Car Chase Movies
The car chase has been a staple of cinema since the days of the silent comedians. The real breakthrough occured in 1968 in "Bullitt" when Steve McQueen, as detective Frank Bullitt, in pursuit of the bad guys, drove his Ford Mustang at high speeds around the streets of San Francisco in a sequence still regarded as the pinnacle of this often maligned genre. What's more, McQueen did his own driving and somehow managed to make turtlenecks look cool! Suddenly the car chase took on a life of its own and many imitations and variations followed, some good, some not so good. Other highly regarded chase sequences can be found in William Friedkin's "The French Connection" and John Frankenheimer's "Ronin".
Pictured: A view from inside Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang while in pursuit in "Bullitt".
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Lynda Carter, Johnny Knoxville, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds, Jes...
'The Dukes of Hazzard' get the makeover treatment with Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott as the good ol' boys and Jessica Simpson as their bare... Read more
The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 2 (1980)
5.1/10
Starring: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle, James Best, Sorrell Book...
The souped up '69 Dodge has a full tank and is revving and ready to take on bungling local lawmen Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane again. While... Read more
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
6.7/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune
One for the petrol heads; owing much to the B's of the 60s. Paul Walker is the undercover cop who infiltrates his way into a group of road racers led... Read more
The Fast and the Furious (Blu-ray) (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune
One for the petrol heads; owing much to the B's of the 60s. Paul Walker is the undercover cop who infiltrates his way into a group of road racers led... Read more
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Lucas Black, Lil Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba
The third instalment in the 'Fast and Furious' series is a super-charged look at the underground world of Tokyo's drift-racers. Young Sean (Lucas Bla... Read more
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Blu-ray) (2006)
6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Lucas Black, Lil Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba
The third instalment in the 'Fast and Furious' series is a super-charged look at the underground world of Tokyo's drift-racers. Young Sean (Lucas Bla... Read more
The French Connection (1971)
7.8/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey
Gene Hackman is an unorthodox New York narcotics cop in his Oscar winning performance. He and his partner (Roy Scheider) are investigating the flow of... Read more
The French Connection / French Connection II ( Blu-ray ) (1971)
Director: John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin
Starring: Bernard Fresson, Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marce...
'The French Connection' (1971, 103 mins) - New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narco... Read more
The Gumball Rally (1976)
6.3/10
Director: Chuck Bail
Starring: Michael Sarrazin, Gary Busey, Raul Julia
One phone call is all it takes, and one word mentioned - 'GUMBALL', and the contestants in an illegal cross-country road-race gather at the starting p... Read more
The Italian Job (2003)
7/10
Director: F Gary Gray
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos De...
The plan was flawless. The execution was perfect. Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being do... Read more