[decimon]

I can't choose between them.

[Dinsdale]

Blues Brothers

[REDWOOD99]

The French Connection.

[dfwgator]

Bullitt - hands down.

[trek]

No doubt... Bullit

[Henchster]

I voted for Ronin.

[killjoy]

Opening scene of Office Space.

[Bernard Marx]

None of those mentioned. The best was one of the earliest,
Steve McQueen in “Bullitt.”

[idkfa]

Bullit. See it here http://www.metacafe.com/watch/322148/bullit_car_chase/

[Tribune7]

Bullitt

[dighton]

Bullitt, French Connection.

Bill Hickman

[sockhead]

Amen to Blues Brothers

[mollynme]

Duel

[School of Rational Thought]

Ronin

[StACase]

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

[evad]

Naked Gun
"Go for it Stephie"

[maquiladora]

The French Connection is always be special, simply because of the gritty style and the energy from the real and uncontrolled scenes in the chase.

I actually think that The Bourne Supremacy had a better car chase than The Bourne Identity.

Ronin also has to be mentioned. The scenes where the cars are hurtling against the uncoming traffic on the narrow streets...incredible.

[RayStacy]

Others may be more technically advanced, etc., but Bullitt had the Charger and the Mustang, and hands down the coolest bad guy in cinematic history, (the driver) at least when you consider he didn’t utter a single word, and was on the screen for only a minute or two — that dude was COOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[RaceBannon]

I haven’t read it posted yet, but DUEL

With Dennis Weaver being stalked by the trucker who didn’t like that he was passed on that California Highway.

Hands down: the best was DUEL

[FreedomCalls]

Kirk chasing Khan through the Mutara Nebula.

[Poser]

Vanishing Point

Kowalski and Super Soul were the men.

[Guy in Bumblebee Suit]

If I remember correctly, Mad Max had a car chase...

[lentulusgracchus]

I voted for French Connection, fourth in their poll after Bullitt, Blues Brothers, and Ronin, but to me the all-time best was Terminator 3. Totally awesome.

[Minutemen]

Bullitt !

[RGSpincich]

Beverly Hills Cop opening scene.

[bubman]

Matrix 2

[supremedoctrine]

I guess it doesn’t count as a movie, but one of the most exciting things I’ve seen involved a TROLLEY in San Francisco on an episode of McMillan and Wife, with Rock Hudson, as I remember jumping back and forth from car to trolley, in the ONLY episode of M and Wife I ever saw. It was really something. And then in 2nd place would be BEN HUR/then of course Bullitt.

[afnamvet]

Bullit- Best chase of all time.

[real saxophonist]

You know what? There is no 'Original Soundtrack' recording for 'Bullitt'. Years after the movie was made, Lalo Schifrin made a studio recording of all the music, using his arrangements, and he's conducting.

But, it just doesn't sound the same. For example, 'Shifting Gears', the music leading up to the chase: In the original, the bass trombone (one of the most fun instruments to play, BTW) has this really edgy punch to it, ratcheting up the tension and suspense. On the studio recording, the dude is trying as hard as he can to have the nice dark centered, mellow tone that he was taught in school. Boring.

So when I want to hear the 'Bullitt' soundtrack, I have to put in the movie, and switch between scenes to hear what I want.

[Republican Wildcat]

Darn. Lucy Hunts Uranium isn’t there.

[knarf]

Bullit ... in 1969 or 70 I hitched to Cal. from Boston. Hooked up with some people and got a two month's view of san Fran Sicko.We all used one VW bug for transportation ... if it was out front and you could find the keys, you took it ... bring it back with some gas and et cetera.

I took the car to a store and did some shopping and on the way home, I had an honest-to-God brake failure at the top of some hillstreet named Van-something.

I don't remember how many 'Bullit' crossroads I went through, I'm guessing 3 - 5 ... and every one was a heart attack.

I know I'm saved because the angels kept all cross traffic from my point of entry.

(I should add that the brakes went out during a down shift ... I never caught the gear ... I was in neutral all the way).

When I got to the bottom of the hill, I was able to steer the thing off to the side and scraped along a curb 'till I stopped.

I'd forgotten that until this thread.

Yup ... BULLIT.

[imahawk]

Come on.No contest Bullit.

[ozzymandus]

The “wrong way” scene in “To Live And Die In LA” was cool, but Bullit was the greatest.

[abishai]

The freeway chase in Matrix Reloaded.

(dons flame suit)

[TheBethsterNH]

Blues brothers....i think, because it was creatively done and stupid funny too.

[NonValueAdded]

What was the chase where every car going around a corner smashed into a parked VW Microbus and in the end the flattened VW fell over onto its side? That is my candidate for best un-serious car chase. I think it was a Goldie Hawn movie with or without Chevy Chase. The dwarf in a barrel was pretty cool too, but that didn’t involve a car.

[Caramelgal]

Blues Brothers!

Because “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.”

Besides I’m a chick and I can’t get into those macho guy flicks with serious car chases, but a car chase through a shopping mall? That’s cool

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Herbie, the love bug < /S >

[angkor]

I went with Bullit, and it’s #1 at 34 percent.

[jwh_Denver]

The French Connection.

[LdSentinal]

French Connection.

Bullit is overrated.

None from the original 'The Italian Job'?

[mhking]

No contest:

1. Bullitt
2. French Connection
3. Blues Brothers
4. To Live And Die In L.A.
5. The Seven-Ups

[Yo-Yo]

The Italian Job (original version.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FNyxU5U7ao&mode=related&search=

[pcottraux]

Bullitt, Bourne Identity...and Batman Begins. Maybe Blues Brothers.

(notice that they all start with a B...could it mean something?)

[Billthedrill]

Yeh. Bullitt. I’ve driven some of those streets. You couldn’t pay me to do that sort of stuff even on a closed course.

[Publius6961]

No contest.

Ronin

[linn37]

Gone in 60 seconds,all of it.

[potlatch]

ping

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Gone in 60 seconds. The final scene with Eleanore.

[Clemenza]

The late 60s/early 70s was full of them: Bullitt, The Seven Ups, French Connection, etc.

In more recent decades, the chase scene in To Live and Die in LA (directed, like the FC, by Billy Friedkin), and in The Rock were pretty impressive.

[Professional Engineer]

Bullit.