Best drama road movies - Charts
Best drama road movies
1. Rain Man (1988)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise
2. Green Book (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali
4. Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Yugoslavia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Slobodan Šijan
Cast: Pavle Vuisic, Dragan Nikolic
5. Wild Strawberries (1957)
Sweden, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson
6. Thelma & Louise (1991)
USA / UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis
7. Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Canada / USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Bob Gale
Cast: James Marsden, Gary Oldman
8. Paper Moon (1973)
USA, Road movie / Drama
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal
9. The Straight Story (1999)
USA / UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
10. Kikujiro (1999)
Japan, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Yūsuke Sekiguchi
11. Alice in the Cities (1974)
West Germany, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer
12. Kings of the Road (1976)
West Germany, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler
14. Easy Rider (1969)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper
15. Children of Nature (1991)
Iceland / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
16. Vanishing Point (1971)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little
17. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Australia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving
18. Captain Fantastic (2016)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Matt Ross
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay
19. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell
20. Smoke Signals (1998)
Canada / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Chris Eyre
Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams
22. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
USA / West Germany, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint
23. Aberdeen (2000)
Norway / UK, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey
24. Badlands (1973)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
25. Broken Flowers (2005)
USA / France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Julie Delpy
26. Vagabond (1985)
France, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Agnès Varda
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Yolande Moreau
27. Il Grido (1957)
Italy / USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Steve Cochran, Alida Valli
28. And Your Mother Too (2001)
Mexico, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna
31. Cold Fever (1995)
Iceland / Japan, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor
32. Scarecrow (1973)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino
34. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Greece / France, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Cast: Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou
35. You Don't Get Life a Second Time (2011)
India, Road movie / Comedy
Directed by: Zoya Akhtar
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan
36. Bold Native (2010)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Denis Hennelly
Cast: Joaquin Pastor, Randolph Mantooth
37. The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Cast: William Hurt, Eddie Redmayne
38. Two for the Road (1967)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
39. Transamerica (2005)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Duncan Tucker
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers
40. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III
41. Honkytonk Man (1982)
USA, Music / Comedy
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood
42. Oldboys (2009)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Nikolaj Steen
Cast: Kristian Halken, Robert Hansen
43. Bound for Glory (1976)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox
44. The Ride (1994)
Czech Republic, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jan Svěrák
Cast: Aňa Geislerová, Radek Pastrňák
45. Hush Little Baby (2009)
Denmark, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Hella Joof
Cast: Malou Reymann, Stephanie León
47. The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Italy / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Cast: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland
50. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Spain, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: David Trueba
Cast: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina
51. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Hughes
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy
53. Hit the Road (2021)
Iran, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Panah Panahi
Cast: Hassan Majooni, Rayan Sarlak
54. This Must Be the Place (2011)
Italy / France, Road movie / Psychological
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand
55. The Color Wheel (2011)
USA, Comedy / Road movie
Directed by: Alex Ross Perry
Cast: Alex Ross Perry, Bob Byington
56. Taxi Tehran (2015)
Iran, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh
57. One Week (2008)
Canada, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Michael McGowan
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban
58. Sideways (2004)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church
59. And Life Goes On (1992)
Iran, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour
60. Zabriskie Point (1970)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Marc Frechette, Daria Halprin
61. In This World (2002)
UK, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah
62. The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
Australia, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Clara Law
Cast: Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hope
63. Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Finland / Russia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Juho Kuosmanen
Cast: Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov
64. Old Joy (2006)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Daniel London, Will Oldham
65. Budapest Tales (1977)
Hungary, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: István Szabó
Cast: Ági Mészáros, Maja Komorowska
66. Before Snowfall (2013)
Norway / Germany, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Hisham Zaman
Cast: Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir
67. How Viktor "the Garlic" took Alexey "the Stud" to the Nursing Home (2017)
Russia, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Aleksandr Khant
68. Las Acacias (2011)
Argentina / Spain, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Pablo Giorgelli
Cast: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte
69. Everybody's Fine (2009)
USA / Italy, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Kirk Jones
Cast: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore
70. Roads to Koktebel (2003)
Russia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksey Popogrebskiy
Cast: Igor Chernevich, Глеб Пускепалис
72. Heartlands (2002)
UK / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Damien O'Donnell
Cast: Michael Sheen, Mark Addy
73. The Wild One (1953)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: László Benedek
Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy
74. Umshini Wam (2011)
USA / UK, Short / Comedy
Directed by: Harmony Korine
Cast: Die Antwoord, Yo-Landi Visser
76. Away We Go (2009)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph
77. The Biggest Heroes (1996)
Denmark, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Ulrich Thomsen
78. The Golden Dream (2013)
Mexico / Guatemala, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Diego Quemada-Diez
Cast: Karen Martínez, Brandon López
80. Week-End (1967)
France / Italy, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne
81. I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009)
Brazil, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Marcelo Gomes, Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Irandhir Santos
82. The Sugarland Express (1974)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson
84. The Lucky Ones (2008)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Neil Burger
Cast: Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams
85. The Go-Getter (2007)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Martin Hynes
Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel
86. Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon
87. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
USA, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Michelle Williams, Wally Dalton
89. Some Secrets (2002)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Alice Nellis
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Theodora Remundová
90. The Wrong Movement (1975)
West Germany, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla
91. Janie Jones (2010)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Joel David Moore
92. Stuff and Dough (2001)
Romania, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Cristi Puiu
Cast: Alexandru Papadopol, Dragoș Bucur
93. Road North (2012)
Finland, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann
94. Ulzhan (2007)
Kazakhstan / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: Philippe Torreton, David Bennent
95. Old-Timers (2019)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník
Cast: Jiří Schmitzer, Ladislav Mrkvička
97. 3 Faces (2018)
Iran, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi
98. Long Live the Family! (2011)
Czech Republic, Drama / Road movie
Directed by: Robert Sedláček
Cast: Igor Chmela, Eva Vrbková
99. One-way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Finland, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Hannu Tuomainen
Cast: Antti Tarvainen, Joonas Saartamo
