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Road Movies
Journey To Italy [1953] [DVD]Journey To Italy [1953] [DVD]
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Rossellini's classic sometimes known as Voyage to Italy & one that nods to James Joyce knowingly...
Badlands [DVD] [1973]Badlands [DVD] [1973]
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Malick's masterful debut & probably the greatest lovers on the run film...
The Grapes Of Wrath [VHS] [1940]The Grapes Of Wrath [VHS] [1940]
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John Ford's masterful adaptation of Steinbeck's depression-era classic...
Wild Strawberries [1957] [DVD]Wild Strawberries [1957] [DVD]
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Yes I think this counts as a road movie!; ripped off twice by Woody Allen- Another Woman & Deconstructing Harry
Paris, Texas [1984] [DVD]Paris, Texas [1984] [DVD]
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The best of the many Wenders road films, see Kings of the Road, Until the End of the World, Alice in the Cities, The Lisbon Story etc
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot [DVD] [1974]Thunderbolt And Lightfoot [DVD] [1974]
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Michael Cimino's debut film with a homoerotic undertow between Clint'n'Jeff...
Easy Rider - Special Edition [DVD] [1969]Easy Rider - Special Edition [DVD] [1969]
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Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda & Terry Southern advance on those Corman road movies like The Trip & Wild Angels...
Les Valseuses [VHS] [1974]Les Valseuses [VHS] [1974]
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This film blew my mind when it was screened on Channel 4, who now only broadcast junk...
Vanishing Point [VHS] [1971]Vanishing Point [VHS] [1971]
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This & Two Lane Blacktop were post-Easy Rider cult classics; has been nodded to in an Audioslave video & a Primal Scream song....
The Straight Story [DVD] [1999]The Straight Story [DVD] [1999]
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Sometimes this is my favourite David Lynch film- there are several moments of complete perfection..
Weekend [VHS] [1968]Weekend [VHS] [1968]
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Godard's 1967 classic blends autogeddon & leftist thought: an influence on Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition & Cronenberg's Crash I feel....
Mad Max 2 - Road Warrior [VHS] [1981]Mad Max 2 - Road Warrior [VHS] [1981]
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The best of the Mad Max movies...
Zabriskie PointZabriskie Point by Original Soundtrack
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I always quite liked this indulgence from Antonioni- worth seeing for the Pink Floyd assisted meltdown at the end...
Something Wild [1986] [DVD]Something Wild [1986] [DVD]
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Jonathan Demme's classic has much great in it: The Go-Betweens' Spring Rain, John Sayles, Ray Liotta...
Crash [DVD] [1997]Crash [DVD] [1997]
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Cronenberg's controversial film about people and cars.
Duel [VHS] [1972]Duel [VHS] [1972]
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I always liked Spielberg's early, funny films: Jaws, Sugarland Express & this...
The Milky Way [VHS] [1969]The Milky Way [VHS] [1969]
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Bunuel's classic which I think was an influence on Easy Rider & was definitely an influence on The Band's The Weight....
O Lucky Man! [VHS] [1973]O Lucky Man! [VHS] [1973]
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The follow-up to If.... & a Pilgrim's Progress from Mick Travis
Midnight Run [VHS] [1988]Midnight Run [VHS] [1988]
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A suitably great thriller
Five Easy Pieces [DVD] [1970]Five Easy Pieces [DVD] [1970]
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Bob Rafelson's road movie was a big influence on early Wenders, e.g. Alice in the Cities & Kings of the Road...
Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD] [1971] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD] [1971] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates & James Taylor in an Easy Rider rip-off with its own charm
Thelma And Louise [VHS] [1991]Thelma And Louise [VHS] [1991]
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Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta)Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta) by Gustavo Santaolalla
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Wild At Heart [DVD] [1991]Wild At Heart [DVD] [1991]
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The Seventh Seal [DVD] [1957]The Seventh Seal [DVD] [1957]
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A road movie pre-cars if that's OK with you (see also Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales & Herzog's Aguire, Wrath of God)