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The Best Road Movies Of All-Time

“What are the best Road Movies ever made?” We looked at 212 of the top Road films and ranked them so we could answer that very question!

The top 42 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Road” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 150+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!



Top 42 Best Road Movies



42 .) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • IFC
  • Metacritic
  • Screen Rant

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.



41 .) Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Lists It Appears On:

  • CN Traveler
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn’t spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.



40 .) La Strada

La Strada

Lists It Appears On:

  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire
  • Matador Network

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband’s coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.



39 .) Natural Born Killers (1994)

Natural Born Killers (1994)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Flick Chart
  • Metacritic
  • The News Wheel
  • What Culture

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.



38 .) Nebraska (2013)

Nebraska (2013)

Lists It Appears On:

  • BFI
  • CN Traveler
  • Flick Chart
  • The Cinemaholic

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.



37 .) Paper Moon (1973)

Paper Moon (1973)

Lists It Appears On:

  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • The News Wheel

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



36 .) Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Lists It Appears On:

  • CN Traveler
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.



35 .) Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach (1939)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Film Site
  • Indie Wire
  • Matador Network

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.



34 .) Sullivan’s Travels (1941) directed by Preston Sturges

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Image Journal

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won’t be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to “know trouble” first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.



33 .) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Lists It Appears On:

  • CN Traveler
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire
  • Top 10 HQ

Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they’ve contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.



32 .) The Blues Brothers (1980)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • IFC
  • Screen Rant
  • The News Wheel

Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a ‘mission from God’ to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music. So they get their old band together, and set out on their way—while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.



31 .) The Sure Thing (1985)

The Sure Thing (1985)

Lists It Appears On:

  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire

Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other’s nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they’ve already found before it’s too late.



30 .) True Romance (1993)

True Romance (1993)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Tales From The Argo

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.



29 .) Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire

A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.



28 .) Vagabond (1985)

Vagabond (1985)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Matador Network

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.



27 .) Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy

Lists It Appears On:

  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire
  • Matador Network
  • Metacritic

Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.



26 .) My Own Private Idaho (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Matador Network
  • Metacritic
  • Top 10 HQ

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike’s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.



25 .) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer’s ‘Odyssey’.



24 .) The Wizard of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Lists It Appears On:

  • EW
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Image Journal

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.



23 .) Zombieland (2009)

Zombieland (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Foray Motor Group
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic
  • The News Wheel

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.



22 .) Duel (1971)

Duel (1971)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • News Legit
  • The News Wheel
  • What Culture

Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.



21 .) Into the Wild (2007) directed by Sean Penn

Into the Wild (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • IMDB
  • Sabotage Times
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.



20 .) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Den Of Geek
  • Film School Rejects
  • Foray Motor Group
  • Screen Rant
  • Thought Co.

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There’s Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.



19 .) Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • IFC
  • Indie Wire

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.



18 .) Sideways (2004)

Sideways (2004)

Lists It Appears On:

  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • IFC
  • Metacritic
  • News Legit
  • The Cinemaholic
  • Top 10 HQ

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.



17 .) Almost Famous (2000)

Almost Famous (2000)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Metacritic
  • Screen Rant
  • Top 10 HQ

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller’s unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater—fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond, and lead singer Jeff Bebe William. A semi-autobiographical film based on director Cameron Crowe’s time as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.



16 .) Paris, Texas (1984) directed by Wim Wenders

Paris, Texas (1984)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Image Journal
  • IMDB
  • Smythson
  • Top 10 HQ

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.



15 .) Road Trip (2000)

Road Trip (2000)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • EW
  • Foray Motor Group
  • IFC
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • Top 10 HQ

Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.



14 .) The Straight Story (1999) directed by David Lynch

The Straight Story (1999)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Image Journal
  • IMDB
  • Metacritic
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver’s license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.



13 .) Badlands (1973) directed by Terrence Malick

Badlands (1973)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • Den Of Geek
  • EW
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Image Journal
  • Sabotage Times
  • Tales From The Argo

Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.



12 .) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Den Of Geek
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire
  • Smythson
  • What Culture

In the 1930s, the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed in a police shoot-out.



11 .) Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • IFC
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • The News Wheel

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some “adventures” they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary’s heart.



10 .) Midnight Run (1988)

Midnight Run (1988)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Foray Motor Group
  • IFC
  • Indie Wire
  • Metacritic
  • News Legit

An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.



