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Revision as of 19:31, 18 March 2012
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
- 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 |
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Avé | Bulgarian movie | 2011 | 6.9 | |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Che Guevara's trip throughout South America. | 2004 | 7.8 | (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. Youtube | 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) |
Bad
Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light.
Title | Description | Year | IMDB | Wikipedia |
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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