Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Road Movie: 38 Films to Rent on VHS
- Dudes (1987)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Jon Cryer, Catherine Mary Stewart
- A wacky road movie about a trio of New York punks who attempt to get to LA in a VW. They bargain on fame and fortune, but end up with serious…
- Mark II (1987)
- Dir. John Anderson
- Three unemployed Maori youth embark on a bumpy ride south in their Mark II Ford Zephyr. The young novice actors exude charm and raw energy that…
- Cannonball (1976)
- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. David Carradine, Paul Bartel
- A kind of contemporary sequel to DEATH RACE 2000, David Carradine and Paul Bartel reteam for this self–consciously tacky road movie. Carradine…
- Macon County Line (1974)
- Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters…
- An under–rated, gritty kids vs. rednecks thriller in the EASY RIDER tradition about three youngsters pursued on Georgian byways for a gruesome…
- Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, The (1971)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Arthur Brauss
- Enigmatic tale of a maturing goalkeeper who abandons his soccer team and ambles about Germany. Dir. Wender's typical sketchbook narrative provides…
- J.C. (Iron Horsemen) (1971)
- Dir. William McGaha
Feat. William McGaha, Slim Pickens
- Fairly typical hippie turkey, in which dir. McGaha stars as a deluded bikie who thinks he is Jesus Christ reborn and leads his pack of…
- Wanda (1970)
- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins
- The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
- Rain People, The (1969)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan
- A woman hits the road to escape her suffocating marriage, but finds her new circumstances no more satisfactory. A thought–provoker from…