What is your favorite car chase scene in a movie

[Craig Irwin]

Another vote for the Blues Brothers.

[slusher]

This was a great ending to a movie. White line fever

[kalbert]

I don't think this one has been mentioned, but "It's a Mad Mad World" is an all time favorite too!

[Tom Geiger]

The opening credits of Beverley Hills Cop... the tractor trailer nailing all the parked cars.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.. the movie was a 2 hr car chase!

[thorpedo66]

Close your eyes merc fans! My fav of all time. Use to watch the movie all the time with my dad when I was young. Some day I'll build the replica.

[Daddyfink]

The studio chase in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"!! Come on!

[gtx6970]

Vanishing point,,,the whole movie is a chase scene

I also like the remake of Gone in sixty seconds, where Elanor is pulling away from the helocopter in the drain

[TheRX7Project]

Oh, Vanishing Point is another good one. The TV remake wasn't bad either.

[zenrat]

Does the pod race in The Phantom Menace count?

[Dan Helferich]

Bullit is my favorite. I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Seven Ups. Stunt driver Bill Hickman drove the "bad guy" car in both movies.

[CrazyGirl]

one of my favs is not really a chase but Steve Martin parking the Smart car in The Pink Panther , it cracked me up big time , heck he cracks me up period

[59 Impala]

The beginning of Thunder Road When the feds in there 57 Chevy chase Robert Mitchum in his 50 Ford and he runs away from them and they are stuck with his rear bumper on the front of there car. Dan

[hvymtl]

The Seven Ups Bullitt Mad Max both beginiing and ending . Gone in 60 seconds both . Michael

[Ju Ju]

I like the one where a BMW was chasing a deer at 140 MPH...........

[knarf]

Original Gone in 60 Seconds.

there it is

[Tony T]

So many good car chase scenes...'Bullitt', 'The Blues Brothers', 'The French Connection', 'The Italian Job', 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry', 'The Gumball Rally', 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World', 'The Love Bug' (I love all the Herbie films!), 'The Driver' (Ryan O'Neal), 'Gone in 60 Seconds' (Both), 'Ronan', Just about every Bond film...I'm sure there are a few more that I've forgotten for my list...too many to like!!

[Skip]

Two, both have previously been mentioned and both are or were in the top 10 movie car chases of all time.

1. Bullett

2. The Itallian Job - Original 1969 version, (by far better than the 2003 "remake" which they had to explain everything for the viewer)

[John Goschke]

Right off the top of my head, I'd say "The Seven-Ups" and "The French Connection" because they're great chases, and also noir classics, where there is no real redemption for any of the characters. The "winter in New York" settings for The Seven-Ups adds to the bleak mood.

While not a true chase scene, the bank heist scene from the original "Gun Crazy" with Peggy Cummins (oh, baby...) and John Dall is a classic now, but was far ahead of its time in the early '50s, shot in one take, from the back seat of the car. Love the way the tension builds, and the way Peggy works the wheel of the car (no power steering!), then the look on her face as they get away. If you've never seen this film you owe to yourself to see this masterpiece in its entirety!

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[goldfinger]

There is a movie called Fear Is The Key. Great chase scene. Same actor as Vanishing Point . The car is a 73 or 74 Ford Torino I think. Gets bent in half and still keeps on running. More realistic than so many chase scenes where you can see the car obviously didn't survive the jump and yet it is fine in the next shot.

[goldfinger]

This is the car landing on a ferry boat in Fear Is The Key

[Rob Hall]

Lots of good ones mentioned...another one I like is in 'To Live and Die in LA' involving an '80s Impala...

[Bill J]

To Live and Die in LA.

[John Goschke]

From "Badlands" by Terence Malick, one of the great movies from the '70s. Chase across the prairie with '59 Coupe de Ville and '58 Fairlane 500 "cop car."

http://www.youtube.com/embed/pBVO2hBZ6vw

[kalbert]

So many good car chase scenes...'Bullitt', 'The Blues Brothers', 'The French Connection', 'The Italian Job', 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry', 'The Gumball Rally', 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World', 'The Love Bug' (I love all the Herbie films!), 'The Driver' (Ryan O'Neal), 'Gone in 60 Seconds' (Both), 'Ronan', Just about every Bond film...I'm sure there are a few more that I've forgotten for my list...too many to like!!

Oh Yea, the Love Bug is by far my favorite of the Herbie movies, the other ones aren't bad. Love the vintage racing action in that one. Not a huge fan of the remake though!

[drifterdon]

1. Bullitt

2. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

3. Gone in 60 Seconds