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Someone just told me that Fast & Furious 5 is out, personally I dont think any of the Fast & Furious movies come in the top 5 but I want to see what others think so as the title says, please list your top 5 movie car chases ( or street races )

Mine are

1) Ronin

Great movie all round ( how could it not be with DeNiro & Reno ) but the realistic car chase through Paris streets & tunnels really is the cherry on top.

2) The Bourne Identity

Another excelent movie, and again the car chase is in Paris but this time instead of high powered modern cars we get the classic Mini with great stunts reminiscent of the Italian Job except more realism and less cheesyness.

3) Blues Brothers

Just for the lulz, same kind of cheesyness as Smokey & the Bandit and even rips off The Italian Job when Jake grabs some Fried Chicken to eat during the chase but despite the rip offs and impossible stunts you just have to love it.

4) The Transporter

Far fetched of course, lacks the realism of my 1st & 2nd choices but great fun and probably the last good movie Statham did before selling out and making any old crap for the money.

5) Mad Max 2

Just to have something a bit different, not much driving skill, straight line speed and lots of baddies getting killed in colourful ways



Others considered were Vanishing Point ( 70s version ), Gone in 60 Seconds ( 70s version ), Bullitt, French Connection, etc

1. Bullitt

2. Ronin

3. The Matrix Reloaded

4. The Bourne Identity

5. Casino Royal - the free running stuff was entertaining

that one with that actor/sports star

1.) Matrix Reloaded

2.) I think Dark Knight, I can't remember if that one was good.

Don't know other good ones.

I've got no idea what is the GREATEST MOVIE Car Chases, but so far reading all of the ones posted .. I have to agree with what is posted.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Italian Job.

Mordack wrote:I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Italian Job.

Charlize Theron in a mini? What more could you ask for?

well, we always had a liking for a classical norwegian stop-motion movie called "flåklypa grand prix"

that car chase was the inspiration for the pod race in star wars episode I

RepliMagni wrote:

Mordack wrote:I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Italian Job.

Charlize Theron in a mini? What more could you ask for?

Don't.. even.. joke..

Transformers :p

Bullit, dont think any of them could beat this movie, classic

I thought Ronin's car chase sequences got boring quick - realistic perhaps and interesting camera angles - but it got slightly tedious given how long some of them were with very little happening - they didn't enhance the story, character development or interest me particularly

Italian job was one of the best of all time.

As for F&F I did like the race at the start of the Tokyo Drift one - where he goes through the housing development site

mad max 2 at the end when he being chased through the desert by the guys on bikes, good piece of driving action or smokey and the bandit there where a few good chases in that with good old burt reynolds and his trans am !

Gone in 60 Seconds?
Star wars episode 1??????
Haha