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− | At times people '''[[hitchhike]] in movies'''. | + | At times people '''[[hitchhiking|hitchhike]] in movies'''. Some give a bad impression of hitchhiking, some are good. Some movies (such as ''The Hitcher'') have perpetuated a strong anti-hitchhiking attitude among more impressionable people. |
− | Good | + | == Good == |
− | + | These are the movies we like. Hitchhiking is fun, adventurous and lets people live their lives out of the ordinary. | |
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− | To sort: | + | === Documentaries & short movies === |
+ | * [https://youtu.be/94KhDJBzMfI Hitchtanbul - a hitchhiking documentary] about two Dutch hitchhiking from the Netherlands to Istanbul. | ||
+ | * [https://vimeo.com/39764654 THIS TIME], a documentary shot on the road in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, and Sápmi from 2012. | ||
+ | * [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their Hitchhiking race for the NGO [[Viva con Agua]] in August 2009: [http://vimeo.com/26199622 on Vimeo] | ||
+ | * [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their 60-hours-non-stop-hitchhiking-race in April 2011: [http://vimeo.com/23627583 on Vimeo] | ||
+ | * The [[project 888|888-Project]] produced a Video on their gathering [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer] | [http://www.no-comment.dk/index_paris.html Video] | ||
+ | * [http://www.hitchhikingmovie.com The Hitchhiking Movie] | ||
+ | * In 2011 Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to [[Istanbul]] from [[Berlin]]. Read stories and watch videos at [http://berlin-istanbul.com/ berlin-istanbul.com] / [http://vimeo.com/channels/berlinistanbul Vimeo] | ||
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+ | === Full length movies === | ||
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+ | <!-- Copy-paste and fill in new row: | ||
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+ | | TITLE || DESCRIPTION || YEAR || [http://www.imdb.com/title/MOVIEID/ voting] || [[:wikipedia:ARTICLENAME|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | --> | ||
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+ | {| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Title | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Description | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| IMDB | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Wikipedia | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Exit Marrakech|| German teenage guy travels to Marrakech with his father, but soon gets bored and hits the road || 2013 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1982177/ 6.1] || [[:wikipedia:Exit Marrakech|{{de}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Rabat || Dutch movie. Three dutch-moroccan guys drive to Morocco in summertime || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754392/ 7.0] || [[:wikipedia:Rabat (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Avé || Bulgarian movie || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833647/ 6.9] || [[:wikipedia:Avé (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | The Motorcycle Diaries || Che Guevara's trip throughout South America. || 2004 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Roads to Koktebel (Ru: Коктебель) || Russian movie. Father and son go on a trip through Russia and Ukraine by means of train hopping and hitchhiking. || 2003 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372366/ 6.9] || [[:wikipedia:Roads to Koktebel|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | The Forest Prince and the Pig Man || Hitchhiking in America. Documentary. || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974392/] || |{{en}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Turkish Delight || "Turks Fruit". A Dutch movie from the 1970s || 1973 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070842/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:Turkish Delight (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Podróż za jeden uśmiech || A Polish movie from the 1970s, comedy || 1972 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069104/ 8.0] || [[:wikipedia:Podróż za jeden uśmiech (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Le Corniaud || "The sucker". A French comedy. The main hero takes the hitch-hiker who later saves his life. || 1965 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057967/ 7.4] || [[:wikipedia:Le Corniaud (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Travellers and Magicians|| Bhutanese movie. || 2003 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906/ 7.3] || [[:wikipedia:Travellers and Magicians|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton || Comedy from East Germany. || 1980 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081680/ 6.4] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Into the Wild || A guy hitchhiking in the US and finally through Canada to Alaska, where he lives in the wild. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ 8.2] || [[:wikipedia:Into the Wild (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | EuroTrip || Teen comedy. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356150/ 6.5] || [[:wikipedia:EuroTrip|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Friendship! || A German movie. something similar to Eurotrip || 2010 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247657/ 6.7] || [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship! {{de}}] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Im Juli || Germany. Featuring the main actor hitchhiking from [[Hamburg]] to [[Istanbul]], following the girl he loves. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177858/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:Im Juli|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Drôle de Félix || A french movie about a guy hitching across France to meet his father, whom he never knew. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228242/ 7.1] || [[:wikipedia:Drôle_de_Félix|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snow cake || Movie starts with a girl hitchhiking and dying in a car accident. || 2006 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/ 7.5] || [[:wikipedia:Snow cake|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Even cowgirls get the blues || A Gus Van Sant's movie about a girl who was born with incredibly big thumbs. Based on the eponymous book, by Tom Robbins. || 1993 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834/ 4.0] || [[:wikipedia:Even_Cowgirls_Get_the_Blues_(film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kiki's Delivery Service || Miyuzaki's film (briefly) shows young females hitchhiking in a carefree, positive light. || 1989 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/ 7.9] || [[:wikipedia:Kiki's_Delivery_Service|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDwA8ZGxB3Q Reiseziel Erfurt] || A pioneer is hitch hiking from Elsterwerda to Erfurt after he was missing his train. GDR movie for children, so some kind of strange, but nothing bad about hitch hikers || 1962 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379469/ no] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Scarecrow || Starring: Al Pacino, Gene Hackman... Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together. The movie starts with one of the best hitchhiking scene on screen. || 1973 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070643 7.4] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kikujiro || Starring: Takeshi Kitano. A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. Brilliant scene about hitchhiking tricks, involving nails and blindness. || 1999 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199683/ 7.9] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Barfi!|| Even if you aren't fond of Indian movies, this one is a gem and there's some hitchhiking in it .|| 2013 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2082197 8.3] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados || Teacher is driving across [[Spain]] to see John Lennon and picks up two young hitchhikers. || 2013 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2896036/ 7.0] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Transamerica || Starring: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers. A trans woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she has a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407265/ 7.5] || [[:wikipedia:Transamerica_(film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Les Petits Matines || From imdb: "Eighteen-year old Agathe is a modern girl, with a firm independence of men even if she uses them to get to Riviera hitch-hiking." || 1962 || [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056345/ 6.4] || [[:wikipedia:Les_Petits_Matins|{{fr}}]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Bad == | ||
+ | Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Title | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Description | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| IMDB | ||
+ | ! style="vertical-align: top;"| Wikipedia | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | The Hitcher || Horror. || 1986 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091209/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (1986 film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | The Hitcher || Horror. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455960/ 5.5] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (2007 film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wolf Creek || Horror. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416315/ 6.3] || [[:wikipedia:Wolf Creek (film)|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back || USA Comedy. || 2001 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261392/ 6.8] || [[:wikipedia:Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Strike_Back|{{en}}]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == To sort or unclear == | ||
+ | If you've seen some of these, could you tell us: was it good or bad? | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/ Until the End of the World (1991)] | ||
* [[:wikipedia:Detour (1945 film)|Detour]] | * [[:wikipedia:Detour (1945 film)|Detour]] | ||
* [[:wikipedia:Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]] | * [[:wikipedia:Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]] | ||
* [[:wikipedia:Highway (film)|Highway]] | * [[:wikipedia:Highway (film)|Highway]] | ||
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* [[:wikipedia:Knife in the Water (film)|Knife in the Water]] | * [[:wikipedia:Knife in the Water (film)|Knife in the Water]] | ||
* [[:wikipedia:Sweet Movie|Sweet Movie]] | * [[:wikipedia:Sweet Movie|Sweet Movie]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.aaltra.de Aaltra] | ||
+ | * [[:wikipedia:Pee-wee's_Big_Adventure|Pee-wee's Big Adventure]] | ||
− | + | == See also == | |
− | * [ | + | * [http://www.imdb.com/keyword/hitchhiking/ Hitchhiking movies listed in IMDB] |
− | * [ | + | * [http://www.digihitch.com/road-culture/hitchhiking-movies/ Hitchhiking movies in Digihitch.com] |
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* [[Media]] | * [[Media]] | ||
* [[Multimedia]] | * [[Multimedia]] | ||
− | + | [[Category:Media]] | |
− | [[Category: | ||
[[de:Medien#Filme]] | [[de:Medien#Filme]] | ||
+ | [[fi:Liftaus elokuvissa]] | ||
[[pt:Carona nos filmes]] | [[pt:Carona nos filmes]] |
Latest revision as of 15:36, 5 January 2022
At times people hitchhike in movies. Some give a bad impression of hitchhiking, some are good. Some movies (such as The Hitcher) have perpetuated a strong anti-hitchhiking attitude among more impressionable people.
Contents
Good
These are the movies we like. Hitchhiking is fun, adventurous and lets people live their lives out of the ordinary.
Documentaries & short movies
- Hitchtanbul - a hitchhiking documentary about two Dutch hitchhiking from the Netherlands to Istanbul.
- THIS TIME, a documentary shot on the road in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, and Sápmi from 2012.
