# Best car chase scene? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129 "2002-09-29T19:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/1 "2002-09-29T19:08:38Z")
Everyone brags up _The French Connection_, but after re-watching it today…well, _The Italian Job_ has a better chase, and pre-dates _TFC_ by eight years. This summer’s _The Bourne Identity_ is my favorite, I think. But then there’s _The Blues Brothers_, which **HAS** to have the best chase scene EVER - unless you include _Cannonball Run_, which may or may not beat Jake and Elroy. What’s your favorite? ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/2 "2002-09-29T19:11:54Z")
Go. By far the most exciting chase scene I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/3 "2002-09-29T19:23:44Z")
My 2 all time favourites: [Ronin](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122690) [Bullit](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062765) Another great fast car film is a French film called [Taxi](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0152930). ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/4 "2002-09-29T20:58:02Z")
More votes for _The Italian Job_ and _Ronin_. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/5 "2002-09-29T21:52:34Z")
Blues Brothers is great. To live and Die in L.A. has a fantastic chase scene also. Is the Italian Job the one with the Austin Minis in the tunnals and the van haning off the end of the cliff? If not, anyone recognize that? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/6 "2002-09-29T22:19:52Z")
Another for Blues Bros. And **chiquey** , it’s Jake and Elwood. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/7 "2002-09-29T22:24:21Z")
:rolleyes: Blonde. Polock. [sub]And I say Elroy all the TIME, too! Why do I do that? I love that movie! I almost have it memorized! And I STILL call him Elroy!![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/8 "2002-09-30T01:22:34Z")
**Bullitt**. Superior to “The French Connection” because McQueen wasn’t just driving in a straight line. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/9 "2002-09-30T01:22:37Z")
Since no one has mentioned it, I’ll nominate the assault on the tanker truck that ends _The Road Warrior_. > [@](#): > > Is the Italian Job the one with the Austin Minis in the tunnals and the van haning off the end of the cliff? Got it in one. Oh, and for those who may not know, within the next couple weeks (finally!) _The Italian Job_ should be released on Region 1 DVD. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/10 "2002-09-30T01:54:31Z")
Troy McClure in _The Great Frisco Freak-Out_. All I could think of on short notice. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/11 "2002-09-30T01:55:47Z")
Third for _Bullitt_. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/12 "2002-09-30T01:56:54Z")
The Vespa chase through the Paris Metro in **Diva.** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/13 "2002-09-30T02:48:59Z")
In order… **Bullitt To Live and Die in LA Ronin** ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/14 "2002-09-30T02:53:01Z")
The one where Sheriff Coltrane tries to jump the ravine and lands in the middle of the lake, then as he gets out the car window, he takes off his hat and finds a fish in it ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/15 "2002-09-30T03:27:21Z")
_The Bourne Identity_ came to mind immediately when I read the thread title. Not only exciting, but almost believable. And the end of the chase was completely classic. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/16 "2002-09-30T05:13:51Z")
I too pick **The Road Warrior** and also nominate the truck/ car chase in **Raiders of the Lost Ark**. ---
**Author:** ![Philo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Philo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/17 "2002-09-30T05:36:22Z")
I’ll nominate the car chase from _Who Am I_ , a Jackie Chan movie. It had acrobatic maneuvers, an amazing parking job, and the always entertaining fruit stand. Then again, I’m a sucker for the fruit stand… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/18 "2002-09-30T07:37:38Z")
Not the typical car chase, but worth mentioning here, _Rendezvous_ by Claude Lelouch. A nine-minute film made by bolting a camera to the front of a Ferrari and driving balls-to-the-wall across Paris in the early morning. No stunt driver. No closed streets. No permission. If he wasn’t at top end on the Champs Elysees, he was pretty damn close. The first time the movie was shown, he was arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/19 "2002-09-30T14:21:36Z")
Those are all great; I’m happy to hear _The Italian Job_ is coming out on DVD. Love those Minis. I thought there should be one vote for a James Bond movie. I really like the scene in _Goldfinger_ where Bond is trying to get away from a miriad of henchmen in his tricked-out Astin Martin (please correct me if I got the car wrong). He uses the ejection seat (to get rid of an unwanted guest) and various other gadgets, but mostly uses the car’s agility and his own quick reflexes, only to be tricked himself into running head-on into a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129/20 "2002-09-30T14:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > Bullitt_\*. Superior to “The French Connection” because McQueen wasn’t just driving in a straight line. \*\* Then there’s **The Hunter** , where he’s driving in circles. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-chase-scene/130129.md?page=2)