Your favorite car movies

[Motorhead350]

Mine are American Graffiti, The Blues Brothers, Back To The Future, Christine and The Gunball Rally. Whats yours?

[DirtyDog]

Bullitt and Used Cars

[bigmerc'03]

smokie and the bandit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
Man i just love to hear that firehawk roar!!!!!!

[michael ward]

vanishing point, american graffiti, starsky& hutch, the hollywood knights, bullitt,gone in 60 sec,speed racer and many more...

[da'law]

Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, The Driver, Duel

Best B-Movies to feature cars as stars!

[Joe Walsh]

Don't forget 'MAD MAX', 'RONAN', 'Death Race 2000', and 'The Wraith'....

[Motorhead350]

Oh yea I forgot about 2 Lane BlackTop and Gone In 60 Seconds! I truely am jadded right now.

[wsmylie]

Bullitt and Used Cars Great minds think alike etc Dave...my two favorites also. Really liked when they were burying the poor guy in his prized 58 Edsel. Also enjoyed the ad about "blowing the $*it outta high prices".:D

[natedog1284]

In this order:
American Grafitti
Christine
The Hollywood Knights
Duel (kind of a car movie)
Smokey and the Bandit

That's it off the top of my head.

[rocknrod]

The three I like the best are American Grafitti, RONAN, and Bullitt.

[PhastPhil]

Don't forget "The California Kid" & "The Car" !!

[Leadfoot281]

Death race 2000 (not only the best car movie ever, the best film ever as well!)

Two lane blacktop. (Warren Oates never been in a bad movie!)

The Driver. (Bruce Dern has never been in a bad movie either IMO)

Gone in 60 seconds. (1974's Original "non-remastered" VHS version. The new music in the remastered version is actually worse than the acting. It barely sticks to the DVD :mad: ).

Mad Max. (The toe cutter! 'nuff said!)

[Rider90]

Debbie does Dallas

Oh back to the topic, Used Cars is a good one indeed.

[South Hills]

Has to be Bullitt; you've got a '68 GT 390, a '68 Charger, a cool-as-always Steve McQueen doing his own driving, and Jacqueline Bisset doing what she does, in her prime.

OK, American Graffiti was pretty good as well...

[DEFYANT]

All the above!

Christine was my first car movie that really hit home. It seems like the Marauder has a soul too. I just wish it would fix itself.

[Motorhead350]

You mean yours doesn't? That was part of the warranty! Go to the dealer and complain.:lol:

[RoyLPita]

Bullitt (Would you believe that there are people who don't know who my avatar is?!)
Christine (The book was too slow going)
Used Cars (Toby the beagle was a trip in this movie)
The Wraith ("No charge for the Sarge." "I'm a Lieutenant!!")
Smokey and the Bandit (kinda gets cheesier when you watch it more)
Hooper
Gone in 60 seconds (I found a VHS copy at Blockbuster for $5)
Striking Distance (has a very good chase scene in the beginning)

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (The crash is shown in the opening credits of "The Fall Guy")

[martyo]

Bullitt (Would you believe that there are people who don't know who my avatar is?!)
Christine (The book was too slow going)

I have to agree with you there!

I have that Bullitt poster over my TV chair! :D

I actually loved Christine and liked the book too because of Stephen King's reference to rock music at the beginning of each chapter.

Need to add Ronan. I might have to watch that one again this weekend (work permitting).

[bryanthomas]

Not to nitpick, but it's spelled Ronin not Ronan. It's one of my favorites too.

[Mike Poore]

You see by my age, we lived American Graffiti at Richardson's Drive In, Hagerstown, MD.

American Graffiti was spot on, to the scene all over the country in the late 50's early 60's.

When the first '57 Chevys started showing up, then the GTO's, what a time.... that movie tells the story.

Sleepers? One guy had a '49 Pontiac cp. with a blown Studebaker Golden Hawk mill. The Mennonite farm kids would show up with black 4dr sedans with big block, tri-power whatevers ........always lurking

[martyo]

Not to nitpick, but it's spelled Ronin not Ronan. It's one of my favorites too.

That's what I thought, but I followed the masses above. Anyone have any Kool Aid?

[SID210SA]

Herbie: Fully Loaded!!!



































































Just Kidding......Fast and the Furious (for two cars, one muscle, one ricer Supra) and 2fast 2furious(for the one that gets wrecked at the end.)

