Antique & Classic Cars Blog

Last night I dug into Netflix’s lastest arrival–The Haunting (1963). Wow. Talk about great cinematography. The sprawling mansion, lavishly eclectic interior and cool camera angles are a feast for the horror film fan.

But this is a classic car site, so I can’t gas on about that too long. Fortunately, moving some stuff around in my office I came across the January ‘07 issue of Octane–one of the last magazines I bought at the downtown Shinder’s, the best, most missed newstand of my life. In it is Octane’s “totally biased and subjective guide to the best car movies ever.”

Seems like a list worth sharing because there have to be flicks here many of us have not seen:

American Graffiti (1973) (one of the TBirds from which is here in MN)

The Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

The Blue Lamp (1950)

The Blues Brothers (1980) (Yeah baby. Got my vote, there.)

Brannigan (1975)

Bullitt (1968) (we’ve talked about it often)

The Car (1978)

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1957) (They really liked this and man, great title)

Checkpoint (1956)

Christine (1983)

Danger Diabolik (1968)

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

The Devil’s Hairpin (1957)

Duel (1971)

Echappement Libre (Backfire) (1964)

The Fast Lady (1962)

Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

The French Connection (1971)

Genevieve (1953)

Goldfinger (1964) (good year for car writers :^)

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

Goodbye Pork Pie (1980)

[Gumball Rally (1976) (OK, Octane omitted this, but come on…)]

Grand Prix (1966)

The Green Helmet (1961)

Hell Drivers (1957)

Une Homme et Une Femme (we can all translate that) (1966)

The Italian Job (1969)

Johnny Dark (1954)

The Last Run (1971)

Le Mans (1971)

Life at the Top (1965)

The Lively Set (1964)

The Love Bug (1968)

The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)

The Mechanic (1972)

Psychomania (1971)

Red Line 7000 (1965)

Robbery (1967)

Ronin (1998)

The Running Man (1963) (no, not the Stephen King/Arnold Schwarzenegger one)

The Seven Ups (1973)

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Il Sorpasso (The Easy Life) (1962)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Topkapi (1964)

Two for the Road (1967)

Vanishing Point (1971)

Weekend (1967)

The Yellow Rolls Royce (1964)
Wow. Cool list from Octane (one of the best car mags out there, for those unfamiliar with it–particularly for the classic car fan).

Got some new names for the Netflix queue.

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