Highest-Rated Movies about 'Weekend Getaway', Sort by Popularity

Long Weekend (1978), Weekend (1967), Human Traffic (1999), Desperate Characters (1971), The Intervention (2016), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), The Dark Hours (2005), The Osterman Weekend (1983) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Weekend Getaway movies.

#1. Long Weekend (1978)

Storyline: Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets), a bitter married couple teetering on the edge of divorce, take a camping trip to heal the rift between them. As the weekend progresses, the selfish pair engage in reckless behavior that demonstrates an increasing disrespect for their natural surroundings. When Peter and Marcia become the targets of a series of inexplicable animal attacks, it becomes clear that an angry Mother Nature has come to exact her revenge.

Plot Keywords: man, wife, dog, husband, shocking, eerie, campy ...

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#2. Weekend (1967)

Storyline: A supposedly-idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into an endless nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism, and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, saint, madcap, frenetic, amusing, france ...

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#3. Human Traffic (1999)

Storyline: The Cardiff club scene in the 90's: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he's impotent. Lulu, Jip's mate, doesn't find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend's aftermath. It's breakthrough time for at least three of them.

Plot Keywords: club kid, dj, restaurant employee, boyfriend, girlfriend, melodramatic, passionate ...

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#4. Desperate Characters (1971)

Storyline: Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. They're Desperate Characters, trapped in a marriage that no longer works... yet unable to break free. In a performance widely cited as a career breakthrough, Shirley MacLaine portrays Sophie in this compelling grown-up drama that, in its own jolting way, is a love story.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: housewife, lawyer, old friend, activist, police chief, emotional, disheartening ...

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#5. The Intervention (2016)

Storyline: A young couple, Peter and Ruby, are married with three children. On a weekend trip a tight-knit group of friends confront them about their constant bickering and propose they divorce. Reacting in anger, the couple clearly realize the truth in what their friends are trying to say; nonetheless, they remember their old feelings for each other and decide instead to strive to improve their relationship. Later, the intervention is turned around on Annie (Lynskey) and her alcohol problem, while she begins to realize that her conspired marriage intervention for Ruby and Peter may have been based on her suppressed doubts about her own impending wedding.—kwedgwood@hotmail.com

Plot Keywords: couple, lesbian, amusing, offbeat, emotional, heartwarming, vacation home ...

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#6. Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

Storyline: Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her -- a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrive. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives...

Plot Keywords: wife, husband, doctor, son, daughter, guest, engaging ...

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#7. The Dark Hours (2005)

Storyline: The thirty and something years old psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Goodman has an incurable brain tumor that has just started to grow. Felling totally stressed, she decides to spend the weekend in her cottage with her husband, the writer David Goodman, and her sister Melody. She unexpectedly arrives in the cabin and finds a bottle of champagne in the refrigerator. Later, a young man, Adrian, asks for help due to the cold weather and once in the house, he shows a gun and brings his partner, the violent sexual offender and Samantha's former patient Harlan Pyne. Along the night, Harlan forces the family to participate in twisted games, where truths are disclosed.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: psychiatrist, mental patient, husband, sister, writer, suspenseful, shocking ...

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#8. The Osterman Weekend (1983)

Storyline: In this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel, the host of an investigative news program has been convinced by the C.I.A. that the friends and associates he's invited to weekend with him in the country are actually engaged in a nefarious conspiracy which threatens national security,—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>

Plot Keywords: tv personality, friend, cia agent, spy, tense, gritty, los angeles ...

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#9. Friday the 13th: Part III (1982)

Storyline: Jason Voorhees, having barely survived a wound to his shoulder from his own machete, is back to revenge on all that visit "his" woods. A new group of friends come over to party at an area close to the campsite. This time, Jason will be stronger than ever, and getting a hockey mask from one of those friends.

Plot Keywords: jason voorhees, teen girl, boyfriend, biker, gang leader, gory, hedonistic ...

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#10. Edge of Winter (2016)

Storyline: Elliot Baker seizes the chance to develop a better relationship with his sons when his ex-wife, Karen, and her new husband take a vacation and leave the boys with him. What starts as a bonding opportunity turns into a nightmarish adventure when they get stranded in a deserted cabin near the lake as night falls and a snowstorm rages. Bradley, 15, and Caleb, 12, quickly learn more about their father and what they truly mean to him in this gripping tale of family and survival—joblo.com

Plot Keywords: son, sibling, brother, mother, ex-wife, ex-husband, estranged father ...

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#11. The Breed (2006)

Storyline: When the bad boy John inherits an isolated house in an island, he invites his brother and student of veterinary Matt and his girlfriend Nikki together with their common friends Sara and Noah to fly with him in his hydroplane and spend a couple of days having good time in the place. Later Sara is attacked by a dog and they recall that in the other side of the island there was a facility for training dogs that had been shutdown to avoid a rabies outbreak. While walking through the woods, they find a man called Luke, who sailed with his girlfriend Jenny to the island, covered of blood and Luke is killed by a pack of hounds. The group runs to the house and the animals put the place under siege, and they try to find a means of escape. When the survivors reach the compound, they disclose that the dogs have been genetically redesigned to become a breed of killers.

Plot Keywords: brother, girlfriend, friend, student, heir, victim, brutal ...

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#13. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Storyline: The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred (Mark Addy) hoping to court the lovely Wilma Slaghoople (Kristen Johnston). Nothing will stand in the way of love, except for the conniving Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson), who is the playboy born in Baysville, but who has made it in the cutthroat town of Rock Vegas. Will Fred win Wilma's love?

Plot Keywords: fred flintstone, barney rubble, gambler, mother, hysterical, campy, charming ...

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#14. Don't Let Him In (2011)

Storyline: What if you invited a serial killer on holiday? Heading off for a weekend in the country, Paige & Calvin reluctantly allow Calvin's brash younger sister to bring along Tristan, an arrogant city trader she's picked up in a one-night stand; but when the group learn a brutal serial killer is plaguing the area, Paige must confront the disturbing truth about Tristan.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: don, serial killer, brother, gory, england, tree, couples ...

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