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- Fast and Furry-ous (1949) Director: Chuck Jones. If there’s one director above any other who dedicated the best part of an entire career to the thrill of the chase, it’s animation maestro Chuck Jones.
- North by Northwest (1959) Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock had already had plenty of practice in the art of the chase, The 39 Steps (1935) and Saboteur (1942) being stellar and middling preceding examples respectively, but his commitment to the form reached its apotheosis with North by Northwest.
- The Naked Prey (1965) Director: Cornel Wilde. There’s little dialogue in director-producer-actor Cornel Wilde’s The Naked Prey, a chase film that smartly riffs on Richard Connell’s 1924 short story (and Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s 1932 film) ‘The Most Dangerous Game’, in which humans are hunted for sport by rich landowners.
- Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) Director: H.B. Halicki. No other film or director has turned stunt driving into as stripped-down a statement of auteurist intent as H. B. Halicki with Gone in 60 Seconds.
- Fast Five
- It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
- Minority Report
- Bullitt
- Smokey and The Bandit
- The Bourne Identity
- Run Lola Run
- Ronin
- The Blues Brothers
- The Terminator
It's fair to say that it took the Fast and Furious franchise a while to find its feet. Whereas the first four films were focused on the underground world of illegal street racing, Fast Five opted for a larger scope with a plot surrounding a sprawling international heist. The emphasis seemed to be firmly on fun and embracing the ridiculous this time...
It's hard to express just how big of a deal It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (yes, that's the proper title) was when it came out. It was basically like the comedy version of The Avengers, a meeting of all the comedic legends of the era in one big adventure. Spencer Tracy leads a huge cast of recognizable funny faces including Mickey Rooney, Milton Berl...
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi/noir/chase epic Minority Reportdoesn't seem come up in movie conversations much these days, which is a real shame. The film deals with a futuristic police force called PreCrime that uses a pool of psychics known as PreCogs to see murders before they happens. Through the psychics' visions, they get a video of the possible f...
If you've heard of Bullittbut not seen it yet, it's likely because A) it features Steve McQueen, scientifically proven (citation needed) to be one of the coolest man to walk on this planet and B) it has some incredible car chases in it. Both are true, but it undersells the rest of the film somewhat. It's a taut thriller with a fast pace and a genui...
1977 was a huge year for cultural phenomenons. Whilst people flocked in droves to see Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever, simple chase movie Smokey and the Banditcapitalized on an obsession with trucking culture and CB radio, not to mention the popularity of hit songs like "Convoy". The plot is simple. Bo “Bandit” Darville (Burt Reynolds) is a reno...
In the first movie of the series, everyone's favorite amnesiac spy is found floating in the ocean with several bullet wounds in his back. After being rescued, the man pieces together his past and finds a name – Jason Bourne. As he uncovers the plot with the support of helpful stranger Marie (Franka Potente), he finds out that he's actually a highly...
Run Lola Runis probably the most unique entry on this list. In case you're not aware, it's a German thriller starring Franka Potente as Lola, the under-appreciated girlfriend of small-time crook Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). Lola gets a terrifying phone call from Manni, who states that unless she delivers 100,000 Deutsche Marks to his boss in 20 minute...
In Ronin, Robert De Niro's character Sam talks about never walking into a place he doesn't know his way out of, which sums up the film's overall atmosphere perfectly. The basic story is this: a group of international mercenaries are hired to retrieve an important briefcase. Both Irish and Russian gangsters seem to be interested in the case and its ...
The Blues Brothers shouldn't have worked. After a bidding war for the film, the production hit a litany of snags along the way. As Dan Aykroyd had yet to hone his screenwriting skills, he delivered a long and overly complicated script, which meant that director John Landis had to step in and start shooting without a confirmed budget whilst simultan...
James Cameron's sci-fi masterpiece The Terminatormay not be the first movie that comes to mind when talking about chase movies, but it absolutely belongs for a number of reasons. It's a classic cat-and-mouse story about a time-travelling cyborg assassin from the future winding up in the era of big hair and Ronald Reagan. The Terminator (Arnie, obvi...
- Private Benjamin. Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante. 318 votes. In this iconic comedy, a spoiled, wealthy woman joins the army after her husband dies on their wedding night, only to find that military life is not what she expected.
- Overboard. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann. 444 votes. This romantic comedy centers around a wealthy, amnesiac woman who is convinced by a struggling carpenter that she is his wife and mother to his four unruly children.
- Foul Play. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith. 253 votes. In this thrilling comedy-mystery, a shy librarian becomes embroiled in an assassination plot after she accidentally receives crucial information from a stranger.
- Housesitter. Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany. 215 votes. In this lighthearted romantic comedy, an architect's one-night stand moves into his dream home and poses as his wife while he is away on business.
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt. Director Alfred Hitchcock Stars Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason. 3. Mad Max: Fury Road.
- “North by Northwest” (1959) This Hitchcock classic follows Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive who is mistaken for a spy and is framed for murder, leading him to flee both the police and actual spies.
- “The Fugitive” (1993) While the innocent convict story is not exactly original, “The Fugitive” is perhaps the pinnacle of movies that use this plot device.
- “Catch Me If You Can” (2002) A Steven Spielberg movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks is a simple recipe for success, but “Catch Me If You Can” is so much more.
- “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) We can just hear the comments now about this film’s placement! Make no mistake: “Mad Max: Fury Road” is utterly amazing!
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Nov 29, 2023 · 6 The Fugitive (1993) Warner Bros. The Fugitive is an action thriller about Dr. Richard Kimble, a vascular surgeon framed for the murder of his wife. Assumptions and misinterpreted evidence put ...
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