RV - Join Robin Williams and his dysfunctional family on a last minute desperate attempt to bring his family together, a cross country RV vacation. Or is that the real reason they are taking this rip-roaring road trip. From trying to hook up a waste pipe taking the RV on a off-road adventure, you will laugh and maybe even remember some trips that you have taken with your family.

National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswold family's exodus to Wally World might not be as hip as Easy Rider, but it's definitely funnier. On their way to CA from their Chicago home, the Griswolds stop off at every offbeat roadside attraction they can find, sample Cousin Eddie's Hamburger Helper burgers (without the hamburger), leave a dead relative tied up in lawn chair, and lose all their money. They cap off their adventure by forcing a Wally World security guard, played by John Candy, to take them around the closed amusement park at gun point. Well, it was a long drive.. we've all been there...

Rainman - In this heart warming tale you encounter a down and out business man played by Tom Cruise and his new found autistic sibling played by Dustin Hoffman. They set out on a cross country trip in an old Buick convertible, through the heart land of America. Watch as Tom Cruise tries to teach his autistic brother about life and instead learns much more than he could ever imagine. A true classic.

Thelma and Louise - Two girlfriends (played by Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) leave dead-end jobs and no-good men behind to have a little fun. When one of them is forced to kill a man, they make their road trip permanent as they run from the law. Sure, it doesn't end so well for them, but they sure had a good time along the way. Secretly, us girls like to think there is a little bit of Thelma and Louise in all of us.

Little Miss Sunshine-
The Hoover family (Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and Paul Dano) and their 7-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), travel from Albuquerque, N.M., to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, Calif. I loved this movie.

The Sure Thing (1985)-
When free-spirited but juvenile Walter "Gib" Gibson (John Cusack) meets studious, uptight Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga) at an unnamed Ivy League college, sparks fly; unfortunately, they are mostly of the disastrous variety as all of Gib’s attempts at courtship fall painfully apart. Inevitably, the duo is tossed together when they both answer the same ad for a ride to California. While Alison is traveling to reunite with her tidy law school boyfriend, Gib is on the road to meet a beautiful girl his best friend promises him is "a sure thing." Before too long, Gib and Alison’s bickering inflames the driver, who promptly deposits the two with their suitcases on the side of a lonely highway thousands of miles from their destination. As the misadventures pile up, the initially contentious pair begin to take a liking to one another--but do these two dare fall in love? Rob Reiner’s initial attempt at romantic comedy pays subtle homage, with gentle lyricism, to the classic screwballs of early Hollywood. The film is buoyed by the stellar performances of the two leads, Cusack (in one of his first significant roles) and Zuniga, who are reminiscent of the great studio pairings of the past.~ Joshua Tunin

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