Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Road Movie: 17 Films to Rent on VHS
- Leaving Normal (1992)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Christine Lahti, Meg Tilly
- Post–THELMA AND LOUISE female–bonding drama with the ever–likeable Christine Lahti and Meg Tilly, who abandon their lives of…
- Bright Angel (1991)
- Dir. Michael Fields
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard…
- Sombre mid–western road movie avoids genre cliches and maintain its grip once it takes hold.
- Merci La Vie (1991)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg
- Two young girls bond on a magical, mysterious tour played out against shifts in time, from the present to Occupied France. The audacious mix of ideas…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…