I know this has been discussed on the other forum, but thought I'd start a thread about it on The Factory Five Forum.
With the recent article in SEMA Magazine on "The California Kid," I took a look at my movie collection (it's always growing and lines the walls of a room in my house) and realized I don't have many car movies. Sure I own the Nick Cage "Gone in 60 Seconds" but have yet to pick-up the original (I know I should). I also have Bullitt and American Graffiti, and I guess you could call The Italian Job a car movie, but I only have the new version with Marky Mark, not the original. I also have the "Smokey and the Bandit" collection, and even though it's cheesy and over the top and quite possibly one of the lamest car movies ever, I do have Stallone's "Driven". Of course, "Days of Thunder" is in my collection as well. And I love Tarantino's "Death Proof". The second half of that movie has a really fun car chase in it.
I've looked at picking up "Grand Prix" but haven't pulled the trigger on that one quite yet. I was also looking at "Death Race 2000" the other day at Newbury Comics. "Cannonball Run" is also on my list of movies I'll be adding at some point.
What are some of the must have car movies in your opinion?
The Recommendation List:
LeMans
2 Lane Black Top
30 miles
A Man and A Woman
Against All Odds
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
American Graffiti
Back to The Future Movies
Bad Boys 1 and 2
Beverly Hills Cop
Black Cadillac*
Black Dog
Blues Brothers
Breakdown
Bullitt
The California Kid
Cannonball Run 1 & 2
Car Wash
Cars 1 and 2
Catch me if you can
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Christine
Cobra - Sylver Stallone
Convoy*
Corvette Summer
Days of Thunder
Dazed and Confused
Death Proof
Death Race
Death Race 2000 - (lots of kit cars)
Deuces of Spades
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Driven
Duel
Dukes of Hazard
Dust To Glory
Eat My Dust!
Fast Five
Faster
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Funny Car Summer
Goldfinger
Gone in 60 Seconds (original)
Grand Prix
Grease
Heart Like a Wheel
Herbie - The Love Bug Movies (LOL)
Highwaymen
Hollywood Knights
Hometown USA
Hooper
Hot Rod (1950)
Hot Rod Girl*
Hot Rods To Hell*
Johnny Dark
Joy Ride
King of the Mountain
KnightRiders
LeMans
Mad Max Movies
Maximum Overdrive
Monster Man
Moonrunners
NASCAR 3D IMAX
Phantasm - (Mopars)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Race with the Devil
Rebel without a Cause
Red Rock West
Redline
Repo Man
Return to Macon County
Road House
Road Trip
Ronin
Six Pack
Smokey and The Bandit
Speed
Speed Racer
Speed Zone
Spinout
Streets of Legend
Talladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Taxi 1-4 (France)
Taxi Driver
The Car
The Driver
The Fast and Furious Collection
The Fear of Speed
The Gumball Rally
The Italian Job
The Last American Hero
The Last Run
The Lively Set
The Punisher
The Racers
The Transporter 1 & 3
The Wanderers
The Wraith
Thelma and Louise
To Live And Die In L.A. - awesome car chase on the Freeways
To Please a Lady
Torque
Transformers 1, 2, and soon to be released 3
Trouble Bound
Trucks
Tucker: The Man And His Dream
Used Cars
Vacation
Vanishing Point
Viva Las Vegas - Cobras and Vettes
White Lightning
White Line Fever
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