Sorted by Hot Rod magazine:

http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/hdrp_0610_top_car_movies/index.html

All of these films are available on DVD. I have marked films that are missing from IMCDb or need some work.


1. American Graffiti (1973)
2. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
3. Vanishing Point (1971)
4. Bullitt (1968)
5. The Gumball Rally (1976)
6. Thunder Road (1958) <--- missing
7. Dirty Marry, Crazy Larry (1974)
8. Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
9. The Blues Brothers (1980)
10. The Hollywood Knights (1980)
11. Mad Max (1979)
12. The Road Warrior (1981)
13. Le Mans (1971)
14. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
15. Corvette Summer (1978) <--- needs some work
16. More American Graffiti (1979)
17. Funny Car Summer (1974) <--- missing
18. Cannonball (1976)
19. White Lightning (1973) <--- missing
20. Death Race 2000 (1975)
21. Eat My Dust! (1976) <--- missing
22. The Lively Set (1964) <--- needs some work
23. The French Connection (1971)
24. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
25. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
26. Ronin (1998)
27. Against All Odds (1984) <-- needs work?
28. Christine (1983)
29. Cobra (1986)
30. Hot Rod (1950) <--- missing
31. Hot Rod Girl (1956) <--- missing
32. The Cannonball Run (1981)
33. The Driver (1978)
34. Used Cars (1980)
35. Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
36. Hot Rods to Hell (1967) <--- missing
37. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
38. Goldfinger (1964)
39. The Italian Job (1969)
40. The Fast and The Furious (2001)


Plus ten best car movies not available on DVD(?).

1. Heart Like a Wheel (1983) <--- missing
2. The California Kid (1974)
3. The Last American Hero (1973) <--- missing
4. King of the Mountain (1981) <--- missing
5. Greased Lightning (1977) <--- missing
6. Johnny Dark (1954) <--- missing
7. Grand Prix (1966) <--- needs work?
8. Moonrunners (1975) <--- missing
9. The Racers (1955) <--- missing
10. To Please a Lady (1950) <--- missing

What's you're favorite car movie ? And who want's to start chasing these missing films ?

Hot Rods to Hell was a lame and boring movie. Why isn't The Getaway listed? Or Grand Theft Auto? Those were much better than Hot Rods to Hell.

Yes, the page is not complete: two main cars were added by Mozinor and I added some from a chase that CarChasesFanatic sent me. So only few minutes of the movie were "processed".

I wonder what Hot Rod's criteria were ? Number of cars (e.g. "Blues Brothers"), or action involving only a FEW cars (e.g. "
Bullitt"). IMHO, the BEST EVER car movie was "Tin Men", with Richard Dreyfuss and Dany de Vito ...but that's because Cadillacs abound in it!

I like 'The Great Race' cause its just fun to watch.

I love Ronin

Herbie the Love Bug was good.

I recorded Thunder Road. The revenuers are driving a 57 Chevy at the end and the car used for the big wreck is a 57 Ford Fairlane (500?). At first Bob Mitchum's character has a 49 or 50 Ford. I don't know a lot about uploading pics, but I would like to do this one. I would also like to create a site for only vehicles used in the Lassie TV series.

I saw Hot Rods to Hell. The father's car is a 1961 Plymouth and there is a souped-up 58-60 Corvette that chases them. A minor role is played by a 1959 Oldsmobile 98 that is later wrecked as a result of the hot rod kids who mistake it for the Plymouth as they are terrorizing the father's family who is traveling by night across the desert to find the police.

btw why isn't Its A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in the list?

I liked that one too. Very funny. All the characters were enjoyable.

I don't know. Maybe the vehicles were too standard for their tastes?


Just a guess, BTW.


Oh, as for Greased Lightning (1977), that movie had a mid-1970's Ford F-Series in the pit during a scene with a race that took place in 1965. It still sucks that it isn't on DVD.