Top Road Trip Movies of All Time

The road trip is the quintessential American experience. When baby boomers were young, the road trip was something that had to be endured and we wondered why we just couldn’t fly to our destination. But by the time we hit midlife, such trips have been romanticized into an activity that we can’t wait to recreate.

Road trips have also been fertile ground for Hollywood films and this week we asked the LifeTwo newsletter subscribers what they think is the best road trip movie of all time. Here are some of the early entries. (Feel free to add more in our comments section below. )

Best Road Trip Movies:

"Animal House" -- which was the first time many of a certain age heard the phrase "Road Trip" (greg)

"The Sure Thing" (wesley)

"Easy Rider" (SBJack)

"Thelma & Louise" (Marina7667)

"Planes Trains & Automobiles" (divorcedAndsad)

"The Great Race (early Blake Edwards) (MKBleemer)

"Smokey & the Bandit" (SharonD)

"National Lampoon's Vacation" (melody)

"Midnight Run" (not technically a road trip but good enough) (Alexy)

"Bucket List" (also not technically a road trip movie but also good enough) (RealE)

Here are a few anonymous road trip submissions that we received:

"Little Miss Sunshine" (Albuquerque to Redondo Beach)

"Grapes of Wrath" (this was clearly a joke!)

"Rain Main" (more of a "journey" film than road trip but I'll give it points)

"Lost in America" (good one!)

Our friends at the Boomer Chronicles have asked their readers the same question.

Speaking of road trips, read Doreen Orion's "Queen of the Road" which chronicles here year long adventure as she traveled the country in a converted bus.

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