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Your favourite racing movie
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Branislav
, Jan 07 2020 20:34
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:37
Is the Senna movie missing?
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:39
This is a documentary, but a lot better than some of the listed movies haha
https://youtu.be/YRDrMUB3VH8
https://youtu.be/YRDrMUB3VH8
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Branislav
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:41
Is the Senna movie missing?
It is documentary. Doesn't count.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:43
In the absence of The Big Wheel and The Crowd Roars, went for Grand Prix.
Le Mans is beautiful and evocative but no plot at all.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:43
The Wacky races and Herbie.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:45
It is documentary. Doesn't count.
Fair point 👍🏻👍🏻
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:50
The Last American Hero.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 20:52
I struggle to like Racing Movies, perhaps because you are aware how much different it is to the reality, but I clearly enjoyed Grand Prix the most.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 21:37
It is documentary. Doesn't count.
To be fair though, Driven (2001) isn't a racing movie either, it's a satirical comedy.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 22:25
Not a big fan of racing movies to be honest, but I‘m dropping the hammer and voting for Days of Thunder.
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Posted 07 January 2020 - 23:50
I have a DVD of movie where Kimi wins the WDC in a Ferrari. Gotta be fiction, but I like it.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 00:29
To be fair though, Driven (2001) isn't a racing movie either, it's a satirical comedy.
From imdb: Action, Drama, Sport https://www.imdb.com...f_=nv_sr_srsg_3
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 02:21
Race For Glory and Breaking Away......are my favorite racing movies....
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 04:32
I didn't think Grand Prix was a great movie per se, but man... the footage of those cars going around the old Monza on the banking was absolutely enthralling 👍
It's been many years since I watched it but tbh 'Heart Like a Wheel' was probably the racing movie I enjoyed most.
It's been many years since I watched it but tbh 'Heart Like a Wheel' was probably the racing movie I enjoyed most.
Edited by krapmeister, 08 January 2020 - 04:35.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 05:07
Surely 'Cars' should be on the list? 
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 06:56
Driven. The talent of that cast. The realistic CGI. The epic story. It is the perfect movie.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 09:25
Think mine was the first one I ever saw-was called'Such Men are Dangerous' in UK! I have a spanish version on DVD called 'Hombres Temerarios'
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 09:51
Smokey and the Bandit. Time trials are races too!
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:05
Surely 'Cars' should be on the list?
cartoon...
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:06
Star Wars: Episode I
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:07
cartoon...
and Driven isn't? 
Edited by krapmeister, 08 January 2020 - 10:08.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:09
and Driven isn't?
Are you serious to ask me this?
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:09
Talladega Nights. Obviously!
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:10
"The Speed Merchants", which is a documentary and therefore doesn't count.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:12
Talladega Nights. Obviously!
Yes it is good my favourite comedy racing movie. But this list I put is no comedy. It's major motorsport racing movies.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:21
Are you serious to ask me this?
Cars is a more realistic, accurate and believable movie than Driven ever was. Fact.
Edited by krapmeister, 08 January 2020 - 10:22.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:23
Viva Las Vegas??
Seriously, I think my vote goes to Le Mans. But i'm not objective: Le Mans '70 is one of the first ever races I saw TV coverage of. Fell instantly in love with 917s and 512s.
Probably enough said.....
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:26
Cars is a more realistic, accurate and believable movie than Driven ever was. Fact.
And why then is ANIMATION. And it is comedy look https://www.imdb.com...f_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:34
"The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix" is the best ever, even has commentary from Murray Walker!!!!
Il Tempo Gigante - has there ever been a better name for a racing car???
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:36
And why then is ANIMATION. And it is comedy look https://www.imdb.com...f_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Well if you are putting conditions on what you believe constitutes a 'racing' movie, you really should list them at the start then - I don't know about others, but I cannot read people's minds. Just ask my wife...
Edited by krapmeister, 08 January 2020 - 10:36.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 10:43
Well if you are putting conditions on what you believe constitutes a 'racing' movie, you really should list them at the start then - I don't know about others, but I cannot read people's minds. Just ask my wife...
I think my list says it everything.
Major motorsport racing movies it is.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 11:25
A racing movie? Got to be Chariots of Fire.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 12:05
Defintely Grand Prix (1966) for me, speaking from the perspective of a hardened racing fan. I think it's an incredible achievemnt of filming and the plot is both interesting and mostly beleivable.
If I were to reccomend one to a friend who wasn't that into racing I'd probably point them in the way of Rush though.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 13:10
And in the beginning there was motor racing, which made a good story without any fiction, and Hollywood which told many stories without racing, and the multitude rejoiced at them both.
But then the arch-priests of Hollywood mixed stories and racing, and the stories were as the droppings of a bull, and the false racing caused the faithful to gnash their teeth and rend their garments, and a great wailing was amongst the multitude.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 13:34
Un Homme Et Une Femme.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 13:37
As a race against time and authority: Vanishing Point.
Edited by Bloggsworth, 08 January 2020 - 19:39.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:19
Can't believe "Six Pack" isn't on this list. 
And apologies to all who now have that awful Kenny Rogers theme song stuck in their heads.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:29
It is documentary.
Well, sort of ...
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:30
Can't believe Rush is getting more votes than Le Mans.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:32
Race For Glory and Breaking Away......are my favorite racing movies....
Don't forget Downhill Racer...
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:33
The Last American Hero.
Love this flick & own the DVD. Junior Johnson was a badass. Just passed away the other day. Showed the DVD to my boys at the time. They loved it too.
Edited by AustinF1, 08 January 2020 - 17:43.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:36
Viva Las Vegas??
Clambake!
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:37
As a race against time and authority, Vanishing Point.
Bullitt. Race against the bad guys...
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:43
Talladega Nights, and I am not joking.
Edited by Atreiu, 08 January 2020 - 17:44.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:43
Race For Glory and Breaking Away......are my favorite racing movies....
I really enjoyed Breaking Away. It introduced me to the excitement of bicycle racing, and Italian bicycles, both of which I have embraced to this day.
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 17:57
For those who have not witnessed the masterpiece that is Driven, here's a sample:
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Posted 08 January 2020 - 18:33
Can't believe Rush is getting more votes than Le Mans.
Hmm. I think Rush maybe appeals more broadly on the merits of the human story. Le Mans is lots of amazing shots of 70s racing at Le Mans but gives you very little reason to car about the characters or for that matter telling you what is actually happening, so for me is more of a niche thing.
I put my vote in for Grand Prix though. It's got the best of everything in it imo.
