Car Chase Movies From The 70s. The entire film is about escaping from the cops. The 70s was a great time for car chases in american movies.
The car chases in this film defined car chase scenes for the future of cinema, and box office hits still reference this incredible film. Smokey and the bandit is all of these things. The police chase the protagonist in a mustang fastback as he drives constantly, and speedily, and traverses five cities trying to escape.
It was the sequel to gone in 60 seconds, 1982’s the junkman, that took his life, but his 1974 effort stands as one of the greatest pursuits ever committed to celluloid.
The police chase the protagonist in a mustang fastback as he drives constantly, and speedily, and traverses five cities trying to escape. So popular, in fact, that gm reportedly gave reynolds a 1977 trans am as a gift. The most '70s of the films on this list, gone in 60 seconds was the dream project of the car crash king h.b. But over 30 years later, the humor and action of the film still holds up.