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Definition of road movie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

road movie

noun

/ˈrəʊd muːvi/

/ˈrəʊd muːvi/

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a film which is based on a journey made by the main character or characters
CultureThe journeys in road movies often involve violence. Well-known road movies have included Easy Rider, Badlands (1973), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Thelma and Louise (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Into the Wild (2007).
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