Good Motoring Films

Skeeter · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:55

Having caught a brief bit of Film 2010 showing Steve McQueen and Le Mans, and hearing the Senna film had its premier last weekend, I have started looking for good motoring films.

Ive seen Grand Prix, but it was years ago, so I need to dig that out.
Ive never seen Le Mans, so definitely getting a copy of that.
I like Days of Thunder, although its classification as a 'good' motoring film are dubious

Ive also seen a few Documentary style films, including Dust to Glory, which is epic, and Love the Beast, which is brilliant.

What are your favourite motoring films?

Howard · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:58

mjt · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:59

Rendezvous.

Yes it was filmed using a 450SEL 6.9 but so what?
It was probably the only way of getting it done without a gyroscope.
Epic piece of cinema considering it was all done in one take.

stulid · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:00

Initial D

spaz · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:20

Jackass Gumball Special

Housey · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:24

Well not movies as such, but I can recommend:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Speed-Merchants-DVD/dp/B0009PZ8K8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1289246975&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RACING-SILV...Q1E0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289247177&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-956-DVD...AWUA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289247215&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CAN-AM-Spee...ef=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1289247245&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Ye...AWPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289247860&sr=1-1

Joe T · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:28

Vanishing Point
Two Lane Blacktop
Gone in 60 seconds (both versions)
Death Race
Death Proof
The Italian Job
The Fast Lady
Thunder Road
Fast and Furious set
Mad Max set
The French Connection
Convoy
Eat My Dust
The Driver
Bullitt
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Christine
The Car
The Cannonball Run
Duel
Taxi
Smokey and the Bandit
Two Lane Blacktop

PardonTheWait · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:30

American Graffiti

Grand Theft Auto

Death Race 2000

Joe T · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:32

I forgot American Graffiti

Dogbreath · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:34

The World's Fastest Indian
The Italian Job (the proper one of course)
Gumball Rally
Christine
Duel
Mad Max
Goodbye Pork Pie

Muffin` · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:46

There was this one from a while back with a DC5, ST220 and FI HGF. Can't find it

Skeeter · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:48

Forgot Cannonball Run. Which one was it where he skips the Lambo over the lake, 3?

Cosimo · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:52

Monte Carlo or Bust
The Great Race

Skeeter · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:57

Im starting to notice that all these films are from the 70's...

Average age of OcUK posters, or just a phase in cinema history when motoring films weren't ****?

Joe T · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:08

The latter!

PardonTheWait · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:20

Skeeter said:
Im starting to notice that all these films are from the 70's...

Average age of OcUK posters, or just a phase in cinema history when motoring films weren't ****?

There were just a lot of good car/road movies in that part of history. They're all crap nowadays. I'm only 26.

UncleBensSauce · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:22

French Connection has a very long car chase in it (plus its good!)

Herby?

nanospider · 8 Nov 2010 at 22:16

Taxi (1 is pretty good, 2 is okay, 3 i didn't finish watching and 4 i havn't bothered with)

Ronin has some good scenes but i wouldn't really call it a motoring film

The 4th fast and furious is actually not too bad, they ditched the silly 'vtec kicked in yo' for this one and so its probably on par with a lot of others metioned already

Not really watched the transporter series myself, but what i have seen was pretty good.

Also, if you want to watch something thats a bit longer, Initial D is pretty epic, the first series the animation is a bit cheap but they up the budget as they go. Mostly about kids drifting, but they make fun of posers and all the things we hate about the drift scene.

In a similar vein is Wangan Midnight... that show will make you want to own a 964 or a 240z! More about turning motorways into very high speed tracks for illegal racing. I even learnt a bit about tuning from this one.

eatcustard · 9 Nov 2010 at 07:54

Wacky races

rpstewart · 9 Nov 2010 at 09:21

For the love of god avoid Driven, Stallone at his wooden worst....

You know how some films are so bad they've gone full circle and are laughably good? Well Driven's worse than that, it's out the far side of bad, all the way back through good and has landed slap bang back in truly horrific.