Beezle, with his young apprentice. Beezle gives him tips on how to save his girlfriend and even brings him back to life. After Charlie rescues Rachel, Beezle reveals himself to be Satan and proposes a deal to let them, and his apprentice, go free if they can defeat the Hell Cop in a race to the portal that connects Earth and the backroads of Hell.
Young People (1972)
, 1h58Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Musical, Martial arts
Themes Dance films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Athletics films, Auto racing films, Basketball films, Musical films, Road movies, Kung fu films
Actors Ti Lung, David Chiang, Chen Kuan-tai, Agnes Chan, Wu Ma, Bolo Yeung
Martial arts club member Ho Tai's (Chen Kuan-tai) girlfriend Princess (Irene Chan) is the school babe, who also attracts the pursuit by star athlete Lam Tat (Ti Lung). Lam always ridicules Ho and they develop a bad relation. On the other hand, music club leader Hung Wai (David Chiang), who came from a family of martial arts, teaches martial arts to his club members to raise their spirits. Because of Princess, Lam got into a fight with Ho during jogging practice and Hung came to break up the fight. The two finally buried their hatchet. During the school's cart racing competition, Lam and Ho, out of gratitude for Hung, help him win the championship.
The Go-Getter (2007)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, Maura Lynn Tierney, Giuseppe Andrews, William Lee Scott
One ordinary day, 19-year-old Mercer White (Lou Taylor Pucci) steals a Volvo station wagon from a car wash, and leaves Eugene, Oregon to find his estranged half-brother Arlen, who is unaware that their mother has recently died. Soon after leaving, a cell phone in the car rings, and Mercer finds himself talking to the owner of the car, Kate (Zooey Deschanel), who lends him her car on the condition that he calls regularly to describe his trip to her.
Motorama (1993)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Martha Quinn, Susan Tyrrell, Drew Barrymore, John Laughlin, John Diehl, Robert Picardo
Gus, un jeune garçon âgé de 10 ans, fuit le domicile familial pour parcourir l'Amérique au volant d'une voiture volée, s'arrêtant aux stations-service pour obtenir des cartes du jeu de grattage Motorama, dans l'espoir d'obtenir les huit cartes qui lui permettront de gagner le magot de 500 millions de dollars.
Knucklehead (2010)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Watkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Mark Feuerstein, Melora Hardin, Dennis Farina, Wendie Malick, Lurie Poston, Rebecca Creskoff
Walter Krunk is a 35-year-old orphan who has lived in an orphanage since childhood because he never was adopted but has made a friendship with a fellow video game addicted orphan named Henry. during a play of the Wizard of Oz Walter ruins the set during the opening due swinging around from his harness he was hooked to. meanwhile retired MMA fighter Eddie Sullivan is training a fellow fighter for a tournament in New Orleans with a $100,000 to the winner, fellow rival Memphis Earl has also trained a bigger, scarier fighter for the tournament, both of their trainees have a short match but Eddie's fighter is easily knocked out with one punch. Earl threatens Eddie saying that if he doesn't find a new fighter they'll beat him down bad. One day Walter is cooking with Henry when Walter suddenly go's to the bathroom and tells Henry to watch the food, Henry is distracted by a game and doesn't see that the food has started a fire, the fire department manages to put the fire out but it leaves the kitchen destroyed. a local law enforcement States that without a working kitchen the orphanage will close down and the kids will be put in foster homes unless they can get enough money to fix the kitchen in one 10 days. Eddie enters a church and asks god to let him find a good fighter in time for the tournament, the owner of the orphanage is scolding Walter for causing the fire but makes him fall into the church and Eddie decides to train to be his fighter. after watching his video advertisement they are reluctant since Walter is not much of a fighter but the owner agrees due to that it's their only option and agree but they threaten Eddie that if he runs away with the money they'll hurt him bad, so she makes Mary Alice go with them and persuades Walter with saying what happens to the other orphans and set off for matches around the nearby city's and States in the orphanage school bus. The first match is in Jefferson city at a church, Eddie decides to tape and upload the match highlights for internet fan buzz, during the match Walter doesn't show much of a fight and is easily dominated but manages to win when he falls on his opponent making him submit. meanwhile Memphis Earl and Redrum go to the gym and want to see Eddie but his father tells them that he isn't there and got a new fighter, they want to know who it is but he refused to tell them even after intimidating him. That night at a motel Mary and Walter have a talk about the situation with the choice to fight, Mary doesn't want it to go but Walter changes her mind by saying that he's on the road for the first time in his life and that he's doing something important to himself. meanwhile Earl and Redrum have found the group at the motel and threaten Eddie to stay away from New Orleans. The next day driving to the next match the bus engine starts smoking causing the bus to crash into a pole and eventually explodes, Eddie, Mary and Walter escape unharmed. Walking on the road with only $200 Mary manages to get a truck driver to take them to the next match, the next fight is at a kids house where he hosts fights in his backyard and pays the fighters with the attendance money from other kids. While Eddie gives Walter a pep talk to get him riled up the kids dad notices the fights and goes on a rampage telling everyone to get out of his yard, Walter runs into the backyard and tackles the dad into the fence thinking he was his opponent. Eddie calls his dad who got injured because of Earl and Redrum and tells him to enter the tournament and win to avenge him, Mary takes them to a trailer park where her friend Tina lives, they tell her of the situation and remembers that at a nearby