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road movie

British  

noun

  1. a genre of film in which the chief character is on the run or travelling in search of, or to escape from, himself

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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 fairly traditional road movie with an autism twist à la “Rain Man.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

How do you make a new quintessential American road movie that doubles as a beautifully shot portrait of modern youth?

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

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

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