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Title says it all.

by: Pete from from Liverpool

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C'etait un Rendez-Vous

Not a conventional chase just a race against time. The whole film is only 9 minutes long, but, there has never been a more exciting race through a city ever.

C'etait un Rendez-Vous (1976)
Starring: None
Director: Claude Lelouch
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Filmed in 1976, the revered short film by seminal French director Claude Lelouch is regarded as the ultimate chase scene - the connoisseur's trump card in response to "Bullitt" or "The French Connection". It is uncompromising to an astonishing degree and could only be the product of a man like ..
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French Connection / French Connection 2

Even better knowing that this chase was done for real. See the bous disk documentry on the making of the film.

French Connection / French Connection 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1971)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
Director: William Friedkin, John Frankenheimer
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A double bill of the classic 70's thrillers featuring an Oscar-winning Gene Hackman as 'Popeye' Doyle. In the first film Doyle and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring. They have a small candy store under surveillance, but Doyle is not happy ..read more »
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The Bourne Supremacy

Bone cruncher of a car chase!

The Bourne Supremacy on DVD (2004)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Matt Damon
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Second instalment of the espionage thriller starring Matt Damon, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Having abandoned his life as a CIA assassin, Bourne (Damon) has left his violent past behind him and is living a normal life with girlfriend Marie (Franka Potente) under an assumed name. But his ..read more »
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The Blues Brothers

Over long and over acted but so enjoyable.

The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
Starring: Henry Gib, Pee-Wee Herman, John Candy
Director: John Landis
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Comedy classic from the 'Saturday Night Live' stable which comes packed with car chases, music and cameo appearances. Blues brothers Jake and Elwood (John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd) have sold their souls to rhythm'n'blues, but still lend a hand when the church orphanage in which they were raised is ..read more »
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Bullitt

When I first saw this in the cinema I actually felt queazy. Though the film it'self is a bit dated the chase is superb.

Bullitt on DVD (1968)
Starring: Norman Fell, Simon Oakland, Robert Duvall
Director: Peter Yates
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Robert L. Pike's crime novel Mute Witness makes the transition to the big screen in this film from director Peter Yates. In one of his most famous roles, Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective Frank Bullitt. The story begins with Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting ..read more »
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Ronin

Made at time when car chases where unfashinable. Great.

Ronin on DVD (1998)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Sean Bean, Stellan Skarsgard
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Ronin are a group of five mercenaries who hire their expert skills out to the highest bidder - Sam (Robert De Niro) is an ex-CIA man, Vincent (Jean Reno) a French operative, Spence (Sean Bean) a weapons expert, Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard) an ex-KGB electronics wizard and Larry (Skip Sudduth) a ..read more »
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