road movie

noun

1. a genre of film in which the chief character is on the run or travelling in search of, or to escape from, himself

Example Sentences

It’s a fairly traditional road movie with an autism twist à la “Rain Man.”

From Los Angeles Times

This fact that reminds me of the moment in “Kings of the Road,” the 1976 Wim Wenders road movie, when a character says, “The Yanks have colonized our subconscious.”

From New York Times

How do you make a new quintessential American road movie that doubles as a beautifully shot portrait of modern youth?

From Seattle Times

“Civil War” is essentially a road movie.

From Los Angeles Times

It also bears a pronounced connection to the 2002 zombie road movie scripted by its writer-director Alex Garland, “28 Days Later,” a production that straddled the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and arrived in theaters scarred by timeliness.

From Los Angeles Times