Best Car Movies

[quickccc]

Fast & the Furious series
The Transporter
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Baby Driver
Mad Max Fury Road
Smokey & The Bandit
Mad Max Road Warrior
Matrix Reloaded (freeway chase)

 

[SlammedZero]

I'm really surprised nobody mentioned Gone in 60 Seconds. Classic early 00s action movie with "Eleanor".

Also, does anybody remember Speed Zone? I wouldn't call it one of the best car movies, but I always loved it when I was younger because of the cars, especially the scenes with the Countach.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Heck, Burt Reynolds has three of them:

Smokey and the Bandit
Cannonball Run
Stroker Ace

Quite a few other good ones but Herbie and Talladega Nights needs to be near the top.

Since you mentioned Burt Reynolds we got to throw in, Hooper , Gator and white lightning

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

The first Jack Reacher movie had a pretty good chase scene although kinda hard to watch them beat up the 1970 Chevelle SS396.

I'm a dyed in the wool old MOPAR guy and had a Challenger 340 TA when Vanishing Point came out so IMHO the best B-Movie of all time.

Props to Bullitt too. Big block Fords ate!

 

[The Fonz]

Duel/ Dennis Weaver

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[terra]

One of the best bad movies EVER!

Loved Stallone in this movie.

 

[Hardline]

Loved Stallone in this movie.

I loved Mary Wornov's nude scene.

 

[rags747]

The first Jack Reacher movie had a pretty good chase scene although kinda hard to watch them beat up the 1970 Chevelle SS396.

I'm a dyed in the wool old MOPAR guy and had a Challenger 340 TA when Vanishing Point came out so IMHO the best B-Movie of all time.

Props to Bullitt too. Big block Fords ate!

So you had a TA when it was brand new it would seem. Should have held onto it!

 

[Vtwin]

This might have been the first movie I ever saw as a wee lad. At the drive in.

Never new this was based on a book by Ian Fleming until now.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

This might have been the first movie I ever saw as a wee lad. At the drive in.

Never new this was based on a book by Ian Fleming until now.

I absolutely adored this movie as a kid, still watch it when it comes on

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Fun fact, there was actually a car called, "Chitty Bang Bang" which raced at the old Brooklands track in England in the 1920's. It was created and driven by Polish aristocrat Count Louis Zborowski.


https://blog.1aauto.com/the-true-story-of-chitty-chitty-bang-bang/

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

So you had a TA when it was brand new it would seem. Should have held onto it!

I keep a bruise on my backside from kicking myself in the butt for getting rid of it. Yep, bought it new.

 

[rags]

I seem to recall that The French Connection had a decent car chase scene in it.

 

[Runwildboys]

I just got tickets to “Back to the Future - The Musical” on Broadway. I was intrigued on how this will play out on stage. Should be interesting!

I bet there's going to be a great song about 1.21 gigawatts.

 

[Runwildboys]

This might have been the first movie I ever saw as a wee lad. At the drive in.

Never new this was based on a book by Ian Fleming until now.

I always mispronounced it as a kid. Got lots of laughs.

 

[cowboyec]

•viva las vegas
•spinout
•speedway
•bullitt
•smokey and the bandit
•smokey and the bandit II
•cannonball run
•stroker ace
•talledaga nights
•batman
•batman returns
•batman begins
•the dark knight
•cobra
•driven
•days of thunder

 

[Roadtrip635]

Almost forgot one of my all time favorites "Grand Prix" with James Garner. The cinematography, especially for 1966, is excellent, they really put you in the cars barrelling around many of those historic tracks. I love that they didn't use music or soundtrack during the racing sequences, just all the car and race sounds.... the whine of the engines, shifts, tires and brakes squealing, that sounds like a clutch....... that can't be good.....
I really love the sequences they shot at the old Monza track, that banked turn is absolutely wicked.

 

[SlammedZero]

•viva las vegas
•spinout
•speedway
•bullitt
•smokey and the bandit
•smokey and the bandit II
•cannonball run
•stroker ace
•talledaga nights
•batman
•batman returns
•batman begins
•the dark knight
•cobra
•driven
•days of thunder

Driven sounds fantastic on a good surround sound. I always did enjoy that move. The Formula cars racing in the streets.

 

[Runwildboys]

Mark Hamill shows off his acting chops!

 

[SlammedZero]

Mark Hamill shows off his acting chops!

That's a classic. I do believe that Corvette is still in existence. I saw something about the National Corvette Museum purchasing it while back.