Rural Road Trip Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 51 films built around a road trip and set in the countryside, spanning 1940–2024. 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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A Perfect World
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 1959
Ballad of a Soldier
Ruraldir. Grigoriy Chukhray - 1997
Breakdown
Desert · Ruraldir. Jonathan Mostow - 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Rural · Urbandir. Sam Peckinpah - 2016
Captain Fantastic
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Matt Ross - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1969
Easy Rider
Ruraldir. Dennis Hopper - 1989
Field of Dreams
Ruraldir. Phil Alden Robinson - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 2007
Into the Wild
Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn - 1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Desert · Ruraldir. Stanley Kramer - 1999
Kikujiro
Urban · Ruraldir. Takeshi Kitano - 1996
Kingpin
Rural · Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly - 1997
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Thomas Jahn - 1988
Landscape in the Mist
Ruraldir. Theo Angelopoulos - 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Ruraldir. Peter Farrelly - 1991
My Own Private Idaho
Urban · Ruraldir. Gus Van Sant - 1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
Desert · Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1987
Near Dark
Ruraldir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2013
Nebraska
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1973
Paper Moon
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Urban · Ruraldir. John Hughes - 1988
Rain Man
Urban · Ruraldir. Barry Levinson - 1940
Remember the Night
Urban · Ruraldir. Mitchell Leisen - 1973
Scarecrow
Urban · Ruraldir. Jerry Schatzberg - 2004
Sideways
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1998
Smoke Signals
Ruraldir. Chris Eyre - 1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Ruraldir. Hal Needham - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1984
Starman
Rural · Desertdir. John Carpenter - 1941
Sullivan's Travels
Urban · Ruraldir. Preston Sturges - 1995
The Cure
Suburban · Ruraldir. Peter Horton - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Ruraldir. John Ford - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1979
The Muppet Movie
Rural · Desertdir. James Frawley - 2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Tyler Nilson - 1999
The Straight Story
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1974
The Sugarland Express
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 1997
Three Men and a Leg
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aldo Baglio - 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Ruraldir. Michael Cimino - 1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
Rural · Desertdir. Monte Hellman - 1957
Wild Strawberries
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón
Frequently asked
How many movies are built around a road trip and set in the countryside?
Kinora's catalogue lists 51 films built around a road trip and set in the countryside, spanning 1940–2024.
What are some movies built around a road trip and set in the countryside?
Films built around a road trip and set in the countryside in our catalogue include A Perfect World (1993), About Schmidt (2002), American Honey (2016), Ballad of a Soldier (1959), and Breakdown (1997).
What is the oldest movie built around a road trip and set in the countryside?
Remember the Night (1940) is the earliest film built around a road trip and set in the countryside in our catalogue; the most recent is Civil War (2024).