The set pieces are legendary. The snake in the dorm room. The blind guy driving the car. The cow scene (you know the one). Tom Green steals the show as Barry, the chaotic wildcard. It’s gross, it’s inappropriate, and it holds up as a perfect snapshot of pre-9/11 optimism.
"I’m on drugs!" – "Are you? That’s good. I’m not, but that’s fine." 2. Road Trip (The Raunchy Classic) The Vibe: Early 2000s frat-house energy. road trip movie 2000
Technically, this movie is set in 1973, but it was released in 2000, and its DNA is all over the road trip genre. Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film follows young William Miller as he tours with the fictional band Stillwater. The set pieces are legendary
The Coen Brothers took Homer’s The Odyssey and threw it into the deep south during the Great Depression. It’s the strangest, most beautiful road trip movie of the year. The cow scene (you know the one)
Josh accidentally mails a sex tape to his girlfriend. He and his friends have to drive from Ithaca, New York, to Austin, Texas, to intercept it before she watches it.
Most people forget this is a road trip movie. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie ( The Usual Suspects , Mission: Impossible ), The Way of the Gun follows two drifters (Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro) who kidnap a pregnant surrogate mother.