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  1. 25 Essential Road Trip Movies of the Last 25 Years

    Synopsis: Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan... [More] Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee. Directed By: Cameron Crowe.

  2. The 100 Best Road Movies Ever!!!

    4. The Grapes of Wrath. 8.1 (100K) Rate. 96. An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. 5.

  3. 'Desert Road' Review: A Spellbinding California Head Trip

    In a wise and loving pep talk, her mom advises against giving up — a refreshing change of pace from all those undermining movie mothers. The daughter's response is tearful, terse and ...

  4. The 20 Best Road Movies of All Time, Ranked

    Adventure, Crime, Drama (2h 10m) 7.5 on IMDb — 86% on RT. Watch on Amazon. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. Adventure, Drama (1h 35m) 7.3 on IMDb — 84% on RT. Watch on Amazon. The best metaphor for a character's internal journey could be an actual road trip across harsh landscapes and rough ...

  5. 27 Road Trip Movies Every Traveler Needs To Watch

    5. American Honey. A24. "Zola" isn't the only movie where Riley Keough is a uniquely awful road trip presence. There's also the 2016 drama "American Honey", where Keough enlists a young girl ...

  6. The 25 Best Road Trip Movies Ever

    Vagabond (1985) Destination: This reverse mystery begins with the death of a young woman (Sandrine Bonnaire) who had wandered the French countryside. The film then follows the story of how she ...

  7. 27 Best Road Trip Movies of All Time: 'Easy Rider,' 'Midnight Run'

    Here are the 27 all-time best. Classics like "Easy Rider" and "Thelma & Louise" are on our roundup. There are also more recent movies like "Logan" and "Magic Mike XXL." Visit Insider's homepage ...

  8. 'Desert Road' review: A time-travel thriller unlike any you've seen

    Desert Road offers an uncommon horror movie heroine.. Forget the sheepish babysitters or the brazen hussies of slasher films. Forget the meta-heroines, so familiar with genre movies that they can ...

  9. 'Desert Road' Review

    Desert Road is a small-scale, personal thriller that exponentially expands outward until it blossoms into a looping, sci-fi head trip, all without ever losing touch with its endearing central ...

  10. Desert Road SXSW: Kristine Froseth Stars in Roadside Thriller

    The film starts simply enough, with the sight of a beat-up silver car traveling along a lonely stretch of an arid desert. The driver is a young woman ( Kristine Froseth ), whose backstory and ...

  11. Road Trip Movies

    R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller. A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit. Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt. Votes: 133,929 | Gross: $32.06M.

  12. Desert Road Review: A Creative, Compelling Time Loop Thriller With A

    Kristine Froseth delivers an exceptional performance, portraying Clare's emotions with intensity. The film's nonlinear storytelling, seamless execution, and unique ending make it a powerful and creative debut. Written and directed by Shannon Triplett, in her directorial feature debut, Desert Road is a complex story that is handled with ease.

  13. 'Desert Road's Cast on Their Film Where the Rules of ...

    Sci-Fi. A woman crashes her car and walks down the road for help - only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her crashed car again. Release Date. March 10, 2024. Director ...

  14. Desert Road Review

    A woman finds herself trapped in a harrowing nightmare in writer/director Shannon Triplett's feature debut, Desert Road, but not in the way you'd expect. While the road trip thriller traps its ...

  15. Road Trip Comedies

    Tommy Boy presents Chris Farley in his prime as Thomas "Tommy" Callahan III, an incompetent heir to his late father's auto parts business, who embarks on a wild sales trip with straight-laced colleague Richard Hayden (David Spade). The unlikely duo's misadventures and epic mishaps make for a riotous road trip full of quotable lines and uproarious scenes that have solidified this film as a ...

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

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Directed by Stephan Elliott. With Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Rebel Penfold-Russell. Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

  17. 'Desert Road' Review: Kristine Froseth Can't Escape A Muddled Single

    Eventually, around the draining and grueling 60-minute mark—spoiler alert— "Desert Road" finally reveals itself. It's a hellish time-loop film. Something unfathomable— and not very well explained, even loosely— about this location in the desert has trapped Claire in a cycle, and it may have spanned nearly 40 years.

  18. The Best Road Movies of the 1990s

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994, 104 min. Stephan Elliott • Starring: Hugo Weaving ... The Top 50 Road Movies of the 1990s; The Top 100 Road Movies of the 1990s; The Best Horror Movies Of the 1980s; The Best Science Fiction Movies of 1977;

  19. The Ultimate Desert Road Trip Playlist

    2000s and Beyond: The End of the Desert Road Trip Playlist. Of all the eras featured on this playlist, this twenty year span features the least amount of songs. This is a combination of the 70s featuring a ton of classics and the fact that desert themed or inspired songs just aren't as common as they used to be.

  20. California Desert Road Trip: An Epic Adventure for the Cooler Months!

    Day 5 of California Deserts Road Trip: Palm Springs to Borrego Springs. Driving distance and time: 85.9 miles, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Today you can explore the charms of Palm Springs, from art and architecture to shopping and spas, or follow our suggestions below to explore the natural areas around the city.

  21. 45 Road Trip Horror Movies

    There are films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) that begin with the characters on a road trip, but the bulk of the horror in the film comes from the dark place they have discovered. In other road trip horror movies such as The Hitcher (1986), the horror comes directly from the open road. There are also films such as Hostel (2005) and An ...

  22. Desert Road

    Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 12, 2024. Jamie Broadnax Black Girl Nerds. 'Desert Road' is an ambitious, intriguing, and strong directorial debut by filmmaker Shannon Triplett who gives ...

  23. Watch Road Trip

    After their friend's death, four women set out on the dream trip they planned as teenagers, rekindling old bonds as they pay their last respects. Watch trailers & learn more.

  24. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron's Bitter 'Mad Max Fury Road ...

    Tensions between Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road mirrored their characters' tension in the movie.; The feud escalated due to different acting methods, harsh ...

  25. Roger Corman's Best Movies: A Streaming Guide

    The seventh and best of the eight films in Corman's "Poe Cycle," all produced between 1960 and 1964, "The Masque of the Red Death" catches Vincent Price at his most deliciously sinister ...

  26. The Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Goes on the Ultimate Road Trip

    See All 57 Photos. I love road trips. So much so that the first thing I do when I get assigned a new yearlong test vehicle is to start thinking of what grand adventure to take it on. Our 2023 ...

  27. Why the drag looks in 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    Among many iconic looks is the flip-flop (or 'thong,' if you're Australian) dress. It was made from shoes Chappel bought for $15 in Target using his mother's staff discount — "which ...

  28. Desert Road (2024)

    Desert Road: Directed by Shannon Triplett. With Beau Bridges, Frances Fisher, Kristine Froseth, Edwin Garcia II. A woman crashes her car and walks down the road for help - only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her crashed car again.

  29. Travelers gearing up for Memorial Day road trips will have plenty of

    Residents of the Golden State won't be alone on the roads and in the sky. AAA says more than 43.8 million Americans are projected to travel over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. That's 4% ...

  30. India Returns to Cannes Film Festival Competition, Offers Incentives

    India, Back in the Palme d'Or Hunt After 30 Years, Hopes Cannes Will Help Producers See the Light. Three co-productions on show at the Croisette this year, including competition entry 'All We ...