carnival there was a sign that offered anyone to fight a grizzly bear with a $500 prize and gives Walter a new look (shaving his head and giving tattoo's), and falls in love with Tina. Walter manages to win with a choke hold and is given the nickname "the Bear Basher". Later that night while riding a bus Walter has a serious gas attack that leads to the group being kicked off the bus, meanwhile Memphis Earl has found that Walter is a serious threat and might win the tournament so he decides to adopt Henry and hold him hostage but the owner refuses to let him adopt even after he promises a good life for him. The group walks to a gas station and Eddie goes in to ask for directions to a rental car company, a motorcycle gang shows up and starts messing around with Mary, Eddie attempts to help but is outnumbered by them, Walter comes and fights them off, Eddie goes in to get the security footage and continue their journey on one of the gangs motorcycle's. During a camp out Mary and Walter ask Eddie why he retired from fighting and then make jokes saying a was a testicular injury, threw out the journey Walter wins more fights earning more money while Eddie teaches Mary and Walter more fighting moves. During another camp out Eddie and Mary start having feelings for each other. Finally arriving in New Orleans Eddie checks the group in to a luxury hotel, plans a pre-fight celebration for a night on the town and buys Mary a dress and Walter a tuxedo. At the restaurant Eddie tells Walter to not stair but Eddie does when Mary walks in, some girls invite Walter to dance but Mary stays at their table. Mary gets drunk from drinking Eddie's drink and confronts the Waitress when she sees her talking to Eddie which results into a fight ending with Mary knocking out the Waitress with a spinning heel kick. The following day while Walter is preparing for the tournament at the hotel Tina shows up giving a pair of shorts that she made for him. During the sign in Mary calls the owner saying that the trip is almost over but after the call ended a fellow worker informed the owner that they couldn't find Henry. The man who is in charge of the sign in says that Eddie didn't pre register so Walter can't compete, Mary tells everyone who Walter is so they get in to the tournament. Both Walter and Redrum make it to the finals, backstage Eddie's dad shows up not wanting to miss the main event, Eddie not sure if Walter will win asks his dad to make sure that the money they made on the road makes to the orphanage. Memphis Earl reveals to Mary in the Girls bathroom why Eddie retired, it was because he was banned from fighting for life for taking a dive in a title fight and that he only cares about himself and probably betting against Walter now. When she confronts Eddie, before he can explain the situation the orphanage workers reveal that Memphis Earl has kidnapped Henry and is holding hostage unless Walter takes a dive in the fight, Eddie plans to have the match stalled while the workers look for Henry knowing that Earl won't leave with Redrum in the ring. During the fight Earl shows up with Henry to distract Walter but this makes him angry enough to win the fight by Submission and Memphis Earl is arrested for kidnapping. during the celebration Eddie's dad reveals that he bet the $4,000 on Walter to win and got $80,000 for the orphanage, Eddie and Mary kiss to end the scene. Walter is then filling a moving truck for his new apartment, he notices Henry looking upset and Henry tells him its because he's moving and he's not, Walter tells that he's going to adopt Henry and wouldn't leave him behind, they hug to end the movie.
Trading Paint (2019)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films
Actors John Travolta, Michael Madsen, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Toby Sebastian, Barry Corbin, Kevin Dunn
Ancien champion de course automobile, Sam Munroe doit revenir en piste lorsqu'il découvre que son fils Cam suit ses pas dans une écurie concurrente, dirigée par le rival de longue date de son père, Linsky. Ce dernier lui promet notamment de devenir le nouveau champion grâce à une nouvelle voiture plus sophistiquée. Dès lors, une compétition intense et dangereuse commence entre Sam et Cam sur fond de rancœurs familiales et de vengeance personnelle. Quant à Linsky, après avoir appris que Sam est sorti de sa retraite pour concurrencer son fils, il demande à Cam de provoquer un accident pour éliminer son père définitivement des courses automobiles.
Lovesong (2017)
Directed by So Yong Kim
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker, Ryan Eggold, Rosanna Arquette, Amy Seimetz
Sarah est une jeune mère qui se sent abandonnée par son mari constamment en voyage pour le travail. Lorsque Mindy, une ancienne amie, lui rend visite, elles décident de faire un voyage en voiture. Sous l'influence de l'alcool, leurs sentiments réciproques se dévoilent. Sarah hésite entre ses sentiments pour son mari ou pour Mindy et celle-ci avorte le voyage afin de rentrer chez elle à New-York. Trois ans plus tard, les deux femmes se revoient à nouveau lors du mariage de Mindy et Sarah doit maintenant faire face à la réalité de ses sentiments.
Gasoline (2002)
, 1h30Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Maya Sansa, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Chiara Conti, Libero De Rienzo
A young lesbian couple, Stella and Lenni, go on the run after the accidental death of Lenni's mother.
Coupe de Ville (1990)
, 1h39Directed by Joe Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern, Alan Arkin, Annabeth Gish, Joseph Bologna
Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin (Daniel Stern), the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy (Arye Gross), the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby (Patrick Dempsey), the youngest, is a handsome rebel in reform school. As kids, they fought a lot and as adults, they barely speak to each other. In the summer of 1963, their tough and eccentric father, Fred (Alan Arkin), gives them a task: to bring a 1954 Cadillac, bought for their mother, Betty (Rita Taggart), from Detroit to Miami. As the trip goes on, the three brothers fight and begin to reconnect with each other, while trying to keep the Caddy in mint condition.