# Movies best foot chases **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 26, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902 "2020-10-26T03:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/1 "2020-10-26T03:34:22Z")
I’ve always felt that Bullitt had the best car chase scene; but recognize Ronin is a favorite. I just watched The Firm and see it had the best foot chase scene that I’ve ever watched. What are some of the top foot chase scenes in movies that I can add to my viewing pleasure. As a bonus, I’m willing to entertain other car chase scenes that I may have missed or am unaware of. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/2 "2020-10-26T03:49:36Z")
The first one that comes to mind is the beginning of _Casino Royale_. [Here’s the scene on YouTube.](https://youtu.be/RqGZOVla1X0) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/3 "2020-10-26T03:50:46Z")
[The Naked Prey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Prey) is one long life-and-death foot chase, of a safari guide pursued by African tribesmen. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/4 "2020-10-26T03:54:03Z")
_Apocalypto_ had really well done, pulse-pounding foot chases. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/5 "2020-10-26T03:57:05Z")
There are tons of fabulous foot chances in 80’s/90’s Hong Kong cinema. The first one that comes to mind is the last 30ish minutes of Jackie Chan’s Police Story. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/6 "2020-10-26T04:16:12Z")
Maybe not the best but certainly one of the most memorable I’ve ever seen was the chase at the beginning of 1997’s _ **The Saint** _. The actors covered the four miles from Moscow’s Hotel Ukraina (now part of the Radisson chain) to Red Square in less than ten seconds. When this was shown in the cinema at Moscow’s first Radisson hotel, there was a loud gasp from everyone in the audience who knew the city’s geography (including me). ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/7 "2020-10-26T04:55:58Z")
For a good comedic chase, if you can still watch Bill Cosby without cringing, there’s the climacteric chase from the movie _Let’s Do It Again_. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/8 "2020-10-26T05:19:58Z")
Easy one for me. **The Secret In Their Eyes** , an Argentine film that won the 2009 Oscar for best foreign film. It’s a terrific movie for many reasons, one of which is an amazing foot chase inside a crowded soccer stadium. The entire chase is filmed in one long, complicated, unbroken take. I recommend in very highly. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/9 "2020-10-26T05:21:58Z")
I seem to recall a good one in _Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets_. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/10 "2020-10-26T05:24:38Z")
Pretty much all of _Rumble in the Bronx_ was what first came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/11 "2020-10-26T05:29:37Z")
Indeed. But police story is probably 150 times better. As a whole. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/12 "2020-10-26T05:32:33Z")
The sequence in the streets of Cairo in _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, which features several different foot chases – the bad guys chasing Marion, and then Indy chasing the bad guys after they nab her. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6EJU0lXgdTI/maxresdefault.jpg "Raiders of the Lost Ark: Cairo's hassle (1981) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EJU0lXgdTI) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/13 "2020-10-26T05:36:50Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > As a bonus, I’m willing to entertain other car chase scenes that I may have missed or am unaware of. I accept the bonus. Perhaps the OP missed _The Seven-Ups_ (1973) featuring (imo) the best car chase in any film: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9vACWV5sRcY/hqdefault.jpg "The Seven-Ups Car Chase (1973)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vACWV5sRcY) Unlike the _Bullitt_ scene, you actually see people on the streets in this clip. I think the sound editing is better as well. And topping it off is Richard Lynch smirking at Roy Scheider, a definite passenger improvement over the chubby guy in _Bullitt_. Note that the driver of the Pontiac Ventura in this scene is the same guy driving the Dodge Charger in _Bullitt_: Bill Hickman. He also did much of the stunt driving in _The French Connection_; and all three films were produced by Philip D’Antoni (he also directed _The Seven-Ups_). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/14 "2020-10-26T05:54:46Z")
I’ve always loved this scene from the original Point Break, where Keanu Reeves chases Patrick Swayze through a series of L.A.-area streets, alleyways, backyards and houses. Note especially the moment where Keanu gets hit in the face with a dog: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VF7dPKXwag4/hqdefault.jpg "Point Break - Chase Scene (Car & Foot Chase) (HQ) High Quality") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7dPKXwag4) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/15 "2020-10-26T06:12:01Z")
The 1990s version of _Last of the Mohicans_. Daniel Day Lewis is apparently one of only a handful of people who have mastered the art of loading a musket while running. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hZHzg381xy8/hqdefault.jpg "Last of the Mohicans - final chase - HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZHzg381xy8) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/16 "2020-10-26T06:51:27Z")
I thought the chase in Tangier in _The Bourne Ultimatum_ was excellent. In general, foot chases have gotten a lot more exciting with the growth of parkour (such as the aforementioned _Casino Royale_). I guess _District 13_ would be the _ur_-example. > [@Alessan](#): > > I’ve always loved this scene from the original Point Break That reminds me - the foot chases in _Hot Fuzz_, both chasing the shoplifter, and chasing the robed killer. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/17 "2020-10-26T09:33:46Z")
_Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner_ 1:23 to 1:42 for the chase. Roger Ebert “It is one of those movie sequences you know you will never forget.” Ebert’s full review: [The Fast Runner movie review & film summary (2002) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fast-runner-2002) Legit link to full movie: [https://gem.cbc.ca/media/media/films/atanarjuat-the-fast-runner/38e815a-010b3d46bd3](https://gem.cbc.ca/media/media/films/atanarjuat-the-fast-runner/38e815a-010b3d46bd3) ---
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There’s also a fight scene at 38:00 to 43:30. The film is remarkable and really needs to be taken in slowly and in its entirety to be grokked. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/19 "2020-10-26T11:52:42Z")
I like the chase scene in Raising Arizona after Nicolas Cage steals the Huggies. While parts of the chase is not on foot a lot of it is. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902/20 "2020-10-26T12:35:25Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’ve always loved this scene from the original Point Break, where Keanu Reeves chases Patrick Swayze through a series of L.A.-area streets, alleyways, backyards and houses. Agree Alessan. This is one of my go to ‘guy’ movies. Great photography in my humble opinion. And it even has a song by Concrete Blonde. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902.md?page=2)