The Great car Movies

[band1t]

Watching another great car movie

American Graffiti:headbang:

Any ways my Question is What are some Great car movies
if you know one post it

thanks

[Mr. Anderson]

Two Lane Blacktop
Hollywood Knights
Vanishing Point
Lemans
Grand Prix
Bullitt
Christine....

just to name a few!

[Torquedork]

I go with "Grand Prix" just by the fact of it's unique Cinemaphotography for the time and that I saw it when it first came out in.... "Cinerama"!!! Big Honkin' Screen!

Lemans also.

Both McQueen and Garner were Drivers!

[1red68]

Catch Me if You Can (1989) :)

[SLO_Z28]

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[rustomatic]

I know it's obvious, but the Fast and Furious movies are not bad. Just ignore the paint and plastic body parts from the earlier ones, and you're good--there are five to choose from, which is good. As for sound, the aforementioned Bullitt cannot be beat. For TV, Top Gear can't be beat--Hulu has now posted their shorter competitor for free; it's called Fifth Gear, which is cool, because my old crow, or Falcon, has a T5...

[kawaden]

Aussie flix
mad max 1 and 2 but not 3
running on empty
midnight spares

[novaderrik]

how come no one has mentioned Dazed and Confused yet?

[406 Q-ship]

Most of the above mentioned and
Driver (1978) Where else can you watch a 73/74 C10 run down a 1976 Trans Am
Transporter the first one, that opening chase is worth the whole movie.
Ronin, any movie that use F1 drivers to scare the hell out of the actors is aces.
McQ, just a really cool green TA
The 7ups, The Ventura really gets it.

I really like the movies with car chases in them.

If you want a silly movie with cars.......Used Cars.

[72nova]

Cannonball Run 1.

[absintheisfun]

hate to say it, but the Nick Cage "Gone in 60 Seconds" is a guilty pleasure of mine.

A truly great car flick is "The World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins. AWESOME movie! If you haven't seen it, rent it today!

From above, Dazed and Confused and Ronin!

For all out awesome car chases, The Bourne Identity and The Italian Job.

[GaRys69]

The Last Chase
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0082642/
America in the future,
but sadly we are almost there.

Corvette Summer1978
Mark Hamill and '73 Corvette

The Hollywood Knights (1980)
My fav, pretty much like my young years.
No chases, but lots of cool cars and street racing.
And I could listen to that blower WHINE all night long.

[band1t]

breaker breaker to the bandit
I got a smoky report come back

Smoky and the Bandit

[drflex]

chitty-chitty bang bang

[fbody_mike]

Rendezvous

[cobragt]

Gumball Rally, Killer race scenes between Ferrari and Cobra

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Duel

Fear is the Key about a 15 min, chase scene between a 72 Torino and Pontiac Police cars

White Lightning and Gator

California Kid

King of the Mountain, Awesome final race scene, Harry Hamlin (Porsche)and Dennis Hopper (Corvette).

Dukes of Hazard, Overall the movie sucked but the stunts were cool.

Highway Men, 68 Super stock Cuda

Quantum of Solace, Opening chase scene is killer

Death Proof, overall terrible movie but the chase scene is totally worth it.

Convoy

Grand Theft Auto, !977 with Ron Howard

[cobragt]

Original Gone in 60 seconds, They used one Mustang for the whole chase, When they wrapped the car around the pole they were going to stop filming but since the car kept running they kept on filming. I'm guessing that's where they came up with "Built Ford Tuff" They just couldn't kill that car.

[rosslord]

Whenever Ronin comes across my DVR, I fast forward to the car chases. They are epic. The movie is so-so, but there are two incredible sequences in there.

[Pro Stock]

Two Lane Blacktop
Sugarland Express
Bulitt
Geico commercial with the dog chasing the cat Bulitt style
and along the same vein, Toonces The Driving Cat
It's a Mad Mad Mad World

[cobragt]

Can't Forget about the Phantasm movies, Nothing like a black 71 Cuda.

