Best 'Car' films?
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North West Tom

Original Poster:

11,634 posts

197 months

Sunday 23rd August 2009
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What are your favourite films that are car-based?

Fast and Furious movies

Gone in 60 seconds

What else?

toasty

8,136 posts

240 months

Sunday 23rd August 2009
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Taxi (French version of course)
Taxi II

Le Mans

Death Race

Christine

L'etait un rendezvous

Cannonball Run

Smokey and the Bandit

The Wraith (oops you wanted the best, this isn't)


Poledriver

29,229 posts

214 months

Sunday 23rd August 2009
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Ronin

T89 Callan

8,422 posts

213 months

Sunday 23rd August 2009
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Not the 'new' Gone in 60 seconds it's complete crap, at least TFATF has the decency to know it's rubbish.

Best Car films:

Ronin
Mad Max
Mad Max II

FM

5,816 posts

240 months

Sunday 23rd August 2009
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Le mans..
..burst a set of telly speakers bathing in the glory of the mechanical symphony.


71notout

3,674 posts

257 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Vanishing Point
Hooper

Films with good car scenes:

Bullitt
French Connection
Blues Brothers
Matrix

shirt

24,882 posts

221 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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the italian job

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

230 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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the herbie series

Halb

53,012 posts

203 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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I think there is three sub catergories here.
1) The acrs the star
2) Road films where cars are integral to the film
3) Films wioth a good car scene.

Off the top of me heeed, I have;
1) The Love Bug
2) Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit
3) Ronin and The Blues Brothers.

davidjpowell

18,531 posts

204 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Ronin
Duel

Mr_Yogi

3,288 posts

275 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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No Mans Land - Porktastic smile

louiebaby

10,786 posts

211 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Another vote for Ronin here...

http://jalopnik.com/5326518/the-12-greatest-car-mo...

Worth a look...

adycav

7,615 posts

237 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Grand Prix.

mrdelmonti

1,420 posts

201 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Two Lane Blacktop

nonplussed

3,338 posts

249 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Le Mans
Vanishing Point
Duel

I've always thought Ronin was a bit crap. Does that mean I am now banned? biggrin

Poledriver

29,229 posts

214 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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nonplussed said:
Le Mans
Vanishing Point
Duel

I've always thought Ronin was a bit crap. Does that mean I am now banned? biggrin
Yeah! Gerroff! redcard

mrdelmonti said:
Two Lane Blacktop
+1 biggrin

Skii

1,827 posts

211 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans


DBSV8

5,958 posts

258 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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another vote for ....................



Grand Prix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knspbmbQMDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9P0mhc2q48&fea...

Lotus 22 were used by the actors dressed up to look like 66 F1 Cars James Garners car was recently sold.

my Lotus 22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhFVaSWpcRI


and the speed merchants another great movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sryflp5_Mg&fea...

Edited by DBSV8 on Monday 24th August 13:11

vteclimey

287 posts

301 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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The Driver

interloper

2,747 posts

275 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Surprised nobody has mentioned the original Italian Job yet? Cracking film with some really nice petrolhead footage.

Another favourite of mine is The Bourne Identity, not a car film as such but the chase with the mini is superb. It reminded me of how badly I used to abuse my mini when I was a teenager!

Also another vote for Ronin and Le Mans as well.