[RoyLPita]

Bullitt (Would you believe that there are people who don't know who my avatar is?!)
Christine (The book was too slow going)
Used Cars (Toby the beagle was a trip in this movie)
The Wraith ("No charge for the Sarge." "I'm a Lieutenant!!")
Smokey and the Bandit (kinda gets cheesier when you watch it more)
Hooper
Gone in 60 seconds (I found a VHS copy at Blockbuster for $5)
Striking Distance (has a very good chase scene in the beginning)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (The crash is shown in the opening credits of "The Fall Guy")
Ronin ("What's in the package?" "I don't remember")
Grease
The Love Bug-original
Herbie Rides Again

[hdirish50]

My favorite car movie is the all time classic "CAR WASH."

http://www.horroria.com/i/nposters/00/26/2693-RR.jpg

[Bowman9]

What about "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" that has a good car scene in it.

[dwasson]

In no particular order

Bullitt
Ronin
Christine
Thunder Road
Duel
The Driver
Two Lane Blacktop
Grand Prix
Vanishing Point
American Graffiti

[Big House]

Gone in 60 Secs, and I dare say To Fast, To Furious(The Cuda and the Camero), Ronin (the European Spec S8 is the ****z) Smokey and the Bandit, Days of Thunder, and Driven (the Opening scenes when he picked up the 4 quarters off the track was just plain lovely)

[mpearce]

Cannonball Run 2...you just can't beat that movie.

Everyone is in it...and back in the day...the Lamborghini was my favorite car ever. Who better to drive it, than Daisy Duke??

-Mat

[SergntMac]

Every film mentioned here, except Grease and Herbie...Plus...

LeMans (Steve did his own driving, BTW, so did James Garner in Gran Prix)
The French Connection trilogy (meaning three dramas)
Black Moon Rising
Heat
Any James Bond/007 (with special favor for Connery)

Too many more to list, but my most favorite lately, is Ronin. Whew, what a ride!

[ckadiddle]

The old Batman movies that starred the original TV series Batmobile!
Chase scenes involving various cars and hotrod boats in Live and Let Die.

[Marauder.45]

Nobody else thought the BMW chase at the beginning of the Transporter was any good?

How about the Mini chase in the Bourne Identity?

All the others mentioned are good, I thing these chases stand up.

[TX Harley Guy]

Drag Strip Girl
Hot Rods to Hell
Hollywood Knights
Used Cars

[N40GL]

Rendezvous (http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml)(the French original, all 9 minutes of it)
The Run (http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/TheRun.shtml)
Gone in 60 Seconds (the original)
Ronin
Bullitt
Le Mans (Steve McQueen!)
Grand Prix (Jim Garner!)
The Italian Job (both of them)
The Original Autoweek Segment on the Kenny Brown Marauder
The Hire (those short films BMW did a year or so ago, starring Clive Owen)
Goldfinger
Days of Thunder (not for the acting or plot, which was gawd-awful, but for the racing footage)
and of course,
The Blues Brothers (original)

[martyo]

[QUOTE=N40GLThe Hire (those short films BMW did a year or so ago, starring Clive Owen)[/QUOTE]

Mark:

Funny enough, I was just thinking about adding these to the list. I have them all on a promo DVD that BMW did. They are fun to watch.

[Mad1]

Isaac Hayes's '77 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan with the fender-mounted chandeliers in Escape from New York.

The Blues mobile in Blues Brothers

[Zack]

Maximum Overdrive!

[marauder307]

Looks like everybody's hit the big ones...Allow me to add "Bad Boys II".
I have a personal attachment to that movie: My old Coast Guard cutter was featured in the opening sequence, and the big chase (with the Ferrari and the flying cars) was on the MacArthur Causeway which is the route I used when I was stationed in Miami (1996-99) for getting to work.

REALLY liked the shots of USCG HITRON 10 shutting down that go-fast in Government Cut...and 3 car chases in one movie? Boy...Bruckheimer broke the bank on that one...

[Gre8one7]

Vanishing Point, Cannonball run, The Transporter, and days of thunder just because its one of the only newer nascar movies.

has anyone heard about the new NASCAR movie? One of the main characters is a french gay guy. Also in the movie IS Darrel Waltrip. Movie already sounds like junk to me, maybe they should call it Driven 2

[Blackened300a]

Without a doubt "Christine" Is my all time favorite Car Movie.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/christine2.jpg

[FastMerc]

I got one,Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch in Mother Jugs and Speed.Got to love that red white and blue meat wagon.

