Movies by Lists - Emperor of the Road (The Drifter in films) (165 [182]) 
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| 3-Iron [Bin-jip]A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days. | 2004 | Kim Ki-duk | Crime, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (53.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| 80 Steps to JonahA young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children. | 1969 | Gerd Oswald | Drama | 5.6 (221 votes) | 107 | 20221116 |
| 92 In The ShadeA young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain. | 1975 | Thomas McGuane | Comedy, Drama | 6.1 (506 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| After Dark, My SweetAn ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom m | 1990 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| AlambristaAfter the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough. | 1977 | Robert M. Young | Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (682 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Alice in the Cities [Alice in den Städten]A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport. | 1974 | Wim Wenders (*) | Drama | 8.0 (11.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| All Roads to Pearla [Sleeping in Plastic]A Texas town awakes when a high school wrestler gets entangled with a drifter and her psychopathic lover. Lives then intertwine and spiral violently out of control once he becomes her escort driver. | 2019 | Van Ditthavong | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 4.8 (214 votes) | 108 | 20221228 |
| And Your Mother Too [Y Tu Mama Tambien]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| ApostleIn 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island. | 2018 | Gareth Evans | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (49.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Ask the DustMexican beauty Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek) hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career a... | 2006 | Robert Towne | Drama, Romance | 5.7 (10.1K votes) | 117 | 20240427 |
| Baby Cart to HadesOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Bad CompanyA God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west | 1972 | Robert Benton (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.0 (4.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. | 1973 | Terrence Malick (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (71.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| BareA young girl in Nevada becomes romantically involved with a female drifter who introduces her to a life of stripping, drugs, and metaphysical experiences that teach her what happens when real life catches up with dark fantasy. | 2015 | Natalia Leite | Drama, Romance | 5.0 (2.3K votes) | 90 | 20220415 |
| BarflyBased on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. | 1987 | Barbet Schroeder | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (19.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Behind the Shutters [La corrupción de Chris Miller]Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins. | 1973 | Juan Antonio Bardem | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (658 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Best F[r]iends - Volume 1When a drifter befriends a quirky mortician, an unlikely business partnership is formed. Paranoia soon develops, however, and both men are forced to come to terms with the fragility of friendship and loyalty. | 2017 | Justin MacGregor | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 5.3 (2.6K votes) | 108 | 20220822 |
| Black ButterflyA reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story. | 2017 | Brian Goodman | Thriller | 6.2 (13.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Blue RuinA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. | 2013 | Jeremy Saulnier | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (71.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Bones and AllA young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their othe... | 2022 | Luca Guadagnino | Drama, Horror, Romance | 6.8 (52.2K votes) | 131 | 20231116 |
| Bonnie and ClydeBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks. | 1967 | Arthur Penn (*) | Action, Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (109.8K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Boxcar BerthaDuring the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. | 1972 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (9.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| BruiserA 14-year-old boy turns to a charismatic loner for help after being beaten up, in director Miles Warren's searing feature debut about fathers, families, and the effects of fighting. | 2022 | Miles Warren | Drama | 6.1 (859 votes) | 97 | 20240427 |
| Buffalo '66After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit. | 1998 | Vincent Gallo | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (52.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| BunrakuThe story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for. | 2010 | Guy Moshe | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (19.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Cardboard BoxerGentle and broken, a homeless man is coerced by two teens to fight other men on video for cash but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl. | 2016 | Knate Lee | Drama | 6.3 (2.8K votes) | 88 | 20220415 |
| CaughtJoe and Betty run a fish market and have sunk into a comfortable/boring life. Enter the drifter Nick, who takes a job in the store. He awakes Joe's hope in the future and Betty's sexual passions. Until their son Danny returns home.. | 1996 | Robert M. Young | Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (1.7K votes) | 110 | 20240427 |
| CaveatA lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island. | 2020 | Damian Mc Carthy | Horror, Thriller | 5.9 (3.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Cool Hand LukeA laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform. | 1967 | Stuart Rosenberg (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (172.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Corruption of Chris Miller, The [La corrupción de Chris Miller]Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins. | 1973 | Juan Antonio Bardem | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (657 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Crossfire TrailRafe promises a dying friend to look after his wife and 40,000 acre ranch in Wyoming. A powerful businessman wants the ranch and widow by whatever means necessary. | 2001 | Simon Wincer | Action, Drama, Western | 7.1 (3.7K votes) | 92 | 20240427 |
| Daybreak [Le Jour se leve]After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing. | 1939 | Marcel Carné (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (7.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Daylights EndYears after a mysterious plague has turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a vengeful drifter takes up with a group of survivors in an abandoned police station. | 2016 | William Kaufman | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.4 (5.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Dead ManOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange aboriginal American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western | 7.6 (94.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| DetourChance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail. | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.4 (16.9K votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| DiscreetAfter years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his reveng... | 2017 | Travis Mathews | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 4.3 (251 votes) | 81 | 20240427 |
| Drifter, TheA young interior designer with a jealous boyfriend has a one-night stand with a handsome drifter who won't go away. | 1988 | Larry Brand | Thriller | 4.7 (540 votes) | 89 | 20240427 |
| Drifter, TheA troubled man finds himself on a downward spiral induced by dark memories of his past. | 2014 | Craig Calamis | Drama, Thriller | 5.2 (65 votes) | 96 | 20240427 |
| Drifters [Gli Sfiorati]In this taboo drama, Mete must fight against his inappropriate attraction to his 17 year old future step-sister, who has just moved in to his flat in Rome. (Italian with English subtitles). | 2011 | Matteo Rovere | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.6 (786 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| DuelA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. | 1971 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (68.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Duel with the DevilA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. | 1971 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (68.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Easy RiderTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. | 1969 | Dennis Hopper (*) | Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (107.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Electra Glide in BlueAmbitious but diminutive motorcycle cop John Wintergreen patrols the Arizona highways, yearning for promotion to the homicide division. Thanks to his revelation that a supposed suicide is actually a murder, his wish is granted. | 1973 | James William Guercio | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (5.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Emperor of the NorthIn 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1. | 1973 | Robert Aldrich (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (6.2K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Even Cowgirls Get the BluesSissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess" (Sir John Hurt), sends her to his ranch | 1993 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western | 4.4 (7.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| FactotumThis drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along t | 2005 | Bent Hamer | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (14.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Family ReunionA family on Christmas vacation visits a desert town called Sutterville, where a massacre had been committed 40 years prior, and discovers they had something to do with it. Meanwhile, the local police arrests a mysterious drifter. | 1989 | Michael Hawes | Horror | 5.2 (430 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Fistful of Dollars, AA wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. | 1964 | Sergio Leone (*) | Action, Drama, Western | 8.0 (210.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Five Easy PiecesA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest. | 1970 | Bob Rafelson (*) | Drama | 7.4 (35.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Flim-Flam Man, TheA rural con artist and an army deserter cheat the townsfolk and are aided by a rich gal who shields the fleeing duo from the wrath of the pursuing sheriff. | 1967 | Irvin Kershner (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (2.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| For A Few Dollars MoreTwo bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down an escaped Mexican outlaw. | 1965 | Sergio Leone (*) | Western | 8.2 (248.2K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Frank and PenelopeA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as EVERYTHING is now worth d... | 2022 | Sean Patrick Flanery | Thriller | 5.2 (376 votes) | 112 | 20220822 |
| Frontier, TheDecades ago at The Frontier, a diner with 3 motel rooms in the desert on old route 66, a young woman stops and gets work. She reads about a murder in Flagstaff and a $2M armored truck heist. Is it connected to the people at The Front | 2015 | Oren Shai | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.5 (839 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Fugitive Kind, TheValentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women. | 1960 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (6.2K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Fugitive, TheDr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal. | 1993 | Andrew Davis | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (284.5K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Going Places [Les valseuses]Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure. | 1974 | Bertrand Blier | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.2 (8.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| GoldIn the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return. | 2022 | Anthony Hayes | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 5.4 (11.6K votes) | 97 | 20231016 |
| Good The Bad and The Ugly, TheA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. | 1966 | Sergio Leone (*) | Adventure, Western | 8.8 (732.4K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| GoodlandWhen the body of a drifter is discovered the same day a photographer arrives in a small farming community, the local sheriff is left to piece together a string of events that don't quite add up. | 2017 | Josh Doke | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 5.1 (497 votes) | 84 | 20220415 |
| Grapes of Wrath, TheAn Oklahoma family driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. | 1940 | John Ford (*) | Drama | 8.1 (90.3K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Graveyard ShiftIn a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement. | 1990 | Ralph S. Singleton | Horror | 5.0 (11K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| GummoLonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives. | 1997 | Harmony Korine | Comedy, Drama | 6.7 (34.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Happy HuntingAn alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event. | 2017 | Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson | Horror, Western | 5.1 (2.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Hard TargetA woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance. | 1993 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.2 (49.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Hard TimesThe adventures of a drifter turned illegal prize-fighter during the Depression Era in New Orleans. | 1975 | Walter Hill | Crime, Drama, Sport | 7.3 (10.3K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| HickA Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas. | 2011 | Derick Martini | Comedy, Drama | 5.6 (19.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| High Plains DrifterA gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way. | 1973 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama, Mystery, Western | 7.5 (53.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Hired Hand, TheHarry returns home to his wife and farm after drifting with his friend Arch and has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties. | 1971 | Peter Fonda | Drama, Western | 7.0 (3.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Hitcher, TheWhile driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath t | 2007 | Dave Meyers | Crime, Thriller | 5.6 (42.7K votes) | 84 | 20220414 |
