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The Trip to Italy

• Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.
• Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern Britain, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy. Once again, the two comedy buddies/rivals take the landscape as well as the cuisine of that country in a trip filled with witty repartee and personal insecurities. Along the way, their own professional and personal lives comes in as these slightly older men's friendship comes through. — Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
• As Rob was the one who largely wrote their Northern England restaurant piece, the Observer asks him if he and Steve would do another restaurant tour piece for them, this time in Italy. What they decide is a week long trip north to south along the western coast ending in Sicily. Much like last time, they are joined by a wide array of celebrities in the form of their impersonations, from Michael Caine to Al Pacino to Hugh Grant , but also the spirit of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron as they touch on those places in the country associated with these two British writers of the Romantic period. Beyond the nature of the food, what ends up being the other primary difference between this trip and the Northern England trip is the role reversal between the two travelers, Steve who seems more grounded than he was last time, and Rob who seems the restless one this time. This reversal is partly due to what happened the last trip, and what has happened in their lives in the intervening time, but also unplanned experiences they have along the way on this trip providing certain opportunities, for Rob a potential part in an American movie and something that happens leading out of a sailing trip early in the week, and for Steve how he reacts to two people that unexpectedly join them for part of the trip, the second which results in a slight change of direction in the latter part of the week. — Huggo

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Michael Winterbottom’s 2010 film The Trip featured hilarious banter and impressions from the leads, and his sequel managed to offer something deeper while still bringing the laughs. The central theme of Lord Byron allows for plenty to be explored.

Full Review | Jun 23, 2023

Coogan and Brydon have a pitch-perfect blend of self-effacing comedy and haughty arrogance, culture and setting, and a smart kind of silliness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 29, 2022

A riotous comedy that finds time for self-reflection, Roger Moore impressions and the timeless Alanis Morissette vs Avril Lavigne debate and it is intimate and infectious.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2021

Even though it looks better and there's more of an emphasis to balance the characters, the structure adheres so closely to the first outing that it leaves little wiggle room for surprise.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 20, 2020

Sunnier comedy food-tour sequel has swearing, adult themes.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2020

It might be a bit too quiet and slow for some, and it has no real "point". For what it's worth it's pretty dope to see a film that has two men as friends, having conversations and enjoying one another's company

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 11, 2020

It's more than comedy that Winterbottom and his stars are digging for, it's the fiber of the relationship

Full Review | Original Score: 3.2/5 | Nov 27, 2019

A movie this muted isn't designed to provoke a chair-throwing, exclamatory reaction so much as it is intended to be thoughtful and, for lack of a better term, "nice." And so it is. The Trip to Italy may well be the nicest movie of the year.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 6, 2019

An unadulterated joy.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 8, 2019

Winterbottom throws in a bit of narrative and visual finesse to add some polish and make The Trip to Italy a memorable, delightful excursion.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 22, 2019

I liked almost everything about the film; emphasis on liked. It's pleasant. It's funny, and, at times, poignant.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 1, 2018

If you like cool, dry, witty sophisticated banter, with the unmistakable English flair, the film's for you. There's also plenty of lowbrow fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2018

If for some reason the stars don't amuse you, just watch it for the scenery. If the scenery doesn't interest you, watch it for the food. I was literally eating a Hot Pocket while I watched it, and it almost killed me.

Full Review | Aug 22, 2018

It's funny, light but thoughtful, and-surprisingly, for a sequel-fresh.

Full Review | Oct 19, 2017

The food and sightseeing is fun, but the relationship is the core here.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 15, 2017

The characters, by virtue of switching roles, deepen, but the emotional content of [The Trip to Italy] is lighter than its predecessor [The Trip]: it's more fun but it leaves less of a lasting impression.

Full Review | Aug 15, 2017

Somewhat programmatic, if still entertaining...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 8, 2017

Nicely directed by Michael Winterbottom, the movie is better shot, more carefully constructed, and more emotionally complex than the original.

Full Review | Apr 26, 2017

A comedy that creates moments of deep empathy thanks to its characters and has Italian landscapes that reach narrative connotations. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 11, 2016

A culinary journey through the beautiful Italian geography, mired in an irrepressible chattering where Byron or Shelley's poems are recited. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2016

Summary Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. Rewhetting our palates from the earlier film, the characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on ... Read More

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The founder of this site once said a very wise thing. Well, he actually said quite a few very wise things, but here’s one I go over and over pretty frequently: "There are two things you can't argue in film: comedy and eroticism. If something doesn't make you laugh, no one can tell you why it's funny, and it's difficult to reason someone out of an erection." That’s pretty funny in and of itself. Anyway, I’ve always respected Roger Ebert’s rule of comedy, which he articulated differently in various pieces over the course of his life, and which I distilled in my own mind as an instruction: If something’s funny, and you laugh at it a lot, you’ve gotta own it. (If you know me at all, you also know that I’ve got a laugh that’s kind of hard not to own—when I lose it, it’s pretty loud. I think Fox Searchlight bought “ Napoleon Dynamite ” at Sundance partially in the strength of my reaction to the steak-throwing joke.)

So here’s the breakdown: I laughed like a maniac at the Michael-Caine-impersonation reprise performed by comic actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon at the front end of “The Trip To Italy,” the followup (to call this a sequel is kind of special pleading, really) to “ The Trip .” The difference, by the way, being that in the prior film—both are distilled from somewhat longer television mini-series-es broadcast in Great Britain—the fellows gallivanted around the British countryside and in this picture they are in, you guessed it, Italy. To get back to the record, I also laughed like a maniac at the pictures end, in which Brydon and Coogan discuss various James Bonds in front of an appreciative audience of actors playing the publicist and teenage son of the characters played by Brydon and Coogan, who are lightly fictionalized versions of themselves. And I laughed consistently and appreciatively at many of the scenes in between, some of which depict the actors singing along to an Alanis Morrissette CD.

So if you go in for allusive British humor that builds slowly from dry to uproarious, as executed by two absolute masters of the form, “The Trip To Italy” will work for you, I believe. I also think the film, directed, like the prior one, by the astute Michael Winterbottom , is a somewhat smoother trip than the first. In that one, Coogan, who’s better known internationally than Brydon, was the focus, and the movie’s plot, such as it was, was hooked into his work and personal anxieties as he took a break from his Hollywood career just as it entered a pivotal moment. Here the focus is on Brydon, who gets a call from Hollywood, and also succumbs to a vacation flirtation that results in a pretty serious domestic misstep. Because the viewer is arguably less familiar with Brydon, the fiction is more convincing; we’re spared the potential distraction of trying to separate and/or combine the “real” person from the character he’s playing. Which leaves us more focus for the incredible-looking Italian meals the pair sample (these trips are foodie fodder for newspaper articles Brydon writes), and the impeccably delivered banter they exchange. It all looks scrumptious, which makes this movie a terribly refreshing one with which to close out the summer.

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Coogan is an errant father but is shown happy and

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Characters drink wine with meals. Brief discussion

Parents need to know that The Trip to Italy is the excellent sequel to the 2011 British comedy-drama The Trip . The restaurant review road trip set-up is the same as before and the two lead characters -- improvised fictional versions of comedic actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon -- continue the one…

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Few overt positive messages, but some examples of kindness and humility . Understanding that flaws don't wholly define a person or their actions, and accepting the reasons behind certain behaviors. Complexities of friendship are explored -- such as jealousy -- as is mortality. Conceding to temptation. Some adultery.

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Coogan is an errant father but is shown happy and relaxed when with his son. He tries to make plans to spend more time with his children. Brydon has an adulterous one-night stand.

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Character stabbed in stomach during dream sequence has bloody wound. Discussion about who characters would eat after a plane crash.

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Character flirts with a woman and has extramarital sex -- occurs off-screen. Characters discuss a poet who slept with their sister and "sodomized young boys." Jokes about sex with a prison cellmate and about being elderly and attracted to a care nurse.

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Innuendo and language, including "f--k," "f--king," "damn," "nonce," "bloody," "d--k," "motherf-----g," and "God" (used as an exclamation).

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Mini brand car is shot lovingly like a car commercial and the car is discussed by characters. Ray-Ban sunglasses also feature. Both brands are mentioned in the movie's credits.

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Characters drink wine with meals. Brief discussion of teetotal character choosing to drink wine.

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Parents need to know that The Trip to Italy is the excellent sequel to the 2011 British comedy-drama The Trip . The restaurant review road trip set-up is the same as before and the two lead characters -- improvised fictional versions of comedic actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon -- continue the one-upmanship from the first movie. Womanizing and infidelity occur, along with strong bad language, such as "d--k," "bloody," and variants of "f--k." Characters drink alcohol but not to excess. During a dream sequence, a character's stomach is slashed and a large, bloody wound is shown. Roles are reversed this time around, with "good guy" family man, Brydon, committing adultery -- although this occurs off screen. There is also some sexual humor. Mortality is also discussed regularly, with middle-age and legacy being key themes in the movie. Sponsored products are regularly seen, including Mini and Ray-Ban sunglasses. The Trip to Italy is the second in a series of movies. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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In THE TRIP TO ITALY, fictionalized versions of comedic actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned to do another restaurant review road trip. This time the trip takes place in Italy, where temptation gets the better of them both.

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While 2011's The Trip was an excellent movie, but a hard ride to be along on, this is a deeper, more complex experience and one that is ultimately about acceptance of people's flaws. The Trip to Italy starts with a meta conversation between Coogan and Brydon , about how second films in series are never as good. It's a sign this trip could veer off on a pretentious, self-referential route. Thankfully a few minutes later, the familiar, naturalistic groove starts again as the two friends, tasked with reviewing restaurants, relax on their trip across a gloriously-shot Italy.

This time around, Brydon's character is the focus. Set up in the first movie as "the good guy" of the pair, an act of infidelity in Italy brings in another texture to the already rich characterization. In contrast, Coogan -- in a more reparative mindset than the selfish character in The Trip -- tries to improve relations with his children. He also attempts -- but fails -- to avoid alcohol. There are still some YouTube-ready scenes of the duo facing off with more celebrity impersonations. But the main thrust of the movie is a study of middle-aged men and their fears. By exploring what the pair are scared of reveals what drives them, and an extra couple of hours in their company results in a warmer movie -- fitting for the climate in which it's shot -- which takes care to show the characters' moments of kindness and humility.

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Movie Details

• In theaters : August 15, 2014
• On DVD or streaming : December 23, 2014
• Cast : Steve Coogan , Rob Brydon , Rosie Fellner
• Director : Michael Winterbottom
• Inclusion Information : Female actors
• Studio : IFC Films
• Genre : Comedy
• Topics : Cooking and Baking , Friendship , Holidays
• Run time : 108 minutes
• MPAA rating : NR
• Last updated : April 2, 2023

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The Trip to Italy (2014)

Genre: comedy / drama, duration: 115 minuten, country: united kingdom / italy, directed by: michael winterbottom, stars: steve coogan , rob brydon and rosie fellner, imdb score: 6,6  (16.174), releasedate: 24 april 2014.

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"Anyone for seconds?" Steve and Rob embark on a culinary road trip across Italy, following in the footsteps of a couple of romantic poets. They travel to Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and finally end up in Capri. They enjoy the delicious meals and the beautiful surroundings while talking about all kinds of different topics.

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By Manohla Dargis

• Aug. 14, 2014

Ah, to be famous or just funny enough for someone to pay for your freewheeling jaunt along the Amalfi Coast! You wouldn’t always know it from his compendium of lip twitches and often comic and sour asides, but Steve Coogan is one lucky man, as is Rob Brydon, his returning partner in clowning and mileage. As in “ The Trip ,” their 2010 excursion into British cuisine, the two have teamed up for a journey, ostensibly so that now they can review six Italian restaurants for The Observer of London. In other words, this is “The Trip” with pasta.

Last time around it was Mr. Coogan who had been tapped to review restaurants in northern England, a gig that resulted in many on-screen glasses of wine, fancy dishes and dueling impersonations with Mr. Brydon. To wit: One traveler executed a brilliant Michael Caine and the other raised the stakes with Sean Connery, and then they threw around allusions to Coleridge and Wordsworth amid one man’s romantic tryst and some misbegotten sentimentalism. As in the earlier film, that chameleon Michael Winterbottom has assumed the off-screen role of director, a part he plays here with a light touch, technical competency and no particular point of view, auteurist or otherwise. Both trips originated as BBC television series that have been cut down for theatrical release.

And so with Mr. Brydon and Mr. Coogan now playing tag-team critics, they tool around Italy in a Mini Cooper blasting Alanis Morissette in between sampling luscious meals and bedding down in heavenly hotels. This time their literary touchstones include Lord Byron , who moved to Italy in 1817 before setting off in 1823 to participate in the Greek fight for independence from the Ottoman Empire. Mr. Coogan and Mr. Brydon carve out a mini Romantic poets tour, visiting a home, a statue and a cemetery and, at one point, lingering on a beach with a reproduction of Louis Édouard Fournier’s 1889 painting “The Funeral of Shelley,” which shows Byron mourning his friend. The relationship between Mr. Coogan and Mr. Brydon is a bit less eternal.

Hanging out with Romantic ghosts does put the two travelers in a thoughtful mood, particularly about life and death, though it’s impossible to know if these intimations of mortality generate from them or Mr. Winterbottom. Whatever the case, the movie is shot through with references to shuffling off this mortal coil, a topic that manifests in various ways, including a quick visit to a crypt, an aside about Roberto Rossellini’s 1954 masterpiece “Journey to Italy” and the arrival of Mr. Coogan’s fictional teenage son, Joe (Timothy Leach). Narratively, Joe seems to have been brought in to introduce a (modest) jolt of young male energy to the proceedings. It’s a jolt that by rights should complement a talk Mr. Brydon and Mr. Coogan have about how young women no longer look at them.

That conversation briefly points the movie toward rockier, more difficult terrain than Mr. Winterbottom or his co-conspirators choose to explore. That’s too bad, although maybe not. Like its predecessor, “The Trip to Italy” flirts with seriousness yet invariably, perhaps rightly, it always goes for the joke, the pun, the fun and the sun. (The food seems even more incidental here than it did in the first movie, although there’s plenty of epicurean oohing and ahing.) Time and again, these travelers dodge reality, including any mention of the cost of all those wines, meals and rooms, and whether the women who do look at them would do so if these funnymen weren’t also famous. In the end, they turn a few of Lord Byron’s words into something like an ethos: “And if I laugh at any mortal thing, ’tis that I may not weep.”

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Two italys take a road trip in 'il sorpasso'.

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Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Roberto Mariani (left) and Vittorio Gassman plays Bruno Cortona (right) in Dino Risi's Il Sorpasso . Courtesy of The Criterion Collection hide caption

Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Roberto Mariani (left) and Vittorio Gassman plays Bruno Cortona (right) in Dino Risi's Il Sorpasso .

If the road movie has a home, it's surely the United States. After all, the settling of America was itself a kind of humongous road picture — all those wagons rolling across the new continent's spectacular vastness. And with our ceaseless love of movement, we became the first people to be transported — in every sense — by the automobile. Small wonder, then, that so many famous Hollywood films, from It Happened One Night to Thelma & Louise , are all about hitting the road.

Yet strangely, what may be the greatest road movie comes not from America but from the tiny, long-settled Italy of 1962. Titled Il Sorpasso — a term that refers to the aggressive act of overtaking, or passing, on the highway — Dino Risi's masterful comic drama is an enduringly beloved hit in Italy, and one that's influenced Hollywood pictures as different as Easy Rider and Sideways .

When I first saw it 25 years ago, I couldn't wait to see it again right away. I've been waiting ever since. It was as if the rights to Il Sorpasso were held by Godot Home Video. That's finally changed with the Criterion Collection's superb new Blu-ray and DVD package that's flush with extras, including a smart, filmed introduction by Sideways ' Alexander Payne. Enormously entertaining and sneakily deep, Il Sorpasso feels as vibrant today as it did in the '60s.

Vittorio Gassman stars as Bruno Cortona, an exuberantly irresponsible man-child who vrooms around in his sporty Lancia convertible blasting the world's most obnoxious car horn. Needing to make a call but unable to find a pay phone, he imposes on a guy he spots in an apartment window. That's Roberto Mariani, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a young law student who is everything Bruno is not — shy, workaholic and as square as a saltine cracker. Although Roberto wants to study, Bruno railroads him into going for a drink.

What starts as a jaunt grows into a journey that finds them bombing from Rome to Viareggio in Tuscany, a free-form odyssey that offers an incomparable look at early-'60s Italy — its gas stations and piazzas, nightclubs and estates, bikini-clad beaches and grim traffic accidents. Yet Bruno and Roberto's journey through space also becomes a journey through time. We encounter figures from their past who add shadings to our sense of their characters. We see what's both good and bad about each — without the movie ever judging them.

Il Sorpasso was part of the '60s explosion in Italian movies when auteurs like Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Bernardo Bertolucci became internationally famous. Unlike them, Risi didn't make art films — in fact, he has Bruno joke about the dullness of Antonioni. Instead, Risi made commercial hits that, like the great Hollywood movies of the '70s, were perfectly in synch with what his audience was thinking about. Blessed with a light touch, he captured the realities of everyday life, but did so in the pleasurable, unpretentious, unscolding way of the greatest popular art.

Anyone can enjoy Il Sorpasso simply for its larky energy and the growing camaraderie between the womanizing Bruno, who's always looking for an angle, and the button-down Roberto, whose good sense makes him our surrogate. While Roberto is wonderfully played by Trintignant, who's peerless at creating bottled-up characters, the movie belongs to Gassman's electrifying Bruno, the platonic ideal of a certain kind of masculinity that Italian culture may mock but also adores. Even as we see through his braggadocio, Bruno's animal spirits fill every scene with blaring life.

Yet Risi wasn't making an Italian buddy comedy. Like all the best road movies, Il Sorpasso uses its journey to reveal a whole culture. Risi offers a brilliant snapshot of the boom years when poor, war-ravaged Italy suddenly became a go-go nation where the economy boomed, people bought cars and took beach holidays, and everyone wanted to have fun — everywhere you look in this movie somebody's doing the Twist. Where Roberto's dutifulness smacks of Italy's joyless '50s, Bruno embodies the '60s' new prosperity and recklessness. We watch him blow by earlier forms of Italian transportation: bicycles; Vespas, sidecars; cheap, sensible Fiats.

Of course, there are dangers in speeding and Il Sorpasso 's special tang comes from Risi's skill at weaving intimations of darkness into a sunny-seeming tale. The wisest of satirists, Risi sees what both individuals and whole societies find it easy to forget — as we forgot in the irrational exuberance that led to our recent financial crash. You see, once you get hooked on going too fast, you'd better fasten your seatbelts and watch what's coming around the next curve.

The best road trip movies of all time

Posted: February 12, 2024 | Last updated: February 12, 2024

Few things are better than a classic road trip. Sun shining, music blaring, wind in your hair, and some good friends. But since road trips aren’t exactly a thing you can schedule every day, sometimes you have to make do with watching other people go on their own epic journeys. For that, we have 20 of the best road trip movies of all time.

Nomadland (2020)

Any movie that wins three Oscars , including Best Picture and Best Director, is sure to make its way to the top of any best-of list, and that’s exactly the case here. Frances McDormand shows that even two decades after also starring in Almost Famous , she can still make one hell of a road trip movie in this story about packing up your essentials and roaming the country in search of purpose.

Road Trip (2000)

With a title that says all we need to know, Road Trip is a who’s who of stars from the teen sex comedy genre that dominated the early 2000s. The film is raunchy and hilarious, capturing that youthful energy of adventuring with your friends and having everything spiral out of control. Released in 2000, the movie feels like a send-off to the ‘90s, full of countless references and cast members that were part of iconic ‘90s productions ranging from American Pie to Rent .

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Considered by many to be the greatest Saturday Night Live spinoff film of all time, The Blues Brothers stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd road-tripping around the state looking to get their old band back together. The movie was a box-office and cult hit, eventually spawning a sequel that unfortunately failed to live up to the high bar set by the brothers.

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Travelling to a secluded beach on the Mexican coast may not sound like the most exciting destination, but it’s times like that where it’s important to remember the journey is always more important. A story of two teenage boys travelling with a woman in her late twenties, the film depicts jealousy and self-discovery against the backdrop of Mexico’s political turmoil. The movie was so popular, it set the record for the highest box-office opening in Mexican cinema history .

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Seen as one of the greatest feminist films of all time , Thelma & Louise is also just one of the greatest films of all time, road trip or otherwise. It portrays two best friends adventuring on the road together and quickly spiralling into crime and running from the police. The controversial film became instantly beloved by audiences everywhere, earning six Oscar nominations and winning Best Original Screenplay . In 2016, it was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for its cultural significance.

Easy Rider (1969)

If you’ve ever seen a movie or show where Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” blasts as people drive off , you have Easy Rider to thank for that seminal moment. The movie was iconic for its portrayal of rising counterculture movements such as hippie culture, anti-war protests, and recreational drug use. It’s a fun movie about venturing off to New Orleans and leaving social tension behind.

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Widely considered to be one of the greatest comedies of all time , Dumb and Dumber showcases a journey from Rhode Island to Colorado that is full of as many shenanigans as one could possibly pack into 107 minutes. The movie’s popularity has led to two sequels and even an animated television show, as people couldn’t get enough of watching these two goofballs have fun on the road together.

