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Across the Bridge (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Rod Steiger, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Faith Brook, Eric Pohlmann
Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked English (previously German) businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade authorities. He drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff, who looks like him and has a Mexican passport. He throws Paul Scarff off the train, injuring Scarff. Carl later discovers that Scarff is wanted in Mexico as a political assassin. Carl then tracks down Scarff, who is resting from his injuries, to get back his original passport. Carl arrives in Mexico and is captured by the local police, who mistake him for Scarff. Carl then fights to show his true identity to the local police. The plan seems foolproof until he is forced to care for the dog of Scarff. The local police chief and Scotland Yard inspector Hadden conspire to keep him trapped in the Mexican border town of Katrina in an effort to get him to cross the bridge back into the U.S. and face justice. The misanthropic Schaffner has grown attached to Scarff's pet spaniel and is tricked into going across the dividing line of the bridge to get the dog. He is accidentally killed trying to escape the authorities. The final irony is that the discovery of his own humanity has cost the cynical, friendless Schaffner his life.
Wild Strawberries (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Jullan Kindahl
Grouchy, stubborn and egotistical Professor Isak Borg is a widowed 78-year-old physician who specialized in bacteriology. Before specializing he served as general practitioner in rural Sweden. He sets out on a long car ride from Stockholm to Lund to be awarded the degree of Doctor Jubilaris 50 years after he received his doctorate from Lund University. He is accompanied by his pregnant daughter-in-law Marianne who does not much like her father-in-law and is planning to separate from her husband, Evald, Isak's only son, who does not want her to have the baby, their first.
Pathetic Fallacy (1958)
, 2hDirected by Ritwik Ghatak
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Kali Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, Anil Chatterjee
Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows episodes from his life in the industrial wasteland, delivering people from one place to another.
Dorf Goes Auto Racing (1990)
, 30minutesGenres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Eddie Deezen, Tim Conway, Hoyt Axton
World-famous European race car driver, Duessel Dorf, comes to America to take on his greatest challenge-stock car racing at Sears Point Raceway. However, Dorf, with his usual skill, soon turns the race into a shambles and sets the world of stock car racing on its ear.
3000 Miles (2007)
, 1h45Genres Comedy, Documentary, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about technology, Road movies
Actors Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O
Eyjafjallajökull (2013)
, 1h32Directed by Alexandre Coffre
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Dany Boon, Valérie Bonneton, Denis Ménochet, Bérangère McNeese, Albert Delpy, Constance Dollé
L’Eyjafjallajökull, volcan islandais, est en éruption, entraînant une paralysie du trafic aérien européen. Pour Alain et Valérie, un couple divorcé, c’est une catastrophe. S'ils veulent arriver à temps au mariage de leur fille dans un petit village de Grèce, ils devront faire la route ensemble quitte à se supporter.
Simon Konianski (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Micha Wald
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jonathan Zaccaï, Popeck, Lise Roy, Stefan Liberski, Jean Lescot
Dans la famille Konianski, il y a Simon, 35 ans, éternel adolescent, fraîchement quitté par la femme de sa vie, une danseuse goy.
Thelma (2010)
Directed by Benoît Pétré
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jane Birkin, Caroline Cellier, Catherine Jacob, Micheline Presle, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Bernier
Gabrielle, Nelly et Chantal sont trois copines. Elles décident de se rendre ensemble au mariage de leur ex, à la Rochelle. Au cours de ce trajet, elles partagent leurs coups de cœur et coups de gueule.
The American Beauty (1961)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Alfred Adam, Louis de Funès, Colette Brosset, Michel Serrault, Robert Burnier, Pierre Dac
The wife of a rich man learns that her husband has an affair with a younger woman. She takes revenge on him by selling his beloved big car for little money. The worker Marcel Perrignon is very happy about this bargain but when his boss sees the car he envies him and Perrignon gets fired. This is the start of a number of mishaps for Perrignon.