| Hitcher, TheA young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes. | 1986 | Robert Harmon | Action, Thriller | 7.2 (47K votes) | 97 | 20220414 |
| Hitch-Hiker, TheTwo fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over. | 1953 | Ida Lupino (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.0 (8.6K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Hot Spot, TheUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities - and the local women - after he robs a bank. | 1990 | Dennis Hopper (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (11.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Hunger [Sult]In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is delig | 1966 | Henning Carlsen | Drama | 7.8 (3.1K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Il GridoA man wanders aimlessly away from his town, away from the woman he loves, emotionally and socially inactive. | 1957 | Michelangelo Antonioni (*) | Drama | 7.6 (4.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| In a Valley of ViolenceA mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. | 2016 | Ti West | Action, Western | 6.0 (18.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Into The WildAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, C | 2007 | Sean Penn | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 8.1 (604.2K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| IronweedAn alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades. | 1987 | Hector Babenco (*) | Drama | 6.7 (9.1K votes) | 143 | 20220414 |
| It Happened One NightA renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops. | 1934 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Romance | 8.1 (100.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Jack ReacherA homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. | 2012 | Christopher McQuarrie | Action, Thriller | 7.0 (327.5K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Jack Reacher Never Go BackJack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name while on the run as a fugitive from the law. | 2016 | Edward Zwick (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (150.4K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| KaliforniaA journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself. | 1993 | Dominic Sena | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (53.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Kings of The RoadA traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together | 1976 | Wim Wenders (*) | Drama | 7.8 (5.7K votes) | 175 | 20211228 |
| Kung FuThe adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu. | 1972 | Richard Lang, Jerry Thorpe, Marc Daniels, Harry Harris, John Llewellyn Moxey | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.7 (5.9K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Kung Fu Warrior, TheThe adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu. | 1972 | Richard Lang, Jerry Thorpe, Marc Daniels, Harry Harris, John Llewellyn Moxey | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.7 (5.9K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Last Moment of ClarityThree years after witnessing the murder of his fiancée, a man finds himself a fearful drifter, until one day at a Parisian cinema he sees an actress who looks a lot like his dead love, and eventually he finds the truth about his fian | 2020 | Colin Krisel, James Krisel | Thriller | 5.2 (2.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Legend of 5 Mile Cave, TheA mysterious drifter bonds with a boy with tales of the West. Past and present collide when a lawman appears seeking long-lost gold. | 2019 | Brent Christy | Western | 6.0 (851 votes) | 90 | 20221228 |
| Les ValseusesTwo thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure. | 1974 | Bertrand Blier | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.2 (8.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Light Years Away [Les années lumière]A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds. | 1981 | Alain Tanner | Drama | 7.2 (503 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Locusts, TheA drifter enters a small town looking for employment. While working at the local cattle ranch, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kitty and becomes involved in a deadly yet erotic love triangle. | 1997 | John Patrick Kelley | Drama | 6.1 (2.1K votes) | 124 | 20240427 |
| Long, Hot Summer, TheAccused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners. | 1958 | Martin Ritt (*) | Drama | 7.4 (10.7K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Mad MaxIn a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. | 1979 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (201.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Mad Max 2 - The Road WarriorIn the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. | 1981 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (175.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Mad Max 3 - Beyond ThunderdomeAfter being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen. | 1985 | George Miller, George Ogilvie | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (133.4K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Man Called Gannon, AA seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides. | 1968 | James Goldstone | Romance, Western | 5.3 (169 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Master, TheA Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader. | 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 7.1 (173.6K votes) | 138 | 20220822 |
| MatewanA labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. | 1987 | John Sayles (*) | Drama, History | 7.9 (7.9K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Midnight RunA bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail. | 1988 | Martin Brest (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.5 (83.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Milky Way, The [La voie lactée]Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages. | 1969 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Drama | 7.5 (7.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| MojaveA suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter. | 2015 | William Monahan | Drama, Thriller | 5.2 (4.9K votes) | 93 | 20220415 |
