# What's the best chase scene in a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953 "2002-11-15T23:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/1 "2002-11-15T23:53:34Z")
General consensus seems to be: - Bullit The French Connection The Road Warrior \* I vote for \* The Road Warrior. \* Feel perfectly free to come up with other suggestions–I’d like to get a look a great chase scene I haven’t seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/2 "2002-11-16T00:09:42Z")
I think we did this like a month ago, but many people think that **Ronin** has the best car chase scene ever filmed. And I tend to agree. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/3 "2002-11-16T00:21:54Z")
Not even close. The best chase scene _ever_ was at the end of **What’s Up, Doc?**. I mean, it has a Chinese dragon and everything. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/4 "2002-11-16T00:56:45Z")
_Fletch._ The bit where he pretends to be an exterminator is classic. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/5 "2002-11-16T01:35:27Z")
The other thread was about the best car chase, this one just says “best chase”. The answer, of course, is _The General_. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/6 "2002-11-16T01:54:48Z")
There’s a skateboarding movie called “Gleaming the Cube” in which there is a spectacular chase scene. Granted, the person being chased in on a skateboard, but it’s quite amazing nonetheless. It’s on HBO or Cinemax frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/7 "2002-11-16T02:41:35Z")
When I read the thread title the first thing I thought of was **What’s Up, Doc?** 😃 I need to see that again. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/8 "2002-11-16T02:44:44Z")
\*_The Blues Brothers_ Several scenes in the movie, including driving through the mall, and falling, and falling… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/9 "2002-11-16T03:10:19Z")
It’s gotta be Bullitt. It wasn’t just an exciting chase scene, it was also cool at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![moonchilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@moonchilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonchilde)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/10 "2002-11-16T03:21:12Z")
Most exciting…Bullit Best…the chase with the exterminator truck in mel brook’s “silent movie”. thank you henny youngman 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/11 "2002-11-16T04:24:46Z")
I really liked the car chase from **The Man Who Knew Too Little**. Bill Murray leads the cops on a chase through a construction zone, knocking over all of the cones (I’ve always wanted to do that!) and finally they end up chasing each other around a roundabout. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/12 "2002-11-16T04:40:55Z")
I think the chase scene through the asteroid field in _The Empire Strikes Back_ is cooler than all get out. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/13 "2002-11-16T08:41:56Z")
“To Live and Die In L.A.” gets my heart pumping just typing the title. “The French Connection” was pretty good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ickle\_Jay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ickle\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ickle_Jay)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/14 "2002-11-16T11:08:04Z")
I’d go for the car chase in Dragnet, where they crash into that stall full of soft toys 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/15 "2002-11-16T13:08:56Z")
Mel Brooks’ _Silent Movie,_ in which the chase causes a VW Squareback, owned by an exterminator, to go out of control. It crashes into an unused bus bench and the inertia throws the plastic fly on the roof onto a table at an outdoor cafe, onto a bowl of soup. The customer is Henny Youngman; his dialog title card says, “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” _Mighty Joe Young,_ an old favorite. Jill, Greg, and Max O’Hara race against time and the local police to haul Joe out to the harbor. On the way they are interrupted by: 1. A bum looking for a free ride; he sees Joe and runs around screaming, until a cop hauls him in; he speaks some strange language to a desk sergeant who says, “Wait a minute! That’s my old man’s lingo!” I never did understand that… 😕 2. A surly truck driver who almost collides with the van; he starts to throw a punch at Greg, who decks him. Greg and Jill put Joe in the truck and continue. 3. A soft patch of mud–they’re on a dirt road–that the truck gets stuck in, until Joe lifts it out. 4. A burning orphanage. Joe redeems himself by rescuing three little kids–including a terrified three-year-old girl staggering about on a fourth-floor ledge. I’ll take these over _What’s Up, Doc?_ and _Blues Brothers_ any day. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/16 "2002-11-16T15:14:25Z")
I just watched _Ronin_ again last night, and lemme tell you, them’s some damn fine car chases. Narrow streets full of people and cars and vendors, driving through oncoming traffic, offroading in a sports car. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/17 "2002-11-16T15:56:59Z")
Frankenheimer(The Train, Grand Prix, Ronin and Reindeer Games amoung others) knows how to film an excellent chase scene. I think he experimented with Gran Prix a mediocre movie but the racing scenes are the template for Ronin.😉 ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/18 "2002-11-16T16:07:03Z")
The boat chases in _Face Off_ and _The World is Not Enough_. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/19 "2002-11-16T17:23:26Z")
In _Jurassic Park_ when the T-Rex is chasing the jeep and there is a shot of him in the mirror on which is printed, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953/20 "2002-11-16T18:54:27Z")
Gotta go with “The Blues Brothers,” although if you think about it, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” is very nearly one long chase scene. Also, although it isn’t a chase scene in the sense of somebody trying to escape somebody else or beat them to a destination, the fight scene in “The Quiet Man” is one of the best progressive scenes ever. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-chase-scene-in-a-movie/136953.md?page=2)