Nobody mentioned "Goldrunner"?
Nobody mentioned "Goldrunner"?
Datsun240ZGuy said: If you want more dig out those Elvis racing movies. He passes a lot of fast cars.
There weren't any replica cars back then either, so if he drives a Cobra through a fence it's a real Cobra.
The songs that were specifically written for Elvis to sing in his movies were generally pretty lame, though. 
I'm surprised no one mentioned The Last Race with Lee Majors. Always makes me wonder how much gas there was left in all those underground tanks...
Also, Italian Job (the original), The Wraith...
In reply to Iusedtobefast :
The Last Chase! I remember that one.
stuart in mn said:.....his movies were generally pretty lame, though.
My wife was a fan back in the day - saw ever movie multiple times. They were cheesy and low budget. In the end Elvis always got his lady.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
I love the poster for that one.
CRASH-O-RAMA
RAW GUTS FOR GLORY!
FLESH AGAINST STEEL!
Side note: I've totally subbed to that channel for all the old school trailers.
Is The Wraith a car movie? If so, that.
The Art of Racing in the Rain makes me cry every time, but it is a great movie.
miatafan said:Is The Wraith a car movie? If so, that.
It sure is! Hell of a Turbo Dodge commercial, too! Bonus points for using the Ozzy track Secret Loser during the opening race.
If you liked Speed Racer you might like the 2003 Michel Vaillant movie. It's also based on a comic book and the plot is outlandish but the cars don't have super powers.
The production entered the hero Lola and villain Panoz cars at the Le Mans 24 to for footage.
I like this scene where they have to drive their cars to Le Mans because their transporter was sabotaged.
Still has to be King of the Mountain with Cal played by Dennis Hopper. Would love to find an old Vette and build a replica.
Maybe not a car movie but a cool movie with a cool car: Phantasm.
BillCuttitta said:And even "American Graffiti" is pretty much a car movie.
"Okay, Toad. We'll take 'em all."
I was 18 in 1992, not 1962, and this one still hits hard.
No Gumball Rally!?!?!
...also add Fast and the Furious. Cheesy, but so iconic at this point.
My guilty pleasure is Driven.
The problem I always have with these lists is they don't distinguish between car movies, car chase movies, movies with a car chase, and movies that happen to have cool cars.
Bullitt is a movie with a car chase
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a car chase movie
Gumball Rally is a car movie (and SO much better than Needham's ham-fisted attempt at kissing Brock Yates' ring)
American Graffitti is a movie that just has some cool cars in it
If a movie has CGI or excessive undercranked film (I'm looking at you, Roger Corman) I'm not generally interested. Cars, doing real car things, is essential to be categorized as a good car movie.
Death Race 2000, the original
ddavidv said:Bullitt is a movie with a car chase
Been saying that forever. Just like every James Bond movie somehow gets lumped into being a car movie.
American Graffitti is a movie that just has some cool cars in it
Debatable since you can't have "cruise night" without cars. It could have been a movie about teenagers in a big city walking around town but it was also about showing that bygone pastime.
j_tso said:ddavidv said:Bullitt is a movie with a car chase
Been saying that forever. Just like every James Bond movie somehow gets lumped into being a car movie.
American Graffitti is a movie that just has some cool cars in it
Debatable since you can't have "cruise night" without cars. It could have been a movie about teenagers in a big city walking around town but it was also about showing that bygone pastime.
Yes, debatable. It's not really about the cars; they are essential for the movie, I'll grant you. It's a bit muddy as they are props for a movie that is really about the kids and how they spend their night. In a racing movie, for example, you need the cars because racing is the point of the story. Here, they could be on bicycles or just walking around for a lot of it. I guess it is a car movie, because most people remember it for Milner's hot rod and the 55 Chevy at least as much as Suzanne Somers in a T-bird.
My memory is when American Graffiti first came out, we all went to see it because of the cars (and to a little lesser extent, the music). The deeper story line was secondary at the time, but was appreciated more during subsequent viewings.
[As an aside, I have no idea how many times I've seen it but I'm sure I've watched it more times than any other movie.]
In reply to David S. Wallens :
We'd just moved to Las Vegas so we watched to see all the shoot locations.
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