Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cross-country-journey"

1. The Nightingale (I) (2018)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie

Votes: 35,632 | Gross: $0.39M

2. Take Me Home (2011)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.

Director: Sam Jaeger | Stars: Sam Jaeger, Amber Jaeger, Victor Garber, Lin Shaye

Votes: 7,915 | Gross: $0.02M

3. News of the World (2020)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson

Votes: 95,625

4. My Name Is Khan (2010)

PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sheetal Menon, Katie Amanda Keane

Votes: 116,357 | Gross: $4.02M

5. Joe Bell (2020)

R | 94 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of a small-town, working-class father who embarks on a walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay. Meanwhile, he... See full summary »

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton, Maxwell Jenkins

Votes: 9,559

6. Westward the Women (1951)

Passed | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire

Votes: 3,801

7. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Jed, Ray Wise

Votes: 6,883 | Gross: $2.14M

8. The Earthling (1980)

PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett

Votes: 1,814

9. Tanks for Stalin (2018)

95 min | Action, Comedy, History

1940. A prototype of a new cutting edge tank is being taken on a secret mission to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. Soon the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race.

Director: Kim Druzhinin | Stars: Andrey Merzlikin, Anton Filipenko, Aglaya Tarasova, Dmitriy Podnozov

Votes: 1,137

10. An American Romance (1944)

Passed | 151 min | Drama

Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen

Votes: 573

11. The Man Who Found Himself (1937)

Passed | 67 min | Drama

A "high flying" surgeon learns a few valuable life lessons at the hands of a beautiful nurse.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: John Beal, Joan Fontaine, Phillip Huston, Jane Walsh

Votes: 308

12. Goin' Home (1976)

G | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

After his dog is accused of biting a child, the boy and the animal leave Florida for California. Along the way they encounter a New Orleans shoeshine man, another boy (who is a victim of abuse) and an insightful hobo.

Director: Chris Prentiss | Stars: Todd Christiansen, Bernard Triche, Kevin Oliver, Melvin Ruffin

13. My Name is Blue

Drama | Announced

After an obsessive teenager sneaks into the trailer of their life long idol, a recently canceled actor, the two embark on a cross country journey of forced dreams and the impossibility of escaping the past.

Star: Simone Brazzini

14. The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode: The Johnny Shanks Story (1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Marshal Fry is convinced of trouble when he learns that three unsavory bounty hunters are heading for Silver City. Not wanting her brother to get involved, Fran McCord arranges for Clay to ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Wallace Ford, Betty Lou Keim

Votes: 32

15. Mr Inbetween (2018–2021)
Episode: I'll See You Soon (2021)

TV-MA | 26 min | Crime, Drama

There's a reason why the road less traveled, is less traveled.

Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: Emily Barclay, Scott Ryan, Jeremy Sims, Ned Manning

Votes: 667