Top 10 Movie Cars of All Time
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Published 2021-06-25
With Fast and Furious dropping F9 this weekend, and the crazy amount of undeniably cool cars the Fast Saga has thrown at us over the years, we wanted to dig a little deeper into why we love cars on screen so much. There's gotta be a reason (or 10) that we respond to movie cars. If it's Tony Stark and his Audi status symbols or Nomadland and a converted home on wheels, the tricked out weaponry of the Batmobile or a Catbus from Hayao Miyazaki and My Neighbor Totoro, or even a stand in for fragile masculinity like any number of Monster Trucks that have shown up on the big screen, a good movie car becomes memorable thanks to an unspoken connection. It doesn't have to be fast, it has to be meaningful!
This episode was written by Billy Jackson and edited by Tom Jorgensen.
The Picks:
Car as Freedom - Vanishing Point (1971) Richard C. Sarafian
Car as Rebellion - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) John Hughes
Car as Symbol - Tucker: A Man and His Dream (1988) Francis Ford Coppola
Car as Status Symbol - Akira (1988) Katsuhiro Otomo
Car as Phallic Symbol - Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Quentin Tarantino
Car as Gadget - Goldfinger (1964) Guy Hamilton
Car as Weapon - Mad Max (1979) George Miller
Car as Extension of Character - Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Valerie Fars & Jonathan Drayton
Car as Its Own Character - Christine (1983) John Carpenter
Car as Just a Rad Car - Le Mans (1971) Lee H. Katzin
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All Comments (21)
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I love how they are able to make a list about movie cars engaging and educational
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I just had an epiphany about Cinefix's top ten: they are not making top ten videos, not really, they simply want to talk about interesting things in films. So they use the top ten as an excuse in order to have some coherence in their argument. So if you are one of those guys who are upset that the Delorian isn't #1 or even the "choice" in its own category, you are missing the point. They did nominated the car but wanted to draw your attention to another film, not because it is better but because it is more interesting. I , as a massive petrolhead, am very happy that they chose this topic and I respect their opinions even if they are different from my own.
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You guys are simply the standard for talking about movies on any platform.
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Every iconic movie car I could think of was mentioned except the German truck from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The entire sequence designed around it is just perfect.
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Fozzie Bear's 1951 Bullet Nose Commander Studebaker from 'The Muppet Movie' deserved at least an honourable mention.
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Woah. Completely snubbed the Delorean. I was NOT expecting that.
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I think Walt Kowalski's Gran Torino deserved at least an honourable mention. Could've fit in the 8th or 1st categories.
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Honorable mention for the Car As A Character category: the goblin truck from Maximum Overdrive.
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Is there a top 10 movie animals coming? This list could have had a horse in it and I wouldn't have blinked,
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As a car guy first and a movie guy second, I very much respect and commend the amount of research you did for this video!
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No "Rush" mention? Both the McLaren and Ferrari deserved at least a shout-out
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Being norwegian, I instantly went to the comments to type one about how they should watch Flåklypa (Pinchcliffe) Grand Prix as it is an absolute treasure of a movie and the car is incredible, but lo and behold, they were miles ahead of me
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just noticed the "imaginary" audi from iron man in 2019 became very real this year with the e-tron gt, basicly the same car
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Not enough Herbie love!
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I've never been a car person, so it's a testament to how much I adore these lists that I actually found myself getting excited about each and every entry! :)
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I was surprised the light bikes from Tron or Tron Legacy were not mentioned!
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Movies Mentioned The Car as a sense of freedom- Nomadland Harry Potter Cannonball Run The Gumball Rally Easy Rider Star Wars Holy Motors Vanishing Point Car as Act of Rebellion- Thunder Road Smokey and the Bandit Thelma and Louise Blues Brothers Ferris Buellers Day Off Car as Symbol -fast and furious -Roma -grease -Jurassic Park -better off dead -tread -Tucker: the man and his dream Car as Status -Iron Man -chitty chitty bang bang -robocop -Mercedes mon amour -the great gatsby (both versions) -American graffiti -akira Indicators of masculinity -take this job and shove it -hooper -bullitt -mad max fury Road -ronin -kill bill vol 1 Car as gadget -speed racer -Batman the movie -the green hornet -inspector gadget -back to the future -the pinchcliffe Grand Prix -black lightning -Goldfinger Car as Weapon -Death Race films -Batman begins -the great race -stripes -death proof -the cars that ate Paris -mad max Cars symbolize character -Wayne’s world -big lebowski -Austin powers: international man of mystery -John Wick Spaceballs -traffic (1971) Dumb and dumber -the a team -scooby doo -ghostbusters -planes trains and automobiles -national lampoons vacation -little miss sunshine Cars that are character -cars -bumblebee -who framed roger rabbit -toy Story -the love bug -my neighbor totoro -the car -wangan midknight -duel -Christine Car is just a fucking car -Ford vs Ferrari -Grand Prix -gone in 60 seconds -two lane blacktop -initial D -taxi -redline -Le Mans
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Men in Black's Ford Crown Vic definitely got snubbed in the cars as stand-ins for characters
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No Jaguar Hearse from Harold and Maude. I’m wounded.
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Rush would have been a great addition to the last category, particularly the Ferrari 312T that Niki Lauda drove and Hunt's McLaren M26
