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.

Good

These are the movies we like. Hitchhiking is fun, adventurous and lets people live their lives out of the ordinary.

• Viva con Agua published a movie about their Hitchhiking race: video divided into 3 on dailymotion
• The 888-Project produced a Video on their gathering Trailer | Video
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Turkish Delight, a Dutch movies of the 70s
• Travellers and Magicians
• Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton (East Germany, 1980), comedy.
• Into the Wild, about a guy hitchhiking in the US and finally through Canada to Alaska, where he lives in the wild.
• The Hitchhiking Movie
• Friendship! a German 2010 movie. something similar to Eurotrip
• EuroTrip
• Im Juli, (Germany, 2000) featuring the main actor hitchhiking from Hamburg to Istanbul, following the girl he loves.
• Drôle de Félix A french (2000) movie about a guy hitching across France to meet his father, whom he never knew.

To sort or unclear

• Detour
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• Highway
• Knife in the Water
• Sweet Movie
• Aaltra
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Bad

Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light.

• The Hitcher (1986)
• The Hitcher (2007)
• Wolf Creek (2005)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

see also

• Media
• Multimedia