Road Trip Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 81 films built around a road trip, spanning 1934–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1993

  A Perfect World

  Texas — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood
• 2017

  A Taxi Driver

  Gwangju · Seoul — 1980s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Jang Hoon
• 2002

  About Schmidt

  Omaha · Denver — 2000s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
• 1974

  Alice in the Cities

  New York City · Amsterdam · Wuppertal · Ruhr — 1970s
  Urbandir. Wim Wenders
• 2000

  Almost Famous

  San Diego · San Francisco · New York City — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Cameron Crowe
• 2016

  American Honey

  Kansas City — 2010s
  Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold
• 1997

  As Good as It Gets

  New York City · Baltimore — 1990s
  Urbandir. James L. Brooks
• 1959

  Ballad of a Soldier

  Russia — 1940s
  Ruraldir. Grigoriy Chukhray
• 1997

  Breakdown

  Arizona — 1990s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Jonathan Mostow
• 1974

  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

  Mexico — 1970s
  Rural · Urbandir. Sam Peckinpah
• 2022

  Broker

  Busan · Seoul — 2020s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 2016

  Captain Fantastic

  Washington (state) · New Mexico — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Matt Ross
• 1998

  Central Station

  Rio de Janeiro — 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles
• 2014

  Chef

  Los Angeles · Miami · New Orleans · Austin — 2010s
  Urbandir. Jon Favreau
• 2024

  Civil War

  Washington, D.C. · New York City · Virginia — Near Future
  Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland
• 1945

  Detour

  Reno · Arizona · Los Angeles — 1940s
  Urban · Desertdir. Edgar G. Ulmer
• 1971

  Duel

  California — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 1994

  Dumb and Dumber

  Providence · Aspen — 1990s
  Urban · Mountaindir. Peter Farrelly
• 1969

  Easy Rider

  Arizona · New Mexico · New Orleans — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Dennis Hopper
• 1989

  Field of Dreams

  Iowa — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Phil Alden Robinson
• 1970

  Five Easy Pieces

  Los Angeles · Washington (state) — 1970s
  Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson
• 2013

  Ida

  Poland — 1960s
  Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski
• 1962

  Il Sorpasso

  Rome · Tuscany — 1960s
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Dino Risi
• 2000

  In July

  Hamburg · Istanbul — 2000s
  dir. Fatih Akin
• 2007

  Into the Wild

  Alaska · California · South Dakota — 1990s
  Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn
• 1934

  It Happened One Night

  New York City · Florida — 1930s
  Urbandir. Frank Capra
• 1963

  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

  California — 1960s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Stanley Kramer
• 1999

  Kikujiro

  Tokyo · Toyohashi — 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Takeshi Kitano
• 1996

  Kingpin

  Iowa · Scranton · Reno — 1970s · 1990s
  Rural · Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly
• 1997

  Knockin' on Heaven's Door

  1990s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Thomas Jahn
• 1988

  Landscape in the Mist

  Greece — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Theo Angelopoulos
• 2006

  Little Miss Sunshine

  Albuquerque · Redondo Beach · Scottsdale — 2000s
  Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton
• 1962

  Lolita

  New Hampshire · Ohio — 1950s
  Suburbandir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1997

  Lolita

  New Hampshire — 1940s · 1950s
  Suburbandir. Adrian Lyne
• 2000

  Me, Myself & Irene

  Rhode Island · New York State — 2000s
  Ruraldir. Peter Farrelly
• 1988

  Midnight Run

  New York City · Arizona · Los Angeles — 1980s
  Urban · Desertdir. Martin Brest
• 1991

  My Own Private Idaho

  Portland · Idaho · Rome · Seattle — 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Gus Van Sant
• 1983

  National Lampoon's Vacation

  Kansas · Colorado · Arizona · California — 1980s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Harold Ramis
• 1994