[Joe Walsh]

Drag Strip Girl
>>>>>Hot Rods to Hell<<<<<Hollywood Knights
Used Cars

I've been trying to remember that movie where the young 'bad' boys in an early 60s Vette terrorize that family on vacation in the desert.
Thank you for ending my torment...:o

[Motorhead350]

There was a movie called "Drag Strip Girl?" I thought it was "Hot Rod Girl." I guess everythings out there.

[DirtyDog]

Bullitt and Used Cars

Oh, I forgot about Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum. That was the number one until Bullitt came out. (1951 Ford with Corvette engine)

[TX Harley Guy]

I've been trying to remember that movie where the young 'bad' boys in an early 60s Vette terrorize that family on vacation in the desert.
Thank you for ending my torment...:o

www.hotrodstohell.com


That BMW film "Star" was pretty funny too!

[jerrym3]

Gee, nobody picked Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in "The Long, Long Trailer"? :)

I think they towed their long, long trailer with a 1953 flathead Mercury Monterey.

[sspmustang]

Drag Strip Girl
Hot Rods to Hell
Hollywood Knights
Used Cars
I was going to mention the first two..great 'B' movies with old time rods! 'Hot cars', another B reel from 1957, is also a great look at the vintage stuff....
--Mike

[N40GL]

Mark:

Funny enough, I was just thinking about adding these to the list. I have them all on a promo DVD that BMW did. They are fun to watch.

If you got the DVD BMW sent out, then there's a "Making of..." segment that's fun to watch - perhaps more than the movies.

Congratulations on your Marauder performance, Counselor. You guys in private practice have all the luck. :rolleyes:

How come nobody's mentioned that High School favorite: Blood on the Highway ??

[hitchhiker]

Without a doubt "Christine" Is my all time favorite Car Movie.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/christine2.jpg

.................Yes!

:D

[Mike Poore]

Hey, I remember one. "Against All Odds" had a terrific chase scene.

And there was another Burt Reynolds movie where he's got a souped up 70's Galaxie 500 and is avenging the death of his brother, in Mississippi, I think. There's some wild rides in that one, once in/through a corn field.

[da'law]

That would be White Lightning, he drove a 71 custom 500 that the Fed's souped for himto catch the Sheriff (Ned Beatty) that killed his brother.

[Joe Walsh]

That would be White Lightning, he drove a 71 custom 500 that the Fed's souped for himto catch the Sheriff (Ned Beatty) that killed his brother.

I thought that movie was 'GATOR'...Burt Reynolds was 'Gator McKlusky'
They claimed in the movie that it was a "429 NASCAR motor" with a toploader 4 speed!!.....NICE!!!:D :burn:

[Ezbok58a]

In no particular order.

Bluesbrothers
Dirty Marry and Crazy Larry
Italian Job (original and remake)
Cannonball Run 1&2
Christine
The Car
The Wraith
Driver (70's B movie)
Ronin
Bourne Supremacy (chase with the russian cab)
French Connection
Bullitt
Gone in 60 seconds (both versions)
Mr & Mrs Smith (minivan and 3 bmws)

There are probably more, but I can't remember them all

[jabird56]

Ah.....how about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? :rofl:

[rvaldez1]

I cant believe all of you guys. I was born in 87' and I still have to say the Blues Brothers, by far, was the best car movie of all time. I know it was a dodge, but it had a 440 cubic inch motor, cop shocks, cop tires, cop brakes and it was made before catalytic coverters so it ran good on regular gas.

[da'law]

I thought that movie was 'GATOR'...Burt Reynolds was 'Gator McKlusky'
They claimed in the movie that it was a "429 NASCAR motor" with a toploader 4 speed!!.....NICE!!!:D :burn:
Burts character was named Gator McKlusky in White Lightning, but a sequel was made a couple of years later called Gator and in that one Jerry Reed was the bad guy called Bama Mcall and the opening seen was boat chase through the swaps of either Louisana or Florida. And yes I do believe they stated the Ford he drove in White Lightning did have a 429.

[BAD MERC]

Has anyone ever seen a Marauder in a movie???

