The best movies with motor racing
Any Movie showcasing cars, racing or speed. I'm trying to compile a list with every movie about motor racing. I'm welcome to any movies not shown on list or that I may have forgot.
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- DirectorGordon ChanStarsJackie ChanAnita YuenMichael WongIn order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) has to beat a supercriminal street racer.A classic racing movie with interesting fight scenes and great driving
- DirectorLee H. KatzinJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenSiegfried RauchElga AndersenTwo car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.A great racing movie with a lot of excitement and build up. Not much of a plotline though.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanRobert DuvallA young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.Racing and tons of nascar action with shots from the Daytona 500 and Firecracker 400.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsRoger MooreFarrah FawcettA wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.The movie series in pretty interesting with some wacky and zany 80s comedy. Some interesting cars and mixed with some oddball choices
- DirectorCharles BailStarsMichael SarrazinTim McIntireRaul JuliaAn eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.Not much in the way of story, but has some awesome set ups with smoky and the bandit esq chase scenes. This movie eventually spawned a real gumball rally that travels the world annually.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsSally FieldJerry ReedThe Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.the movie series started a large comeback in trucking industry and gave rise to the CB radio. It had great scenes with driving as well.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsBarry NewmanCleavon LittleCharlotte RamplingDuring the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.Classic movie about a 1970 Dodge Challenger outracing the police from every state at every turn. Great movie about cars.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsSteve McQueenJacqueline BissetRobert VaughnA nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.While not focused on cars, it does have an extremely memborable scene between a Ford Mustang and Dodge Charger that is still considered one of the best chase scenes of all time.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsEmile HirschMatthew FoxChristina RicciYoung driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.Campy, fun movie about racing and family. By no means realistic, but definitely exciting, and interesting.
- DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakRalph RieckermannStarsJay ChouAnthony Chau-Sang WongEdison ChenAfter winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.A gimicky plot that had many of the original show's fans upset, but car racing and drifting with exciting action that definitely hits the mark.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsJason StathamJoan AllenTyrese GibsonEx-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.While the original is a cult classic, it's the new one that really ups the gore and action plus more realistic, functioning, dangerous cars. The politics, moral ambiguity, nudity, and unusual pacing get left behind as the new film takes the spotlight from the original.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerMichelle RodriguezLos Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to end it.The original of the series started the huge tuner craze of early 2000s and led to a huge amount of speeding tickets for everybody that was involved. Overstylized and inaccurate car talk annoyed some of the faithful gearheards who the movie was based on.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsPaul WalkerTyrese GibsonCole HauserFormer cop Brian O'Conner is called upon to bust a dangerous criminal and he recruits the help of a former childhood friend and street racer who has a chance to redeem himself.(Series)While fun, and exciting the fast and furious lost it's momentum by the second movie, trading in the original's tuner flavor and street racing for miami vice esq antics and heists with muscle cars.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsDean JonesMichele LeeDavid TomlinsonDown-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.The Herbie series created a huge following after the first movie and spawned a few more movies before the abysmal film staring lindsay lohan in 2007.
- DirectorAndy ChengStarsNathan PhillipsNadia BjorlinEddie GriffinA gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized by exotic car fanatics.A movie showing an interesting concept, but was executed poorly.
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsNicolas CageAngelina JolieGiovanni RibisiA retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal fifty cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.Great car chase scenes and an interesting approach to the car genre. Nicholas Cage in one of his less crazy roles as well.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellJohn C. ReillySacha Baron CohenNumber one NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.A comedy that's hilarious and in a mockumentary form of the day in the life of a nascar driver.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsSylvester StalloneKip PardueTil SchweigerA young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsJeff BridgesValerie PerrineGeraldine FitzgeraldA young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsJames GarnerEva Marie SaintYves MontandAmerican Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardRobert WagnerFrank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one--the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
- DirectorMonte HellmanStarsJames TaylorWarren OatesLaurie BirdWhile drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
- DirectorStuart GillardStarsRandy QuaidWill RothhaarJennifer WigmoreRandy Quaid stars in this uplifting, action-packed coming-of-age story about an aspiring racer with a need for speed, a passion for the racetrack and a hunger for victory!
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsBonnie BedeliaBeau BridgesDiane DelanoShirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsMircea MonroeJustin GuariniDwier BrownA young woman dreams of becoming a race-car driver, even though the career claimed the life of her father.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsKenny RogersDiane LaneErin GrayA race car driver is driving to a race in a motor home with his race car on a trailer. His car gets stripped of parts. He ends up with 6 orphan kids on his way to the race.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyJim NaborsThe title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.
- DirectorMike MarvinStarsCharlie SheenNick CassavetesSherilyn FennIn a small town in Arizona, a mysterious man/spirit descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a local violent road-racing gang of motor heads, headed by a ruthless bully who'll do anything to get what he wants.
- DirectorDana BrownStarsChad McQueenMario AndrettiSal FishA documentary on the Baja 1000, an annual off-road race held in Baja, Mexico that attracts hundreds of racers, their souped-up machines, and thousands of fans.
- DirectorLouis-Pascal CouvelaireStarsSagamore StéveninPeter Youngblood HillsDiane KrugerFearless racer Michel Vaillant attempts to win "24 Hours of Le Mans", the famous highly challenging and prestigious annual endurance race that lasts one whole day.