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Patagonia (2010)
, 1h59Directed by Marc Evans
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Matthew Gravelle, Marco Antonio Caponi
Gwen and Rhys are a Welsh-speaking couple living in Cardiff where Rhys works as a photographer and Gwen is employed as a historical interpreter at a local Welsh cultural centre. Gwen is also an aspiring actress and although she periodically attends auditions, she has yet to be hired for a theatrical part. The couple's inability to conceive a child has caused increasing tension between them. Hoping to reinvigorate their relationship, the pair decide to travel together to southern Argentina where Rhys has been commissioned to photograph the historic Welsh chapels in Patagonia, a vast windswept landscape which was a destination for Welsh immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While there, they are served by their local Welsh-Argentine guide, Mateo.
200 MPH (2011)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Jaz Martin, Paul Logan, Zedrick Restauro
When the older brother (Tommy Nash) he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer (Darren Thomas) during a nighttime street race known as Sepulveda Suicide, Rick Merchant (Jaz Martin) channels his grief into getting revenge behind the wheel. But to win, he'll need to modify his trusty 1988 Mazda RX-7/Nissan 240sx (Zenki/Kouki, chase scenes) -- with help from a mechanic Kelly (Hennely Jimenez) -- to get the maximum performance out of his machinery.
Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about technology, Road movies
Actors Tim Robbins, Danny DeVito, Stephen Colbert, Talulah Riley, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Revenge follows four entrepreneurs from 2007 through the end of 2010 as they fight to bring the electric car back to the world market in the midst of the 2008 Global recession. The film has unprecedented access to co-Founder Elon Musk in the first three years of Tesla Motors during which Mr. Musk suffered several grave setbacks to his dream of a car company without gasoline. His foils include the charismatic Bob Lutz Vice Chairman of General Motors during its 2008 bankruptcy due in part to its focus on trucks and SUVs instead of fuel efficient and electric cars. Elon and Bob also face Carlos Ghosn the CEO credited with saving Renault-Nissan from near bankruptcy and who now had pledged $1B to beat Toyota to the pure electric game. A final character, Greg Abbott, makes the case for independent electric car conversions in California.
Lost and Beautiful (2015)
, 1h27Directed by Pietro Marcello
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Politic
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about cows, Road movies, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Elio Germano, Maurizio Braucci, Antonella Attili
Polichinelle, masque de la tradition de la Campanie, intermédiaire entre les vivants et les morts, sort des entrailles du Vésuve avec pour mission d'exaucer les dernières volontés d'un simple pâtre, Tommaso Cestrone : sauver le bufflon Sarchiapone.
Nitro Rush (2016)
, 1h36Directed by Alain Desrochers
Origin Canada
Genres Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Raymond Bouchard, Michel Charette, Madeleine Péloquin, Micheline Lanctôt, Alexandre Goyette
Emprisonné depuis 6 ans, Max reçoit régulièrement des nouvelles de son fils Theo. Cependant, il ignore que son fils est un cybercriminel qui collabore avec l'Avocat dans le but de mettre la main sur la formule d'une drogue très puissante, le Nitro Rush. Après une bagarre où il a failli perdre sa vie, une agente lui propose de quitter la prison pour retrouver son fils mais à la condition de l'aider à découvrir où se cachent les deux chimistes qui peaufinent la mise au point de cette drogue. Max accepte, mais s'échappe plus tôt que prévu de la prison.
Runaway Car (1997)
, 1h26Directed by Jack Sholder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Judge Reinhold, Nina Siemaszko, Leon Robinson, Brian Hooks, Paul Eiding, Glenn Morshower
Jenny Cole, étudiante infirmière, prend la route à bord de sa Ford Maverick pour rejoindre sa mère en Caroline du Nord et, en chemin, prend Ed, un cadre pressé d'arriver à l'aéroport, puis sa petite nièce en bas âge et enfin un jeune homme, Dex. Mais, arrivée sur la voie rapide, elle découvre avec effroi que l'accélérateur est bloqué ainsi que la boîte de vitesses. Ils sont tous les quatre piégés dans cette voiture qui roule à tombeau ouvert sur l'autoroute qui est très chargée. De multiples tentatives pour stopper le véhicule vont s'avérer vaines et l'angoisse à bord va s'accroître de minute en minute.
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors María Conchita Alonso, Marcy Walker, Michael Paul Chan, Bruce Weitz
La conductrice d'un bus de ramassage scolaire doit faire face à une prise d'otages. Elle tente de rester calme et de prévenir discrètement la police.