[68Formula]

Convoy


"My name is Bob Buckman sir, and I hate Truckers."

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

Moonrunners

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (gotta love the nut transporting chickens in his trunk)

Deuce Coupe (haven't seen it, but heard it's good)

Greased Lightening

Hooper

Hot Rod (aka Rebel of the Road)

The Last American Hero

Thunder Road

Six Pack

Stroker Ace

Tuff Turf has a scene where Robert Downey Jr. brake hops 1st gen Camaro, smokes a 90° turn burnout and chases down James Spader

[cobragt]

"My name is Bob Buckman sir, and I hate Truckers."

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

Moonrunners

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (gotta love the nut transporting chickens in his trunk)

Deuce Coupe (haven't seen it, but heard it's good)

Greased Lightening

Hooper

Hot Rod (aka Rebel of the Road)

The Last American Hero

Thunder Road

Six Pack

Stroker Ace

Tuff Turf has a scene where Robert Downey Jr. brake hops 1st gen Camaro, smokes a 90° turn burnout and chases down James Spader

I forgot about Moon runners, this is the movie that started Dukes of Hazzard

[k5warwagon]

It's not really a car movie but that '67 Camaro in "Better Off Dead" is what hooked me on cars........

[68Formula]

Nobody mentioned the Herbie the Love Bug series... :slap:

[monteboy84]

Dazed and Confused is definitely a great one, that 70 Chevelle SS is my favorite movie car of all time.

As said, the new Gone in 60 Seconds is a guilty pleasure if nothing else, Eleanor was pretty awesome before the clone wars started after the movie, still a sharp car.

-matt

[JEFFTATE]

I forgot about Moon runners, this is the movie that started Dukes of Hazzard

My friend Charley Mincy did a lot of ( or all of ) the stunt driving in Moon Runners .

[JEFFTATE]

Great Car movies :
Bullitt
Grand Prix
Le Mans
Winning
Ronin
Gone in 60 Seconds
Mad Max
The Road Warrior
American Graffiti
Hollywood Knights
Funny Car Summer
American Nitro
Vanishing Point
The Italian Job
The Car !
The Duel
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Supremecy
The Transporter
The Seven Ups
The French Connection
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Thunder Road
Can Am Odyssey
Can Am Thunder
Driven
The Gumball Rally
The Cannonball Run Series
Smokey and the Bandit
Two Lane Blacktop

[cobragt]

Don't bother with Drive Angry, Cars were cool but the chase scenes were mediocre at best.

[absintheisfun]

It's not really a car movie but that '67 Camaro in "Better Off Dead" is what hooked me on cars........

I don't know how I could have forgotten this one! It is what got me into First Gen Camaro's in the first place!

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[trapin]

It's not really a car movie but that '67 Camaro in "Better Off Dead" is what hooked me on cars........
I loved this movie when I was a kid (because I had one in the garage). Still do, a lot of great lines in it too.

Some guy found the original car and restored it.

http://betteroffdeadcamaro.com/

[ndians68]

Used Cars is a great movie, Gone in 60 Seconds, Dukes of Hazzard, there are a few more i can't think of at the moment

[68Formula]

I don't know how I could have forgotten this one! It is what got me into First Gen Camaro's in the first place!


It's what got me hooked into Falcons! (J/K)

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[Tony_SS]

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[aps63]

The one that did it for me was The Gumball Rally.
The scences with the Camaro and then the cobra and the Ferrarri.
I still love that movie.

[Old Goat]

Anyone seen the original Vanishing Point?

[Neil B]

I loved this movie when I was a kid (because I had one in the garage). Still do, a lot of great lines in it too.

Some guy found the original car and restored it.

http://betteroffdeadcamaro.com/


"I want my 2 dollars!"

[nekkidhillbilly]

Anyone seen the original Vanishing Point?

9 million times

some more that need mentioned

double nickles
the junkman
cannonball
cannonball run series
the death race 3000
moving violation

i could post all day on old movies with car chase

and for the geico commercial
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074083/ the real film

[cobragt]

Almost Forgot about Corky. Years latter 1 of the 3 Cudas from this movie showed up in an episode of Knight Rider


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxqG8h-Q88c

[Coneman]

One of my favorites....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQe5HE0Jvo&feature=bf_next&list=WL5734D738680E17E1&index=2

[tylers88]

Great Car movies :
American Graffiti

How did that take 27 posts to come up, as for great car movies in my mind its at the top. I love the white Impalla.

*Edit* I do have to say my favorite quote is by Mattthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused "I hope you brought your wood screws, cuz I'm gonna blow your doors clean off"

[4MuscleMachines]

Can't Forget about the Phantasm movies, Nothing like a black 71 Cuda.

First car movie that comes to my mind is the above. :worship:

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[cobragt]

My model of the Cuda
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/07/P6060025vi-1.jpg


First car movie that comes to my mind is the above. :worship:

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[nekkidhillbilly]

Almost Forgot about Corky. Years latter 1 of the 3 Cudas from this movie showed up in an episode of Knight Rider


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxqG8h-Q88c

anybody have this on anything where i can get a copy

[nekkidhillbilly]

speedtrap
charley varrick
hickey and boggs had some good car scenes too

[blown9746]

I don't know how great they are, but have some decent cars: banzai runner and born to run

[cobragt]

The Forsaken, 69 Charger and a Mercedes SL, decent chase scene.

[406 Q-ship]

Not a movie but some TV shows

Magnum PI where the 70 GTO chase down Robin's Ferrari, got to give them kudos for admiting a Ferrari 308 GT isn't all that.

[rfalker1]

Gone in 60 seconds "old and new"
How could everybody forget THE BLUES BROTHERS, I am only 26 and I seen it 20 billion times
Vanishing Point
Fast and Furious, that black charger and supra come on!!!!
and thats about it for my list

[SRTOutlaw]

Steven King's "The Dark Half". In the movie George Stark drove a Sexy Black 1966 Oldsmobile Tornado. It said " High Toned Son of a Bitch" on the deck lid...

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[tylers88]

Christene, that Fury was one sweet looking car to bad it was posested and all

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/08/christine-1.jpg

[nekkidhillbilly]

80 Steps to Jonah

[southernfriedcj]

How did y'all miss Eat My Dust?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldos-bzILXw

ALOHA BOBBY AND ROSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKo-gpcxbo4&feature=related

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xE-68P4ao&feature=related

[southernfriedcj]

Forgot one (second gen with a backwards pro stock hood scoop):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yO8f7rPlrA

[72BBSwinger]

Hooper

[SS PUNISHER]

The Wraith

[duckmanjbr]

Maybe I'm not as old-school as most of these posts but my vote has to be for The Bourne Identity! Best car chase scene ever!!

[ndm68]

the Wraith with Charlie Sheen............winning

[Z28Mike]

There was an old movie called Hot Rod, one of my favorites. Has a 41 Willy's in it, that is awesome.

[rfalker1]

Bourne Identity (Nice)

[PT Sportwagon]

Hot Rod ( with the willys)
The Hollywood Knights
Duel
Bullit
Gone in 60 seconds (both)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

[Speedy911]

Gone in 60 Seconds and Grindhouse

[SPCHIV]

Smash Palace

[ChevelleNV]

found this great little video up on Street Legal TV, its a collage of the chase scenes from "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" set to some pretty good thrashing music...thought id share

http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/dirty-mary-crazy-larry-chase-scenes-recapped-with-new-music/

[camrat68]

The California Kid with Martin Sheen---Winning Old School. :P

Some others that I haven't seen mentioned..........

Heart Like a Wheel
My Science Project-the red zombie GTO
The Driver
Roadhouse 66
Black Cat Run
Born To Run
Tomboy-wicked Camaro test drive
"King of the road" episode of Tales From The Crypt with Brad Pitt as a street racer

[SS PUNISHER]

Just watched "Drive", damn good movie! Loved the 80's feel of it!

[1985olds]

vanishing point and american graffiti