A road trip with your loved ones is a great way to spend quality time together and experience new things. When the sun goes dark, and the excitement dies down, it's the perfect moment to start a new show or movie. This is the perfect replacement for singing songs and eating an absurd amount of junk food.

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Little Miss Sunshine

The dysfunctional family made long car rides hip. Little Miss Sunshine is a lovely and touching account of a family's efforts to send their daughter to a beauty competition. Their rusty yellow van is a unifying force for this wacky crew. It is also a constant reminder of what's essential in life.

The presence of Steve Carell adds even more star power and ensures the film's place in cinematic history. You can watch this movie while huddled up against your van window to keep warm.

Queer Eye

Maybe your road trip is to re-live the sensation when thinking about finding something bigger than yourself. Queer Eye on Netflix, and the recommendations that Johnathan, Karamo, Tan, Bobby, and Antoni give you will alter your life.

The fantastic five come across random people who could use a second chance at happiness. They give them one by remaking their lives in all aspects, including diet, decor, clothing, and culture. After everyone else awakes on the journey, you can share what you've learned with them.

The Good Place 

The Good Place is a humorous series about death and the afterlife. It will surely help you shift gears after you've sobbed your eyes out.

To what extent can we predict which souls will be relegated to the happy afterlife and which to the bad? How do we keep from ending up in that horrible place? What does it mean to be good, and is it even worthwhile to strive for, are topics explored in this TV show starring Kristen Bell. The Good Place is a comedy, but it also has a serious side, as it seeks to answer the significant issues we all have.

Boyhood

Mason, the protagonist of the coming-of-age film Boyhood, is a boy who will one day become a man. Like any good traveler, he exudes charm, affection, and curiosity.

The uniqueness of this picture lies in the fact that it was shot over twelve years, allowing viewers to see the protagonists develop right before their eyes. It's an amazing movie that earned several Oscar nods, including Best Picture, in 2015.

There is no way to watch Boyhood without being moved to tears at some point over two hours and 45 minutes.

Stranger Things

Watching the thrilling and eerie Stranger Things can help pass the time on a long car ride. When a mutual friend from their youth, Will Byers, disappears, the four discover they have been transported to a parallel universe. While exploring the woods in search of Will Byers, a group of imaginative kids stumbles upon Eleven, a girl with bizarre abilities who may hold the secret to finding their missing buddy.

If you're looking for a program to get you in a nostalgic mood, go no farther than Stranger Things, and with the release of the fourth season coming up, you'll have even more to look forward to once you get back from your road trip.