Best Road Trip Movies of All Time

Last Updated on 10 July 2025

A “road movie” or “road trip movie” is a genre of film in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 200 best road trip movies of all time.

I averaged 39 different ranked lists of “best road trip movies of all time” to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including all 39 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you’re welcome to print, followed by the full list with links to IMDb.

Best Road Trip Movies – Viewing Checklist Download

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
Easy Rider (1969)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Y tu mamá también (2001)
Almost Famous (2000)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Sideways (2004)
Rain Man (1988)
Logan (2017)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Midnight Run (1988)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Zombieland (2009)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The Straight Story (1999)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Into the Wild (2007)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Road Trip (2000)
Tommy Boy (1995)
Nomadland (2020)
Green Book (2018)
Borat (2006)
Badlands (1973)
We’re the Millers (2013)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Nebraska (2013)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Pierrot le fou (1965)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Due Date (2010)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Hit the Road (2021)
Kodachrome (2017)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
American Honey (2016)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Dog (2022)
Wild (2014)
Paul (2011)
Rat Race (2001)
Duel (1971)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Away We Go (2009)
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Paper Moon (1973)
Something Wild (1986)
Everything Is Illluminated (2005)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Kings of the Road (1976)
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Plan B (2021)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Hangover (2009)
The Doom Generation (1995)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Supernova (2020)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
Queen & Slim (2019)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Last Orders (2001)
The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
Tumbleweeds (1999)
RV (2006)
On the Road (2012)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Bones and All (2022)
Two for the Road (1967)
Come as You Are (2019)
Bad Trip (2021)
Joy Ride (2023)
College Road Trip (2008)
Kalifornia (1993)
Lost in America (1985)
Before Sunrise (1995)
La Strada (1954)
Sightseers (2012)
Mississippi Grind (2015)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Withnail and I (1987)
Transamerica (2005)
Chef (2014)
Wild Hogs (2007)
The Last Detail (1973)
Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009)
Vanishing Point (1971)
The Long Dumb Road (2018)
Joy Ride (2001)
About Schmidt (2002)
The Bucket List (2007)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
The End of the Tour (2015)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Scarecrow (1973)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Crossroads (2002)
Unpregnant (2020)
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Cars 2 (2011)
Taxi (2015)
Everybody’s Fine (2009)
The Guilt Trip (2012)
Interstate 60 (2002)
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Don’t Make Me Go (2022)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Il sorpasso (1962)
Kingpin (1996)
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Carriers (2009)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Swingers (1996)
Will & Harper (2024)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Cars (2006)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
The Gauntlet (1977)
Boys on the Side (1995)
The Cannonball Run (1981)
The Trip to Spain (2017)
Fandango (1985)
Road to Paloma (2014)
The Rover (2014)
Joe Dirt (2001)
Vacation (2015)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Daytrippers (1996)
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Identity Thief (2013)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
Sorcerer (1977)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
El Norte (1983)
Grandma (2015)
Near Dark (1987)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Detour (1945)
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016)
Wristcutters (2006)
Vagabond (1985)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Sex Drive (2008)
She’s in Portland (2020)
North By Northwest (1959)
True Romance (1993)
28 Days Later (2002)
Braking for Whales (2019)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Driving Lessons (2006)
EuroTrip (2004)
Bad Grandpa (2013)
A Perfect World (1993)
Forces of Nature (1999)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Onward (2020)
Toy Story of Terror (2013)
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Eversmile New Jersey (1989)
The Family Plan (2023)
The Last Laugh (2019)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
The Road (2009)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Uncle Frank (2020)
Rolling Kansas (2003)
The Great Race (1965)
Smoke Signals (1998)
The Road Within (2014)
The Man in the Hat (2020)
Lake George (2024)
Civil War (2024)
Breakdown (1997)
The Trip (2010)