The best car movies of all time
As recommended by my readers. Can’t say I’ve seen them all though. Some aren’t movies, just short clips for example Climb Dance and Rendevous. Others aren’t about cars, but feature brilliant car scenes, such as Ronin. All will be of interest in some way to the discerning car enthusiast.
The title image is from Baby Driver and is my favourite moment in the film 🙂
| THE BEST CAR MOVIES, AS NOMINATED BY MY READERS! | My Comments |
| American Grafitti | |
| Baby Driver | The main character is appealing, love the Subie, but they clearly changed it to 2WD for a lot of the action which is disappointing. |
| Bad Obsession Motorsport | |
| Blues Brothers | |
| BMW Short Films with Clive Owen | Find them on YouTube; brilliant little mini-movies with a lot of old BMW action. |
| Bulitt | The Mustang. All you need to know. |
| Cannoball Run | A fun movie, not to be taken seriously. The Lambo is a highlight. |
| Cars (Disney Pixar) | |
| Challenger is King | |
| Christine, The Car | |
| Climb Dance | Just amazing skill from one of the best – in car footage of Ari Vanaten going up Pikes Peak when it was dirt. |
| Dirt | |
| Duel | Spielberg’s take on road rage, or is it ice-cool hatred? |
| Fast and Furious (but not F9) | Suspend belief and try to enjoy the family. |
| Ford in Racing the Glory Years | |
| Ford vs Ferrari | |
| Full Custom Garage | |
| Go! | |
| Gone in 60 Seconds (original) | |
| Hit and Run | |
| Hyperdrive (Netflix) | |
| Initial D | |
| Love the Beast | |
| Mad Max | An all-time classic |
| Metal Skin | |
| Rendevous | One of those films where less is more, and the backstory is even more interesting. Romantics will love it. |
| Roadkill | |
| Ronin | Great action movie with one of the best car chases, ever. |
| Running on Empty | |
| Rush | Brilliant portrayal of Lauda vs Hunt for the F1 title in the ’70s. |
| Smokey and the Bandit | American humour at its best |
| The cars that ate Paris | |
| The French Connection | |
| The Italian Job (original) | |
| The Rat Patrol | |
| The Skid Factory | |
| The Transporter | |
| Vanishing Point | |
| Wheels across a Wilderness |
Worst Car Movies Ever
- F9
- Driven.
