Road Movies
See also my presentation on road movies.
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (Stephan Elliot, 1994) journey from Sydney to Alice Springs
As Time Goes By (Barry Peak, 1988) time travel, among other trips
Back of Beyond, The (John Heyer, 1954) doco of journey from Maree to Birdsville
Backlash (Bill Bennett, 1987) cops have to bring woman back to town from back of Bourke
Backroads (Phillip Noyce, 1977) of New South Wales
Beneath Clouds (Ivan Sen, 2002) journey from remoter NSW to Sinny
Blackfellas (James Ricketson, 1993)
BMX Bandits (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1983) kids on bikes pursued by bad guys
Bran Nue Dae (Rachel Perkins, 2009) journey back to Broome
Breaking Loose (Rod Hay, 1988) from Sinny up NSW coast
Broken Highway (Laurie McInnes, 1993) you tell me
Burke and Wills (Graeme Clifford, 1985) you know where they go (better than they did)
Cactus (Jasmine Yuen Carrucan, 2008) 'choose the wrong road and you're ...'
Call Me Mum (Margot Nash, 2006) returns to Torres Strait to meet his birth mother
Cars That Ate Paris, The (Peter Weir, 1974) there are a lot of car accidents in Paris
Chain Reaction, The (Ian Barry, 1980) aka Nuclear Run, The Man at the Edge of the Freeway; chase
Dead-End Drive In (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) not really on the road, but about cars
Doing Time For Patsy Cline (Chris Kennedy, 1997) protagonist on his way from country Oz to Nashville
Driving Force (Andrew Prowse, 1989) aka Roadwars
FJ Holden, The (Michael Thornhill, 1977) driving around Bankstown
Freedom (Scott Hicks, 1982) freedom is a Porsche
Goddess Of 1967, The (Clara Law, 2000) Japanese man comes to Australia to buy car, travels with girl
Heaven's Burning (Craig Lahiff, 1997) various pursuits
High Rolling (Igor Auzins, 1977) Judy Davis is the hitchhiker
High Tide (Gillian Armstrong, 1987) Judy Davis drives the Valiant
In Search of Anna (Esben Storm, 1979) 'search for elusive happiness'
Jedda (Charles Chauvel, 1955) Marbuk takes Jedda away to live with him
Kiss or Kill (Bill Bennett, 1997) on the run from both the cops and the bad guy
Last Ride (Glendyn Ivin, 2009) Hugo Weaving and son travel across Australia
Lucky Miles (Michael James Rowland, 2007) boat ppl travel from NW coast to (presumably) Perth
Mad Max ([Dr] George Miller, 1979) see also these links: Mad Max; Mad Max
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ([Dr] George Miller, 1981)
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome ([Dr] George Miller & George Ogilvie, 1985)
Manganinnie (John Honey, 1980) she journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl
Overlanders The (Harry Watt, 1946) cattle drive from the Territory to Brisbane
Paperback Hero (Anthony J. Bowman, 1999) hero drives a truck
Prime Mover (David Caesar, 2009) main character Mendo is a trucker
Pure Shit (Bert Deling, 1976) travelling around Sinny trying to find good smack
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce, 2001) Aboriginal children escape custody, walk hundreds of miles home
Roadgames (Richard Franklin, 1981) (American!?) truckie dealing with bad guys while crossing country to Perth
Running on Empty (John Clark, 1982) street racing
Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) young Aboriginal couple leave the settlement together
Shame (Steve Jodrell, 1988) biker chick pauses in country town long enough to deal with sexist culture
Slate, Wyn and Me (Don McLennan, 1987) MC chick abducted by yobs
Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson, 1977) NZ; on the run in political situation
Spider and Rose (Bill Bennett, 1994) ambo and old chick have weird relationship on the road
Stone Bros. (Richard Frankland, 2009) journey from Perth to Kalgoorlie, unlike the films below
Sundowners, The (Fred Zinnemann, 1960) droving
Thunderstruck (Darren Ashton, 2003) journey to Perth to Bon Scott's marker in Freo cemetery
Tracker, The (Rolf de Heer, 2002) as the title suggests
True Love and Chaos (Stavros Andonis Efthymiou, 1996) across the Nullabor to Perth
Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) (Wim Wenders, 1992) across the world to the outback
Wake in Fright (Bogdan Dumitrescu, Ted Kotcheff, 1971) attempted journey from the bush to the city
Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971) young Aboriginal on 'walkabout' meets English kids lost in bush
Wrong Side of the Road (Ned Lander, 1981) doco about two bands on the road
Yolngu Boy (Stephen Johnson, 2001) three boys travel to Darwin to find the father of one
Movies in which characters end up in or near Perth
Japanese Story (Sue Brooks, 2003)
Lucky Miles (Michael James Rowland, 2007)
Kiss or Kill (Bill Bennett, 1997)
Roadgames (Richard Franklin, 1981)
True Love and Chaos (Stavros Andonis Efthymiou, 1996)
Thunderstruck (Darren Ashton, 2003)
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