30 Insanely Awesome Car Chase Scenes

Here is a collection of 30 awesome car scenes. This list is not limited to just car chase scenes.  

30. Mad Max
Mad Max is a movie made in Australia 1979. The movie stars Mel Gibson. The movie is about an under-funded police organization that struggles to protect remote areas of Australia from a motorcycle gang. Below is an opening scene.

29. Mr. and Mrs. Smith chase scene
Watch Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in a mini-van/BMW chase. Any car chase involving a mini-van is deserves to be ranked pretty low.

28. The French Connection
The French Connection is about a couple of New York City cops that try to intercept a heroin shipment coming in from France. This chase happens between French hitman Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) and Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman). The chase started after the hitman attempts to assassinate the New York City officer.

27. Swordfish
Swordfish is about a hacker named Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) that infects the FBI Carnivore software with a computer virus. Jobson was arrested by Agent Roberts (played by Don Cheadle) for creating the virus. As part of his parole, Jobson was not allowed to go near a computer. Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry) and Gabrier Shear (John Travolta) approaches Jobson to do a hacking job for $10 million. Below is the making of a chase scene in the movie where a S-64 Aircrane helipcopter lifts a bus with Jobson on it and placed it on a skyscraper rooftop.

26. Gone In 60 Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds is a film that stars Memphis (Nicolas Cage) and his brother Kip (Giovanni Ribisi). Kip took a contract to steal fifty cars from a crime boss, but failed the job. Memphis then became responsible for fulfilling the job. Below is a chase scene with Memphis driving a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 and several police cars.

25. Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a movie based on Michael Crichton’s novel and directed by Steven Spielberg. Jurassic Park had real, live dinosaurs on display behind electric cages. After Dennis Nedry (played by Wayne Knight) tampered with the fuseboxes and was later attacked by dinosaurs, the dinosaurs escaped. Here is a Tyrannosaurus rex chasing after some of the park visitors.

24. Bullitt
Bullitt is a film from 1968 that stars Steve McQueen and was directed by Peter Yates. Bullitt is about a politician in California named Senator Walter Chalmers (played by Robert Vaughn) that held a Senate subcommittee regarding Organized Crime in America. Chalmers’ witness who could help bring down the mafia, Johnny Ross. Johnny’s brother, Pete is a Chicago mobster. Ross stole $2 million from the Mafia. The Mafia then attempted to kill Ross twice.

Below is a car chase scene between Ross and the hit-men. The hit-men are a Dodge Charger and Ross is in a Ford Mustang. The chase takes place in San Francisco, California.

23. Ronin
Ronin is a movie that stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno. Both characters act as a couple of former intelligence agents in a team of 5. The team finds out that Russian gangsters are attempting to bid for the suitcase and that it must be stolen right away. A series of betrayals occur within the team and steal the suitcase for themselves. Below is a car chase scene featuring De Niro and Reno. The race is between a BMW and a Peugeot.

22. The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded was the second movie in The Matrix series. In The Matrix Reloaded, Neo (played by Keanu Reeves) wakes up from a nightmare that Trinity had been shot by an agent while falling from a building. In The Matrix Reloaded, Neo is given instructions by an Oracle to meet the Source, by finding the Keymaker. Th
e Keymaker is a prisoner of the French in a program called the Merovingian. When the Oracle leaves, a bunch of Agent Smiths come and pick a fight with Neo. Neo beats them all up and then meets with Morpheus and Trinity to pursue their quest to meet the Keymaker.

When Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus reaches the Merovingian and asks for the Keymaker, a Frenchman refuses. The Frenchman’s wife, Persephone (played by Monica Belluci) turns against her husband and leads the team to the Keymaker. Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus then find themselves having to battle two ghostly henchman twins. A chase ensues on a highway nearby. The chase is between a Cadillac CTS and a Cadillac Escalade. Check out the video below.

