road movie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One of Mr. Laxe’s acknowledged influences in creating this desert-set road movie is “Mad Max,” though that film builds its dystopian world with a resourceful imagination that’s missing here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
It’s a road movie through Africa, and we show that in Africa there is a lot of violence, but there is also a lot of humanity.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
“Joyride,” a grievously schematic blend of odd-couple comedy and life-affirming road movie, traverses the Irish countryside with a small degree of charm and a boatload of blarney.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
She was the only person he’d even considered to join himself and Timothée Chalamet for this metaphoric Midwestern road movie about youth, love, identity and disenfranchisement.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022
The first was a road movie from the early seventies, about a man who leaves his wife to drive cross-country.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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