Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Road Movie: 106 Films to Rent on DVD
- Danzon (1991)
- Dir. Maria Novaro
Feat. Maria Rojo
- Lovely film about a phone operator and mother in Mexico City enthralled by the popular Cuban dance, known as "danzon". When her regular dance partner…
- Until the End of the World (1991)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill
- Wim Wenders dream project, shot in nine countries, concerns global ambling at the end of the millenium before developing its best idea about…
- Sheltering Sky, The (1990)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Malkovich, Debra Winger, Campbell Scott…
- John Malkovich and Debra Winger play a troubled, upper–class American couple who discover 'themselves' while on trek through the North African…
- Thelma and Louise (1990)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel…
- Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon take action and escape their housebound repression in a T–Bird, but discover the road to freedom is littered…
- Eversmile, New Jersey (1989)
- Dir. Carlos Sorin
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Jokovic
- Oddball dramedy with Daniel Day–Lewis taking on the role of a dentist travelling by motorbike through South America to provide locals with free…
- Starlight Hotel (1989)
- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Greer Robson, Bruce Phillips, Alison Fraser
- A young runaway in search of her father and a reluctant fugitive become unlikely partners who manage to keep one step ahead of the police. Shot on…
- Ariel (1988)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
- A redundant miner takes his newly acquired Thunderbird to Helsinki in search of financial and emotional security, but is hampered with rotten luck. A…
- Rain Man (1988)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
- Oscar–winning road drama featuring Dustin Hoffman's virtuoso performance as the idiot savant brother of Tom Cruise, who does equally well in a…
- Fandango (1985)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards…
- Kevin Costner landed his first leading role in this nostalgic comedy/drama about five college students from Texas in 1971 who go on a last road trip…
- Vagabond (1985)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire
- Award–winning drama that artfully presents poetic moments from young vagabond Sandrine Bonnaire’s last month alive, listlessly drifting…