Easy Rider (1969) April 15, 2011

Produced by Indie Legend Roger Corman, and co written by Peter Fonda and Terry Southern, Dennis Hopper's directorial debut carried the tagline "A man went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere." Released in the wake of the tumultuous events of 1968 (RFK, MLK, the riot at the DNC), the film's two wandering outlaws portrayed by Hopper and Fonda, as well as their drifting passenger Jack Nicholson, seem, even today, like men without a country. This low-budget road movie featuring rock music as its score (mostly songs from Hopper's record collection) turned out to be a huge success that turned Hollywood on its ear.