| Motorcycle Diaries, The [Diarios de motocicleta]The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling. | 2004 | Walter Salles | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 7.8 (99.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| MudTwo young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. | 2012 | Jeff Nichols | Drama | 7.4 (176.4K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| My Own Private IdahoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way. | 1991 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Drama | 7.0 (54.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| MysteriesA wealthy visitor to a small town befriends a midget and gets involved with two women as his behaviour becoming ever stranger. | 1978 | Paul de Lussanet | Drama, Mystery | 5.1 (196 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| NakedAn unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey. | 1993 | Mike Leigh (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (38.1K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Near DarkA small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. | 1987 | Kathryn Bigelow | Horror | 7.0 (37.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| None But the Lonely HeartWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet. | 1944 | Clifford Odets | Drama, Romance | 6.5 (2.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| O Brother, Where Art ThouIn the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. | 2000 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music | 7.7 (302.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Oak Room, TheDuring a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's eve... | 2020 | Cody Calahan | Mystery, Thriller | 5.7 (2.4K votes) | 90 | 20231016 |
| Obsession [Ossessione]Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband. | 1943 | Luchino Visconti (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (7.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Of Mice and MenA mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America. | 1939 | Lewis Milestone | Adventure, Drama | 7.9 (5.9K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Of Mice and MenA TV adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled f... | 1981 | Reza Badiyi | Drama | 7.2 (557 votes) | 150 | 20240419 |
| Of Mice and MenA nomadic farm worker looks after his dimwitted, gentle-giant friend during the Great Depression. | 1992 | Gary Sinise | Drama, Western | 7.5 (44.2K votes) | 115 | 20221116 |
| Oklahoma CrudeIn 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land. | 1973 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Comedy, Drama, Western | 6.3 (1.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| On The RoadYoung writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly. | 2012 | Walter Salles | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (41.9K votes) | 124 | 20220822 |
| Paris, TexasTravis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family. | 1984 | Wim Wenders (*) | Drama | 8.1 (102K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| PenitentiaryA hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early par | 1979 | Jamaa Fanaka | Crime, Drama, Sport | 5.7 (1.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Gift, TheA spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receive an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a friendly but mysterious drifter. | 2009 | Jefferson Moore | Drama | 7.0 (478 votes) | 89 | 20240427 |
| PicnicEmotions are ignited amongst the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labour Day picnic. | 1955 | Joshua Logan | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (8.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Place Beyond the Pines, TheA motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detecti | 2012 | Derek Cianfrance | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (259.9K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Postman Always Rings Twice, TheThe sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. | 1981 | Bob Rafelson (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (23.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Postman Always Rings Twice, TheA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. | 1946 | Tay Garnett | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Postman, TheA nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America. | 1997 | Kevin Costner (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (72.4K votes) | 177 | 20211228 |
| Rambo First BloodA veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. | 1982 | Ted Kotcheff | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.7 (242.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Rancho DeluxeTwo drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana. | 1975 | Frank Perry | Comedy, Romance, Western | 6.3 (1.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Red Rock WestUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue. | 1993 | John Dahl | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (21.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| RedsA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. | 1981 | Warren Beatty (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.3 (22.4K votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| Return to ParadiseAn American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down. | 1953 | Mark Robson | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (658 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Riders of the Purple SageJim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen, being harassed by thugs and steps in to help. A religious sect ... | 1996 | Charles Haid | Drama, Romance, Western | 6.2 (835 votes) | 98 | 20220723 |
| Run the Wild FieldsThe Story of a North Carolina woman and her daughter who take in a mysterious drifter to work their farm while the woman's husband is missing in action during WWII. | 2000 | Paul A. Kaufman | Drama | 7.1 (738 votes) | 101 | 20240427 |
| SanjuroA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent. | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (37.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| ScarecrowAn ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by a homeless ex-sailor, so they partner up as they head east together. | 1973 | Jerry Schatzberg | Drama | 7.3 (16.8K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| ShaneA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act. | 1953 | George Stevens (*) | Drama, Western | 7.6 (39.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Shogun Assassin 2Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Silent Stranger, The [Lo straniero di silenzio]An American gunfighter is tasked with delivering a valuable scroll to a feudal lord in Japan, and becomes embroiled in a feud between the lord and his rival cousin over ownership of land owed to a young princess in their care. | 1968 | Luigi Vanzi | Western | 5.9 (303 votes) | 92 | 20220419 |
| Something WildA free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up. | 1986 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller | 6.9 (17.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| SorcererFour unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle. | 1977 | William Friedkin (*) | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (20.5K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Station Agent, TheWhen his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss. | 2003 | Tom McCarthy | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (69.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Storm BoyMike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans. | 1976 | Henri Safran, Ian Goddard | Drama, Family | 6.9 (1.5K votes) | 88 | 20240427 |
