Angelfish Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Still my favorite but I’m sure there’s many I haven’t seen yet. Edited March 27, 2021 by Angelfish (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 It's a Mad Mad Mad World 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Genevieve, The Yellow Rolls Royce, The Great Race, Excuse My Dust. To a lesser extent, Christine (the book is much better). Here's a very cool Russian comedy (with subtitles) about 30 years in the life of a Zhiguli (Lada) car and its various owners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2g-NuaOuNs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Don't have a favorite per se, but I'm always on the lookout for the cars in pre-1980 movies and tv shows. TCM is great for old car spotting. Last night TCM showed "The Children's Hour" which was heavy stuff for 1961. The rich parents of the boarding school girls were driving late-50s/early 60s Imperials, Lincoln Continentals, and Cadillac limousines. The old-money biddy who caused the trouble was chauffeured in a 40s blind-quarter Cadillac 75. The kinds of cars rural folk like us saw only in movies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterc9 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thunder Road With Bob Mitchum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beaty,also China Town. Edited March 27, 2021 by Buick35 Add more (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 The Sting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies! (Monte Carlo Or Bust!) from 1969. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 The Sting, China Town , Rocketeer , All through the night ( Buick 90 series sedans), Some Like It Hot ( Lincoln model L hearse). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den41Buick Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 "Harlem Nights" with Eddy Murphy. Too many cars to mention them all. All in the 1930's like Packard, Pierce Arrow, Buick, Chrysler, Chevrolet, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flivverking Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Bullitt ,1968 with Steve McQueen The Great Race ,1965 A horrabble yet funny enough B grade or C movie, "Charge of the Model T's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Bullet and the Great Race are both good. A lot of old movies have some great car spotting in them, but not necessarily 'car movies'. One in particular is Dazed and Confused. I guess I can go full tilt into the redneck category and say that the best car movie has to be Smokey and the Bandit! I wont pretend to be an intellectual (which Im not, lol), just show my true spirit of how a good entertaining movie should be. Not heavy on the plot, and entertaining. fwiw, I read at one time that this was one of Alfred Hitchocks favorite movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flivverking Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Oh ya! The best old car chase movie. "If I Had a Million" 1932 A story of several folks who get million dollars and what they do with it. One vignett is W.C.Fields with Allison Skipworth/ wife buys a new 32 Ford Phaeton only to have is run into and wrecked by a bad driver. He gets million bucks given to him by an eccentric and buys a fleet used large touring cars and hires drivers for them. Then he and his wife proceed to chase down all the road hoggs they can find and run them off the road one by one. At the end he buys a new 32 Ford sedan only to have it side swiped as he pulls out of the dealership. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 50 minutes ago, TAKerry said: Bullet and the Great Race are both good. A lot of old movies have some great car spotting in them, but not necessarily 'car movies'. One in particular is Dazed and Confused. I guess I can go full tilt into the redneck category and say that the best car movie has to be Smokey and the Bandit! I wont pretend to be an intellectual (which Im not, lol), just show my true spirit of how a good entertaining movie should be. Not heavy on the plot, and entertaining. fwiw, I read at one time that this was one of Alfred Hitchocks favorite movies. Mine too!🤠 Hitchcock used some pretty interesting cars in his movies too. "Psycho" was heavy on 58-59 Ford products, and the 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 in "The Birds" was, to me, as well-cast as any of the actors. Though I hated seeing that Buick get incinerated... keep telling meself in 1963 it was just an out-of-style used car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Back to the Future Part 2. Everything from 1940’s to various actual concept cars. https://www.imcdb.org/m96874.