9 .) National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • IFC
  • News Legit
  • The News Wheel
  • Travel Channel

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don’t go exactly as planned.



8 .) Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man (1988)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • Foray Motor Group
  • Indie Wire
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic
  • Travel Channel

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.



7 .) It Happened One Night (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Film School Rejects
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Indie Wire
  • Matador Network
  • The News Wheel
  • Thought Co.

Having just tied the knot with society aviator, King Westley, Ellie Andrews is whisked away to her father’s yacht and out of King’s clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter, Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn’t give her any choice—either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he’ll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what he wants—a really juicy newspaper story.



6 .) Y Tu Mamá También (2001) directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Lists It Appears On:

  • BFI
  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • IMDB
  • Indie Wire
  • Metacritic
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.



5 .) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • Flick Chart
  • IFC
  • Indie Wire
  • News Legit
  • The News Wheel
  • Thought Co.
  • Top 10 HQ
  • Travel Channel

A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.



4 .) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) directed by Walter Salles

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

Lists It Appears On:

  • BFI
  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Den Of Geek
  • EW
  • Flick Chart
  • IMDB
  • Indie Wire
  • Metacritic
  • Screen Rant
  • Tales From The Argo
  • The Cinemaholic

“The Motorcycle Diaries” is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.



3 .) Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Lists It Appears On:

  • BFI
  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • EW
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Foray Motor Group
  • Metacritic
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • The Cinemaholic
  • The News Wheel
  • Top 10 HQ
  • Travel Channel
  • What Culture

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.



2 .) Easy Rider (1969) directed by Dennis Hopper

Easy Rider (1969)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Den Of Geek
  • EW
  • Film School Rejects
  • Film Site
  • Flick Chart
  • Foray Motor Group
  • IMDB
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • Tales From The Argo
  • The Cinemaholic
  • The News Wheel
  • Thought Co.
  • Top 10 HQ
  • Travel Channel
  • What Culture

A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.



1 .) Thelma & Louise (1991) directed by Ridley Scott

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Lists It Appears On:

  • Business Insider
  • Cheat Sheet
  • CN Traveler
  • Den Of Geek
  • EW
  • Film School Rejects
  • Flick Chart
  • Foray Motor Group
  • IMDB
  • Indie Wire
  • Metacritic
  • News Legit
  • Screen Rant
  • Smythson
  • Tales From The Argo
  • The News Wheel
  • Thought Co.
  • Top 10 HQ
  • Travel Channel
  • What Culture

Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.



 


The 150+ Additional Best Road Trip Movies Ever Made



 

# Movies Directors Lists
43
Beavis and Butthead Do America
  Cheat Sheet
Flick Chart
IFC
44 Broken Flowers (2005)   BFI
Flick Chart
Metacritic
45 Down by Law (1986)   Flick Chart
Indie Wire
Sabotage Times
46
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  Flick Chart
Sabotage Times
The News Wheel
47 Flirting with Disaster   Flick Chart
Indie Wire
Metacritic
48 Logan (2017)  
Film School Rejects
Flick Chart
Flick Chart
49 Lost In America (1985)   EW
Flick Chart
Travel Channel
50
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
  EW
Flick Chart
The News Wheel
51 Stand By Me (1986)   Flick Chart
Flick Chart
Tales From The Argo
52 The Passenger   Flick Chart
Indie Wire
Matador Network
53 Tommy Boy (1995)   Business Insider
CN Traveler
Flick Chart
54 Vanishing Point (1971)   Flick Chart
Sabotage Times
What Culture
55 Alice in the Cities   Flick Chart
Matador Network
56 Cars   Flick Chart
Travel Channel
57 Central Station   Flick Chart
Metacritic
58 Death Proof (2007)   Den Of Geek
Film School Rejects
59 Due Date   Indie Wire
News Legit
60 Everything is Illuminated   Flick Chart
Foray Motor Group
61 Gun Crazy (1949)   Den Of Geek
Film Site
62 Happy Together   Indie Wire
Matador Network
63
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
  Flick Chart
Screen Rant
64
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  News Legit
Travel Channel
65 Locke (2013)   BFI
Flick Chart
66 Lolita (1962)   Den Of Geek
EW
67 Old Joy (2006)   BFI
Metacritic
68 On the Road (2012)   Business Insider
Cheat Sheet
69 Smoke Signals (1998)   CN Traveler
Metacritic
70 Something Wild   Flick Chart
Metacritic
71
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
  Business Insider
Flick Chart
72 The Bucket List (2007) Rob Reiner Flick Chart
IMDB
73 The Cannonball Run (1981)  
Film School Rejects
Flick Chart
74 The Daytrippers (1996)   CN Traveler
Den Of Geek
75 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)   Film Site
Matador Network
76 The Last Detail   Flick Chart
Flick Chart
77 The Milky Way (1969) Luis Buñuel Flick Chart
Image Journal
78 The Muppet Movie   Flick Chart
News Legit
79 The Return (2003) Andrey Zvyagintsev Image Journal
Tales From The Argo
80 The Searchers (1956) John Ford Film Site
Image Journal
81 The Trip (2010)   CN Traveler
Flick Chart
82 The Wages of Fear   EW
Matador Network
83 Thieves Like Us   Indie Wire
Matador Network
84
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
 
