Saturday, March 09, 2019

Robert wants to complete his list of Hollywood racing movies, can you think of any he's missing?






https://letterboxd.com/retrohound/list/racing-movies/

which has me thinking, why hasn't Denzel made a racing movie? I'd like to see him as a racing driver

First ones that come to mind for me are:

American Graffiti
Cars (Pixar)
Vanishing Point
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (early Gran Prix races) https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/if-you-wanted-to-see-most-similar-races.html
Catch Me If You Can - one from the 80s I love but no on else has seen
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/for-fun-1980s-street-racing-movie-about.html
King Of The Mountain (Harry Hamlin, Dennis Hopper, Dan Haggerty, Seymour Cassel) https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/08/king-of-mountain-street-racing-movie.html
the new Herbie with Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, and Lindsay Lohan
Thunderbolt with Jackie Chan https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-movie-thunderbolt-jackie-chan-1999.html
Smokey and the Bandit
Super Speedway
Once Upon A Wheel (and Super Speedway, both narrated by Paul Newman)
The Lively Set
Funny Car Summer https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/funny-car-summer-documentary-movie.html
Hot Rod Girl https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/screen-shots-from-1958-movie-hot-rod.html
the newer Death Race remake with Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson and Ian McShane
Clutch The Movie
Hit and Run
The Car
Ronin
The Italian Job
Bullitt?
The Big Wheel, Mickey Rooney

and in Foriegn Films,
Fiances De La Morte https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/01/i-fidazati-della-morte-1956-brought-out.html
and that camera on the bumper racing through Paris movie... Rendez-vous  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/07/for-next-8-minutes-you-will-hear-race.html

So, don't use my comment section, email Robert. He's the one working this, not me
It's his project, not my post.

8 comments:

  1. "The Fast and the Furious"

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    1. already there, 2nd to last row, middle.

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    2. No, not those movies Jesse. This one is from 1955 with John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. https://youtu.be/QfKQcDpXQE8

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  2. I think you may have missed Cannonball Run II and Two Lane Blacktop

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  3. "Rat Race" and "Baby Driver" come to mind. I didn't see baby driver so it might not be about racing.

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  4. Just my 2 cents, is that there are heist movies with car chase scenes, like Baby Driver and Ronin, but they are not movies about racing. Also, once a movie like Cannonball has been mentioned, whats the point of mentioning every sequel?

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  5. Maybe not technically a racing movie but it has cars racing. Thunder Road is one of my favorites.

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