21. The Bourne Identity
Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon) is an amnesiac who is trying to discover who he really is. The CIA is out to track down Bourne because he failed to carry out an official assassination. Bourne was found in the Mediterranean Sea by two Italian fishermen with two gunshot wounds. Bourne discovered that he had crafty skills and knew different languages, but he did not know how he picked up these skills. When two police officers see Bourne in Germany, Bourne finds out in self-defnse that he is skilled in combat and using firearms. Below is a car chase scene from the movie filmed around Paris.

Great Movie Car Chases – The Bourne Identity

20. The Fast and The Furious
At the beginning of The Fast and The Furious, Dominic (played by Vin Diesel) and his crew decides to high-jack a truck. They do this while using their pimped out Honda Civics. Below is a clip of what the Civics do when they enter a construction zone.

19. Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace is a movie directed by George Lucas. Star Wars Ep. 1 is about two Jedi Knights that flee to planet Naboo. The Jedi stops on planet Tatooine and runs into Anakin Skywalker. Anakin was strong with the Force. Qui-Gon Jinn, one of the Jedi knights enters Anakin into a spacepod race. Below is the race.

18. Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings is a film that stars John Candy, Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, and Rawle D. Lewis. The movie is about a Jamaican bobsled team competing in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Below is the tail-end of the movie where the bobsled begins to fall apart as they begin to near the finish line.

17. Speed
Speed is an action and thriller starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. Howard Payne, the villain of the movie calls Jack Traven and informs him that there is a bomb on another bus. The bomb explodes if the bus goes below 50 MPH. The bus drive is accidentally shot and Annie Porter is forced to drive. Jack calls the SWAT team and tries to get them to clear traffic while they try and get rid of the bomb. Below is a video montage of Speed:

16. Back to the Future II
Back To The Future 2 is a film about “Doc” Emmett Brown (played by Christopher Lloyd) and Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox). “Doc” invented a time-traveling DeLorean which is capable of flight. Doc and Marty travel to 2015 to prevent Marty’s son from participating in a robbery. While they are in the future, Marty buys a sports almanac to use for his financial gain when betting on teams back in the past. Doc throws the almanac away and Biff recovers it. In this scene, Marty takes back the sports almanac.

15. Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is a film written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. In this movie, Luke skywalker and other members of the Rebel Alliance travel to Planet Tatooine to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt. Below is a chase scene involving speeder bikes. The music used in this clip was remixed into the video and is not part of the original movie.

14. The Transporter
The Transporter is a movie starring Frank Martin (played by Jason Statham). In this scene, Frank is driving his BMW E38 735iL. When Martin is about to get in his car and drive to a deal, four armed masked men get in the car with bags full of money. The four men tried to change the deal for being the get-away car driver. After an agreement is made, the chase begins.

13. The Italian Job
The Italian Job stars Charlie Crocker (played by Mark Wahlberg), Stella Bridger (played by Charlize Theron), Handsome Rob (played by Jason Statham), Steve Brazelli (played by Edward Norton), Donald Sutherland (played by John Bridger), Lyle (played by Seth Green), and Left Ear (played by Mos Def). The film opens with a chase scene involving the team stealing a safe. This chase involves boats.

12. Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II is a movie that stars Mike Lowrey (played by Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (played by Martin Lawrence). In this movie, Mike and Marcus take on a mission to investigate a flow of ecstasy in Miami. Marcus’ sister plays an undercover DEA agent that makes a deal with Jamaican drug dealers. The deal goes sour and then a chase ensues. The chase is between a Ferrari 550 Maranello and several semitrucks.

11. The Island
The Island is a science fiction film directed by Michael Bay and stars Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. This movie takes place in 2019. On The Island, the rules are set for humans including clothes, meals, and jobs. Below is a chase scene from the movie.

10. Batman Begins
Batman Begins is a movie that stars Christian Bale as Batman and Katie Holmes. In this movie scene, the poice come after Batman. Batman and Rachel escape in The Tumbler while being chased by the police. The music used for this scene is not part of the original movie scene.

9. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
The Dukes of Hazzard is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. The movie stars Luke Duke (played by Johnny Knoxville) and Bo Duke (played by Sean William Scott). In this scene Luke finds out that Bo previously had intimate times with the girl he has a crush on. This chase scene involves the police and the Charger 1969 Dodge General Lee.

8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a movie starring Arnold Schwarznegger. In this movie, The Terminator follows Sarah Connor and her 10 year old son, John. The Terminator wants to prevent Judgment Day. In the future, John Connor is responsible for preventing the rise of the machines. Terminator T-1000 is sent from the future to try and kill John. Below is a chase scene between John and the Terminator T-1000. The Terminator rescues John towards the end of the clip.

7. Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch stars Ben Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson. These two cops are in the midst of busting a drug ring. In this scene, the two attempt to jump a 1974 Ford Gran Torino on Reese Feldman’s boat. Do they make it? watch the clip to find out.

6. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones is the protagonist in this film as the Nazis are the antagonists. Jones is searching for the Ark of the Convenant in this film. Below is a famous truck chase scene from the movie. Jones is chasing after a Nazi convoy that is holding the Ark of the Convenant.

5. Casino Royale
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the series of James Bond movies. This is the first movie that stars Daniel Craig as Mr. Bond. The film starts where Bond is about to receive is license to kill. The movie begins with Bond chasing after an international bomb-marker named Mollaka. This chase scene is all on foot and involves parkour. The chase is in Madagascar.

4. Wanted
Wanted stars James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman. In this scene Wesley Gibson is in a pharmacy where he meets a mysterious woman that tells him that his father was an assassin and was killed the day before. An assassin approaches both of them during this conversation and a wild car chase in Chicago follows.

3. Beverly Hills Cop 2
Beverly Hills Cop II is about crime-fighting police detective Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy). The police detectives are trying to find out who is behind the “Alphabet Crimes.” The Alphabet Crimes are a series of robberies that have monogrammed envelopes left behind at the scenes. This chase scene involves several police cars, armored cars, and cement mixers.

2. The Rock
This movie stars Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage. Connery plays an ex-con that is given the chance to leave prison in order to penetrate the Alcatraz prison in San Francisco in order to save hostages. Connery breaks free from the FBI and Cage’s character chases him down. Below is the scene from the movie involving a Hummer and a Ferrari.

1. Dumb and Dumber
In this scene, Lloyd Christmas (played by Jim Carrey) is chasing after a plane. On the plane is a girl that he drove to the airport in his limo. Christmas is attempting to return a briefcase that she left behind.

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Comments

1. Grumpies
   August 17th, 2008 at 8:39 am

   I’m just going to assume that you’ve never seen “To Live and Die in LA”, and that’s why it isn’t on your list.

2. Anonymous
   August 17th, 2008 at 9:00 am

   Moron

3. Ali D
   August 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am

   Actually, in Bullit, the hitmen are chasing Steve McQueen’s ice-cool cop, not Ross.

4. Anonymous
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

   So, we’re using the term “Car Chase” rather loosely then…?

5. R.J.
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

   Yeah, “To Live and Die in L.A.” was the one of the first things I thought of when I saw this list, but it was seriously absent.

   Highly underrated film; made when William Friedkin was still relevant.

6. L.P.
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

   The Blues Brothers didn’t make it? Come On.

7. Django
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

   You forgot to mention the greatest car chase scene of all time in “The 7 Ups” with Roy “RIP” Scheider! That scene went on forever!

8. fathertime
   August 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

   I was looking to see where The Seven-Ups would land and I couldn’t believe it wasn’t there. No computer special effects, cars that didn’t have squat for handling, and the coolest ending for a chase. Here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg4QtYizPKM

9. Anonymous
   August 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

   I assume this list is “in no particular order” since ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Bullitt’ were listed so early on the list. Those are THE prototype car chase movies, and are the two main reasons why movies even have car chase scenes these days. They should be number 1 and 2, and not based on their production dates either, they made a profound impact on how American action movies were made.