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustycrusty Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A tie: "Two Lane Blacktop" (1971) and "The Reivers" (1969) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklinman Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 City Heat (with Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Racks and racks of DVD and VHS. Earliest may be Harold Lloyd in "Speedy". Hardest to find was the first "Gone in 60 Seconds" with the original soundtrack. Have "Vanishing Point" with the Charlotte Rampling scene and "Gumball Rally" with the Jag sequences. "Rodin" is often overlooked. Have collections of "Smokey and the Bandit" (original is quintessential American spirit though had to "import" Olympia to Florida also) and "Fast and Furious" (could shift an M22 Muncie like that if ground every other tooth off the synchro rings - wasn't called a "Rock Crusher" for strength but because it sounded like you were crushing rocks... And several copies of TLB (Two Lane Blacktop). Ones that influenced me the most: both from 1966: "Grand Prix" and "A Man and a Woman". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete O Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Any Laurel and Hardy or any Little Rascals short. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 In spite of its future stars cast and cheesy plot, another movie where the car was the star is "The Wraith" (1986). Dodge's M4S Turbo Interceptor concept. And as bad as I hate to admit it there's little doubt the Oldsmobile Aerotechs took styling cues from that Dodge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flivverking Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A friend's brother ,a Corvett fan, liked a movie from 1977 "Corvett Summer".I think Luke SkyWalker was in it wearing diapers. I forget if it was any good.. I did see on release. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Vanishing Point. 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 None have come close. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Many had remakes that were not as good. I always called the 1997 Viggo Mortensen VP "Vanishing Turkey". For the extended version of Vanishing Point look for the bluish cover with two helicopters. ps +1 on "Lemans" but only Sly picked up coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 11 hours ago, John348 said: It's a Mad Mad Mad World Don't make them so sweet next time ! It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Tyler Fitzgerald - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger914 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Entertaining and educational: Tucker, a man and his dream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) A forgotten gem, which I'm sure is nobody's "favorite automobile movie" but really deserves an honorable mention here: Money Means Nothing (1934) A real B grade programmer from Monogram. It stars Wallace Ford and the lovely Gloria Shea. I stumbled across it a couple weeks ago on my Roku TV on the Prime Amazon channel. It is also available free on Youtube. I almost mentioned it here the following day, just for all the interesting car related scenes. The plot is not too deep but the first half of the movie showcases some very nice open touring cars and a great Packard roadster. Wallace Ford's character works in an aftermarket auto accessory store which gives an interesting look at some seldom seen automotive bling from the early 30's. Miss Shea's character keeps visiting the store and buying accessories as an excuse to see him (the poor Packard gets overloaded with horns, lights, etc.) It's only 63 minutes long and really worth a look for those of you who like the cars from this era. Plenty of heavier trucks too, in the second half. Edited March 27, 2021 by GregLaR (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Herbie Rides Again was one of my all time favorite movies for the first half of my life. All VW Beetles were Herbies to me. Were my favorite cars before I discovered the El Camino circa 1997/98. I also maintain that Cars is the best NASCAR movie even though not actually about NASCAR. Don't know if I have a favorite movie. I rarely watch any movies, average 3 a year. And hollywood likes to destroy old cars, and whenever they do that, I'm done with that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 For general entertainment, I like Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000. Music and old squad cars.....who needs more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akstraw Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I am surprised that nobody has said”Gone in 60 Seconds”. Maybe too late model for this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 47 minutes ago, GregLaR said: A forgotten gem, which I'm sure is nobody's "favorite automobile movie" but really deserves an honorable mention here: Money Means Nothing (1934) A real B grade programmer from Monogram. It stars Wallace Ford and the lovely Gloria Shea. I stumbled across it a couple weeks ago on my Roku TV on the