Disappearance (2002)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Jamie Croft, Basia A'Hern, Jeremy Kewley
Une famille américaine est piégée dans une ville fantôme en plein cœur du Nevada, pendant toute une nuit. Les manifestations surnaturelles se multiplient
Death Race: Inferno (2013)
, 1h45Directed by Roel Reiné
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Prison films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Luke Goss, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Tanit Phoenix, Dougray Scott, Frederick Koehler
Death Race owner R.H. Weyland (Ving Rhames) has been forced to sell the rights to Niles York (Dougray Scott), a British billionaire who acquired the rights by hostile takeover. York reveals he intends to relocate Death Race to the deserts of Africa as a Transcontinental Race. Before leaving, Weyland arranges Lucas to have surgery to heal the infected and deadly scars on his face sustained from his gruesome crash. With Carl Lucas, also known as Frankenstein (Luke Goss), one win away from gaining his freedom, York coaches Lucas to lose his races and threatens his life if he fails to comply.
The Naked Prey (1965)
, 1h36Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Cornel Wilde, Patrick Mynhardt, Gert Van den Bergh
Wilde, whose character is never named, plays a professional safari guide leading two white men (Gert van den Bergh and Patrick Mynhardt) and their troupe on an elephant hunt through the African veldt during the colonial era. When the group intrudes on a local tribe's territory, some natives politely accost them, expecting to be bought off with gifts. Although the guide advises his client to be courteous, warning "they could give us a bad time," the client refuses to offer anything and insults the natives, sending them away empty-handed. Later, the tribe returns en masse, captures the entire party, and puts the captives to death, using various cruel and unusual methods. One man is covered in clay and roasted alive on a spit; another is tarred, feathered, and trussed, then chased and killed by all the women. The man who insulted the tribesmen is trapped in a ring of fire with a poisonous snake.
Motor Mania (1950)
, 6minutesDirected by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about education, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Court métrage éducatif de Disney, Children's films
Actors John McLeish, Pinto Colvig
Dingo après avoir été M. Walker, archétype du piéton moyen, prend le volant et devient M. Wheeler, un conducteur brutal et violent. À la fin de son périple, il se rend compte qu'en tant que piéton, il ne peut même plus traverser la rue.
Spinout (1966)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Jack Mullaney, Cecil Kellaway
Mike Mc Coy est le leader d'un groupe de rock et sa vie change à la rencontre de trois femmes complètement différentes les unes des autres qui le demandent en mariage. Less, la bassiste du groupe, Cynthia, une fille à papa complètement excentrique puis Diana qui écrit des livres sur les hommes entraîneront notre rocker dans les pires fantaisies !
Death Race 2050 (2017)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Yancy Butler, Anessa Ramsey, Shaw
En 2050, l'Amérique est dirigée en maître par Monsieur Président. Un événement annuel appelé La Course à la mort est regardé par la quasi totalité des habitants. Cette course, où tous les coups sont permis, mêle course automobile, meurtre de participants et de civils ainsi que show télévisé. Le gagnant remporte le titre suprême et le droit de voir un de ses souhaits exaucés. Le champion de cette course et favori de cette nouvelle édition, Frankenstein, mi-homme mi-robot, espère, à la fin de cette course, pouvoir enfin tirer sa révérence et quitter ce système. Mais c'est sans compter sur les trahisons, attaques de résistants et de participants qui l'attendent cette année.
The '?' Motorist (1906)
, 2minutesDirected by Walter R. Booth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Films about automobiles
Un policier tente d'arrêter une automobile décapotable occupée par un couple trop pressé. L'automobiliste n'obtempère pas, fauchant le policier qui se retrouve à cheval sur le capot, puis tombe sous les roues qui lui passent sur les jambes, mais il se relève aussitôt et entreprend de poursuivre les chauffards. Le véhicule grimpe alors sur la façade d’un immeuble qui lui sert de tremplin vers les nuages qu’il utilise comme chemin pour atteindre la Lune autour de laquelle il effectue une boucle, puis il se pose sur les anneaux de Saturne qui lui servent de circuit. L'automobile obéit enfin aux lois de la pesanteur et retombe dans le vide. Longue chute jusqu’à la Terre où l’automobile crève le toit d’un bâtiment qui s’avère être le tribunal où un juge envoie en prison un voyou. La voiture file à l'extérieur où le juge, le greffier et le policier les rattrapent. Mystère ! Le véhicule se transforme en paisible carriole tractée par un cheval. L'accusation d'excès de vitesse ne tient plus, les poursuivants baissent les bras. C'est alors que la carriole redevient une automobile qui s'éloigne à toute allure.
Highway (2014)
, 2h13Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt, Hemant Mahaur
The story begins on the eve of the wedding of Veera Tripathi (Alia Bhatt), the daughter of a rich business tycoon. She is at a Fuel Station by the highway with her fiancé when she is abducted. The gang who kidnaps her panics when they find out that her father has links in the government. However, Mahabir Bhati (Randeep Hooda), one of her abductors, is willing to do whatever it takes to see this through. They continuously move to different cities, to avoid being tracked by police. As the days go by, Veera finds peace and a new-found freedom in her bondage to the point that she confides in him of her troubled childhood. Her fear of abduction is taken over by a sense of freedom.