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- The French Connection (1971) Well ... it had to be this one, didn't it? After narrowly surviving an assassination attempt, "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) chases after the hitman Pierre (Marcel Bozzuffi) who escapes on an L train.
- What's Up Doc? (1972) The late, great Peter Bogdanovich threw everything he could into this brilliant and breezy homage to classic screwball comedies.
- To Live & Die In LA (1985) In a neat inversion of the standard set up, this traumatizing chase has detectives Chance (William Petersen) and Vukovich (John Pankow) pursued by gangsters working for a psychotic forger (Willem Defoe).
- Ronin (1998) John Frankenheimer's stylish spy thriller has aged incredibly well and is another film overdue for a reappraisal, especially for its immersive, suspenseful car chases.
- The French Connection (1971) Remember how it was mentioned that William Friedkin would be on this list once more? Here you go. The French Connection is one of the most gritty cop movies of all time.
- Death Proof (2007) Death Proof is arguably Quentin Tarantino’s biggest flop at the box office, and yet year after year, it seems to get more love. The second part of Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s experiment is titled Grindhouse.
- Bullitt (1968) For today’s audiences, Bullitt may lag a bit with the police procedural side of the movie, yet it’s known as one of the most definitive car chases in the history of movies.
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) A fun fact about the scene being discussed here — Smokey and the Bandit director, Hal Needham, is driving the car during its big stunt.
Apr 7, 2022 · The 33 best car chases in movie history, ranked. "Mad Max: Fury Road." Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Car chases are an essential part of any action movie. Here we collect the 33 best car chases ever ...
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- Bullitt (1968) All car chases start and end with Steve McQueen's Bullitt. The muscular presence of action heroes, the sleek design of sports cars, and the brisk execution of car chases are paved by the charisma of Lt.
- The French Connection (1971) The legacy of The French Connection is solidified by its intense action scenes and outstanding car chases sequences. At the time, they set a precedent for car chase scenes: never just gimmicks, but tools for escalating the intensity of Popeye's pursuit of a hitman.
- Ronin (1998) Ronin may not be the flashiest movie on this list, but it's one of the defining movies of John Frankenheimer's career and Robert De Niro's stint in action movies.
- The Blues Brothers (1980) It's amazing how an SNL musical act eventually led to a motion picture that's part-musical, part-road show, and all chase. That's the story of John Belushi's Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd's Elwood Blues.
- 22 Lucy
- 21 The Matrix Reloaded
- 20 The Rock
- 19 The Batman
- 18 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
- 17 The Italian Job
- 16 Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
- 15 Baby Driver
- 14 to Live & Die in La
- 13 Bullitt
Directed by Luc Besson, the sci-fi action film Lucy sees the title character (played by Scarlett Johansson) gain enhanced physical and mental abilities after she takes a drug that allows her to access 100% of her brain's capacity. This leads to some uniquely great action scenes, including a high-octane car chase. Due to her new-found powers, Lucy c...
While The Matrix Reloaded might not be as strong as its predecessor, one thing it got right was the iconic car chase about halfway through. Set on a freeway, the sequence sees Trinity (played by Carrie-Anne Moss), Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), and the Keymaker (Randall Duk Kim) being pursued by the Twins (Neil and Adrian Rayment), who fire at them...
Director Michael Bay is no stranger to action — or action involving cars (he did, after all, direct five Transformers movies). But in The Rock (starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery), Bay discovered a recipe for truly impressive car action. He took one black Humvee, added a yellow Ferrari, sprinkled in plenty of cop cars, and stirred them all up o...
The Batmobile is one of the most iconic cars in fiction. Therefore, it's no surprise that the caped crusader's favorite vehicle has found itself caught up in the odd chase sequence over the years. The best of which is the one from Matt Reeves's The Batman. The main players in the chase are Batman himself (Robert Pattinson) and the villainous Pengui...
The Mission: Impossible franchise is full of great chase scenes. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Onealone has several chases on foot, one involving a motorbike and a train, and a memorable car chase through the streets of Rome. Said car chase sees Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt taking the wheel of several vehicles, most comically a bright yellow...
While the original 1969 version of The Italian Jobfeatured a great chase scene featuring Mini Coopers, it was the Mini-Coop chase from the 2003 version (starring Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham, and Yassin Bey) that earned this movie's way on to the list. A classic crime thriller with bad guys outwitting worse guys, the tactical drivi...
After robbing a grocery store to finance dreams of professional race car driving,Peter Fonda (Larry), Susan George (Mary), and Adam Roarke (Deke) lead Vic Morrow (Capt. Franklin) on an epic chase in a yellow 1969 Dodge Charger throughout Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (directed by John Hough). Though their escape ultimately ends in tragedy, the trio of fu...
The opening getaway of Baby Driverfeatures some of the greatest controlled drifting and bootlegger reverses ever on film — in addition to a brilliant game of red sedan "three card Monty" to throw off police helicopters above. Miles (AKA Baby, played by Ansel Elgort) is a wheelman extraordinaire who does his best work to his soundtrack. Writer-direc...
Director William Friedkin has a few chase scenes on this list. And while his thriller To Live And Die In LA is a perfect time capsule of mid-80s Los Angeles, it also features one of the best chase scenes of the decade — filmed in and around one of the most famous shooting locations in the city of Angels (the 6th Street Bridgeand concrete bed of the...
It's almost as if the city of San Francisco was designed expressly for white-knuckled car chases. Throw action icon Steve McQueen into the seat of a green Mustang GT, and the ingredients are in place for Bullittto deliver some timeless chases. Peeling through the hills, catching air, and screeching around corners, the Mustang featured in Bullitt be...
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There's no dialogue necessary, no exposition. It's entirely spectacle and acts as a real test of a director's skill whether they can tell a story through images and editing alone. What makes car chases so unique is that each viewer brings their own preferences to them. One person might like the breakneck speed of the "Fast And The Furious ...
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May 15, 2023 · 9. The Corkscrew jump (The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974) Insane Car Jump Ruined in “MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN” (James Bond, 1974) We can argue all day about the greatest car chase in the James ...