Prime Amazon channel. It is also available free on Youtube. I almost mentioned it here the following day, just for all the interesting car related scenes. The plot is not too deep but the first half of the movie showcases some very nice open touring cars and a great Packard roadster. Wallace Ford's character works in an aftermarket auto accessory store which gives an interesting look at some seldom seen automotive bling from the early 30's. Miss Shea's character keeps visiting the store and buying accessories as an excuse to see him (the poor Packard gets overloaded with horns, lights, etc.) It's only 63 minutes long and really worth a look for those of you who like the cars from this era. Plenty of heavier trucks too, in the second half. Money Means Nothing (1934) - YouTube Totally agree ! Imagine if the quality of footage was as good as todays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 54 minutes ago, GregLaR said: By the 1960s this would have been called "product placement" and the manufacturers would have had to pay for it. But in the 1930s it was simply "location" and "set dressing". So US Tires (pre-Royal), Willard batteries and Champion plugs probably got some free advertising from this movie as did Packard. You have to wonder if it did any good in the Depression years. But I try to read a story or movie in context of its times instead of trying to hold them to modern standards and ethics.☺️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Kind of a car and truck movie but I've always liked it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Another great one: The Great Race, A spectacular land race from New York to Paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis), and the dastardly, black-suited Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon). While Fate's sidekick, Max (Peter Falk), attempts to sabotage Leslie and the other racers, Leslie finds an unlikely ally in Maggie DuBois (Natalie Wood), a suffragette and journalist-turned-racer whose car breaks down halfway through the event. https://www.google.com/search?q=the+great+race+full+movie&rlz=1C1YBKB_enUS506US544&biw=1600&bih=757&sxsrf=ALeKk03tT5MnGsy9wjLnOTcC-rtVgvFWwg%3A1616869963545&ei=S3pfYIzEINuttQaz_5KQCw&oq=the+great+race+full+movie&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAxQAFgAYM9RaABwAngAgAGQAYgBkAGSAQMwLjGYAQCqAQdnd3Mtd2l6wAEB&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjMlcz-jdHvAhXbVs0KHbO_BLIQ4dUDCA0 Fun cars, but Remarkable Cast, primarily featuring Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, and Peter Falk: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/fullcredits The Great Race (1965) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Blake Edwards Writing Credits Arthur A. Ross ... (screenplay) (as Arthur Ross) Blake Edwards ... (original story) & Arthur A. Ross ... (original story) (as Arthur Ross) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Jack Lemmon ... Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick Tony Curtis ... The Great Leslie Natalie Wood ... Maggie Dubois Peter Falk ... Maximilian Meen Keenan Wynn ... Hezekiah Sturdy Arthur O'Connell ... Henry Goodbody Vivian Vance ... Hester Goodbody Dorothy Provine ... Lily Olay Larry Storch ... Texas Jack Ross Martin ... Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe George Macready ... General Kuhster Marvin Kaplan ... Frisbee Hal Smith ... Mayor of Boracho Denver Pyle ... Sheriff of Boracho William Bryant ... Baron's Guard (as Bill Bryant) Ken Wales ... Baron's Guard Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Victor Adamson ... Barfly (uncredited) Richard Alexander ... Barfly (uncredited) Leon Alton ... Townsman (uncredited) Walter Bacon ... Reporter (uncredited) Brandon Beach ... Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited) Herman Belmonte ... Barfly (uncredited) Bill Borzage ... Townsman (uncredited) Paul Bryar ... Policeman (uncredited) Robert Carson ... Vice Chairman (uncredited) Bill Catching ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Noble 'Kid' Chissell ... Auto Worker (uncredited) Charles Cirillo ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Joseph Crehan ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Blake Edwards ... Guy with Moustache (uncredited) Frank Ellis ... Barfly (uncredited) Joe Evans ... Executive Board Member (uncredited) Joe Ferrante ... Barfly (uncredited) Bob Folkerson ... Barfly (uncredited) Fritz Ford ... Cowboy (uncredited) George Ford ... Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited) Charles Fredericks ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) Jack Gordon ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Sol Gorss ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Duke Green ... Barfly (uncredited) Silver Harr ... Barfly (uncredited) Sam Harris ... Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited) Harry Harvey ... Executive Board Member (uncredited) Al Haskell ... Barfly (uncredited) Chester Hayes ... Man in Bear Suit (uncredited) Chuck Hayward ... Soldier (uncredited) Jack Henderson ... Executive Board Member (uncredited) Lars Hensen ... Reporter (uncredited) Bob Herron ... Palace Guard (uncredited) Chuck Hicks ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) George Holmes ... Reporter (uncredited) Charles Horvath ... Texas Jack's Henchman / Baker in Pie Fight (uncredited) Clegg Hoyt ... Man in Saloon (uncredited) Roy Jenson ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Kenner G. Kemp ... Townsman (uncredited) Patricia King ... Woman in West (uncredited) Frank Kreig ... Starter (uncredited) Mike Lally ... Bettor (uncredited) Carl M. Leviness ... Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited) King Lockwood ... Executive Board Member (uncredited) Carey Loftin ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Mathew McCue ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Philo McCullough ... Townsman (uncredited) Francis McDonald ... Russian (uncredited) Rod McGaughy ... Barfly (uncredited) J. Edward McKinley ... Chairman (uncredited) King Mojave ... Reporter (uncredited) Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Richard Mosier ... Boy Eating Popcorn (uncredited) Hal Needham ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Joyce Nizzari ... The Crown Prince's dance partner (uncredited) Daniel Nunez ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Owen Orr ... Soldier (uncredited) Joe Palma ... Conductor (uncredited) Harvey Parry ... Cowboy Shooting Gun in Saloon (uncredited) Gil Perkins ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Jack Perkins ... Texas Jack Henchman (uncredited) Charles Perry ... Townsman (uncredited) Fred Rapport ... Barfly (uncredited) Raoul Retzer ... Mayor-Domo (uncredited) John Rice ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Hal Riddle ... Baker (uncredited) Christopher Riordan ... Cowboy / Dancer (uncredited) Robert Robinson ... Barfly (uncredited) Clark Ross ... Reporter (uncredited) Danny Sands ... Barfly (uncredited) Maria Schroeder ... Woman in Tobelsk (uncredited) Jerry Schumacher ... Auto Worker (uncredited) Charles Seel ... Freight Agent (uncredited) Sarah Selby ... Townswoman (uncredited) Alex Sharp ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Johnny Silver ... Baker (uncredited) Leslie Sketchley ... Executive Board Member (uncredited) Carl Sklover ... Townsman (uncredited) Paul Smith ... First Employee (uncredited) Tom Smith ... Barfly (uncredited) Cap Somers ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Tom Steele ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Robert R. Stephenson ... Bishop at Coronation (uncredited) Norman Stevans ... Observer at Start (uncredited) Bert Stevens ... Townsman (uncredited) Art Stewart ... (uncredited) Frank D. Strong ... Trombonist in Marching Band (uncredited) Charles Sullivan ... Townsman (uncredited) Arthur Tovey ... Reporter (uncredited) George Tracy ... Barfly (uncredited) John Truax ... Prison Guard (uncredited) Dale Van Sickel ... Driver-Contestant in Green Car, #3 (uncredited) Max Wagner ... Barfly (uncredited) Jesse Wayne ... Barfly (uncredited) Harry Wilson ... 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padgett Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 "surprised that nobody has said”Gone in 60 Seconds”. " Musta missed my post "Hardest to find was the first "Gone in 60 Seconds" with the original soundtrack" Cage one is meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Man Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I didn't take us that long to catch Dillinger... My favorite is Public Enemies 2009, but I was in that one... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Two Tars.with Laurel & Hardy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019504/mediaviewer/rm1233575169/i The destroy dozens of pre 1928 cars. Sad but funny. Edited March 27, 2021 by Paul Dobbin (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Cannoball Run (Lambo) is a poor second to Gumball Rally. Just the New York morning sounds are worth it. Don't forget Plan Alpha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car crazy Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) An Honorable Mention to one of my favorites, 1964's Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon and Romy Schneider. Jack Lemmon really puts the '64 Thunderbird convertible through its paces through the streets of San Francisco, trying to cover over billboards before daybreak.. Edited March 27, 2021 by car crazy (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gray Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 The worlds fastest Indian and Ford VS. Ferrari 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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