Chases, Drivers & Stunts
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1. Speed Racer (2008)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, Nicholas Elia
Votes: 78,488 | Gross: $43.95M
2. Vanishing Point (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger
Votes: 30,549
3. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre
Votes: 9,959 | Gross: $0.47M
4. Death Race 2000 (1975)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov
Votes: 30,926 | Gross: $8.00M
5. Bullitt (1968)
M/PG | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Don Gordon
Votes: 75,878 | Gross: $42.30M
6. The Italian Job (1969)
G | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone
Votes: 50,373
Шикарнейший отголосок культурного расцвета Британии конца 60х, в котором Майкл Кейн руководит ограблением на улицах Турина. Легендарная сцена погони на трех Мини Куперах, едущих строго в порядке цветов британского флага, отменный саундтрек от Quincy Jones, одна из лучших концовок и общая атмосфера не испорченного проблемами 70х времени. Римейк 2003 года бесконечно плох, а здесь один из лучших фильмов про веселую бригаду грабителей.
7. Convoy (1978)
PG | 110 min | Action, Drama
Truckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young
Votes: 18,618 | Gross: $45.00M
В советском прокате, как оказалось, была вырезана чуть ли не треть фильма — и сюжетные провязки порвали, и кучу интересностей того времени убрали, оставив в основном драки и трюки на машинах. Фигурка резинового утенка, кстати, стоит на капоте Доджа "Чарджера" Курта Рассела в "Grindhouse: Death Proof".
8. The Driver (1978)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
Votes: 19,441 | Gross: $4.91M
Очень важная прибавка в коллекцию классики фильмов про погони — им посвящена как минимум треть экранного времени. И хотя все обходится без особых трюков вроде прыжков через крыши, сделаны они более чем здорово. Забавно смотрится и то что происходит помимо погонь — много стилизации под нуар, немного гротескные персонажи без имен, очень комиксово. "Перевозчик" со Стетхемом во многом пришел отсюда, да и авторы GTA, думаю, тоже держат это кино в списке любимых вместе с работами Халицки.
9. Death Proof (2007)
R | 127 min | Action, Thriller
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 314,077
Еще раз пересмотрел после того как увидел кучу классики 70х на эту тему — Bullitt, Vanishing Point, Duel, Starsky & Hutch, Gone in 60 Seconds, Junkman и т.п. — и фильм оказался еще интереснее. В отличие от не сильно удавшейся стилизации "Jackie Brown", тут дух оригинальных фильмов передан очень здорово, а сцены погонь (и постановка, и совмещение с музыкой) особенно хороши. Одна из лучших стилизаций и трибьютов ever. На носу обоих машин каскадера Майка, кстати, резиновый утенок из "Конвоя".
10. Drive (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 705,011 | Gross: $35.06M
Хорошие неблокбастерные фильмы про погони и гонщиков выходят редко, а тут еще и здорово передан дух лучших образцов жанра 60х-70x. Чем-то напоминает почти одноименную классику Driver, хотя там все обошлось без явной крови. Очень красивая картинка с шикарнейшими планами L.A., здорово попадающий в атмосферу саундтрек, хорошие некартонные персонажи. И главное — свежий подход к постановке погонь, в котором саспенс строится не на обилии взрывов и переворотов. Любителям жанра — однозначно в коллекцию.
11. Le Mans (1971)
G | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.
Directors: Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Votes: 11,876 | Gross: $0.71M
С полу-документальной точностью снятая история одной из гонок "24 часов Ле Мана" и впечатляющая работа постановщика — воспроизвести сложный механизм из тысяч зрителей, механиков, пилотов, машин и службы охраны ненамного проще масштабных батальных сцен. В главной роли Стив МакКуин и другие колоритные пижоны из 70х в самом тиражируемом образе гонщика — очень крутое погружение в эпоху. Саундтрек — Поль Мориа.
12. Cannonball! (1976)
PG | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Racing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 5,174 | Gross: $3.27M
13. The Junkman (1982)
PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him. Full of amazing car chases, fantastic crashes, and edge-of-your-seat action.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Christopher Stone, Susan Shaw, Lang Jeffries
Votes: 843
14. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry
Votes: 56,958 | Gross: $126.74M
Наконец-то посмотрел классику фильмов про погони. Отличная и забавная дурилка с Понтиаком Trans-Am в главной роли и одним из лучших саундтреков — очень четко ложится и гармонично играет на протяжении всего фильма. Сюжет тут никому не нужен, зато есть антураж и просто веселый колорит 70х. Оказывается, было еще два сиквела.
15. Death Race (2008)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Votes: 219,030 | Gross: $36.32M
16. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,802 | Gross: $15.63M
17. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 7,832 | Gross: $0.62M
Классика фильмов про погони и быстрые машины. Его сравнивают с Vanishing Point, но по факту поскучнее, погони короткие и не эффектные, трюков не особо много. Хотя жанр по идее обязывает.
18. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Votes: 13,430
19. Robbery (1967)
110 min | Crime, Drama
A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 2,046
Первый экшн британского режиссера Peter Yates, благодаря которому Стив МакКуин позвал его снимать Bullitt. Сделано очень круто, хотя и немного по-телевизионному — бодрый темп, никаких провисаний, четко выверенные сцены, много свежих идей, яркие образы свингующего Лондона 60х. Оригинальный Italian Job '69 года, да и другие фильмы с машинами и погонями внимательно изучали это кино.