Death Proof (2007)

A road trip movie-turned-brutal slasher flick is about as Quentin Tarantino as anything can get, which is what makes it the perfect twist on the genre. Released in North America as Grindhouse , a double feature alongside Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror , the movie was a box-office failure that taught Tarantino a few lessons . Nevertheless, the movie has since become a cult hit, for viewers who discovered it without having to sit through a second movie.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Travelling from New York City to Chicago and back may not sound like the most thrilling road trip, but the Coen Brothers are capable of turning nothing into something enthralling. In classic Coen fashion , this is a movie that twists the road trip trend, instead offering a look at a down-on-his-luck folk singer trying to make ends meet rather than the hijinks and hilarity the genre usually offers.

Into the Wild (2007)

Who hasn’t found themselves disenchanted with society and debated giving away all their possessions to hitchhike across the country and live in the wilderness? Fortunately, that’s exactly the journey that Into the Wild portrays, telling the biographical story of Christopher McCandless , who met all sorts of people on his journey out to live in the Alaskan wild.

It Happened One Night (1934)

One of the first road trip movies of all time, this 1934 classic starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert is famous for its iconic ankle flaunting scene that has been parodied an endless amount of times. It’s widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever, as the rom-com is filled with endless comedic moments as the pair venture out to New York. It was also one of the last movies released before the Motion Picture Association began stricter enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code , which severely limited what films could show for nearly three decades.

Midnight Run (1988)

Robert De Niro in a New York to Los Angeles buddy comedy , need anyone say more? The film was both a critical and commercial success, spawning three made-for-TV sequels expanding on the story of various characters throughout the film. With De Niro playing a bounty hunter, the movie perfectly blends hysterical comedy with thrilling excitement and a few heavier, dark moments to keep audiences guessing.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

When Steve Martin, John Candy, and John Hughes collaborate on a movie together, the result is sure to be… well, as good as Planes, Trains and Automobiles is. The movie is about a three-day journey to Chicago between two unlikely travel companions—like if The Odd Couple happened in transit. It’s a must-watch performance for both Martin and Candy, with Roger Ebert calling the film “perfectly cast and soundly constructed.”

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

A tiny budget and an all-star cast led this movie, about travelling to a California child beauty pageant, to become one of the greatest surprise hits of all time. Little Miss Sunshine , won two Oscars , including Best Original Screenplay, and made over US$100 million on just an US$8-million budget . It’s the perfect example of how a beat-up van and a cast of weirdos can be just as engaging as a team of superheroes.

The Cannonball Run (1981)

What’s more exciting than a road trip from Connecticut to California? What about if that road trip was all part of an illegal race across the country? That’s exactly the plot of The Cannonball Run , in which an all-star cast that includes Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jackie Chan all race from coast to coast. The Cannonball Run continues to live on in road trip lore with the record having been broken countless times over the years.

National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

The National Lampoon’s series has produced some wonderful movies, but Vacation is widely considered to be the best of them all . With John Hughes, Harold Ramis, and Chevy Chase all collaborating on this movie, it’s no surprise that it’s an endless stream of laughs with just the right amount of heartfelt moments sprinkled in.

Rain Man (1988)

Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise each give perhaps the best performance of their careers in this iconic movie. The film was a success in every sense of the word, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1988 , making over US$350 million on just a US$25-million budget , alongside winning four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Hoffman winning Best Actor. It’s a cross-country road trip about self-discovery and never underestimating people—an absolute must-watch.

Smokey and the Bandit

Burt Reynolds’ directorial debut was everything anyone could have hoped for, with his hilarious and exciting film about a bootlegger and runaway bride trying to smuggle 400 cases of beer from Texas to Atlanta. It was a massive hit , with only Star Wars outperforming this iconic 1977 film at the box office. The on-screen chemistry would even blossom into a real relationship between Reynolds and co-star Sally Field .

Almost Famous (2000)

In this semi-autobiographical story , a young Rolling Stone journalist follows around a touring rock band, getting in all sorts of hijinks along the way. Love, sex, partying, and meeting all sorts of new people make this movie a coming-of-age tale as much as a road trip movie. It’s an absolute must-watch for music lovers, and those who dream of hitting the road and partying every night.

True Romance (1993)

As if travelling from Detroit to Los Angeles wasn’t exciting enough, doing so while being chased by the mob is sure to add some excitement to the road trip. This film marks one of the rare instances of Quentin Tarantino writing the screenplay, but not directing as well, which many people credit for its success .

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