10. Anonymous
    August 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    The mall chase from The Blues Brothers is missing. lame

11. Anonymous
    August 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    And the chase at the end was awesome too.

12. Anonymous
    August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    How on earth could you leave out the chase scene from “The Blues Brothers” it set a record for the most police cars destroyed in a chase scene.

13. Anonymous
    August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Vanishing Point!

14. Anonymous
    August 17th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    I’m also going to assume this is in no particular order. No way is the French Connection and Ronin less awesome than Bad Boys 2 or The Fast and Furious. Keeerriiist.

15. Memnoch
    August 17th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    You’re an idiot. You’ve insulted everyone that has ever seen a moving vehicle. Since you mention in #29 that these are ranked, you should issue an apology for not having Ronin, the French Connection, and Bullitt in the top five. Ronin is probably the best car chase scene in the last 15 years.

16. dr dre
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:12 am

    this list totally sucks…

17. anonymous
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:16 am

    What about the road warrior. mad max and not the road warrior?

18. Dave
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:17 am

    “Indiana Jones is the protagonist in this film as the Nazis are the antagonists.” Thanks for the recap, we’ve never heard of it.

    I’m trying to wrap my mind around how boat chases, foot chases, speeder bike chases, and – Christ, I can’t believe you included this – a scene from Dumb & Dumber qualify as “insanely awesome car chases.”

    Maybe you should let an adult write your lists for you.

19. Big Jim Slade
    August 18th, 2008 at 4:36 am

    What about Freebie And The Bean? tThat film was bursting at the seams with chases. James Caan on a motorcycle?

20. Jakob Montrasio
    August 18th, 2008 at 5:22 am

    There’s 30 car chases in The Blues Brothers that are better than all of these!

    XD

21. Brute Sentiment
    August 18th, 2008 at 6:28 am

    This list must be one of the Top 5 on any list of the worst lists of all time.

    I can even give a pass on the Star Wars chases (though the Pod race was a, you know, race, not a chase) since they involved futuristic replacements for cars, and even Dumb and Dumber’s inclusion (albeit not at #1) since it involved a car……

    But a foot chase? In a list of ‘30 Insanely Awesome Car Chase Scenes’?

    And I love that chase in Casino Royale. It’s one of the best action scenes in any movie since 2000, hands down. BUT IT’S A LIST OF CAR CHASES. QUALIFIER #1 HAS TO BE THAT IT INVOLVES A CAR AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BACKGROUND SETTING.

    Wow. Your site is really lucky that GorillaMask linked to it….and now, I’ve been properly warned to never visit again.

22. Anonymous
    August 18th, 2008 at 8:29 am

    this is moronic. #21 is from The Bourne Supremacy, not the Bourne Identity. Horrible list.

23. The Gunpowder Treason
    August 18th, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Might seem a trifling point at this time, but that scene you posted for “The Bourne Identity” is actually from “The Bourne Supremacy” and indeed if this list is ranked from lowest to highest in esteem, it should have been much, much higher.

24. Anonymous
    August 18th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    How can you call a list “awesome car chase scenes” when half of the list either isn’t a chase, or doesn’t involve only cars chasing cars? And also, nice writing. Get an editor.

25. Mark W. Hale
    August 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am

    You forgot Master and Commander.

26. Anonymous
    August 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    I think you forgot The Blues Brothers, what other movie has a chase through a mall? That movie is full of epic police chases

27. MacDaddy
    August 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    The best cra chase scene you’ll probably never see is from a French film called “The Burglers” with Omar Sharif.

