# Great Road Movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 2, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062 "2009-05-02T03:29:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Bolt\_the\_Nut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bolt\_the\_Nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bolt_the_Nut)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/21 "2009-05-03T01:35:06Z")

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The Road Warrior. 😉

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/22 "2009-05-03T02:01:12Z")

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**The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert**.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/23 "2009-05-03T02:24:17Z")

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_Dumb and Dumber_ has a road movie segment.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/24 "2009-05-03T02:32:28Z")

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Two Lane Blacktop. No doubt. James Taylor, (yeah the singer) Dennis Wilson (yeah from the Beach Boys), Laurie Bird, and Warren Oates in a role that should have won him best supporting actor.

No one has names. Even at the end credits it’s the Driver, Mechanic, the Girl, the GTO.

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**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/25 "2009-05-03T09:41:25Z")

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Smokey and the Bandit

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/26 "2009-05-03T09:53:02Z")

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Endless Summer, 1 and 2

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/27 "2009-05-03T11:42:12Z")

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Hitler built the autobahn. Surely somebody filmed it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/28 "2009-05-03T13:14:48Z")

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Bonnie and Clyde.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/29 "2009-05-03T17:18:19Z")

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[Vacation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085995/)

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**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/30 "2009-05-03T17:58:22Z")

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Vanishing Point (although this could also be classified as a car chase movie)

Lost In America

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-road-movies/495062/31 "2009-05-03T18:00:01Z")

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Fandango

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