The Discoverers is a 2012 American dark comedy directed and written by Justin Schwarz.

The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Oscar and Emmy nominated Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin, “Californication”) and Jack (Devon Graye, “American Horror Stories”) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track.

The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.

The website's critics consensus reads: "The Discoverers is occasionally guilty of contrived silliness, but its humor and genuine warmth are more than enough to compensate for its modest shortcomings.