28. jonny_quest
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Your ignorance makes me want to rip my computer monitor off of my desk and throw it out the flippin’ window. You’re a moron. Anyone who can make a list of the “30 INSANELY AWESOME CAR CHASE SCENES” and leave out The Blues Brothers is a full blown r-tard. Reading the comments has been more fun than reading your list.

29. Ronin
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    ronin #1

30. irikk
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    I agree with Jonny Quest! You are a moron. But I’m most pissed at GorillaMask and UseMyComputer for linking to this ridiculous site! Sheeesh, what a bunch of crap!

31. Jon
    August 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    Vanishing Point is one of the most influential car movies of all time. WTF were you thinking making this list? Maybe you just wanted to read all of the pissed off people’s comment’s….

32. Mind Stu
    August 18th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    Star Wars … lol

33. Aquashadow
    August 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Dude! How can you not have Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull?? Or Live Free, Die Hard? omfg there is only a few good movies there.

34. Killiain
    August 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    COMEON! No Blues Brothers!? Hell I’ve had better chases than most on this list!

35. Anonymous
    August 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    What an awful list. I’ll just list two criticisms.

    How can you mention the Gone in 60 Seconds REMAKE and not the 1974 original with its 25 minute chase. Jeesus.

    Second, in the Rock, the ‘chase’ is largely a camera repeatedly jiggling and actors saying ‘He’s doing 75 miles an hour’ when we see the cars are clearly doing 35 mph. To rate this above Ronin, where F1 drivers were hired to drive the cars at highway speeds is frankly idiotic.

36. ozemc
    August 19th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    There were a couple of scenes in the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” should be there too. The chase in Las Vegas, and the chase where Bond does a somersault in the car in Louisiana.

37. This site suckseatme
    August 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    Good christ, did a 13 year old write this list?

38. The Saint
    August 25th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    Freaking terrible. Just terrible. Please shut this site down.

39. Elwood
    August 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    You in all good sense not include the chase from the blues brothers. and what about smokey and the bandit, the whole movie is a chase scene.

40. NewssyLee
    September 5th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Thanks to you

41. potatoe
    October 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    im with Elwood-

    you have 7 chases on this list that arent even car chases… and NO blues brothers, or smokey and the bandit, not Deathproof, not Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, not Vanishing point, not even The Hitcher… hell i would have accepted The Hitcher 2: Ive been waiting…

    i am very disappointed with your lists….

42. bantha
    October 25th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    Who ever wrote the caption for the movie Bullitt has all facts wrong. Bullitt is played by Steve McQueen. McQueen plays a cop and drives the Mustang, not Ross. It’s Bullitt (McQueen) who’s following the guys in the Charger when the chase begins.

43. 8rustystaples
    October 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    By listing the ultra-lame “Gone in 60 Seconds” remake and omitting the original, vastly superior version, you have established a complete lack of credibility.
    Others that you ignored (or more likely, know nothing about): “The Blues Brothers”, “Vanishing Point”, “To Live and Die in L.A.”, “Grindhouse: Deathproof”, “Two Lane Blacktop”.
    Your list is comprised mostly of FAIL and LAME.

44. Hollywood on Trial « The World According to Xenocrates
    December 6th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    [...] that junkies of car chases sequences will undoubtedly get off on a list of what is considered the Greatest Movie Car Chase Sequences of all time. I disagree with some of the items on that list, but that’s neither here nor [...]

45. 3LW00D
    January 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    What kind of a list of “Car Chases” is this? Star Wars doesn’t even HAVE cars, and the term is Pod Race, as in RACE. And hello! You forgot the Blues Brothers, they broke the record for most cars trashed in a movie. And how many movies have you seen that have trashed a MALL,http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5686444105546474763

46. Joe B
    June 16th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Bullitt needs to move up – one of the best of all time.

47. Leah
    March 10th, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    And this is the main reason I love rockthelist.com. Amazing post.

48. Orlando
    March 13th, 2010 at 4:35 am

    rockthelist.com, how do you do it?

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