20. The Seven-Ups (1973)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Director: Philip D'Antoni | Stars: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon
Votes: 6,652 | Gross: $2.32M
Третий полицейский триллер продюсера Philip D'Antoni, в котором он, к сожалению, выступил еще и режиссером. История хоть и немного вторична (некоторые герои взяты из его предыдущего хита French Connection), но в умелых руках могла бы здорово сыграть. Здесь снова есть долгая погоня, исполненная неизменным Bill Hickman — лучшая среди трех фильмов, хотя и не такая сюжетная как в Bullitt. Хотя Roy Scheider не тянет на роль первого плана, в целом достойный представитель жанра.
21. Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 17,610 | Gross: $66.13M
Несмотря на то что по сравнению с первой частью фильм потерял часть драйва и в целом как-то "обмяк", все еще есть много хороших сцен погонь, включая отличное побоище с грузовиками.
22. Days of Thunder (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid
Votes: 96,457 | Gross: $82.67M
23. Duel (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 78,465
24. White Line Fever (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1970s Arizona, a young married man becomes an independent long-haul driver and he risks his life fighting the corruption in the local long-haul trucking industry.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones
Votes: 2,255
Хотелось увидеть аналог Конвоя, но по факту там немного чернушная история про тяжелую судьбу дальнобойщика-фрилансера. Мало сцен погонь и трюков, больше разговоров о тяжелой жизни, хотя некоторые трюки очень эффектны.
25. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell
Votes: 58,648 | Gross: $5.13M
История скучная, но декорации очень хороши.
26. Race with the Devil (1975)
PG | 88 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker
Votes: 7,340 | Gross: $12.64M
27. Death Race 2 (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames
Votes: 34,674
Как самостоятельное кино этот фильм достаточно уныл — второсортный боевик с невнятными актерами, зато как приквел к первой части работает отлично. Хорошо раскрыта предыстория появления и развития гонок, ее ключевых персонажей, а оставшиеся после римейка декорации и наработки позволили сделать постановку и оформление гонок более-менее достойной. Годится только для любителей оригинала с Кэррадайном и римейка со Стетхемом.
28. Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
PG | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick
Votes: 9,655 | Gross: $5.68M
29. Grand Theft Auto (1977)
PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Barry Cahill
Votes: 2,971
30. Deadline Auto Theft (1983)
PG | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
After an attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace - overtaking his boss' betrayal and pursuing the Eleanor as Pace tries to make his getaway.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre
Votes: 258
31. Safari 3000 (1982)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Reporter J.J. Dalton (Stockard Channing) wants to write a story about a gruelling three thousand kilometer auto rally through Africa. When her deal to ride with a driver falls through, she ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Hurwitz | Stars: David Carradine, Stockard Channing, Christopher Lee, Hamilton Camp
Votes: 436
32. Grand Prix (1966)
Approved | 176 min | Drama, Sport
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 10,507 | Gross: $20.85M
33. The Love Bug (1969)
G | 108 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett
Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $5.09M
34. White Lightning (1973)
PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins
Votes: 5,762
35. Ticker (2002)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Action, Adventure
The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase, the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Clive Owen, Don Cheadle, F. Murray Abraham, Clifton Powell
Votes: 4,698
36. Deathsport (1978)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".
Directors: Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Roger Corman | Stars: David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers
Votes: 2,460
37. Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: David Carradine, Brenda Vaccaro, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 225
38. Roadracers (1994 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek, Jason Wiles
Votes: 3,152
39. Used Cars (1980)
R | 113 min | Comedy
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae
Votes: 16,784
40. Thunder Road (1958)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith
Votes: 4,620
41. Death Race 3: Inferno (2013 Video)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, a.k.a. Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as the Death Race. He is only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames
Votes: 21,161
42. Fear Is the Key (1972)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet
Votes: 2,272
43. Eat My Dust (1976)
PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Darlene's into going fast, Hoover's into Darlene, but when they both get into a red-hot race car, the reckless fun accelerates into a trunk-full of hot pursuits.
Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Ron Howard, Christopher Norris, Brad David, Kathy O'Dare
Votes: 1,002
44. Winning (1969)
M | 123 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one--the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther ... See full summary »
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas
Votes: 2,215 | Gross: $14.64M
45. 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004 TV Movie)
92 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Barry Pepper portrays legendary race car drive Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001 during the last lap of the Daytona 500.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Barry Pepper, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ernest Whitted, Andrea Powell
Votes: 1,735
46. Baby Driver (2017)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González
Votes: 611,808 | Gross: $107.83M
47. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Biography, Drama
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe
Votes: 475,600 | Gross: $117.62M
48. Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia (2024)
R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A true David vs. Goliath story spotlighting the intense rivalry between Audi and Lancia at the 1983 Rally World Championship. Against all odds, Lancia battles to regain its former glory with a combination of innovation and courage.
Director: Stefano Mordini | Stars: Haley Bennett, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Katie Clarkson-Hill
Votes: 2,448
49. Ferrari (2023)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona
Votes: 43,091
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