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1) Tammy
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...
3) Lamb
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After his marriage falls apart and his father dies, a man befriends an eleven-year-old girl and tries to save her from a life of emptiness by taking her on a road trip from Chicago to the Rocky Mountains.
4) Nomadland
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, it features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
Series
Criterion collection volume 692
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"About a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast"--Container.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stalled in his company's pecking order, ad man David Howard failed to land the Senior VP slot he wanted. He quits, convinces wife Linda to do the same, sells their house and stocks and buys a Winnebago to roam the USA. Though they feel they're Easy Riders, they're actually Born to Be Mild. With their $145,000 nest egg tucked reassuringly within reach, they make their first stop: Las Vegas. Goodbye, nest egg. Greetings, hilarity."--Container.
7) Camilla
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
An unlikely pair, Camilla and Freda, set off down the road to do everything they always wanted. On the way, they stage a kidnapping, get duped by a con man, lose their car in a lake and have the time of their lives.
9) Search party
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Two friends set out on a mission to reunite their friend with the woman who left him at the altar.
10) Fandango
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Five college pals have one last fling before moving on to face life.
11) Convoy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the runaway hit song, Convoy, by C.W. McCall, Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald, a trucker involved in a feud with Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace, unites scores of his fellow-drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel-fuel, rolls down the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the Mexican border.
13) Into the wild
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
15) My one and only
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
[Rental edition].
Language
English
Description
After finding her bandleader husband in bed with another woman, Anne Deveraux packs up, buys a Cadillac convertible, and takes to the road with her two teenage sons.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together. The Mitchells' plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love decide it's time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to work together to...
18) Chef
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After quitting his job at an LA restaurant, chef Carl Casper decides to start a food truck business with his ex-wife, best friend and son, and goes on a cross-country road trip that helps him reconnect with his family, friends and himself.
19) The road
Language
English
Formats
Description
A father and his son are two of the last remaining people on earth after an unexplained tragedy has destroyed most of life. As the two head south, they are faced with many trials and tribulations along the way. An intense bond between the father and son is formed as together they strive to not only survive, but to retain humanity as they help the people they encounter along the way.
20) Boys on the side
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Three women from different walks of life find comfort in each other through tragedy as they travel to the West Coast seeking new lives.
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