58classiccars Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hi all, whats the best car film of all time, There are two for me, Christine, and the Blues bros, well I like the car Chases, See ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I rather like the (original) Italian Job. Some super tat in there and lovely minis kicking arse too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The best car film of all time, Claude Lelouche's legendary 'C'etait un Rendevous' only eight minutes long but ......I'll leave you to judge for yourselves, turn the sound well up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vlbiSD- ... re=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The original Gone in 60 Seconds (not that hollywood shite remake).The original Vanishing PointDirty Mary Crazy LarryGoodbye PorkpieTrafic (Mr. Hulot)Oh and Mach 78... how could I forget that masterpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'd probably go along with Ted's suggestion of The Italian Job. I don't know if American Graffiti counts as a car film but I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5nf-opl ... re=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Trafic.Midnite Spares.Ronin.Taxi (the first, French version).Shaker Run.Cannonball Run.Any of the Smokey & The Bandit series.Original Gone In 60 Seconds.The Driver.The Blues Brothers has entertaining chases for sure, much better than Blues Brothers 2000 where they break the world record for cars smashed by just pelting them into each other for no rhyme or reason - worralorrarubbish!Personally I would say TAXI is my favourite. Quite intelligent English subtitles, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinast Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Fear Is The Key, a superb 'lost car chase classic', with the chase at the start of the film so you don't have to watch the rest of it which is quite frankly poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Sceptre Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Agreed, 'C'etait un Rendevous' is sheer class.On the other end of the scale, all of the 'Confession Of....' films are riddled with 1970's kit, as are the Sweeney films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I always liked No Man's Land with DB Sweeney & Charlie Sheen nicking Porsches....great movie.And Christine of course....and The French Connection.I have Midnight Spares here to watch....on VHS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Fear Is The Key, a superb 'lost car chase classic', with the chase at the start of the film so you don't have to watch the rest of it which is quite frankly poor.Yeah thatt's a top chase, although the continuity is pretty bad! Rest of the film is tosh though. The seven-ups has a good chase in it too. Especially worthy to me as I used to have a '73 Olds Omega which was abadge engineered version of the Pontiac ventura Roy Scheider drives.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg4QtYizPKM[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Most of my faves have already been mentioned, but what about 2 Lane Blacktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnde Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Um, National Lampoon's European Vacation?Absolutely chockablock with gorgeous 70s-early 80s British and European kit.http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=89670Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The Fast Lady, quality stuff from when British streets had 4 cars parked in them and the weather was always nice.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yu9LSbpf5HUI also like School For Scoundrels with the disguised Bentley and Terry-Thomas driving a disguised Aston Martin.Very minor car stuff in Long Arm Of The Law with Peter Sellers, an Aston DB4 is jumped over a humbacked bridge and gets a huge amount of air, it must have been like a banana when it hit the deck! Plus lots of other top motors from 1959 in the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS.Yes! Great film.Or Vanishing Point.Or Duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Carry on CabbyThe CarHarold & Maude,purely for the E-Type Hearse 8)Mad Max 1 & 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58classiccars Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 how about Smokey and the bandit, I know but i am a bit sad. or what about the new Dukes of Hazard I have not seen that one yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerodeck Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Deathrace 2000! Fibreglass class bodies on top of old autoshite running gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Checkpoint, with Stanley Baker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-j Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Christine.nothing more pleasing than a self -repairing classic (homicidal tendencies aside) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I love most car films to be honest most of which you have mentioned.Here's a obscure one rarely mentioned, Speedtrap (Ultra B movie starring Cagney and Lacey Tyne Daly).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXPCyKZ ... re=relatedCheck out the Interceptor with UK plates still on it There are other chases as well on youtube check em out although they are not the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny rotbox Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 for "spotting" Lock Stock and two smoking barrels doesn`t do bad considering the era of the cars to the date of the film...I spotted...P6 V8 Rover, mk2 Granada estate, mk2 Escort RS 2000, Austin A40 (Farina type), mk3 Zodiac, AC Cobra, P5 Rover, Mini Clubman, Mk1 Granada, mk2 Transit and a Mazda E2000 van good grief there was even a Renault Trafic Master van in there for fans of more modern light commercial toss and you do get to see the P6 jack the mk2 Granny estate in true banger stylie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aled Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 real old film -the hell drivers, old speeded up lorry chases from 1957search for it on you tube don't know how to put link up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Aled, to put a link, cut and paste the URL at the top of your screen:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X8qFD2s0FwgI agree that it's a great film, look out for the greats of British cinema before they were famous (eg Sean Connery ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aled Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 thanks for that.-aled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 A lot of people would say Bullitt for the chase. Then there are Grand Prix and Le Mans for classic motorsport; and Genevieve (? Spelling), The Love Bug and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in all of which the car's the star. Best driving movie is Le Salaire de la Peur, The Wages of Fear - the original 1953 French one, not crap US remake. They are truckers, but they are carrying tons of unstable nitroglycerine across South America. One of the all-time greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Some good suggestions here, for me it would be the following -C'etait Une RendezvousBullittThe Italian Job (original one)National Lampoons European Vacation (yes, really!)Taxi I / II (the French one, not the toss Holywood version)Also saw the new Herbie film last week which was surprisingly good!Can't think of much more at the moment but theres bound to be loads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Must agree with most already suggested.So I'll throw in some obscure ones on the basis there are scenes of autoshite 'motorway action', which I always enjoys'Spoorloos' - Dutch film but with lots of mid eighties French service station and autoroute action http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=96163And 'Edge of Darkness' - Excellent 80s BBC thriller series with Bob Peck's main character driving down to London from Yorkshire in his Fiat 131 On the sweeney background side, have just got an early 80's BBC series on DVD called the 'Chinese Detective' - written by Sweeney writer Ian Kennedy Martin (incidentally his brother, Troy Kennedy Martin wrote 'Edge of Darkness'). Enjoyed both the series but the vehicle use and background scenes are some of the best I've scene...Edit - In Chinese Detective, Sergeant John Ho has a number of Chrysler Hunters as his squad car which usually get wrecked...and in series 2 his squad car is an X reg Cortina.......His personal 'out of hours' transport is always a beat up F reg Minor traveller (it features in the opening sequence of the two series) which he regards as a cla**ic, but everybody around him, quite rightly, regards as a POS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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