The Great 70s Car-Chase Movies Battle

I imagine I am probably forgetting several movies I've never heard of/seen...

2LBT is a race not a chase

You forgot Brewster McCloud! But it's forgiven. (Stupid Warner Bros.)

...and I guess The french Connection doesn't count since it's a car/train chase.

I've been trying to find a rental DVD of Brewster McCloud for some time now and still haven't seen it :(

my qualifiers for this poll were mostly that the movie must take place primarily on the road, with the car/drivers as the central plot focus

I've been trying to find a rental DVD of Brewster McCloud for some time now and still haven't seen it :(

...cause there isn't one! Hence the "stupid Warner bros.". It's been out on laser disc though.

... and the VHS copies I've found for rent have been totally worn-out/unwatchable.

I am annoyed that large chunks of Altman's catalog do not seem to be on DVD.

I guess Smokey and the Bandit is more watchable, but I'm going with Death Race 2000 for the awesome awkward sex scene in the night between the days of racing, and because of the Stallone factor.

Morbs OTM

I'm surprised there haven't been any "I can't believe you forgot ________" posts, surely there's more...

anyway I suspect Two-Lane Blacktop will win but all love for Dennis Wilson aside I prefer Vanishing Point

I have only seen Vanishing Point, it was pretty alright

I'm surprised there haven't been any "I can't believe you forgot ________" posts, surely there's more...

Okay then:

Gumball Rally
Gone In 60 Seconds
Smokey and the Bandit 2
Cannonball Run

..not forgeting mention Duel, Race With The Devil and Mad Max.

and Grand Theft Auto.

most of those aren't from the 70s... plus Duel was strictly TV-movie, right...?

good call on Gumball Rally tho, I've never seen that

They are all from the 70's except Smokey 2 - 1980 and Cannonball Run (1981).

haha wow I had no idea Nicholas Cage's "Gone in 60 Seconds" was a remake!

Being 7 years old in 1975 I saw most of these first time around - this was the principle genre of interest for my friends and I, along with the works of Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill and James Bond films. Star Wars changed that a bit.

The original Gone In 60 Seconds was the ultimate movie ever made for us at the time. I recall spending a summer "playing" Gone In 60 Seconds.

Longest Yard?

Jeez, how did I forget Cannonball? Two Carradines!

Le Mans

Hooper is another good one as it is a car chase movie about guys making car chase movies.

Of course you could just name about every Burt Reynolds movie, as there are also big car chases all over White Lightning and Gator.

Then you also have the Sam Pekinpaugh epic Convoy which fits into this genre somehow.

Oh yeah, you also might could include Spielburg's first movie Duel, which is Dennis Weaver being chased down by a mad semi driver for 90 minutes.

For shame! How could you forget The Driver? 1978, dir by Walter Hill, Ryan O'Neal as "The Driver", Bruce Dern as "The Detective", Isabelle Adjani as "The Player", Ronee Blakley as "The Connection". Just so damn cool!

Smokey and GoodFellas are the only movies I regularly quote lines from.

"You can't polish a turd!"

too bad bullitt is 60s.

calling two-lane blacktop a car-chase movie is like calling l'avventura a suspense thriller.

I wouldn't even say it's a race, it's more like a prolonged mental breakdown.

Freebie & the Bean, COME ON!

Death Race 2000 for me, which had more social commentary than i expected

The Hunter, available for a dollar or two at any Walgreen's.

Le Mans

Unbelievably OTM.

The Seven-Ups = 70s version of Bullitt

And yeah, The Driver really needs to be on this list.

plus Duel was strictly TV-movie, right...?

Not exactly. It got a theatrical release in Europe.

This movie also needs to be listed: http://www.rendezvousdvd.com/

All of you are wrong. You must look to England.
Luckily some blogger has put the record straight because I was in despair at not being able to find photographic evidence of this marvel. I give you, the
the car chase from Confessions of a Driving Instructor.

Actually, there's a lot that's missing from this list, need to add:

The Mechanic
The Car (Satan IS a car!)
Corvette Summer
THX 1138
Highway Racer
Race With The Devil
Crash!
The Destructors
Big Guns (lots of 70s Eurocars in this: Citroens, BMWs)
The California Kid
Speedtrap
What's Up Doc?
The Cars That Ate Paris
Cleopatra Jones (the ubiquitous chase down the LA River)
Shaft's Big Score

most of the 70s James Bond movies had pretty good car chases too.

most of the 70s James Bond movies had pretty good car chases too.

And great boat chases in the case of Let and Let Die iirc.

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wtf THX 113 is a sci-fi film. Cleopatra Jones and Shaft's Big Score are blaxploitation films. Film with car chase /= car film.

vanishing point is devastating and made me think u_u

http://www.cinemarts.com/itemimages/item_1480_1.jpg

wtf THX 113 is a sci-fi film. Cleopatra Jones and Shaft's Big Score are blaxploitation films. Film with car chase /= car film.

And they all have great car chases in them!

Besides, you didn't even know that Gone In 60 Seconds was a remake. What kind of car movie fan are you? Come back after you've seen Gumball Rally then I'll take you seriously.

dan m otm

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wtf did all the Two-Lane Blacktop lovers refuse to vote in protest or what

Man I'da voted for Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry if I knew no one else was going to.

wtf did all the Two-Lane Blacktop lovers refuse to vote in protest or what

HI DERE

This poll desperately needs to be redone.

Continue to be puzzled over the general antipathy towards The Sugarland Express.

jesus how muddled were the terms defined here? car-chase films includes some films w/o car chases but disqualifies some w/ car chases. anyhow would've voted the seven ups if it had been included, maybe my all time fave car chase -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vACWV5sRcY

Puppet on a Chain has a pretty entertaining boat chase

also watched The 7 Ups last night, I'd never heard of it until YT recommended it to me. Liked it, car chase was okay but not the highlight.