Let's make a list of ones to rent. Add your favorite movies with *good* driving scenes (and these do not include ones like "The Faster and the Furiouser...")

Bullitt
Two-lane Blacktop
The Racers
La Mans
THX-1138 (yeah, an odd/old sci-fi, but it has a really cool chase scene.)

 

Ronin

 

Grand Prix -good footage of the old Monza Circuit

 

To Live and Die in LA

Vanishing Point (the original)

BMW Films -- the one with Madonna in the M5

The French Connection

The Blues Brothers

edit -- added: The Gumball Rally

just off the top of my head!


Modified by Todd Reid at 4:32 PM 8/27/2004


Modified by Todd Reid at 4:32 PM 8/27/2004

 

Since everyone will say Ronin and Bullit:

To Live and Die in LA
No Mans Land
Mad Max (geez, you'd think a guy calling himself "the toecutter" would pick this one - sheeesh)
The Hidden


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Heh! I thought only 450 people saw this movie and most were forced to cause they worked on the film One of the best soundtracks for driving IMO (actually in my truck I believe).

 

the original Gone In 60 Seconds has a 45 minute chase scene where they destroy something like 70+ cars. it's absurd.

 

The Italian Job. I haven't seen the original yet, but the new one had some cool stuff (Specially that 740i sliding around )

 

Cannonball Run 1

 

The Driver (I think thats the name of the movie)

 

Best Motoring...I love the footwork some of those guys do!

 

Driven?

 

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Also, "The Bourne Identity", comes to mind.

 

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Then you must not have seen the driving in "The Bourne Supremacy" . Even better

 

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One of my favorites.

I like the chase scene in Bullit, but it does kind of annoy me because the soundtrack guy got a little carried away. Next time you see it start counting upshifts. That Mustang was awesome baby! It had something like an 11 speed tranny in it.

I'll also 2nd Grand Prix. It had some gushy, overacted, silly stuff in it, but some of the in-car is just incredible.
The sounds and scenes alone at the opening of the movie make it worth watching.

 

Days of Thunder

 

the wraith

 

Well maybe as soon as gutterboy gets done installing those digital radio killers ....

I do think the Chrysler was an amazing car, there wasn't any actual great driving was there? Just in-car shifting and cuts to a stealth parked sideways and cuts back to some dude countersteering a car going straight Cool car, just don't remember any actual driving scenes that didn't look like they were shot on a highway that wasn't closed off Go rent No Mans Land if you want a Sheen flick with a fair amount of tail out jackassery (and the famously anonymous can opener scene).

 

the transporter.
gone in 60 seconds.

 

driving Miss daisy

 

Taxi (the original French version)

 

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I agree... unique camerawork.

 

Smokey and the Bandit is still the best IMO. Anything made in the last 10 years is likely to have all the good driving replaced with quick cuts and special effects.

The recent Starsky and Hutch comedy had some refreshingly "real" driving stunts though...

 

The Italian Job

Grand Prix is one of my favorite movies.

 

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not a blockbuster movie, but the tone, music and the main character were very cool. he was all into his cars.

 

Driven?? the indy car one right??

Best scene is the indy cars through downtown chicago at FULL Throttle...haha