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Mar 4, 2017 · Chase movies have been an awesome staple of cinema since the medium began. We list 15 of the best chase movies that firmly put the pedal to the metal. Screen Rant
15 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The French Connection. 1971 1h 44m R. 7.7 (136K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Category. : Chase films. Films in which a chase or race features as a primary plot element. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories.
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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.
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Mar 19, 2024 · 1. Bullitt. Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset. 476 votes. Featuring the inimitable Steve McQueen, Bullitt sets a high standard for car chase films with its gripping and unforgettable pursuit through the streets of San Francisco.
Jun 27, 2021 · By Justin Van Voorhis. Published Jun 27, 2021. Link copied to clipboard. One of the most exciting film genres is the "chase" movie. In these thrilling kinds of films, a character or characters are on the run from someone and must evade this person at all costs.
