The Best Car Movies

The best car movies of all time is a subject open for considerable debate. It is impossible to put a list of the top ten or even five films together without generating some disagreement so let me outline the very scientific analysis that I did of these movies to put this list of the top five movies together (and let us agree to disagree before we even get started.)

This list was put together after careful research, study and analysis. I looked at the top results on the internet, put them together and added the results up. Those sources included places like Hot Rod magazine and Edmunds.com. Then I considered the movies with the best Amazon customer reviews, which are an excellent source of information from ordinary movie viewers like you and I. Finally, I consulted my resident movie expert, my husband.

You will see the results of my effort shortly. The odds of this list actually matching a list you might put together are not great. However, these top five car movies are unquestionably excellent movies and amongst the best of all time.

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Bullitt won an Oscar for Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Sound.

• ACTORS: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Culp, Neile Adams and Suzanne Pleshette
• DIRECTORS: Mimi Freedman and Peter Yates
• YEAR PRODUCED: 1968
• AVAILABLE ON:
• RUN TIME: 114 Minutes
• RATED: PG

• ACTORS: Edward Abrahms, Christopher J.C. Agajanian, Gary Bettenhausen, Edward Booker and Wally Burr
• DIRECTORS: H.B. "Toby" Halicki
• YEAR PRODUCED: 1974
• AVAILABLE ON: DVD
• RATED:

American Graffiti won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Director, who was George Lucas. It was nominated for awards for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Producedand Best Film Editing.

• ACTORS: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith andCindy Williams
• DIRECTORS: George Lucas
• YEAR PRODUCED: 1973
• AVAILABLE ON: DVD
• RUN TIME: 110 minutes
• RATED: PG

Smokey and the Bandit was nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Film Editing but did not win.

• ACTORS: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry and Paul Williams
• DIRECTORS: Hal Needham
• YEAR PRODUCED: 1977
• AVAILABLE ON: DVD
• RUN TIME: 96 minutes
• RATED: PG

• ACTORS: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster and John Ortiz
• DIRECTORS: Justin Lin
• YEAR PRODUCED: 2009
• AVAILABLE ON: Blu-ray and DVD
• RUN TIME: 107 minutes
• RATED: PG-13

Here's your chance to speak up. Do you agree with the 1968 movie Bullitt taking the number one spot on this page as the best car movie ever or do you think that honour should have gone to another movie?