swap_horiz Backroads Alternatives

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Goin' Down the Road

Goin' Down the Road is Donald Shebib's 1970 Canadian drama, notable as an influential low-budget portrait of Maritimers...

Drama Canada Migration 1970S

8.5 Great

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Gamyam

Gamyam is Krish Jagarlamudi's 2008 Telugu road film, notable for winning Nandi and Filmfare South awards for best film a...

Drama India Motorcycle Romance

8.2 Great

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Charlie

Charlie is Martin Prakkat's 2015 Malayalam adventure drama, notable for winning eight Kerala State Film Awards, includin...

Quest Drama India Romance

8.1 Great

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Old Joy

Old Joy is a 2006 U.S. road movie written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, notable as an early Oregon-set feature adapte...

Drama USA INDIE 2000S

8.1 Great

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Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals is a 1998 U.S.-Canadian film by Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie, notable as a Native-led road movie later ad...

Drama USA Indigenous Comedy

8.0 Great

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Dhanak

Dhanak is Nagesh Kukunoor's 2015 Hindi children's road film, notable for winning the Crystal Bear Grand Prix at Berlin's...

Drama India Children Journey

7.9 Good

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Piku

Piku is a 2015 Hindi comedy-drama by Shoojit Sircar, notable for a Delhi-to-Kolkata family road trip and Amitabh Bachcha...

Drama India Family Comedy

7.9 Good

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Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus is Spike Lee's 1996 American road drama, notable for following Black men traveling to Washington for the...

Drama USA 1990S Ensemble

7.7 Good

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Time Out

Time Out is a 2001 French drama by Laurent Cantet about an unemployed executive's fabricated work life, loosely inspired...

Drama France Commuter Psychological

7.7 Good

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The Wrong Move

The Wrong Move is a 1975 West German road movie by Wim Wenders, adapted by Peter Handke and second in Wenders's Road Mov...

Germany Quest 1970S Arthouse

7.6 Good

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Les Valseuses

Les Valseuses is a 1974 French comedy-drama by Bertrand Blier, noted as a breakthrough for Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dew...

France Crime Comedy 1970S

7.5 Good

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The Unknown Country

The Unknown Country is a 2022 U.S. drama by Morrisa Maltz, notable for Lily Gladstone's Gotham-winning performance as Ta...

Drama USA INDIE 2020S

7.4 Good

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Import/Export

Import/Export is a 2007 Austrian drama by Ulrich Seidl, following a Ukrainian nurse west and an Austrian guard east; it...

Austria Drama Migration 2000S

7.4 Good

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Bimmer

Bimmer is Pyotr Buslov's 2003 Russian road crime drama, notable as a post-Soviet cult film centered on four fugitives in...

Russia Car Drama Crime

7.3 Good

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Burn Burn Burn

Burn Burn Burn is Chanya Button's 2015 British black comedy, notable as a female-led road film inspired in part by Kerou...

Drama UK Comedy 2010S

7.3 Good

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Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi is a 2013 Malayalam road adventure by Sameer Thahir, following a Kerala-to-Nagala...

Drama India Motorcycle Romance

7.3 Good

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Inch'Allah Dimanche

Inch'Allah Dimanche is a 2001 French-Algerian drama by Yamina Benguigui about an Algerian immigrant woman in France; it...

Drama France Immigration Identity

7.2 Good

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Roadgames

Roadgames is a 1981 Australian thriller by Richard Franklin, notable for casting Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis in a h...

Australia Thriller 1980S Truck

6.6 Fair

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Metal Skin

Metal Skin is a 1994 Australian drama by Geoffrey Wright, notable for its Altona car-culture setting, Venice selection,...

Street Racing Drama Australia 1990S

6.4 Fair

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Cactus

Cactus is Paul Cox's 1986 Australian drama, notable for starring Isabelle Huppert as a French visitor facing blindness a...

Australia Thriller 2000S Outback

6.1 Fair