Favorite car movies? (Or "make my Netflix que awesome!")

JoeyM wrote: Currently in the intro credits of Redline 7000 (vintage nascar)

They made a movie out of that??

They had that book on the rack in my junior high library. I only made it halfway through before someone else perma-borrowed it.

Born 2 Race. It's super cheesy, but worth a watch on netflix. I enjoyed it thoroughly all said and done, has a lot of real car guy's cars in it.

Knurled wrote:

JoeyM wrote: Currently in the intro credits of Redline 7000 (vintage nascar)

They made a movie out of that?? They had that book on the rack in my junior high library. I only made it halfway through before someone else perma-borrowed it.

back in 1965

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_7000

I'm currently watching PBS's documentary about Horatio Nelson Jackson driving across the continent in a 1903 Winton touring car

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Horatio_s_Drive_America_s_First_Road_Trip/60030216?trkid=496624
http://www.pbs.org/horatio/

BTW, Bud the dog was his co-pilot

http://www.pbs.org/horatio/car/image03.html

<img src="http://www.pbs.org/horatio/car/images/image_03.jpg" /> Jackson and Crocker purchased an acetylene headlamp for night driving, after realizing that the Winton's oil-powered side lanterns were "useless to illuminate the road." The front of the car also proved a convenient spot to attach a spare tire.

I just finished Two Lane Blacktop, and find it funny that I recognized Tail of the Dragon from a tiny bit of parking lot and a view in the background from a restaurant window! (If someone mentioned it early in this thread I had forgotten.)

I also am not surprised it didn't win an Oscar. "Best acting without an emotion" might have been a shoe-in though. Fun for the car racing scenes but man it was a dry sober movie, and the ending??

Jerry wrote: I also am not surprised it didn't win an Oscar. "Best acting without an emotion" might have been a shoe-in though. Fun for the car racing scenes but man it was a dry sober movie, and the ending??

Look at it more as a movie about early 70s America than street drag racing. Like Easy Rider or Vanishing Point.

Bumping this cause winning: the racing life of paul newman is on prime

In case no one's mentioned "Weekend with a champion". Spend a weekend following around Jackie Stewart in 1971(?) at Monaco, and it's amazing on many levels.

..... BULLITT, 120 minutes of slow moving cop show with 5 minutes of the best ever chase scene.

two lane blacktop and american graffiti are my favorites.

Gonchi is on Netflix, although I couldn't really get into it.

Dust to Glory was still on as of a few weeks ago.

30 for 30 about Tim Richmond was a good watch.

If you want to spot cool cars and watch a crazy car chase every hour, the entire Rockford Files series is on there. Currently my favorite show.

aussiesmg wrote: ..... BULLITT, 120 minutes of slow moving cop show with 5 minutes of the best ever chase scene.

I'm not going to lie, I tried to watch it with my dad and I fell asleep. He woke me up when the chase scene was on.

MadScientistMatt wrote:

Gearheadotaku wrote: If you're ok with some anime, try Gunsmith cats, Riding Bean and eX-Driver.

And Initial D.

Tried watching Initial D. HATED IT.

Also would like to add Redline (The anime movie, not the crap live-action Eddy Griffin movie.) It's completely crazy and over-the-top and nonsensical, but it's pretty cool. It's like an all-out nuclear war on your senses.

aussiesmg wrote: ..... BULLITT, 120 minutes of slow moving cop show with 5 minutes of the best ever chase scene.

The chase scene is actually almost 11 minutes in length. I own this movie and have watched it a few times and the plot still kind of baffles me.

It's interesting to note that Steve McQueen double-clutch upshifts so many times he ought to have been in 30th gear by the end of the chase and the Charger loses 7 hubcaps over the course of the scene. Also they pass the same dark green VW about 4 times. And in real life, the 440 Charger would have absolutely flat-out outran the 390 Mustang. The 440 was a performer, the 390 really wasn't. The stuntmen even remarked in a later interview that they had to keep holding back on the Chargers otherwise they would lose the Mustang.

Also kind of cool, every firefighter, cop and EMT shown was actually that profession in real life. They were committed to realism so they hired the actual things, instead of training actors.

How could you leave A Man and a Woman off of your list?

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe A Man and aa Woman was too long ago.

Nearly all the films in this (old) thread are no longer available via streaming.

In reply to Jerry:

Road to Daytona starring Kent Wright & Don Kieth The Checkered Flag Directed by William Grefe Red Lined Starring Steve Bisley, Damian Bradford, Allison Cratchley The Jaguar E Type archive PP Productions
Pit Pass. And My personal Favorite 1986 Grand Bahammas Starring Stirling Moss , Steve Kline and Myself!!!!

I did not go through the whole thread to see if this one is on it, but watched this tonight, sub titles and all, sorry if its all ready been listed.

Initial D

Its a Japanese movie, so there is drifting, down hill mountain racing. Looks like they had some one that understood driving cars involved, smooth driving, superior driver, inferior car beating everyone else theme. No outrageous CGI stuff.

Also, add the documentary "Love the Beast" about Eric Bana, Nero from Star Trek, and the car he had since he was a teen.

There is a new series called Abstract. Its an art/design doc but the 3rd episode or so is Ralph Gilles the global design guy for FCA. Kind of interesting.

Roger Corman death race 2050. It's a sequel. For the love of God do not watch. It possesses none of the schlock of the original. Nor the boobs .

Thread back from the dead... I did watch the Initial D movie, I liked it. I tried the animated and turned it off 5 minutes into the first episode. But the live-action was pretty good.

I'll have to check out the Abstract series, saw it pop up on suggested and didn't really pay attention to it.

And I did watch DR 2050. It was pretty much crap, but ok for a boring Sunday in the cold. (Should have popped in my DR 2000 DVD instead.)

NickD wrote: Tried watching Initial D. HATED IT.

I spent 2 years in Japan during high school, so I got really into Initial D. It really captures (at least one aspect of) Japanese car culture. We were based in Hiroshima, but I also spent a lot of time in Osaka and Kobe, where people were crazy about cars.

The Initial D animated series is much, much more enjoyable in Japanese. More than cars, there's a whole lot in the series that gets into class issues, gender conflicts, family dynamics, social responsibilities, and other elements that feel very familiar to someone who is from that part of the world. I'm not sure a lot of that stuff gets through (or makes any sense) unless you know a lot about life in "the East."

Apex is currently on Netflix. Thought it was a great film.

Watched On Any Sunday this evening, it's currently on YouTube for free.

32 Hours 7 Minutes is pretty good. Has the potential to be better, but I've watched it more than a few times.

Thunder Road. Robert Mitchum plays a young bootleg runner. Set in the early 50s, its interesting to see what was considered to be a hot engine build and how slow a fast car was back then.