# Best chase movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986 "2005-08-28T16:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/1 "2005-08-28T16:50:38Z")
I have an idea for a chase movie. Let’s name all the best- heck, all the ones we can- chase films. A chase film, I define, is one in which a character or possibly characters is pursued by another character(s) as the main plot of the film. The Fugitive North by Northwest The Chase (the car chase movie with Charlie Sheen)- not very chase-y The Running Man- again, not a chase movie as I want Minority Report? There have been scores of man-becomes-part-of-government/secret conspiracy-and-must-flee films: Enemy of the State- w/ Will Smith Most Wanted- w/ Keenan Ivory Wayans The chase is on! ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/2 "2005-08-28T17:01:01Z")
My nominee is TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/3 "2005-08-28T19:48:26Z")
[Midnight Run](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095631/). ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/4 "2005-08-28T21:25:09Z")
[_B]Catch Me If You Can_\*\* is an obvious one, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/5 "2005-08-28T21:27:43Z")
IMO, the best chase movie ever is [Rumble In The Bronx](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113326/), but I haven’t been able to see [Banlieue 13](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/) yet. [Here’s a clip from Banlieue 13](http://poststuffx.entensity.net/080805/media.php?media=escape.wmv). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/6 "2005-08-28T21:29:34Z")
The Italian Job!! (Yes, the original) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/7 "2005-08-28T22:04:40Z")
**Smokey and the Bandit.** ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/8 "2005-08-28T22:05:49Z")
How about **Raiders of the Lost Ark**? Indy is chasing the Ark and the Nazis are chasing Indy. Intercontinental chasing! Jungle chasing! Truck chasing! Ship chasing! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/9 "2005-08-28T22:51:43Z")
**Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry** , if only for the final shot. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/10 "2005-08-29T00:38:41Z")
**Warriors** come out and play! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/11 "2005-08-29T01:02:36Z")
The chase in **Ronin** with Jean Reno is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/12 "2005-08-29T04:43:06Z")
I wouldn’t normally pipm a Spielberg movie, but [Duel](http://imdb.com/title/tt0067023/) has this for a plot: Dennis Weaver is chased by a truck for 90 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/13 "2005-08-29T04:49:46Z")
**The Road Warrior** is pretty much one continuous chase. Or a bunch of consecutive chases. Anyway, there’s a whole lotta chasin’ goin’ on. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/14 "2005-08-29T09:15:00Z")
I was going to say **To Live and Die in LA** and **Ronin,** but you guys beat me to it! Third fav: **The Transporter.** I loved that movie. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/15 "2005-08-29T09:30:07Z")
The 39 Steps Sink The Bismarck The Big Clock A Perfect World ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/16 "2011-04-23T04:18:30Z")
Yes, I know I’m reviving a 6 year old zombie, but I am enraged that no one in this thread mentioned _The Terminator_, the greatest chase film ever. Y’all musta been sleepin’ that week. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/17 "2011-04-23T04:54:24Z")
Well, now that we’re seeking brains, how about raising John Belushi with the _Blues Brothers_ dammit? They accrue pursuers the whole movie, whether police, country and/or western musicians, Illinois Nazis, and Carrie Fisher. The best chase part is the mall, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/18 "2011-04-23T04:56:39Z")
The Net ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/19 "2011-04-23T05:46:56Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Well, now that we’re seeking brains, how about raising John Belushi with the _Blues Brothers_ dammit? They accrue pursuers the whole movie, whether police, country and/or western musicians, Illinois Nazis, and Carrie Fisher. The best chase part is the mall, of course. That mall chase scene was shot in my home town of Harvey, IL. It was probably the first mall I ever visited. I also learned that the movie producers left the mall entirely wrecked and the city sued them for repairs – no idea of the outcome of that. The mall had closed down some years before and was an empty shell anyway, but TPTB had dreams of attracting new businesses to it. That never happened. Oh yeah, they had both kinds of musical pursuers, country AND western. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986/20 "2011-04-23T07:20:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That mall chase scene was shot in my home town of Harvey, IL. It was probably the first mall I ever visited. I also learned that the movie producers left the mall entirely wrecked and the city sued them for repairs – no idea of the outcome of that. The mall had closed down some years before and was an empty shell anyway, but TPTB had dreams of attracting new businesses to it. That never happened. > > Oh yeah, they had both kinds of musical pursuers, country AND western. Oh, cool. I guess I can now say that _the Net_ was partially filmed in my hometown - the bridge scene at least. I don’t think anything got destroyed, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chase-movies/318986.md?page=2)