- tramprennen.org published a movie about their Hitchhiking race for the NGO Viva con Agua in August 2009: on Vimeo
- tramprennen.org published a movie about their 60-hours-non-stop-hitchhiking-race in April 2011: on Vimeo
- The 888-Project produced a Video on their gathering Trailer | Video
- The Hitchhiking Movie
- In 2011 Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to Istanbul from Berlin. Read stories and watch videos at berlin-istanbul.com / Vimeo
Full length movies
Title | Description | Year | IMDB | Wikipedia |
---|---|---|---|---|
Exit Marrakech | German teenage guy travels to Marrakech with his father, but soon gets bored and hits the road | 2013 | 6.1 | (German) |
Rabat | Dutch movie. Three dutch-moroccan guys drive to Morocco in summertime | 2011 | 7.0 | (English) |
Avé | Bulgarian movie | 2011 | 6.9 | (English) |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Che Guevara's trip throughout South America. | 2004 | 7.8 | (English) |
Roads to Koktebel (Ru: Коктебель) | Russian movie. Father and son go on a trip through Russia and Ukraine by means of train hopping and hitchhiking. | 2003 | 6.9 | (English) |
The Forest Prince and the Pig Man | Hitchhiking in America. Documentary. | 2011 | [1] | (English) |
Turkish Delight | "Turks Fruit". A Dutch movie from the 1970s | 1973 | 7.2 | (English) |
Podróż za jeden uśmiech | A Polish movie from the 1970s, comedy | 1972 | 8.0 | (English) |
Le Corniaud | "The sucker". A French comedy. The main hero takes the hitch-hiker who later saves his life. | 1965 | 7.4 | (English) |
Travellers and Magicians | Bhutanese movie. | 2003 | 7.3 | (English) |
Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton | Comedy from East Germany. | 1980 | 6.4 | |
Into the Wild | A guy hitchhiking in the US and finally through Canada to Alaska, where he lives in the wild. | 2007 | 8.2 | (English) |
EuroTrip | Teen comedy. | 2005 | 6.5 | (English) |
Friendship! | A German movie. something similar to Eurotrip | 2010 | 6.7 | (German) |
Im Juli | Germany. Featuring the main actor hitchhiking from Hamburg to Istanbul, following the girl he loves. | 2000 | 7.8 | (English) |
Drôle de Félix | A french movie about a guy hitching across France to meet his father, whom he never knew. | 2000 | 7.1 | (English) |
Snow cake | Movie starts with a girl hitchhiking and dying in a car accident. | 2006 | 7.5 | (English) |
Even cowgirls get the blues | A Gus Van Sant's movie about a girl who was born with incredibly big thumbs. Based on the eponymous book, by Tom Robbins. | 1993 | 4.0 | (English) |
Kiki's Delivery Service | Miyuzaki's film (briefly) shows young females hitchhiking in a carefree, positive light. | 1989 | 7.9 | (English) |
Reiseziel Erfurt | A pioneer is hitch hiking from Elsterwerda to Erfurt after he was missing his train. GDR movie for children, so some kind of strange, but nothing bad about hitch hikers | 1962 | no | |
Scarecrow | Starring: Al Pacino, Gene Hackman... Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together. The movie starts with one of the best hitchhiking scene on screen. | 1973 | 7.4 | |
Kikujiro | Starring: Takeshi Kitano. A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. Brilliant scene about hitchhiking tricks, involving nails and blindness. | 1999 | 7.9 | |
Barfi! | Even if you aren't fond of Indian movies, this one is a gem and there's some hitchhiking in it . | 2013 | 8.3 | |
Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados | Teacher is driving across Spain to see John Lennon and picks up two young hitchhikers. | 2013 | 7.0 | |
Transamerica | Starring: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers. A trans woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she has a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. | 2005 | 7.5 | (English) |
Les Petits Matines | From imdb: "Eighteen-year old Agathe is a modern girl, with a firm independence of men even if she uses them to get to Riviera hitch-hiking." | 1962 | 6.4 | (French) |
Bad
Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light.
Title | Description | Year | IMDB | Wikipedia |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Hitcher | Horror. | 1986 | 7.2 | (English) |
The Hitcher | Horror. | 2007 | 5.5 | (English) |
Wolf Creek | Horror. | 2005 | 6.3 | (English) |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | USA Comedy. | 2001 | 6.8 | (English) |
To sort or unclear
If you've seen some of these, could you tell us: was it good or bad?
- Until the End of the World (1991)
- Detour
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
- Highway
- Knife in the Water
- Sweet Movie
- Aaltra
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure