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1) Nebraska
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.
3) Duel
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A traveling businessman is menaced on the highway by a huge diesel truck. Although he can never see the psychopathic driver of the truck, he soon realizes that this guy is out to kill him!
5) Due date
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Expectant first-time father Peter Highman (Robert Downey, Jr.) looks forward to his new child's due date five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at his wife's side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when an encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan on a cross-country trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, many friendships...
7) Tammy
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tammy is having a bad day. She's totaled her car, gotten fired from her job at a burger joint, and finds her husband getting comfortable with the neighbor in her own house. It's time to take her boom box and book it. The bad news is she's broke and without wheels. The worse news is her grandma, Pearl, is her only option-with a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. Not exactly the escape Tammy had in mind. But on the road, with grandma riding...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The continuing misadventures of the Wolfpack. After the death of his father, Alan turns to the Wolfpack in his time of grief. This time, there's no wedding, no bachelor party, just one simple road trip. What could possibly go wrong?
11) Dirty grandpa
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jason Kelly, an uptight lawyer headed down the wrong path, is tricked by his rambunctious grandpa, Dick, into taking an outrageous road trip. While his methods may be unconventional, Dick is determined to teach him how to live life on his own terms.
12) The Reivers
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures/ CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Based on William Faulkner's warm, humorous, poignant story about a the advent of the automobile, a horse race and a boy's loss of innocence during an great adventure in the early 1900's South.
13) Dog
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Briggs and his companion Lulu, a Belgian Malinois, haul ass down the Pacific Coast in time to catch their best friend's and handler's funeral. One of them has a week to live; the other lives like every day is his last.
Series
Criterion collection volume 400
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Willie, a disenchanted loner, is visited by his sixteen-year old Hungarian cousin Eva. Willie's equally slacker best friend Eddie also meets Eva, and the three become loose friends, until Eva decides to leave to visit Willie and Eva's Aunt Lottie in Cleveland. After a while Willie and Eddie are surprised to find that they miss Eva's companionship and take off for Cleveland in an old car. Finding Cleveland in winter to be disappointingly cold and unattractive,...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1934
Language
English
Description
"Here comes Cookie: A wealthy retiree surprises everyone by deeding his entire fortune to his ditzy daughter. But when the newly rich young woman becomes convinced the family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy, complications abound -- Six of a kind: Sharing a car on a drive to California with another couple turns into a comedy marathon -- Love in bloom: Lighthearted story of a young woman on the run from her past. Just when she thinks she's escaped...
16) Zola
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Zola, a Detroit waitress, is seduced into a weekend of partying in Florida. Her trip turns into a wild saga involving a pimp, an idiot boyfriend, and Tampa's finest strip clubs in this film based on the greatest Twitter story ever told.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Long-term couple John and Ella Robina are experiencing the struggles of growing older. With John having Alzheimer's and Ella undergoing cancer treatment, they decide to abandon their disease-stricken lifestyles and embark on a journey from Boston to Key West in an attempt to fully live what's left of their lives. Their trusty RV, which they've dubbed "The Leisure Seeker", will be their mode of transportation as they enjoy what may be their last adventure...
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