Planes, Trains And Automobiles (1987)
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
The Road Trip Moment: On a trek down to Miami to negotiate a drugs deal, Harry’s (Jared Leto) trackmark-infected arm becomes too much to bear and he and Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) visit a hospital so he can receive treatment.
Why It’s Crazy: His treatment arouses police suspicion, and the pair are carted off to prison for possession. Harry’s arm is then amputated with a power saw. Without anaesthetic.
Duel (1971)
The Road Trip Moment: Traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) finds himself subject to a vicious case of road rage when a truck driver won’t quit trying to get him splattered across a two-lane blacktop.
With a few miles distance between them, David hits the brakes at a railroad crossing....
Why It's Crazy: ... but that’s just a challenge for old truck driver man, who rear-ends David’s 1971 Plymouth and edges him closer and closer into the path of the oncoming train.
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
The Road Trip Moment: After being nearly run off the road by a mysterious chap in a rustbucket, daredevil teens Trish (Gina Phillips) and Darry (Justin Long) investigate a pipe they previously spotted the weird man feeding bodybags....
Why It's Crazy: ‘Cause these kids have a death wish. An underground funnel chocka with corpses? Either way, Darry somehow manages to lose his grip on the pipe, falling into a pile of hundreds and hundreds of dead bodies all stitched together. Like The Human Centipede but without the sewing accuracy.
Breakdown (1998)
The Road Trip Moment: Tinkering beneath the hood of his broken-down Jeep, Jeff (Kurt Russell) manages to fix the battery and hurtles off to collect his wife (Kathleen Quinlan), who’d caught a ride with a trucker (JT Walsh) to a local diner.
Why It's Crazy: After a few minutes searching for his wife, Jeff tracks down the trucker. He ropes in a local cop and demands answers. The man shrugs him off, claiming he’s never seen him or his wife before...
Sightseers (2012)
The Road Trip Moment: Road-trippers Chris (Steve Oram) and Tina (Alice Lowe) stop at the World Heritage Park with their dog Banjo, and rile up a hiker after the pair refuse to clean up the dog’s poop.
Why It's Crazy: Chris tips over into total insanity and beats the man to death.
Zombieland (2009)
The Road Trip Moment: Arriving in Hollywood, the four survivors hole up at Bill Murray’s mansion - with its occupant still very much alive in a zombie disguise.
Why It's Crazy: First off, it’s Bill Murray pretending to be a zombie - while watching Ghostbusters ! If that meta-bomb ain’t enough cray-zay, he gets blown away by Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) who accidentally mistakes him for a genuine flesh eater.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
The Road Trip Moment: Scarfing down a hefty amount of “Sunshine Acid”, Duke (Johnny Depp) and Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) promptly arrive at their hotel in Las Vegas ready to check in.
Why It's Crazy: They’re both tripping balls. The receptionist behind the desk appears to Duke as a giant eel, and a group of folks in the bar transform into lizards in the midst of an orgy.
The Hitcher (1986)
The Road Trip Moment: Desperately trying to escape from a hitchhiking serial killer, Jim (C. Thomas Howell) stops at a roadside diner for a moment’s reprieve.
Why It's Crazy: About to dig into a sumptuous cheeseburger and fries, Jim spots a severed finger in amongst the chips.
Easy Rider (1969)
The Road Trip Moment: Stricken with grief over the loss of George, Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) hit up New Orleans Mardi Gras and acquire a couple of prostitutes for the evening.
Why It’s Crazy: Instead of scuttling away to a fleapit motel, the quartet retire to a nearby cemetery, drop acid and spend the night tripping away between the tombstones.