  Natural Born Killers

  New Mexico — 1990s
  Desertdir. Oliver Stone
• 1987

  Near Dark

  Oklahoma — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Kathryn Bigelow
• 2013

  Nebraska

  Montana · Nebraska — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
• 2021

  Nomadland

  Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao
• 2000

  O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  1930s
  Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1973

  Paper Moon

  Kansas · Missouri — 1930s
  Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich
• 1985

  Pee-wee's Big Adventure

  San Antonio · Burbank — 1980s
  dir. Tim Burton
• 1965

  Pierrot le Fou

  Paris · French Riviera — 1960s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Luc Godard
• 1987

  Planes, Trains and Automobiles

  Wichita · St. Louis · Chicago · New York City — 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. John Hughes
• 1988

  Rain Man

  Cincinnati · Los Angeles · Las Vegas — 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Barry Levinson
• 1940

  Remember the Night

  New York City · Indiana — 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Mitchell Leisen
• 1942

  Saboteur

  California · New York City — 1940s
  Urban · Desertdir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1973

  Scarecrow

  California · Denver · Detroit — 1970s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Jerry Schatzberg
• 1974

  Scent of a Woman

  Turin · Naples — 1970s
  dir. Dino Risi
• 2004

  Sideways

  California — 2000s
  Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
• 1998

  Smoke Signals

  Idaho · Phoenix — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Chris Eyre
• 1977

  Smokey and the Bandit

  Texas · Atlanta — 1970s
  Ruraldir. Hal Needham
• 1986

  Stand by Me

  Oregon — 1950s · 1980s
  Ruraldir. Rob Reiner
• 1984

  Starman

  Wisconsin · Arizona — 1980s
  Rural · Desertdir. John Carpenter
• 1984

  Stranger Than Paradise

  New York City · Cleveland · Florida — 1980s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jim Jarmusch
• 1941

  Sullivan's Travels

  Los Angeles — 1930s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Preston Sturges
• 1994

  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

  Sydney · Alice Springs — 1990s
  Desertdir. Stephan Elliott
• 1980

  The Blues Brothers

  Chicago — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Landis
• 1995

  The Cure

  Minnesota — 1990s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Peter Horton
• 1940

  The Grapes of Wrath

  Oklahoma · California — 1930s
  Ruraldir. John Ford
• 1965

  The Great Race

  New York City · Paris — 1900s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Blake Edwards
• 1973

  The Last Detail

  Virginia · New York City · Boston · Maine — 1970s
  Urbandir. Hal Ashby
• 2021

  The Mitchells vs. the Machines

  Michigan · California — 2020s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Rianda
• 2004

  The Motorcycle Diaries

  Buenos Aires · Chile · Peru — 1950s
  Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles
• 1979

  The Muppet Movie

  Florida · Los Angeles — 1970s
  Rural · Desertdir. James Frawley
• 2019

  The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Tyler Nilson
• 1999

  The Straight Story

  Laurens · Mount Zion — 1990s
  Ruraldir. David Lynch
• 1974

  The Sugarland Express

  Texas — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

  1950s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 1991

  Thelma & Louise

  Arkansas — 1990s
  Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott
• 1997

  Three Men and a Leg

  Italy — 1990s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aldo Baglio
• 1974

  Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

  Montana — 1970s
  Ruraldir. Michael Cimino
• 1993

  True Romance

  Detroit · Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urbandir. Tony Scott
• 1971

  Two-Lane Blacktop

  Arizona · New Mexico · Memphis — 1970s
  Rural · Desertdir. Monte Hellman
• 1971

  Vanishing Point

  Denver · Nevada · California — 1970s
  Desertdir. Richard C. Sarafian
• 1990

  Wild at Heart

  North Carolina · New Orleans · Texas — 1990s
  dir. David Lynch
• 1957

  Wild Strawberries

  Stockholm — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
• 2001

  Y Tu Mamá También

  Mexico — 1990s
  Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón