History Main / RoadMovie

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[[caption-width:330:A family and a vehicle. [[SarcasmMode I wonder what genre this could be?]]]]

!!Examples involving the use of a vehicle:

* TheSureThing is a great example from TheEighties.

!!Examples that do not involve the use of a vehicle:

* ''Transamerica''

* Disney's ''{{Bolt}}'' is an example. A dog who thinks the TV show he acts in is reality, a cat who realizes he's been sheltered from reality, and a hamster who admires the dog-actor, all take a cross-country trip to, at least initially, rescue the dog's owner from a kidnapper from his TV show.

* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' is pretty much a RoadMovie set after the zombie apocalypse. Initially, Columbus is looking to get to Columbus, Ohio to find his estranged parents (mostly for want of anything else to do) and the girls are going to Pacific Playland. Tallahasee is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly just in it for the zombie killin']]. [[spoiler:Halfway through Columbus finds out his parents are very probably dead already, and once the climax at Pacific Playland is over the end of the movie seems to signal the four of them starting their WalkingTheEarth]].

* ''RubinAndEd'' comically relates a trip made through Utah to give an AmbiguouslyAutistic man's deceased cat a proper burial.

* ''Rain Man''

* ''Road Trip'' and its spiritual successor, ''Euro Trip'', as well as its spiritual cousins, the ''HaroldAndKumar'' series.

* ''{{Zombieland}}'' is pretty much a RoadMovie set after the zombie apocalypse. Initially, Columbus is looking to get to Columbus, Ohio to find his estranged parents (mostly for want of anything else to do) and the girls are going to Pacific Playland. Tallahasee is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly just in it for the zombie killin']]. [[spoiler:Halfway through Columbus finds out his parents are very probably dead already, and once the climax at Pacific Playland is over the end of the movie seems to signal the four of them starting their WalkingTheEarth]].

* ''{{Starman}}''

* ''TommyBoy'' follows Tommy and Richard's travels as they attempt to sell brake pads and have other misadventures. Complete with singing along with the car radio, hitting a deer, and other events typical of the genre.

* ''{{Duets}}'' follows the stories of three pairs of people as they progress through a national karaoke competition.

* ''RubinAndEd'' comically relates a trip made through Utah to give an AmbiguouslyAustistic man's deceased cat a proper burial.

* ''GenerationKill'' is effectively described as a combination of this genre with a WarMovie, as it deals with the members of Marine Recon driving through Iraq during the 2003 invasion.

* ''BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''

An important distinction needs to be made between a RoadMovie and a WalkingTheEarth story. If the heroes encounter an adventure at every stop and end up staying at each location for a while to solve some major problem or deal with a big event, it's WalkingTheEarth; especially if each location can be considered an AdventureTown. If, on the other hand, each location is merely a brief stop along the way, and the story is more about the journey than the specific locations, then it's a RoadMovie.

* {{Zombieland}} is pretty much a RoadMovie set after the zombie apocalypse. Initially, Columbus is looking to get to Columbus, Ohio to find his estranged parents (mostly for want of anything else to do) and the girls are going to Pacific Playland. Tallahasee is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly just in it for the zombie killin']]. [[spoiler:Halfway through Columbus finds out his parents are very probably dead already, and once the climax at Pacific Playland is over the end of the movie seems to signal the four of them starting their WalkingTheEarth]].

* FearAndLoathingInLasVegas, both the book and the film.

* EuroTrip does not use any particular vehicle, instead several trains, planes, and automobiles (including a Yugo outfitted to look like the [[DukesofHazzard General Lee]].

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* {{Zombieland}} is pretty much a RoadMovie set after the zombie apocalypse. Initially, Columbus is looking to get to the East Coast to find his estranged parents (mostly for want of anything else to do) and the girls are going to Pacific Playland. Tallahasee is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly just in it for the zombie killin']]. [[spoiler:Halfway through Columbus finds out his parents are very probably dead already, and once the climax at Pacific Playland is over the end of the movie seems to signal the four of them starting their WalkingTheEarth]].

* All of the Hope/Crosby "On The Road" pictures.