Auto racing themed films? (1 Viewer)

Colin Jacobson · Jun 17, 2006

In preparation to watch the new Grand Prix, I tried to think of other movies that focused on professional auto racing. Here's what came to mind right away:

Days of Thunder
Cars

Clearly I'm forgetting many a flick - what else has been out there?

ToddP · Jun 17, 2006

Driven (F1 racing with Stallone)
the upcoming Talledega Nights (Nascar with Will Farrell)
the Herbie movies

Paul McElligott · Jun 19, 2006

ChampCar, not F1 (Sorry, but F1 fans will probably blow a gasket if they see someone referring to ChampCar as F1).

Other films:
Le Mans (the real 24-hour race was this past weekend, too).
Winning

John Garcia · Jun 19, 2006

I'd say Driven isn't worth mentioning because it is one of the worst movies ever made....

One of my favorite DVDs of all time is the IMAX Superspeedway disc - just cannot be beat for the "you are there" feeling.

Paul McElligott · Jun 19, 2006

True. I left off the part about the F1 fans blowing even more gaskets for thinking a POS like Driven was an F1 film.

ChrisBEA · Jun 20, 2006

Death Race 2000

Jeff_CusBlues · Jun 20, 2006

The Gumball Rally

Chuck Mayer · Jun 20, 2006

Six Pack

Diane Lane was literally beyond belief.

Paul McElligott · Jun 20, 2006

How could we forget Stroker Ace?

Raasean Asaad · Jun 20, 2006

While Driven the movie was garbage, it is shot beautifully and is IMHO a very impressive DVD visually.

Bob_Lawrance · Jun 20, 2006

Days of Thunder

Inspector Hammer! · Jun 20, 2006

Heart Like a Wheel with Bonnie Bedelia.

The Cannonball Run

The Fast and the Furious

I'm all over Talledega Nights! For a NASCAR fan like me, this looks hilarious, even the name of Will Farrel's character is funny...'Ricky Bobby' lol. You have to be a fan to know why that name is funny.

John Garcia · Jun 21, 2006

Huh? There were almost no real cars in the whole movie, it was almost entirely CG, and not even good CG at that...and the cinematography was not exactly top rate. There were a few cool scenes, but otherwise the movie was crap with dialogue that seemed like it was written by a 10yr old.

Cannonball Run...goofy, fun, I loved it

Raasean Asaad · Jun 21, 2006

And yet a lot of people consider it refernce material, take a look at it again.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=372989

John Garcia · Jun 21, 2006

They're talking about the TRANSFER, not the cinematography....not to mention we're talking about the MOVIE. I don't think I'm the one who needs to look again. The best cinematography on earth can't make a crappy movie better...

Inspector Hammer! · Jun 21, 2006

The CGI cars in Driven are not relavent here anyway, this thread is about racing themed films, and Driven is certaintly one of them.

It's a bad film, but it IS a film about auto racing.

Edwin-S · Jun 21, 2006

I'll second that "Superspeedway" recommendation. Excellent film about racing. I found it to be very interesting and I am not a racing fan by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I generally find auto racing boring......at least until someone crashes

.....but "Superspeedway" succeeded in giving one the feel of sitting in a racing car.

Edited to add:

Fast and the Furious 1, 2 and 3 both involve auto racing.

Paul McElligott · Jun 22, 2006

The OCD grammarian in me rears its ugly head.

Sylvia*ST · Jun 26, 2006

Le Mans and The Racers

Nick-R · Jun 26, 2006

I'm not sure it's on DVD, but ESPN's "3" is a decent bio-flick on Dale Earnhardt.

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