The Departure (1967)
, 1h33Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jacqueline Bir, Paul Roland, Léon Dony, John Dobrynine, Lucien Charbonnier
Marc est un jeune garçon coiffeur passionné par les voitures. Il s'est inscrit à un rallye avec une Porsche 911 S, comptant « emprunter » celle de son patron, mais il découvre que celui-ci a prévu de partir en week-end avec sa voiture le jour de la course. Il tente d'en obtenir une autre en faisant croire à un concessionnaire qu'il est le secrétaire d'un diplomate indien (un de ses amis déguisé en maharadjah) ; puis il essaye de vendre, avec l'aide de Michèle, une jeune fille qu'il a rencontrée en livrant une perruque, divers objets, dont un grand miroir, pour trouver de quoi louer une Porsche. Le duo se laisse ensuite enfermer la nuit au Salon de l'automobile, caché dans un coffre de voiture, pour essayer d'y voler d'autres choses. Marc se rend ensuite à un défilé de maillots de bains pour retrouver une riche cliente d'âge mûr du salon de coiffure qui possède une Porsche. Il commence à se prostituer auprès d'elle (elle pratique sur lui une fellation par surprise) pour qu'elle lui prête sa voiture ou lui donne de l'argent. Il renonce finalement à ce plan quand il voit que Michèle est allée jusqu'à couper ses longs cheveux pour les vendre afin de trouver l'argent nécessaire, mais il est trop tard dans la journée pour trouver un acheteur. Marc tente néanmoins de louer une voiture mais cela lui est refusé car il a moins de 23 ans. Il essaye ensuite de trouver une voiture ouverte dans la rue.
Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014)
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Vijay Sethupathi, V. Jayaprakash, Aishwarya Rajesh, Sneha, Tulasi, Neelima Rani
The movie begins with a young man (Attakathi Dinesh) buying a car and he says that his inspiration is from a Pannaiyar (landlord) in his village and his love for a vintage Fiat PAL Premier Padmini car.
The Golden Dream (2013)
, 1h48Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about immigration, Transport films, La précarité, Films about automobiles, Road movies, L'émigration
Actors Karen Martínez
Like the 1987 film, and the song, the plot concerns Central American immigration to the United States. However, unlike the earlier film that concerned itself with a successful and middle-aged Mexican immigrant, the plot of this film deals with younger undocumented immigrants.
Pelle Politibil går i vannet (2010)
, 1h14Origin Norvege
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Bjørn Sundquist, Benjamin Bollen, Camille Donda, Pierre Laurent, Bernard Métraux, Philippe Peythieu
Lors d'une mission de sauvetage, Ploddy la voiture de police, reçoit un choc électrique terrible et devient, contre toute attente, une voiture électrique pleine d'énergie.
Amblin' (1968)
, 26minutesDirected by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Steven Spielberg
A young man carrying a closely guarded guitar case befriends a free-spirited young woman while hitchhiking across the desert in southern California en route to the Pacific coast. Along the way, the man engages the woman in an olive-spitting contest, and then she introduces him to the joys of smoking cannabis and having sex in a sleeping bag. Following the scene alluding to sexual intercourse, the young man is seen walking on the median of a road, which is perhaps symbolic. As the pair reach the beach, the man frolics in the surf, while the woman covertly inspects the contents of his guitar case: a suit and tie, toothpaste, mouthwash, a roll of toilet paper and a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars. The woman smiles in bemusement, perhaps sensing all along that her companion was not the quintessential hippie that he appeared to be. She then proceeds to stand up and leave the beach, leaving the man behind.
The Italian Job (1969)
, 1h39Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone, Benny Hill, Tony Beckley, Margaret Blye
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), a Cockney gangster, is released from prison with the intent of doing a "big job" in Italy. He soon meets with the widow (Lelia Goldoni) of his friend and fellow thief Roger Beckermann (Rossano Brazzi), who was killed driving a Lamborghini Miura in a car crash in the Italian Alps. The car crash was arranged by the Mafia. The widow gives Croker her husband's plans for the robbery that attracted the hostile attention of his killers, and which detail a way to steal 4 million dollars worth of Chinese gold in Italy, and escape with it to Switzerland.