The Greatest Car Movies

[peacenriot69]

Just respond with as many as you can remember, I will start the list off with a few recent and not so recent titles , please add more any time you can remember them.

Herby the luv bug :) (its a staple)
Days of Thunder
Driven
Gone in 60 Seconds
Both the of Fast Furious movies
Both Italian Job's

From there im at a loss hit me with any and all of your suggestions

(i searched in the fourms for this topic but didnt see one )

[sameerrao]

Movies about racing:
- Le Mans - fabulous sounds from a Porsche 917, Ferrari
- Grand Prix - amazing opening screen with multiple camera shots of a spinning tach and revving engines

Movies with good car chase scenes
- Ronin
- The French Connection

Others:
- Rendezvous (Ferrari through streets of Paris during dawn) - spawned the Getaway in Stockholm series

[saadie]

all topgears and fifth gears .. :twisted: :wink:

[graywolf624]

tobi halicki films(most cars wrecked and longest chase scenese in movies that Ive seen):
The original gone in 60 seconds,
deadline autotheft,
The junkman,
gone in 60 seconds 2(unfinnished)


I definitly wouldnt include fast and the furious in this list.. they both sucked..

Thunderbolt-jacki chan

I didn't like these, but they are car movies.
Steve Mcqueen in-Bullet
Cannonball run
Smokey and the bandit

[jorge]

Ronin is great, and i like a lot the french Taxi movies

[RC45]

Two Lane Blacktop... :)

[graywolf624]

vanishing point.

Two lane blacktop bored the crap out of me. I never made it to the end sadly.

[dons5]

whats the unfinished version of gone in 60 seconds 2 are u jokin?

[graywolf624]

whats the unfinished version of gone in 60 seconds 2 are u jokin?

Nope..Get halickis Deadline auto theft on dvd.
The 30 minutes of stunts they shot for gone in 60 seconds 2 is on there as a seperate feature. He died during the filming so its incomplete. Its good because deadline auto theft is just gone in 60 seconds redone, streteched, with somethings from junkman put in.
Gone in 60 seconds 2 has a car called the slicer which is shaped like a wedge and goes under cars. Kinda hokey, but damn cool to watch the destruction it causes.

[RC45]

vanishing point.

Two lane blacktop bored the crap out of me. I never made it to the end sadly.

LOL - Two Lane Blacktop is the Easy Rider of car movies... :P

You need to watch it in the frame of mind that it is 1971 and you are doing the cross country trip in the '55.

I have watched Two Lane Blacktop a ridiculous number of times.. LOL :lol: - I often have it playing in the background when I do projects around the house... :)

[stracing]

Taxi Series were hilarious...i loved it

[graywolf624]

You need to watch it in the frame of mind that it is 1971 and

Does that mean you have to get high to enjoy it.. :mrgreen:

It is hard to relate when you were born in 1981...

[Imre]

Actually in Rendezvous the car wasn`t Ferrari but it was Renault.For me the best is Italian Job(original)

[tanelvali]

Many good car movies have been pointed out. I'd add

TRANSPORTER

some pretty nice rubberburning. + all 8 BMW films.

[No.1]

^^those BMW films were quite good :D ... the one with James Brown... The Star :twisted:

Gumball 3000 8)

[N.J.]

-Bullitt
-Blues Brothers

[frua]

A small request- could you nawe the cars appearing in these movies.Not all of us have seen them all- and the "cast" would say a lot about them:) Thank you.

If you wanna some really weird race with crazy-designed car, try "The Deathrace 2000" -the first movie of S.Stallone.Bet you will be amazed!!!!

If wanna see same old-school car in action on a desert and a bunch of big-breasted evil woman (yes!!!i find it strange too:)-i.e. Porsche 356-try "Faster Pussycat! Kill, kill, kill!".They should be on eMule both-and both are worth dl-unsimilar to anything else what you can see!!!

[irrational_i]

And the best one, my all-time favourite car movie...

Gumball Rally (1976) ---> nice fight between the Cobra and the Daytona.

I agree. It was awesome, the cars where the real thing and the sounds are the real sounds. If I remember correctly it also features a Mercedes 300SL gullwing and Jaguar E-Type.

As for the Rendezvous movie - I have heard so many things about it. Disputes about both driver and car.
The most likely so far, for me, is a Ferrari 275GTB driven by Jackie Ickx.
As I am going to drive in a 275GTB 4 cam around Europe in 2 weeks, I'll be able to match the sound at least. 8)

[Imre]

to irrational_i:car in Rendezvous was renault alpine.

[speedyPete]

best car chase ...definately ronin

[vv1s34ss]

^^those BMW films were quite good ... the one with James Brown... The Star

Yeah, the BMW Films are good. I own the DVD with all of them on it :D My faves are Star (with Madonna, directed by Guy Ritchie) and Beat the Devil (James Brown cameo by Marylin Manson and directed by Tony Scott).

