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Plot Summary:
Edzard is on his way from Berlin to Braunschweig to visit his family. During the trip the reason of his visit becomes clear, or doesn't it? During the trip he meets several people, most of them more than once. How this is possible becomes not quite clear until the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Jinpa (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kill the man who murdered his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, philosophical, thought provoking, serious
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Winter Land (1997)
Plot Summary:
Valdivia is a notorious drunk in a Patagonian dead-end town. His current job is to deliver a golden sheep for the mysterios Sr. Ramenfort.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Destiny Road (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Gilded Youth (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story of two girls from a French suburb and their road trip adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Traffic Officer (1983)
Plot Summary:
A comic drama about a permanently going duel between Traffic Officer and powerful businessman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
Plot Summary:
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: road movie
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1st of May: All Belongs to You (2008)
Plot Summary:
An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two young men from a small town, and a cuckolded policeman from the sticks all find their way to Berlin on May Day, where, in the district of Kreuzberg, emotions come to the boil every year.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Mi Socio (1983)
Plot Summary:
The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: Bolivia
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Dreamland (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas, a photographer from France, goes to Japan to take pictures of abandoned places. Lonely, he meets Natsuki, a young and beautiful woman, who will become his model. But Thomas has violent panic attacks and nightmares.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Now (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious accident has separated Jaap from his beloved Rose, but they continue to talk to each other in their minds and dreams. As Jaap struggles to come to terms with what happened, his best friend JP suggests they travel to France to visit Rose and unravel the mystery. During their journey JP unveils a secret which forces Jaap to face the truth about Rose.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Prager Botschaft (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political drama
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Long Shadows (2008)
Plot Summary:
After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest in Widmer, the two of them seem to have something in common. They discreetly enter into the secrets of their lives. Till the truth comes between them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
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Where I Begin (2011)
Plot Summary:
A decade after a tragic event, Jacob decides to return home to his small southern roots, only to find that the past is not really the past and that people may change but they never forget. Can you ever really go home?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Zurich (2015)
Plot Summary:
Zurich is a musical roadmovie about Nina, who discovers after the death of her great love, truckdriver Boris, he led a double life. Struggling with her feelings she comes to an almost unforgivable deed, and flees. She submerges into the truckers scene – not capable to express herself, except by singing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Vow (2007)
Plot Summary:
1818 in the Münsterland: Innumerable pilgrims seeking comfort and consolation visit the bedside of Anna Katharina von Emmerich, a nun whose body bears marks of the holy wounds of Christ on her chest, forehead and hands. Clemens von Brentano, an artist in his prime, visits the nun′s sickbed as a simple "writer of the wonders of God" to take down her visions and beliefs. He believes himself to be in charge of his life as a devout Catholic. The former rake′s encounter with the charismatic nun proves fateful, however. For both of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
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Iracema, Uma Transa Amazônica (1975)
Plot Summary:
A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by the Brazilian censorship. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil, West Germany, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Breathing Lessons (1994)
Plot Summary:
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Finsterworld (2013)
Plot Summary:
The film tells different stories in a kind of parallel Germany about love, affection and hatred.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tricky, road movie, absurd, scenic, disturbing, controversial, offbeat, serious
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Wrong Move (1975)
Plot Summary:
Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, Mignon. She's an acrobat in market squares for spare change.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: road movie, spiritual, manga, art house, postmodern, cult classic, clever, humorous, realistic, talky
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The Beekeeper (1986)
Plot Summary:
A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Italy
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: road movie, art house, slow cinema, contemplative, aesthetic, avant garde
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Thumb Tripping (1972)
Plot Summary:
Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film
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Road to La Paz (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sebastian is unemployed, finding pleasure only in his old Peugeot. He got married to his girlfriend Jazmin and having no income, he starts a job of a private ride service. One day, a regular customer, Jalil, an old Arab man suggests a long distance drive. During the ride from Buenos Aires of Argentina to La Paz of Bolivia, the two are in conflict with each other constantly. With a series of unexpected accidents, the journey brings a small but important change to both of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, intercultural, inter cultural
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Pickup on 101 (1972)
Plot Summary:
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, independent film
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Romantic Guide to Lost Places (2020)
Plot Summary:
Benno and Allegra: he's over fifty, English, and drinks like a fish; she's twenty years younger, a travel blogger with lots of imagination. They both live off their lies and have no intention of stopping now. Next-door neighbors who had never met until the day he wound up on the wrong landing, and nothing would ever be the same. Sheer chance leads this odd couple on a flight towards lost or forgotten places, where their mutual support makes for self-discovery.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Ave (2011)
Plot Summary:
While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen deeper and deeper into trouble. Reluctantly drawn into this adventure, Kamen begins to fall in love with the fleeting Avé.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, independent film, sincere, touching, offbeat
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One Night in Berlin (2011)
Plot Summary:
Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she despises. Father and daughter, Volker and Anna. Anna is desperate and on the run from the police. She needs money urgently and demands the key to grandpa's safety deposit box, a key which she knows her father still has. But Volker claims to have hidden it on the other side of the city. They set out on foot through the Berlin night, heading west. On the way, with Anna in pain, Volker discovers she is bleeding from her stomach - but not all the blood is hers. And then he finds the bloodied knife she is carrying... As time runs out and the police close in, father and daughter hurry through the night. Under cover of darkness the secrets of their East German past explode in a final confrontation - and the consequences of times past come to.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: road movie
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How Much Further (2006)
Plot Summary:
Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet interesting characters who help them re-evaluate the purpose of their journey.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, realistic, touching, captivating, scenic, semi serious
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Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013)
Plot Summary:
A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the Sun") into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, experimental, postmodern, offbeat, stylized, weird, beautiful
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My Joy (2010)
Plot Summary:
A routine run for a truck driver turns into a nightmare he can’t escape in this psychological drama from filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. Georgy (Viktor Nemets) is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man (Vladimir Golovin) with disturbing stories about his younger days in the Army. After next picking up a young woman (Olga Shuvalova) who works as a prostitute and is wary of the territory, Georgy finds himself lost, and despite asking some homeless men for help, he’s less sure than he was before of how to make his way back where he belongs. As brutal images of violence and alienation cross the screen, Georgy’s odyssey becomes darker and more desperate until it reaches an unexpected conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: road movie, disturbing, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, dread, slow cinema, aesthetic, atmospheric
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Scarecrow (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching, depressing, anamorphic, cult classic, serious, realistic