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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

R ★ 6.9/10 102 min Drama United States English
Director: Monte Hellman
Screenplay by: Will Corry, Rudy Wurlitzer, Floyd Mutrux
Story by: Will Corry
Streaming: Not available
no beginning... no end... no speed limit...

Description

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

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Top Cast

James Taylor
James Taylor The Driver
Warren Oates
Warren Oates G.T.O.
Dennis Wilson
Dennis Wilson The Mechanic
Laurie Bird
Laurie Bird The Girl
Rudy Wurlitzer
Rudy Wurlitzer Hot Rod Driver
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Jaclyn Hellman
Jaclyn Hellman Hot Rod Driver's Girl
Alan Vint
Alan Vint Man in Roadhouse

Two-Lane Blacktop Appears on 12 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #466
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #412
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #465
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #226
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #769

Critic Curated

Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #30
The Observers 50 Lost Movie Classics
The Observer #43

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #438
Lynne Ramsay's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #47
Movies Amy Seimetz Has Said She Likes
Letterboxd #20

Genre Curation

100 American Independent Films by BFI
British Film Institute #94
100 Cult Films by BFI
British Film Institute #28

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