Thunder Road is a short comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings.

Police officer Arnaud eulogizes his mother at her funeral by singing and dancing to the Bruce Springsteen song "Thunder Road".

[3] Cummings did not license the song "Thunder Road" prior to its screening at Sundance.

Springsteen later viewed the film and enjoyed it, and agreed to license it for online distribution for $1,000.

[5] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".