Thunderbolt and Lightfoot with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges directed by Michael Cimino fit in this. Five Easy Pieces doesn't seem to fit, but I guess the beginning and end (from what I remember) are about as road as it gets.
These movies are bleak.
― james k polk, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah five easy pieces is the most marginal one, but the waitress scene is totally a road-movie classic.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish Vanishing Point had impressed me a little more. The music didn't help.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.musicman.com/00pic/4030.jpg
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Mad Max?
― Redknapp out (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Two Spielbergs in your original list, and his production company is called Amblin'. Dude likes him some road movies.
― ^likes tilt-a-whirls (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, five easy pieces is only like 1/3 to 1/2 a road movie. But it's one of my favorite films so I voted for it. It does have some classic road movie stuff in it -- the diner scene, the depressive hitchhiker, the motel, the ending, etc. I guess you could even count the traffic jam with the piano on the truck. I really like the way it feels like different genres at different times actually -- it kind of mirrors the character.
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
this thread has been done
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The Great 70s Car-Chase Movies Battle
Bless the Beasts and Children should be on here. Not the best but pretty good for what it is. (And has a post-Lost In Space Billy Mumy.)
― nickn, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.lindablair.com/Movies/SweetHostage/SweetHostagEnter.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv300/v342/v34222wytwn.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview/cowboys/John%20Wayne%20&%20The%20Cowboys%20x02%20(1972).jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow this is a tough choice. Badlands vs. Two Lane Blacktop maybe? Five Easy Pieces?
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, missed that thread. but these aren't just chase movies. it's those plus these sort of quirky picaresque and/or doomy road-to-nowhere pictures.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
From this list, Death Race 2000. An endless stream of great lines in that film.
But overall, MAD MAX (the original).
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 2 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Badlands is my favourite movie ever.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 2 January 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Of the movies that didn't get a vote, the Last Detail is much better than the other two.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought I voted for Last Detail
― caek, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
You really think it's better than Five Easy Pieces? It's good but. . .
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
electra glide in blue
― cozwn, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh that's a good one.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Duel beat Deathrace 2000 and Vanishing Point? Huh/what?
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 3 January 2009 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Sure, why not?
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 3 January 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe I need to watch it again. I did not recall it being remotely in that caliber.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 3 January 2009 12:24 (fifteen years ago) link