[tigerx]

Lemans
Gone in 60 seconds (both of them).

i hate the fast and furious series, the both suck. the only good thing from it is the women.

[EthanGilles]

Le Mans

Bullit (The chase is memorable)

Taxi: Very funny. Specially the part racing vs. Jean Louis Schlesser

Ronin: Very good chase

[sads]

cannonball run is more of a comedy then a car novie but the lambo sells it

[vraa]

Second one up for the Transporter. I loved it!

[hanes]

-Bullitt
-Blues Brothers

Excellent. they get my vote also


Ronin is good too

[nurbrun]

BULLITT IS THE BEST CAR MOVIE IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!

[spyd3rr]

yep all gumball 3000 movies like

Mischief 3000
Mischief Destroy
Gumball 3000: The Movie

[DMbaseball1604]

well as far as actual movies go..if gumball 3000 (the movie) counts thats definitely on my list along with Le Mans and Gone in 60 Seconds

[The Transporter]

Second one up for the Transporter. I loved it!

héhé :) yes good film :p

[jpatino03]

Le Mans and Grand Prix are both unbelievably good.
Gone in sixty seconds is alright.
Even if they are retarded, the Fast and the Furious movies are still fun to watch.

[sheruken]

1. Bullit
2. Italian Job (both)
3. Gone in 60 Seconds (Shelby GT500 Eleanor chase)
4. Ronin
5. Bourne Identity (Cops chasing the Mini) \

I also love Taxi, CannonBall 1 & 2, BMW Films etc etc.
PS. And I loved the Matrix Reloaded Chase Sequence, but I guess it doesnt qualify as it being CG and all.. Though It was full of Adranaline..

[Evo]

1-Gone in 60 Seconds
2-Italian Job (Classic)
3-BMW films.
4-Gumball & Mischief

[HeilSvenska]

Cannonball Runs, hahahahahha
Italian Job
Italian Job with Charlize Theron

EthanGilles...fellow Flippy eh?

[ChrisAW11]

Grand Prix
Le Mans
BMW movies
Ronin
The Transporter had some nice scenes (although it turns into nonsense sometimes)

[dons5]

hey ChrisAW11 what movie/clip is that from under ur name of the guy heel toeing?

[Gilles27]

It´s more a sport drama than a trully car movie but... anyone mentioned Tom Cruise´s "Days of Thunder" !?

[graywolf624]

I never really liked bullit. I guess the lack of plot bothered me a bit. It also seemed to be a little slow paced for me.

[ARMAN]

Well, my favorit of favorits is RONIN

Here is site with almost all movies feat.cars http://www.varaces.com/ you can even search by the car :mrgreen:

[Apac102]

Smokey and The Bandit 1 and 3. The second one in the trilogy blew with some damn elephant. But 1 and 3 kicked ass. Gotta love Sheriff Beuford T. Justice!

[caneswell]

Fast and Furious is so bad its funny. Not the kind of film you can seriously watch if you know anything about cars! Not seen 2 fast 2 furious yet as i don't really want to! That Driven film about champ cars is awful too. Days of thunder was ok. There aren't really any good films about cars or racing that i've seen. Lots with good car chases though. Italian job (original), Ronin, Bourne Identity, most bond films. Love the bit in the last terminator movie with the guy drifting the massive crane thing! Impressive stuff!

[5vz-fe]

Fast and Furious is so bad its funny. Not the kind of film you can seriously watch if you know anything about cars! Not seen 2 fast 2 furious yet as i don't really want to! That Driven film about champ cars is awful too. Days of thunder was ok. There aren't really any good films about cars or racing that i've seen. Lots with good car chases though. Italian job (original), Ronin, Bourne Identity, most bond films. Love the bit in the last terminator movie with the guy drifting the massive crane thing! Impressive stuff!

Yeah, FF is just plain rubbish. It promotes NOS and "Uncle Ben" more than anything else.

[ae86_16v]

Just saw a clip of The Bourne Supremacy, it looks like some pretty awesome chase scenes in there. Can't wait for that to come out.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

In my opinion Le Mans and Grand Prix are some of the bests films ever made....also ive got very good memories of Bullit, and the rendezvous film is very good actually as well.....and there are other funny and quite ok films, such as the days of thunder, or too fast too furious

[X-ale]

:idea: What was the name of the Mario Andretti movie (IMAX)... quite nice footage. The Enzo Ferrari is also pretty :roll: . Evolution of rallying is a masterpiece! (And i got it here like 9 months ago from Dan\/9( :D ) if i remember well...thank's jabba!! :) )