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24 September 2014
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01.04.03

Top ten road movies of all time


Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Top Gear Magazine picks cult movie classic Vanishing Point (1971) as the ultimate road movie of all time.

It beat off contenders such as Ronin (1998) and Thelma & Louise (1991) due to its Denver to San Francisco 15-hour non-stop trip in a full-house Dodge Challenger.


Second place went to Badlands (1973) which starred Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen on the run from the cops aboard a Studebaker and an old Cadillac.


Eight out of the ten movies were made in the 1970s marking that decade as a classic time for the road movie. Each film chosen was made in the US proving that the Brits lack a certain va-va-voom when it comes to making a decent road movie. The May issue of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Top Gear Magazine (on-sale 2nd April) discovered that the UK lacks the landscapes, the free-wheeling cultural mind-sets and above all the cars to make real road movies.


Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Top Gear Magazine put Steven Spielburg’s Duel (1972) in sixth place as it illustrated the purest example of the genre. Steven Spielberg also scooped ninth place for Badlands. Eighth place went to Ronin (1998) for Robert De Niro and Jean Reno’s adrenalin-pumping chase sequences.


Both the 1974 and 2000 versions of Gone in 60 Seconds claimed tenth place. Its spectacular shot of a flying Mustang and the 40-minute chase sequence in the 1974 version secured the slot.


The full top ten:


1. Vanishing Point (1971) Director: Richard Sarafian
2. Badlands (1973) Director: Terence Malick
3. Two Lane Blacktop (1971) Director: Monte Hellman
4. The Driver (1978) Director: Walter Hill
5. Thelma & Louise (1991) Director: Ridley Scott
6. Duel (1972) Director: Steven Spielberg
7. The Last American Hero (1973) Director: Lamont Johnson
8. Ronin (1998) Director: John Frankenheimer
9. Sugarland Express (1974) Director: Steven Spielberg
10. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) Director: HB Halicki




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