Top 10 RV Movies
by Motorhome_Republic | created - 28 Feb 2016 | updated - 29 Feb 2016 | PublicHollywood loves RVs and many great movies feature these road trip ready vehicles. Below are a few of the most popular RV flicks - check out a similar list from an RV expert here: http://www.motorhomerepublic.com/5-great-rv-road-trip-movies
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1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn
Votes: 443,761 | Gross: $229.09M
Being decked out with all manner of high-tech wizardry couldn’t stop the Lost World’s RV getting munched by a T rex.
2. Meet the Fockers (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Votes: 286,416 | Gross: $279.26M
In the popular follow up to Meet the Parents, two family cultures clash.
3. We're the Millers (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms
Votes: 485,836 | Gross: $150.39M
How do you get a huge amount of weed from the US to Mexico? Hire a fake family and embark on a phoney RV vacation.
4. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 517,791 | Gross: $59.89M
A postmodern, awkward comedy about a dysfunctional extended family taking a road trip to make sure a young girl can make it to a beauty pageant.
5. Spaceballs (1987)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
Votes: 206,362 | Gross: $38.12M
Mel Brooks’ zany Star Wars spoof reimagines the Millennium Falcon as a spacefaring RV.
6. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,402 | Gross: $25.75M
Most remember this Tarantino film for its bizarre mid-movie transition and Salma Hayek’s… assets, but it’s also a classic RV ‘criminals on the run’ piece.
7. Paul (2011)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard
Votes: 265,997 | Gross: $37.41M
The comedic team from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are joined on a US road trip by a wisecracking alien voiced by Seth Rogan.
8. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?
Director: John Hough | Stars: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards
Votes: 11,348 | Gross: $20.00M
This classic family film from the 70’s has two children on the run from a megalomaniacal millionaire who wants to exploit their strange powers.
9. Stir Crazy (1980)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams
Votes: 30,382 | Gross: $101.30M
A comedy about two east coast city boys who are framed and end up having to adapt to live in a western jail.
10. About Schmidt (2002)
R | 125 min | Drama
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates
Votes: 133,541 | Gross: $65.02M
Featuring one of Jack Nicholson’s finest performances in years, this is geriatric journey of discovery charmed audiences and critics.
11. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,133,397
Okay, okay, it's not a movie. But you can't deny it's worth a special mention. Walter White’s portable meth lab may now be the most iconic RV ever to appear on screen.
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