Gran Prix and Le Man will always be the quintessential racing movies. Not just the movies themselves, but how some of the actors like James Garner and Steve McQueen took to driving as a sport, and driving in those movies. It was after those movies where both of those actors always showed driving prowess in their following movies or TV shows and doing the driving themselves.
i once did a history report on Wendell scot i have a lot of respect for the man. and i love ford vs ferrari when it came out my mom doesn't like cars or racing but even she had alot of fun with it, screw frozen 2 ford vs ferreri should of made a billion dollars. that movie was great, for gear heads and none gear heads.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions i think there was another movie based on his life i watched. this was many years ago so my memory is pretty faded but yeah i watched to 2020 season of nascar mostly to support bubba wallis i have a feeling his is gonna be put in the nascar hall of fame cause of what he did.
What i love about Grand Prix is the blend of fiction and reality. We look after the characters while we see Clark, Fangio, Rindt and others. and Graham Hill is such a fun extra the whole movie, always giving his best to not ruin the take. I just love that movie so much.
A little anecdote about the filming of Days of Thunder. One of their camera cars almost had an impact on the Winston Cup championship. During the second last race of the season at Phoenix, all Rusty Wallace had to do to clinch the title was finish in I think the top 10. Close to the end of the race he had it in the bag, but he ended up being taken out by one of the cars shooting viz for the movie. He eventually won the title at the final race, but man was he PISSED.
You've done it again MFP. Not only have you produced an excellent video, you have brought to our attention some films that have slipped through the net. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you very much. Much appreciated. Only wish I could do these a little faster. But better to have higher quality products I guess a lot of lesser ones. Thanks for your support.
Truly true. Not just the movie, but how many actors actually drove hard in that movie. Most of them were students of Bob Bondurant for the making of that movie and become true lovers of auto racing. Not in that movie, but Paul Newman was also a student of Bondurant and would become a great race driver in a life that would superceed his acting career.
Thanks. I only just discovered the video not too long ago myself. I find it inspirational in that people feel you need big money to make a film in this day and age. But this is a film that needs to be shown so people can know, car enthusiasts (Especially older muscle cars) exist around the world, and with enough courage to make a film like this, it can be done anywhere and without a great big budget.
I agree that Grand Prix is the best race movie ever; I also rate Rush very highly; Daniel Bruhel's uncanny portrayal of Niki Lauda deserved an Oscar. Ford v Ferrari, however, was so inaccurate I felt like throwing something at the screen. You missed Paul Newman's 1969 movie Winning which, although a bit light on the racing, accurately captured Indy, CanAm, and stock car racing of the era. It is also significant as the film that got Newman into racing; he won his class at LeMans and came close to winning overall.
Being a long-time Cobra buff, who built and owned a replica for 10 years and is aware of how the Cobra came about, the story of Shelby racing in Europe and so on, that movie was a great disappointment. It was well made etc etc, BUT in my opinion, it failed to capture and portray the two main characters - Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. If you get that wrong, the entire story is wrong.
Heart Like a Wheel is actually a fond memory of mine. I hadn't heard of it, but boring crap was on the other channels. Now, I had just come back from the pub and just wanted to see something vaguely interesting whilst I ate my midnight cereal. What I tuned into, just after it started felt like Rocky I and Rocky II combined with huge V8s making massive power. If I remember correctly, my mum asked me who Shirley was the next day. I think she thought I was having a wet-dream, but I forgot headphones only reduce the sound going in, not the sound at 1am when you start cheering Shirley Muldownay on in a movie. Yeah, I'm silly, but so is Pokemon.
Great movie, HBO was playing it in pretty heavy rotation back in the early 80's and I probably saw it 10 times back then, but unfortunately haven't seen it in probably 35 years.
A great list. Grand Prix-after 50 odd years is still a superb film and deserves the top spot.... Rush and Ford V Ferrari are also great entertainment, and I remember the James V Nikki rivalry..... James partied himself to death at only 45 ....Legend..
Great collection, Rush was awesome, have yet to have seen LeMans.... Steve McQueen made it look like he didn't drive in LeMans, though he did, in Bullitt the seen that showed his face then it changed, it's because they would shoot the same seen 8 to 12 times..with each time they shot it the mirror dropped from view. by the time editors get it the Time Line hence time of day would change as well. Believe it or not that is Steve McQueen driving the Mustang in Bullitt, and the Porsche in LeMans Steve McQueen is the original 1st Stunt Driving Actor; I also still have to watch Ford vs. Ferrari as well Great job with the collection of movies and the history behind them 🛤🏎🏁🏆👦🏻👍🏻
Two Lane Blacktop is one of the definitive gear head movies. Fun fact, the 55 Chevy that Harrison Ford drives in American Graffiti is one of the three 55's that was used to make Two Lane Blacktop. Even more fun fact, James Taylor, who'd actually never seen the movie, was reunited a few years back with the principal photography 55 Chevy that he spent so much time in filming the movie courtesy of Jay Leno.
great list all top shelf movies - there is an awesome doco out there about the making of Le Mans(Steve McQueen - the man and Le Mans) - the stuff they went through to make that movie is insane
Docs will be for another list. To Please a Lady, and Winning was close. Winning missed out since it was mostly rear projection footage. Despite Grand Prix had come out before and Le Mans soon after. Plus the list was limited to two specific motor sports in order to make it more inclusive with different sports. There may also be another follow up list in the future.
You hit the ball out of the park by putting Grand Prix at number one! I saw something about the filming where the F2 camera car driver who was following Garner pulling into the pits and telling Frankenheimer to tell Garner to slow down because he couldn't keep up with him.
Thank you very much. Feel free to see my other top 10s and other movie car related videos on my channel and feel free to subscribe for more future content.
Yes it was. Feel free to look up in my channel and find a video of me test driving a Cobra replica and talk about that movie and car some more. Cheers.
A couple films you missed, what about Paul Newman"s 1967 indy car epic "Winning" ( great soundtrack as well), and Kirk Douglas 1955 The Racers, ( lots of front engine action). If your including the likes of Days of Thunder then why not a couple of Elvis Presley Epics like Viva Las Vegas, Spinout and Speedway a lot cars and good racing footage
I left out a bunch mostly due to those movies having too much rear projection and not having the actors actually seen driving. Winning was disappointing as I knew Paul Newman was big into racing. But since it came soon after Grand Prix and before Le Mans it lost a lot of impact. Plus I did not want to repeat the same type of motor racing more than twice. So only two F1 movies and two Le Mans movies. More inclusive that way.
Look I've missed the bus on this just resentley discovered your channel, I'm old so Grand Prix is a favorite, James Garners car Really caught fire, He had the balls not to panic, thst footage is real, Love Gumball Rally its my favorite
It was considered. But for several reasons, it was left out. Plus it used rear projection as opposed to actually seeing Paul drive. And this came out post Grand Prix, so it lost a lot of impact because of this.
Yeah, the top 4 was not easy. But had to give Grand Prix the number 1 spot as it was the first racing movie to go out and do it for real. Like anything in life, others may come later and do it better, but its the person who takes the first step who deserves the most respect.
when i watched the ford v ferrari trailer, i knew there are so many unnecessary & un realistic elements . any way i did watched the movie i liked the 50 % of the movie. the documentaries made by amazon grand tour & the 24 hour war are much accurate
Have you seen Greased Lightening lately? The racing is not well filmed and it takes too much liberty with its original material making up a fantasy ending on a true story. At least Days of Thunder knows what type of film it wants to be.
Can't easily find a Blu-Ray copy of Grand Prix, but thankfully it had a release on LaserDisc... and it being regionfree... why not and the gatefold design of the packaging is a great display piece.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions Ah sorry, I'll edit it. A great top ten and a few I need to check out. Have you done a top ten of absolutely shockingly bad racing films?
@@drewsteroriginals4564 cheers. No need to edit. Others have mentioned how u said it, and I found it funny that my Aussie accent does that. No I have not made such a list yet. My channel us still new and has a growing variety of movie car videos, another top 10 is in the works and new lists are being suggested, so it may happen in the future. Feel free to subscribe and check out my other videos. Cheers.
I wish I had the pictures of me driving Tom Cruise's car from Days of Thunder. It was on display at the auto museum I worked at in Arizona, about 9 years ago.
We need more videos like this and there have to be a lot more racing movies like the cannonball and gumball rally I’m suprised that someone hasn’t made one yet that puts gas vs electric and humans vs self driving also is there a way to view and download the movies on this list cause I have some of them and the rest I want to watch
I consider Le Mans to still be the best racing movie. I used to consider Gran Prix to be the best but the musical sound track really puts me off. It didn't bother me the first few times but now I can't get past it. Truly obnoxious music. Also I could do without the trite romantic song and dance distraction. Despite the liberties taken with the facts I really like Ford vs Ferrari since it got close enough to the facts and does a brilliant job of conveying the thrill and sweat of racing in that time. So cool!
Le Mans 1970 is solid 2nd ! C'mon, how can anything top the legendary raw authentic cinematography taken straight from the race ? And Rush takes over the Ford vs Ferrari too. One movie you need to watch is Wangan Midnight. Is for free to find on RUclips. The atmosphere just takes over you. And another one I need to mention is 1935 movie "No Limit". It's a comedy about the Isle of Man TT race. It's really funny but more importantly it is very authentic in the way it shows the TT Mountain Course. The footage have high historical value.
You loose major points for Days of Thunder. Talledega nights is as good because DOT is trying to be legit, yet is soooo unrealistic is sickening. At least Ricky Bobby is hilarious and not funny for being such a farce. All fast and furious movies are a joke. The rest of this list is great. Rush is truly excellent, way better than Grand Prix. The most accurate of all of them. Personal favorite is the little known Gumball Rally! Fiction, but really captured Brock Yates Cannonball. Even better than Yates own produced comedies based on his illegal cross country contests of madness.
Part of the reason these are "Must See" racing movies is because of their importance and entertainment value. True Days of Thunder is cheesy as. The main reason it is on this list is because it captured NASCAR racing and part of what goes into it, building cars and pit crew relationship, better than other stock car movies before. Grand Prix beat Rush because Grand Prix did something unheard of in racing films up till then, and did it for real. It broke the mold and without it, we would not have a movie like Rush the way it is today.
Ok hear me out. Your gunna laugh. Your gunna roll your eyes. But I think Speed Racer is underrated. YES YES I KNOW its a kids movie. The acting is a little blah. BUT. the emotion the way they talk about racing. The cars and the sounds. The engine building scene for the mach 6 and the first race where he chases his brothers lap time. Idk just give it a watch and tell me. Who ever did the car bits doesnt love cars
Gotta agree with you. It's a fun movie that uses racing more as an allegory for art than it does as a straightforward representation of the sport. The CGI and editing turned off a lot of people when it came out, but it's (justifiably) become a cult favourite since. It's a great mix of racing and science fiction that also serves as a faithful adaptation of the original manga and anime (one of the better adaptations Hollywood has attempted). Many fans in years since have argued that the movie was ahead of its time, and in a world where moviegoers put less emphasis on realism and more on fun and interesting characters and stories (at least, compared to 2008), I'd have to agree with that point as well.
@@ZeusCannonBen i didn't know what it was. Kinda expected a hot wheel knock off. But I see the cover and im like ok looks like these are track cars so im down. And im not saying jts a masterpiece. Im just saying watching the thunder head? Track race reminded me of Lemans and grand prix. And scenes like the big companys center kinda ruin it but I was hooked and I would have liked a sequel. Unfortunately it bombed .
Ummm... James Gardner? Never heard of him, though I suppose it's a common enough name. There was this GARNER fella... Also, you mention "hiring race drivers in supporting roles" in Grand Prix while showing Yves Montand (snicker).
In Australia, Gardner and Garner sound the same. I noticed that too as I was saying it. I could not find a legit bts image of the racers hired for that photo, so I mentioned the actors as well in the same paragraph.
Great list, with some movie that I've not seen yet! While not iconic as the one shown here, there is an almost unkown Italian movie that in my opinion could be worth to be watched. Original title is "Veloce come il vento", but I think the international title is "Italian Race". Is from 2016, here below the original Italian trailer: ruclips.net/video/gBye1KgIblk/видео.html Enjoy!
Rush was spoilt by Howards insistence on non existent antagonism between characters so prevalent in his movies. Lauda vs Hunt was compelling for there totally different lifestyles and racing in reality they were friends off the track.
That will be saved for a future list on Race Documentaries. There are a number of good ones and Sena will likely be mentioned among them. Feel free to subscribe and stay tuned. ;)
Number one has to be Ford v Ferrari. It’s the best racing movie I’ve seen. There could be better, I just don’t know how. Edit: after watching through that number one movie looks like it could be good
Cheers. I was about to say, the number 1 is THE milestone in racing movies. Others may have done it better since. But it was the first to do it like this. A little bit dramatic at times, but still amazing how they did it all for real.
I think that is what makes it so good. Too many other sports and racing movies wanna glorify things too much, like that movie Drive with Stallone a few years back. Don't get me wrong, even those have their place. But I was so disappointed with the ending of Greased Lightning that played to be "true story" then made up a fairytale ending that never happened, not even close. Grand Prix I don't think would turn heads if it came out today as is. But for the time, it was groundbreaking.
"The door won't fucking close"
-Ken Miles
You promised me the race, not the victory
*Takes sledge hammer to trunk area of Cobra to clearance for proper size of luggage* "HAPPY BILL ????? " lmao
@@plamenantonov9366 you’ll get your win after you fix this damn door!!!
Gran Prix and Le Man will always be the quintessential racing movies. Not just the movies themselves, but how some of the actors like James Garner and Steve McQueen took to driving as a sport, and driving in those movies. It was after those movies where both of those actors always showed driving prowess in their following movies or TV shows and doing the driving themselves.
i once did a history report on Wendell scot i have a lot of respect for the man. and i love ford vs ferrari when it came out my mom doesn't like cars or racing but even she had alot of fun with it, screw frozen 2 ford vs ferreri should of made a billion dollars. that movie was great, for gear heads and none gear heads.
Cheers. Same. I felt the movie cheated him a little by giving his story a "Hollywood" ending. Hence why it was not higher on the list.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions i think there was another movie based on his life i watched. this was many years ago so my memory is pretty faded but yeah i watched to 2020 season of nascar mostly to support bubba wallis i have a feeling his is gonna be put in the nascar hall of fame cause of what he did.
After searching RUclips for a video list of racing movies, I finally find one labeled so that is actually a list of racing movies. Thumbs up!
What i love about Grand Prix is the blend of fiction and reality. We look after the characters while we see Clark, Fangio, Rindt and others. and Graham Hill is such a fun extra the whole movie, always giving his best to not ruin the take. I just love that movie so much.
A little anecdote about the filming of Days of Thunder. One of their camera cars almost had an impact on the Winston Cup championship. During the second last race of the season at Phoenix, all Rusty Wallace had to do to clinch the title was finish in I think the top 10. Close to the end of the race he had it in the bag, but he ended up being taken out by one of the cars shooting viz for the movie. He eventually won the title at the final race, but man was he PISSED.
"Heart Like A Wheel" is a good movie, underrated.
You've done it again MFP.
Not only have you produced an excellent video, you have brought to our attention some films that have slipped through the net.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you very much. Much appreciated. Only wish I could do these a little faster. But better to have higher quality products I guess a lot of lesser ones. Thanks for your support.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions I will take quality over quantity any day.
"I'll see you on raceday, champ!"
"You will, champ."
Grand Prix is an absolute masterpiece in every aspect.
Truly true. Not just the movie, but how many actors actually drove hard in that movie. Most of them were students of Bob Bondurant for the making of that movie and become true lovers of auto racing. Not in that movie, but Paul Newman was also a student of Bondurant and would become a great race driver in a life that would superceed his acting career.
great video! i didn't know anyone outside Norway had heard of Børning :D
Thanks. I only just discovered the video not too long ago myself. I find it inspirational in that people feel you need big money to make a film in this day and age. But this is a film that needs to be shown so people can know, car enthusiasts (Especially older muscle cars) exist around the world, and with enough courage to make a film like this, it can be done anywhere and without a great big budget.
Any streaming platforms that have the first two? Just saw the third one on Netflix and enjoyed it. Would like to view the others with subtitles
@@MatrixConcluded sadly Ive watch the first one sadly it dosent have any subtitles and the link to it is probably gone
I have ... Sweden. 😊
Thank you for this beautiful video, feeling so pumped to watch'em again
I agree that Grand Prix is the best race movie ever; I also rate Rush very highly; Daniel Bruhel's uncanny portrayal of Niki Lauda deserved an Oscar. Ford v Ferrari, however, was so inaccurate I felt like throwing something at the screen. You missed Paul Newman's 1969 movie Winning which, although a bit light on the racing, accurately captured Indy, CanAm, and stock car racing of the era. It is also significant as the film that got Newman into racing; he won his class at LeMans and came close to winning overall.
Being a long-time Cobra buff, who built and owned a replica for 10 years and is aware of how the Cobra came about, the story of Shelby racing in Europe and so on, that movie was a great disappointment. It was well made etc etc, BUT in my opinion, it failed to capture and portray the two main characters - Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. If you get that wrong, the entire story is wrong.
Heart Like a Wheel is actually a fond memory of mine. I hadn't heard of it, but boring crap was on the other channels. Now, I had just come back from the pub and just wanted to see something vaguely interesting whilst I ate my midnight cereal. What I tuned into, just after it started felt like Rocky I and Rocky II combined with huge V8s making massive power.
If I remember correctly, my mum asked me who Shirley was the next day. I think she thought I was having a wet-dream, but I forgot headphones only reduce the sound going in, not the sound at 1am when you start cheering Shirley Muldownay on in a movie.
Yeah, I'm silly, but so is Pokemon.
Great movie, HBO was playing it in pretty heavy rotation back in the early 80's and I probably saw it 10 times back then, but unfortunately haven't seen it in probably 35 years.
A great list. Grand Prix-after 50 odd years is still a superb film and deserves the top spot.... Rush and Ford V Ferrari are also great entertainment, and I remember the James V Nikki rivalry..... James partied himself to death at only 45 ....Legend..
Great collection, Rush was awesome, have yet to have seen LeMans.... Steve McQueen made it look like he didn't drive in LeMans, though he did, in Bullitt the seen that showed his face then it changed, it's because they would shoot the same seen 8 to 12 times..with each time they shot it the mirror dropped from view. by the time editors get it the Time Line hence time of day would change as well. Believe it or not that is Steve McQueen driving the Mustang in Bullitt, and the Porsche in LeMans Steve McQueen is the original 1st Stunt Driving Actor; I also still have to watch Ford vs. Ferrari as well Great job with the collection of movies and the history behind them 🛤🏎🏁🏆👦🏻👍🏻
Great List!
My runner ups:
Two Lane Blacktop
Talladega Nights
Stroker Ace
Death Race
Cars
Ones I still need to see:
Thunderbolt
Speed Racer
Pitstop 1969 ;)
Two Lane Blacktop is one of the definitive gear head movies.
Fun fact, the 55 Chevy that Harrison Ford drives in American Graffiti is one of the three 55's that was used to make Two Lane Blacktop.
Even more fun fact, James Taylor, who'd actually never seen the movie, was reunited a few years back with the principal photography 55 Chevy that he spent so much time in filming the movie courtesy of Jay Leno.
great list all top shelf movies - there is an awesome doco out there about the making of Le Mans(Steve McQueen - the man and Le Mans) - the stuff they went through to make that movie is insane
I want to Buy & Watch ALL of these movies!
1949 The Big Wheel, 1950 To Please a Lady, 1969 Winning... Docs: 2000 Williams, 2005 Dust to Glory, 2010 Senna, 2017 Ferrari 312b
Docs will be for another list. To Please a Lady, and Winning was close. Winning missed out since it was mostly rear projection footage. Despite Grand Prix had come out before and Le Mans soon after. Plus the list was limited to two specific motor sports in order to make it more inclusive with different sports. There may also be another follow up list in the future.
You hit the ball out of the park by putting Grand Prix at number one! I saw something about the filming where the F2 camera car driver who was following Garner pulling into the pits and telling Frankenheimer to tell Garner to slow down because he couldn't keep up with him.
I like comments like these. Cheers.
Excellent Top 10!!! One the best car top tens in a long time. Love the work.
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I love the Grand Prix beginning on large home 2k screen Blu ray disc and Surround Sound it is just awesome.
Grand Prix #1, where it belongs. Nice list.
Gumball - To this day the E-Type Jag is still trying to start.
The gumball rally movie was great.
Yes it was. Feel free to look up in my channel and find a video of me test driving a Cobra replica and talk about that movie and car some more. Cheers.
Nice job. Wonderful to see Heart Like a Wheel included.
Thanks.
The cartoon Speed Racer. Lol. I loved that as a kid
Ive probably watched Gumboil Rally over 20 times since I first saw it as a kid
Already seen five of these, but I feel I need to check out The Gumball Rally.
Good and funny movie!
@@289cobra9 It is. I’ve actually seen it since this post.
@@ForceMaximus84
Glad to hear! 👍
"Knock it off Ken"
Ok...
A couple films you missed, what about Paul Newman"s 1967 indy car epic "Winning" ( great soundtrack as well), and Kirk Douglas 1955 The Racers, ( lots of front engine action).
If your including the likes of Days of Thunder then why not a couple of Elvis Presley Epics like Viva Las Vegas, Spinout and Speedway a lot cars and good racing footage
I left out a bunch mostly due to those movies having too much rear projection and not having the actors actually seen driving. Winning was disappointing as I knew Paul Newman was big into racing. But since it came soon after Grand Prix and before Le Mans it lost a lot of impact. Plus I did not want to repeat the same type of motor racing more than twice. So only two F1 movies and two Le Mans movies. More inclusive that way.
