Hitchhiking in movies
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.
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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?
See also
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