[dwasson]

On May 3 Turner Classic Movies is showing this one:

6:15 PM Red Hot Tires (1935)
A race-car driver wrongly convicted of murder escapes prison to prove his innocence. Cast: Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns. Dir: D. Ross Lederman. BW-61 mins, TV-G

It sounds silly enough to watch.

[Motorhead350]

Has anyone ever seen a Marauder in a movie???
I know our newer one was in a t.v. show, but I'm not sure which one. Someone here should know.

[FastMerc]

What about Fire Ball 500 with that custom cuda:D

[FastMerc]

That show would Alias...

[jerrym3]

Wow. Roscoe Karns. There's a name that I haven't heard in years.

As a little kid, I watched him play a detective on Sunday night TV back in the 1950s on our 14" black/white Admiral TV.

Any oldtimers (like me) out there that remember the name of that show? At the end, as the credits rolled, he kept walking down a flight of apartment house/type stairs. Looked like the same set of stairs repeated over and over.

[juno]

Ronin and The transporter were cool because I have been on those roads.
I think Ronin was the best car chase scene since the French Connection.

Gee, no one said Taxi? And it had a Panther in it!! :D

[jerrym3]

Talk about weird.

On the Netflix website this morning, Netflix announced that a new classic movie coming out on DVD this week is: The Long, Long Trailer with Lucy Ball and Desi Arnaz.

[T-5 Killer]

Blues Brothers
Gone in 60 Seconds(The new one)
Bullit
Bad boys 2
Le Mans
Cannonball run
Driven had some cool parts like the quarter part was cool
Christine
Rendezvous
and the

[mcb26]

From speed channel.
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/lifestyle/automotive/23724/

[Paul T. Casey]

Movie titled "aaa" over on Marty's site is pretty good. I also like "He Caught Him" filmed by my wife at the NED FFW last year. For us old guys, I remeber seeimg a Brandi Foxx movie years ago that had something to do with a car.

[bagpiper]

WHITE LIGHTING,Burt drives 72 galaxy 4 dr 429 4 speed

[marauder307]

Looks like we're heading back to the 1980's...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/09/film.knightrider.reut/index.html

[InglewoodAwk]

While we are in the 80s, someone has to know. There was a drag racing movie with flaming barrels lining the strip. The driver had a little satan that hung from his rear view mirror. He took this girl out on a date & stuck a $100 bill to the windshield. He told the girl that if she could grab it, it was hers. He hit the gas & she couldn't get her arms up. I have to own that movie!

Road Warrior
Also there are some cool scenes in My Science Project

[Blk Mamba]

Ah.....how about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? :rofl:


Flubber...

[Motorhead350]

The Driver has been added to my list.

[J D]

While we are in the 80s, someone has to know. There was a drag racing movie with flaming barrels lining the strip. The driver had a little satan that hung from his rear view mirror. He took this girl out on a date & stuck a $100 bill to the windshield. He told the girl that if she could grab it, it was hers. He hit the gas & she couldn't get her arms up. I have to own that movie!

Road Warrior
Also there are some cool scenes in My Science Project

I know of that scene too, someone's got to know, also I agree with most choices made, but I want to also throw the movie DeathProof out there for consideration.

[Black_Noise]

transformers

christine

smokey and the bandit (the 1st one)

vanishing point

american graffiti

bullit (just the chase scene)

duel (even though neither car is special)

thats the ones that come to mind (in that order)

[MidnightStalker]

I want to also throw the movie DeathProof out there for consideration.

I;m glad you said that, i thought nobody would mention it.
Other than that, vanishing point, all the BMW promo movies, Bullit, the first fast and the furious (and hopefully the 4th), and Blues brothers. Who from Chicago WOULDN'T put that on their list?

[justbob]

Herby?????

[Motorhead350]

All of the old Herbie movies are great and I love them all.

Death Proof is one I forgot to mention and not a lotta people understand it's insult towards modern culture/the modern world. I love the chase and how long the dialogue is, just like an old 70s movie. I could write a whole page on this. I wish it wasn't a commercial failure because it's one of my favorite movies of all time and probably my favotite of 2007... since I really do not like new movies.

[InglewoodAwk]

Born to Ride

[babbage]

Post Revival!

All those posts and no one posted - Corvette Summer. 1978 - Oldie but a goodie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U5NBCRdPFw

I also liked LeMans, the transporter...

Does the Dukes of Hazzard count?

[mcb26]

Thunder Road
Devils 8
The Richard Petty Story. Funny seen when Richard is caught for speeding,mentions Curtis Turner's wreck at the speedway, looks over and Curtis is waving at him from the back of the paddy wagon.

[03calitejas]

Vanishing Point and Dirty Mary,Crazy Larry (that was an awesome drive-in theater twin bill back in the day for the MOPAR crazies)

Bullitt rocks (need to see that one again soon)

American Graffitti is the one that I think best exemplefies the love of the real Heavy Metal...cars

[SILVERSURFER03]

hey how about THE CAR from 1977 and most all of the others i've been reading

[SILVERSURFER03]

Hey speed trap that looks like a cool movie with joe don baker... Must have been before walking tall

[CBT]

hey how about THE CAR from 1977 and most all of the others i've been reading

Gayest movie of all time. It's not even scary looking. It looks like the Green Hornet mobile banged a Checker cab and THE CAR was it's retarded off-spring.

[SILVERSURFER03]

Really took you while to put that togather

[ParkRanger]

Another very good McQueen car flick is "The Getaway"

[N40GL]

And those great Alan Smithee films:

"Speed"
"Ronin" (as edited for television)
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Fletch"
"Moving Violation"
"City in Fear"
"Let's Get Harry"
"Heat" (as edited for television)

(Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the actual director.)

[CBT]

Some of these a great, who'd want to take thier name off them?
Ronin, great movie
Cool Hand Luke, GREAT movie
Fletch, hysterical
Heat, awesome flick

And those great Alan Smithee films:

"Speed"
"Ronin" (as edited for television)
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Fletch"
"Moving Violation"
"City in Fear"
"Let's Get Harry"
"Heat" (as edited for television)

(Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the actual director.)

[guspech750]

"The Wraith", "The Car", "Duel", "Smokey and the Bandit I & II", "Canonball Run", "Gone in 60 Seconds", "Days of Thunder", and some T.V shows..."Chips", "Emergency", B.J. and the Bear", "Dukes of Hazard".

[Motorhead350]

I just bought Fast and Furious 2 Disc edition. It came with the soundtrack too. I'm not one for that type of music, but I'm going to listen to it from begining to end in about ten minutes.

[SideshowBob]

"Spinout" has so many great classic sportscars in it you almost forget it's a crappy Elvis movie!

And speaking of Elvis: "Elvis Has Left The Building" has a pink '76 Eldo conv and a blue '65 GTO conv and a number of cool classic '50s cars (and a whole lot of Elvis impersonators get killed throughout the movie, so that's a big thumbs up!)>

Disney's "Cars" may be a cartoon, but most of the cars are damned authentic and any film maker who's familiar with the history of the Hudson Hornet gets major kudos from me!

"The World's Fastest Indian" has a number of cool vintage Bonneville cars, including Mickey Thompson's Challenger I.

In "Black Cadillac" a Saab 900 battles to the death with a 1957 Fleetwood. Great thriller, btw.

"Tucker: The Man and His Dream" has both real and fake Tuckers in it.

And I believe there's a 1972 Gran Torino Sport somewhere in "Gran Torino" (but I could be wrong).

[Motorhead350]

Black Cadillac is a fun movie. I didn't expect it to keep my attention that much. Based on a true story too!

[03calitejas]

Yo Dom...whats cooking? Gonna be in Chitown around the 5th or 6th of Aug...are you avail to hang a bit? And OMG...475 RWHP now??? You are a nutter dude...

I now have to add this to my favorite car movies...and dayum- I am the star of this movie!!!

Sorry about the long download but my sweetie got my autocrossing adventure on video...it takes a lil bit to download cause its 30Mb long. If you want to see a NA MM get tossed around in first gear, this is the video for you :burnout:

Cheers!

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y1RyeEVldzhCSnJIRGc9PQ

[Timw286]

Either Blues Brothers or Christine, both cars played a part in the movie as much as the actors did and the personification used was great

[slickster]

The most funny car movies was every cannonball movie

[Timw286]

Watched "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" last night, I was very surprised at the slightly morbid ending of that movie; well at least for it's time. Seemed like a chevy/mopar movie anyway...although I did enjoy it.

[Motorhead350]

Watched "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" last night, I was very surprised at the slightly morbid ending of that movie; well at least for it's time. Seemed like a chevy/mopar movie anyway...although I did enjoy it.

I just loaned mine to Zack, we will see his reaction... or I will post it. haha