Car Movies
 

I'd like to start a list of car and motorcycle related movies. I'm still formulating the criteria, but if you don't see one on this list you think should be reply and I'll add it.

Examples that just barely make the cut: "Dukes of Hazard", "The Italian Job"
Examples that didn't make the cut: "Joe Dirt" (Though he sure loves Hemis)

NOTE: Just because a movie is on this list doesn't mean it's a good movie (e.g., Driven, Redline).

CARS:
Bullit - Contains one of the great original car chases.
The Big Wheel [1949]
The Cannonball Run
Cannonball Run II
The Car
Cars
Christine
Corvette Summer - Luke Skywalker is chasing his stolen Corvette; need I say more.
The Crowd Roars [1932]
Days of Thunder
Death Proof
Deadline Auto Theft
Driven
Dukes of Hazard
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
Gone in 60 Seconds [1974]
Gone in 60 Seconds [2000]
Grand Prix
The Gumball Ralley
Mad Max - Strangely attractive lifestyle
Hooper
The Italian Job [1969]
The Italian Job [2003]
The Junkman
Le Mans [1971]
The Racers[1955]
Redline - Makes "Fast and Furious" seem like Shakespeare.
Redline 7000 [1965]
Smokey and the Bandit - That TA was my first clear car memory, and I wanted one.
Smokey and the Bandit II
Stroker Ace
Talladega Nights
The Transformers : The Movie [1986]
Transformers [2007]
Used Cars
Vanishing Point
The Wraith

MOTORCYCLES:
Easy Rider
The Leather Boys
The Loveless
Quadrophenia
The World's Fastest Indian
Biker Boyz

BOTH:
Dust To Glory

What was that movie where Burt Reynolds was the stuntman...he drove a red firebird...... oh...and speaking of Burt: Stroker Ace was a "nascar" flick. I know it doesn't count, but in Mr Deeds, Deeds bought the whole town C5 convertables at the end of the flick:"Damn..these things are fast....***zoooommmmmmm*** CRASH!!... it's ok...I'm fine" lol

I'll add Stroker Ace and I think the other Burt movie must be Hooper; added. I just saw Mr. Deeds the other day, but I don't think it makes the cut here .:sadbanana:

Try this one
 

Cars

Cars(Disney)
its got Richard Petty as his og Dodge Daytona
Vanishing Point

Look it up then watch and love the white dodge
Days of Thunder
you know you want the rental car insurance

XXX
not the greatest movie but the pontiac is hot

American Grafiti???

mortorcycles
worlds fastest indian
they dont make guys like that anymore

Cars was in there already.

I added "Days of Thunder" (how could I forget), "Vanishing Point", which I didn't know about at all, and the "World's Fastest Indian" (a great movie in my opinion). I also remembered a great old suspense movie, "The Car". "XXX" doesn't quite cut it for this list and I'm on the fence about "American Graffiti". What do you guys think?

What was the movie where all the trucks try to kill people?
not great but worth a late night laugh

Not sure. But now that you mention I think one of the early movies done by Spielberg was something like a trucker running people down. I'll have to go look it up.

Maximum Overdrive
I think was the name

Duel is the one I was thinking of.

These are borderline. I'll have to think about them.

Steve McQueen, motor movie god
 

1- The motorcycle jump at the end of "the Great Escape".

2- 68 GT 390 airborn in "Bullitt" during the best chase scene ever filmed. No computer generated crap or special effects, just pure Detroit muscle car. For you Mopar guys, yea the Charger R/T 440 would eat the 'stang's lunch in the real world.

3- My favorite, the pure gut wrenching force-of-nature primal roar of the Porche 917 in "Le Mans". Of any car, street or track, the 917 is the car I'd most like to drive, assuming that I could work up the nad to actually get in the beast.

Gumball Rally.:thumbs_up:

The other Olympian would have to be Burt Reynolds. From "Smokey" to "Stroker", he rocks.

Added.

Have you ever watched or looked into the modern Euro-tour. It was sort of interesting. Then I looked at their site. The legalize is such a buzz-kill.

Looked into some vids on it. I'd need a Supercharger to keep up.:sm_laughing:

How about "Dirty Mary-Crazy Larry" or is it "Crazy Larry-Dirty Mary"?:D

I don't remember exactly, but the registration fee is like $20k or something crazy like that. It's for aristocrats, playboys and stars.

While looking for "King of the Mountain"--which is NOT on DVD and is on VHS starting $30 used and $125 new--- I ordered HOT RODS TO HELL and DIRTY MARY - CRAZY LARRY.


Hot Rods to Hell takes me back to 1966 and my FIRST movie date-- parents had to drive us there and pick us up in downtown Whittier. God awfull movie--but one that is great to watch,:bigthumbsup:

Do we really not have Herbie the Love Bug in here yet?! If you are going to have the Italian Job making it then I think that the Back to the Future Series should be in here. Don't tell me that whenever you think of that Movie Series you do not think of the Delorean!!

last but not least, Tucker: The Man And His Dream

Here is a pretty good list...
http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/h...ies/index.html

Here's the movie poster for King of the Mountain.


http://cruiserboulevard.com/1956-3-3.aspx

Hey, don't you have a 64'?

Yes.:D

I'd say"American Graffiti" is a yes as the movie revolved around the 60's cruising and street racing culture. Harrison Ford drove the bad ass double-nickle Chevy.

A few others for consideration:

"Two Lane Blacktop" - 55 Chevy and 71 GTO Judge race across the country for pinks. Starred Warren Oates as "GTO" with James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (I believe) driving the 55.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/

"The Last Ride" - Campy movie featuring 69 GTO Judge and an 04 GTO with Dennis Hopper. This movie was really a thinly veiled Pontiac marketing tool for the new generation GTO.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402336/

I've never seen American Graffiti, I'll have to add it to my NetFlix list.

I saw it (when it was first released) at a drive in we WALKED into and sat by the car speakes. Just me and one girl.:sm_laughing:

Got the movies. Now all I have to do is watch them. :nuts:

Watched them this week-end. Darlene actually enjoyed both of them. Hot Rods to Hell is so COOL

Wow, no said the Wrath. Has anyone seen that movies? True is popular in the 80's but it had the Dodge M4S tubro intercepter racing up and down the mountains against all kind of fast cars.

Also I vote for the movie Christine. There was alot of nice cars in that movie.

Hmm, never heard of it. It's called The Wrath? Do you know any of the actors in it?

Emilo Esatez? when he was like 16. There as only 4 of these cars ever built.

Sorry it's called wraith.

Whenever I see Emilio Estavez I always think of him as the lame coach in The Mighty Ducks movies :leaving:

Yeah or the Young Guns movie.

Young Guns was cool.

The Wraith is now in. Never heard of it. I'm curious to see.

Christine was already in.

The Wraith--stars Charlie Sheen. If I remember correctly, a couple of nudie shots in the movie.:thumbs_up:

I couldn't think of a better to remember movies other than by their nude shots.

The Wraith is a great movie. you just have to remind yourself it was made in the mid 80's

Still my all time favorites are Cannonball Run,Smokey and the bandit & Christine.

Ok Doug, I'm going to ask---why Cannonball Run??:huh:

Gumball Rally was so much better.:p

2 words.....Adrienne Barbeau:D

So it's more about the T&A than the TA?

..................YUP :smack:

So women control your life. Not me, no sir. My life has not been wraped up in the pursuit of beaultiful/average women, no sir not me. I'm not broke because I spend/give all my money on/to women. No sir, not me. I don't spend all my free time figuring out how to meet MORE women. No sir, not me.:drink:

See, you should be more like me. :rolling::censored::rolling: