14 Best No-CGI Car Chase Action Movies of All Time

The more movies hollywood craps, the more I go back to the classics. Recently, I started watching Ready Player One and Alita Battle Angel. After about fifteen minutes, I stopped watching both movies. I just couldn't give a crap about any of the characters or anything that was going on. It was like watching Toy Story. Only with Toy Story, it was an animated feature. Alita and Ready Player One are animated features trying to be live action. I didn't buy a second of it. I'll watch Duel and The Blues Brother all day long. CGI heavy movies? Eh. No thanks.

It's about time Duel got it's due! I remember when this premiered and it has stayed with me for over 50 years.

CGI SUCKS

If it wasn't for Mad Max II The Road Warrior, Fallout would have been a very different game.

Short time was a big surprise of how enjoyable it was. I was home sick from school and it was on HBO or showtime and nothing else was.

I was 10 years old when I saw Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry at the drive-in theater, and I cried at the end, not because they died, but because the Dodge Charger exploded!

Only wimps hide behind technology.

Bill Hickman and Cary Loftin were two of the best stunt drivers in Hollywood. RIP

"Jade" was a POS movie with terrible acting but it had a fantastic chase scene.

Can't recall the last GOOD film. Maybe back in 2000s. Corner the market, satisfy everyone. Nope, take the "L"!

loved this video Bullit is my all time favorite and liked that you included Duel probably the first road rage movie ever made

The first Gone in 60 seconds, only1 mustang was used up until the last jump. ( the driver had a crushed spine after that jump) The car still exists today, with his family owning the car. It still starts and drives.

It's hard to take modern movies seriously,
Just video game cut scenes with loads of fast cuts and flashing colours,
They truly are fkkn shht,
It's like they are lazily made for a pre-programmed audience of 14-30 year old bunch of idiots

MOVIES OF TODAY AS WELL AS THE MUSIC SUCK ,,,MAKE MOVIES WITHOUT CGI USE REAL STUNT MEN AND CARS . AS FOR THE MUSIC ? WHERE THE HELL IS ROCK AND ROLL ? ALL WE HAVE TODAY IS NOISE . WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE IN MOVIES AND MUSIC ?

Duel is a low budget, high suspense, nail biting cinematic masterpiece bit of storytelling.
Also, you had to drive an iron stake thru those MOPAR slant 6 engines to kill them; the rest of the car was a utter heap.

I'd like to throw an honorable mention to the beginning of Beverly Hills Cop with the Semi hauling a trailer of cigarettes being chased through some tight streets resulting in some impressive damage.

To really appreciate the chase in Bullitt you have to see it in a theater. Your ass will come of the seat during the jumps. I was 17 and saw this several times just for the car chase at 50 cent weekend matinees.

Footage of the ending of "Dirty Mary & Crazy Larry" was used in the opening of "The Fall Guy" TV series. Also, The ending of "Duel" was used in an episode of "The Incredible Hulk" TV series. I read/heard that Spielberg was not happy about that.

Cary Loftin was also the anonymous truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel.

Smokey & The Bandit made the Trans-Am an icon, even the '82 version in S&tB2 was a badass ride, then they went and changed the entire design in '83 when Knight Rider debuted. I think I might be the only person on Earth who hated the way KITT looked and the new Trans-Am trying be look futuristic. Pop up headlights, wtf were they thinking?

Was starting to think they forgot the blues Brothers lol but he'll no!!👍

I've got a list of mo issues for next weekend

And for some reason movies today using cgi cost so much more to make, even with inflation...

Glad to see Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry on this list. Great car chases, but very overlooked movie. I remember most of these films and I'm glad to say I've never seen 1 Fast'n Ridiculous film.

Duel was brilliant!

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry's ending stunned the hell out of me as a kid and it still does 50 years later. My parents were quite naive taking us smaller kids to movies like this one.....

I remember when I watched the remake of Gone In 60 seconds how dissapointed I was with the car chase compared to the original Gone in 60 seconds.

Made even more impressive by the fact the cars used in these movies were heavy, had not-so-great brakes and handling, but still took a beating and kept going with skilled drivers.

I'm so glad to see you included the 'Short Time' car chase in your list. One of the best chase scenes ever filmed and no one ever mentions it. The rest of the movie is pretty good too.

I hope the blues Brothers chases in this

The helicopter work in DMCL is the best ever put on film...

I only watched Mad Max Furiosa and smokey and Bandit. I know the movie names Blues Brothers and Bullit. From Spotify I know some Blues Brothers music, they are standing in a best of all time playlist with at least one song called: Sweet home Chicago.🎉😅 The movie bullit I know because the movie name is iconic and I know the bullit car from car programs on tv, where a tribute car is built. I never saw those two movies. A non-CGI movie I watched is the latest Top gun, further I don't know. 😢😢

I love the short time chase

The ORIGINAL Halicke Gone in 60 Seconds!

The Blues Brothers 🤟 EPIC

Ok, I loved Bullit as much as the next guy. However, the car chase scene was "good", not Great. The original Gone in 60 Seconds BY FAR exceeded Bullit in every Category. It was a Masterpiece of crashed Mopars. A better car chase in EVERY category.

RIP Burt Simpson...awesome movie.

Great list! I rewatch most of these movies just for the car chases.

You're talking about vanishing point my brother-in-law has one of those challengers in his shop your body man is boss bought a car drive to a shop and that's where I sit for at least 8 years that I know and he's never drove it since

So in honor of the movies my first car was a Gran Torino with a 356 Windsor engine I know I got the engi ne wrong 😊

Smokey and the Bandit would of been a box office bomb if it wasn't for Jackie Gleeson.

Gene Hackman most definitely. Not only for the driving but they did it with little to no safety protocols in place.

Pretty darn good list.

Vanishing point is a great movie. It's about freedom. Very good !

Carey loftin was the stunt man of all time and never will be beaten

I've always wanted an original Mini. Watching them race against bigger cars with bigger engines and hold their own is amazing

The Original Gone In 60 Seconds Is The Best Car Chase l Have The DVD TobyHalicki Was A Badass Driver Salute 🫡 To TobyHalicki May God Bless His Soul

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I hate cgi !!!! Please bring back real live action

I also like the classic Bond car chases, which would fit good in here. 😉
I hope they keep doing them for real. At least as real as todays habits and expectations let go through.