This list of road trip movies will help all of us who are looking for that little bit of excitement to get us through the rest of the season. We will be going over the best movies to spark your wanderlust. These movies are guaranteed to get you excited about traveling and exploring new places.
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by Michael Arndt, who also wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Toy Story 3.
The story follows a family of five from Redondo Beach, California on their cross-country trip to the little girl's beauty pageant in Redondo Beach, Oregon.
Into The Wild
Into The Wild is an American drama survival film released in 2007. It was directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer, based on the true events of Christopher McCandless who went into the wilderness of Alaska in April 1992.
The movie tells the story of Christopher McCandless, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family who graduates from Emory University and then abandons his possessions, giving them to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in nature.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 movie directed by Ben Stiller. The movie is about a daydreamer who lives through his fantasies to escape from his ordinary life. The movie shows the protagonist's life in which he has an office job, but he wants to be a photographer. He also has a wife and two kids, but he does not want them in his life.
The Bucket List
The Bucket List is a 2007 American comedy-drama film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The story revolves around two terminally ill men who decide to escape from their unhappy lives and travel the world together. The movie is about how two friends make the most of their final days together by doing all the things they have always wanted to do before they die.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 American action-comedy film directed by Martin Brest, written by George Gallo, and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.
The film follows a bounty hunter who has been hired to bring back an accountant from New York City to Los Angeles. It is all about the journey there, as the two men find themselves hunted by various parties while trying to get there.
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love is a movie about a woman who travels to Italy, India, and Indonesia in search of herself. The movie was released in 2010 and stars Julia Roberts.
The story follows Liz Gilbert as she deals with her divorce. She decides to take a year off from her job and spend it traveling the world. She spends four months in Italy, three months in India, and four months in Indonesia. The film is based on the memoir of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert
Zombieland
Zombieland (2009) is an American zom-com film directed by Ruben Fleischer and produced by Gavin Polone.
The movie revolves around four survivors who are trying to find refuge in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, trying to find a place where they can live without fear of being attacked by zombies.
Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers, directed by Jim Jarmusch, is a 2005 movie about a man who gets a call from an old girlfriend saying that she is getting married and he is the only one not invited to the wedding because they had broken up five years ago and he had never been told about her engagement. He decides to attend the event in order to find out why she never told him about her marriage plans.
Nebraska
Nebraska is a 2013 American black-and-white drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Bob Nelson.
The plot follows a father and son who travel from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize. Along the way, they discuss life and family while being hounded by a long-lost relative.
Rain Man
Rain Man is a 1988 American drama film directed by Barry Levinson, written by Ronald Bass, and starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. It tells the story of an autistic man (Hoffman) who becomes a successful stockbroker and his older brother Charlie Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman), who discovers that Raymond has remarkable mathematical abilities.