Film School Rejects
News Legit
85 Transsiberian (2008) Brad Anderson Flick Chart
IMDB
86 Two for the Road   Flick Chart
News Legit
87 We’re the Millers   Flick Chart
News Legit
88 Wild at Heart   Cheat Sheet
Flick Chart
89 127 Hours (2010) Danny Boyle IMDB
90 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Image Journal
91 9 Souls  
Matador Network
92 A Canterbury Tale   Flick Chart
93 About Schmidt   Metacritic
94
ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1994)
  EW
95 Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) Werner Herzog Image Journal
96 American Graffiti (1973)   Film Site
97 Andrei Rublev (1966) Andrei Tarkovsky Image Journal
98 Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola Image Journal
99 Away We Go   Flick Chart
100 Before Sunset (2004) Richard Linklater IMDB
101 Bellflower (2011)   Sabotage Times
102 Blues Brothers   Travel Channel
103 Bound for Glory   Flick Chart
104
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García ) (1974)
 
Tales From The Argo
105 CANNONBALL RUN (1981)   EW
106 Crossroads   Flick Chart
107 Dead Man   Flick Chart
108 Dear Diary  
Matador Network
109 DEATH RACE 2000 (1975)   EW
110 Departures (2008) Yôjirô Takita IMDB
111 DETOUR (1945)   What Culture
112 Diner   Travel Channel
113 Dogma   Flick Chart
114 Drugstore Cowboy   Flick Chart
115 El Topo (1970)   Sabotage Times
116 Elizabethtown (2005) Cameron Crowe IMDB
117 Fanboys   Flick Chart
118 Faster ,Pussycat! Kill! Kill!   Indie Wire
119 Finding Nemo   Cheat Sheet
120 Fireworks   Flick Chart
121 Fitzcarraldo (1982) Werner Herzog Image Journal
122 Forrest Gump   Cheat Sheet
123 Get Him to the Greek   Flick Chart
124 God Bless America   Flick Chart
125 Harry and Tonto   Flick Chart
126 Holy Motors (2012)   Den Of Geek
127
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
  Cheat Sheet
128 Husbands (1970) John Cassavetes Image Journal
129 Ida   Flick Chart
130 Il Sorpasso   Cheat Sheet
131 In This World   Metacritic
132 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)  
Film School Rejects
133 Interstate 60  
The News Wheel
134 It’s a Gift (1934)   Film Site
135
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  Flick Chart
136 Jesus’ Son   Flick Chart
137 Joy Ride (2001)  
Film School Rejects
138 Kalifornia   Flick Chart
139 Kingpin   Flick Chart
140 L’auberge espagnole (2002) Cédric Klapisch IMDB
141 Last Train Home  
Matador Network
142 Latcho Drom  
Matador Network
143 Les rendez-vous d’Anna (1978) Chantal Akerman Image Journal
144
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003)
  EW
145 LOVE ON THE RUN (1936)   What Culture
146 MAD MAX (1979)   What Culture
147 Magic Mike XXL (2015)  
Film School Rejects
148 Midnight Cowboy (1969)   Film Site
149 Munyurangabo (2007) Lee Isaac Chung Image Journal
150 Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) Apitchatpong Weerasethakul Image Journal
151 Mystery Train  
Matador Network
152 Near Dark  
Matador Network
153 North by Northwest (1959)   Film Site
154 Nothing to Lose   Flick Chart
155 One Week (I) (2008) Michael McGowan IMDB
156 Over the Top” (1987)   Business Insider
157 Palm Beach Story  
Matador Network
158 Paper Heart  
Matador Network
159 Paul   Flick Chart
160 Philomena   Flick Chart
161 Pinocchio (1940)   Sabotage Times
162 Platform  
Matador Network
163 Road to Morocco   Flick Chart