| Straight Story, TheAn old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother. | 1999 | David Lynch (*) | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (88.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Stranger in Town, A [Un dollaro tra i denti]A lone gunfighter attempts to make a deal with a Mexican bandit to split a shipment of stolen gold, resulting in a brutal game of double-cross between the two parties. | 1967 | Luigi Vanzi | Action, Drama, Western | 6.1 (583 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Stranger Returns [Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola], TheA cynical gunfighter, aided by an elderly prophet, becomes involved in a feud with a bandit gang trying to obtain a stagecoach made of solid gold. | 1967 | Luigi Vanzi | Western | 6.4 (435 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Stranger Than ParadiseA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure. | 1984 | Jim Jarmusch (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (36.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Sugarland Express, TheA woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road. | 1974 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (16.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Sullivans TravelsHollywood director John L Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. | 1941 | Preston Sturges (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (25.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Sword of VengenceThe story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure | 7.8 (7.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Thelma & LouiseTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed. | 1991 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (148.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| They LiveThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live. | 1988 | John Carpenter (*) | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.3 (124K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| To Hell and GoneA crafty drifter crosses paths with a gang of murderous thieves in the middle of nowhere, AZ. | 2019 | Kyle Moore | Western | 5.8 (279 votes) | 82 | 20221228 |
| Tokyo Marigold [Tôkyô Marîgôrudo]In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama | 7.6 (120.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Tomato RedA small time drifter Sammy Barlach (Jake Weary, “Animal Kingdom”) searches for his next mark, but comes upon Jamalee (Julia Garner, “Ozark”) and her brother that challenges him in unexpected ways. | 2017 | Juanita Wilson | Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (332 votes) | 112 | 20220415 |
| Two Moon JunctionA young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival. | 1988 | Zalman King | Drama, Romance | 5.1 (5.6K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Two-Lane BlacktopWhile drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevvy 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an alluring hitchhiker and the inexperienced, tall tale-spinning driver of a GTO. | 1971 | Monte Hellman (*) | Drama | 7.2 (12.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| U TurnA man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. | 1997 | Oliver Stone (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (51.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Vagabond [Sans toit ni loi]A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death. | 1985 | Agnès Varda (*) | Drama | 7.7 (10.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Wages Of Fear, TheIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. | 1953 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (59.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Walk on the Wild SideA man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello. | 1962 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (2.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Way Of The Gun, TheTwo criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man. | 2000 | Christopher McQuarrie | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (33.6K votes) | 119 | 20220723 |
| Wendy and LucyOver the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart. | 2008 | Kelly Reichardt | Drama | 7.1 (17.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Wild at HeartYoung lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. | 1990 | David Lynch (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (90.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Willy's WonderlandA quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans | 2021 | Kevin Lewis | Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 5.5 (23.6K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (119.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Young AdamA young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. | 2003 | David Mackenzie | Crime, Drama | 6.4 (13.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets The One Armed SwordsmanTwo of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart? | 1971 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman [Shin zatô Ichi YaTwo of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart? | 1971 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets YojimboZatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same si | 1970 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| The Hitchhiker | 1983 | nan | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Of Mice and Men | 1968 | Ted Kotcheff | Drama | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Love Finds You in Sugarcreek | 2014 | Terry Cunningham | Family, Mystery, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Three Wishes | 1995 | Martha Coolidge | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Drifter | 2016 | Chris von Hoffmann | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 3.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dune Drifter | 2020 | Marc Price | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 3.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Revival | 2017 | Jennifer Gerber | Drama, Romance | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jackie & Ryan | 2014 | Ami Canaan Mann | Drama, Family, Music, Romance | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| I Am Another You | 2017 | Nanfu Wang | Documentary, Biography | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dark Moon Rising | 2009 | Dana Mennie | Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller | 3.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Route 66 | 1960 | nan | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Zone Drifter | 2021 | Charles Conkin | Sci-Fi | 2.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Arizona Drifter | 2021 | Devin Lee White | Short, Western | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dirty Beautiful | 2015 | Tim Bartell | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Black Road | 2016 | Gary Lundgren | Sci-Fi, Thriller | 4.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bail Jumper | 1990 | Christian Faber | Comedy | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Fugitive | 1963 | nan | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |