Movies like Ruby Road
If Ruby Road's mix of terminal illness, road trip and appalachian mountains stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ruby Road's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Into the Wild
2007 · Directed by Sean Penn · 148 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · Also adventure and drama
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…
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The Straight Story
1999 · Directed by David Lynch · 112 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · Also drama and adventure
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in…
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Thelma & Louise
1991 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 130 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · Also drama and adventure
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances.
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Nebraska
2013 · Directed by Alexander Payne · 115 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · Also drama and adventure
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
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Interstate 60
2002 · Directed by Bob Gale · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · Also adventure and drama
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Nomadland
2021 · Directed by Chloé Zhao · 108 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: road trip
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
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Scarecrow
1973 · Directed by Jerry Schatzberg · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: road trip
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
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Blackbird
2019 · Directed by Roger Michell · 98 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: terminal illness
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.