164 Road To Perdition (2002)  
Tales From The Argo
165 ROAD TO RIO (1947)   EW
166 Road, Movie  
Matador Network
167 Rolling Family (2004)   Den Of Geek
168 Russian Dolls (2005) Cédric Klapisch IMDB
169 Scarecrow   Flick Chart
170
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  Flick Chart
171 Sex and Lucía (2001) Julio Medem IMDB
172
SHERMAN’S MARCH (1986)
  EW
173 Stalker (1979) Andrei Tarkovsky Image Journal
174 Starman   Flick Chart
175 Stroszek   Flick Chart
176 Taste of Cherry   Flick Chart
177 Taxi Tehran (2015)   BFI
178 The Art of Travel (2008) Thomas Whelan IMDB
179 The Brown Bunny (2003)   BFI
180 The Burmese Harp (1956) Kon Ichikawa Image Journal
181 The Darjeeling Limited   Flick Chart
182 The Defiant Ones (1958)   Film Site
183 The End of the Tour” (2015)   Business Insider
184 The Headless Woman  
Matador Network
185 The Hitch-Hiker (1953)  
Film School Rejects
186 The Hitchhiker  
Matador Network
187 The Holy Mountain (1973) Alejandro Jodorowski Image Journal
188 THE LUCKY ONES (2008)   EW
189 The Puffy Chair (2005)   BFI
190 The Road   Flick Chart
191
The Road to Perdition (2002)
  Sabotage Times
192 The Sugarland Express   Flick Chart
193 The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Raoul Walsh Image Journal
194 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Tommy Lee Jones Image Journal
195 The Vanishing  
Matador Network
196 The Way Back (I) (2010) Peter Weir IMDB
197 The Wild One (1954)   Film Site
198 The World’s Fastest Indian   Flick Chart
199 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot   Flick Chart
200 TrollHunter   Flick Chart
201 Tuya’s Marriage (2006) Quan’an Wang IMDB
202 Under the Skin   Flick Chart
203 Up (2009) Pete Docter Image Journal
204 Vacation (1983)   Screen Rant
205 Valhalla Rising (2009)   Sabotage Times
206 Viaggio in Italia (1954) Roberto Rossellini Image Journal
207 Walkabout (1971) Nicolas Roeg Image Journal
208 Week End   Flick Chart
209 Wild Hogs   News Legit
210 Wild Strawberries (1957)  
Film School Rejects
211 Withnail and I (1987)  
Tales From The Argo
212 Zabriskie Point   Flick Chart

 


27 Best Road Film Sources/Lists



Source Article
BFI 10 great road movies of the 21st century
Business Insider 23 best road trip movies of all time
Cheat Sheet Greatest Road Movies of All Time
CN Traveler The Best Road Trip Movies
Den Of Geek Top 12 Summer Road Trip Movies
EW 30 Movies With Epic Journeys
Film School Rejects The 25 Best Road Trip Movies Ever
Film Site Road Films
Flick Chart The Best Road Movies of All Time
Foray Motor Group The Best Road Trip Movies Ever
IFC 10 Funniest Road Trip Movies
Image Journal Top 25 Road Films
IMDB top 20 best road movies
Indie Wire The 25 Best Road Trip Movies
Matador Network The 25 best road movies from around the world
Metacritic Best Road Trip Movies Since 1980
News Legit The Best Road Trip Movies of All Time
Sabotage Times The 10 Best Road Movies
Screen Rant The 17 Best Road Trip Movies of All Time
Smythson The Greatest Road Movies of All Time
Tales From The Argo 10 Best Road Movies of All Time
The Cinemaholic 10 Best Road Trip Movies of All Time
The News Wheel 15 Best Road Trip Movies Ever
Thought Co. What Is a Road Movie?
Top 10 HQ Top 10 Greatest Road Movies Of All Time
Travel Channel Best Road Trip Movies to Watch With Your Family During the Holidays
What Culture Top 10 Road Movies!