My favourite racing movies:
Ford v Ferrari
Rush
Lemans 1971
Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights
Fast & Furious ( 1-10 )
If you only see or buy just one of these, it has to be Grand Prix.
For what it is, its amazing. Just to know what came before, this was leap-years ahead of other racing films.
I bought Grand Prix and Lemans 71 unseen when I heard about it, because couldn't find it for rent at the time.
Look I've missed the bus on this just resentley discovered your channel, I'm old so Grand Prix is a favorite, James Garners car Really caught fire, He had the balls not to panic, thst footage is real, Love Gumball Rally its my favorite
It's all good, you've found it now. Cheers. Glad you liked the list, feel free to check out the other videos too. Enjoy.
Funny how the genius narrator coined the 24hr Lemans as being "PERHAPS" one of the biggest motor racing events of the world...LOL!
It is funny indeed. I keep laughing every time I think about it.
Considering that is, at best, number two (after Indianapolis) why would you laugh?
Just got Ford V Ferrari on Blu-Ray and saw it at the theatre! Feel embarrassed that I'm almost 50 and have still not seen Grand Prix yet.
Hey! Børning! Norway represent! :)
2 100% perfect movies, LE MANS WITH STEVE Mc QUEEN and GRAND PRIX with JAMES GARNER.
Remarkable choice! Well done!
I would have thrown The Wraith somewhere in there as a bonus just because that Dodge M4s Turbo Interceptor is still badass.
Please look up my videos and you will find a full length documentary on the M4S and it's usage in the film.
You should see Michel Valliant!Greetings from Greece
Gia sou Eladara. I will give it a look. Cheers.
You missed out Winning starring Paul Newman. Good choices for the top 3 too
It was considered. But for several reasons, it was left out. Plus it used rear projection as opposed to actually seeing Paul drive. And this came out post Grand Prix, so it lost a lot of impact because of this.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions
Ah righto. Thanks
@@MFPMapFilmProductions I was wondering about winning
1. Le Mans
2.Rush
3.Ford V Ferrari
4. Grand Prix
Yeah, the top 4 was not easy. But had to give Grand Prix the number 1 spot as it was the first racing movie to go out and do it for real. Like anything in life, others may come later and do it better, but its the person who takes the first step who deserves the most respect.
Awesome video as always!
Thank you for your support.
I only watched Days of Thunder but I definitely need to watch all these movies you mentioned
I bought a copy of Days of Thunder on DVD at cash converters so I could use it as a drink coaster. In my honest opinion, that's all it's worth.
@@bradwilliams7683
Top Gun but in cars instead of fighter jets 🤣
Rick McGrath Both as bad as each other as far as I'm concerned. Tom Cruise is a whack job.
Seen a couple of these movies enjoyed them all
Thing is, Shirley hated Heart Like a Wheel, but said it was good for NHRA for publicity
when i watched the ford v ferrari trailer, i knew there are so many unnecessary & un realistic elements . any way i did watched the movie i liked the 50 % of the movie. the documentaries made by amazon grand tour & the 24 hour war are much accurate
Really? Days of Thunder above Greased Lightening? You may as well have put Driven on this list...
Have you seen Greased Lightening lately? The racing is not well filmed and it takes too much liberty with its original material making up a fantasy ending on a true story. At least Days of Thunder knows what type of film it wants to be.
Honestly Days of thunder and Ford v Ferrari are my favorites!!
Days of thunder isn't even really a racing movie. It's just Top Gun in a stock car. Same exact movie.
Can't easily find a Blu-Ray copy of Grand Prix, but thankfully it had a release on LaserDisc... and it being regionfree... why not and the gatefold design of the packaging is a great display piece.
The Ford GT40 was actually British, it was Designed and Built in Britain, by British Designers and Technitions?
Born to race 1 is underrated af
This was the last place I expected to hear Mid Night mentioned, lol.
Great top ten, I need to hunt a few out to re-watch. Grand Prix as an awesome film!
Thank you. Yes I did say Garner. It's down to my Aussie accent. Gardner and Garner sound exactly the same. I was aware of this as I was recording.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions Ah sorry, I'll edit it. A great top ten and a few I need to check out. Have you done a top ten of absolutely shockingly bad racing films?
@@drewsteroriginals4564 cheers. No need to edit. Others have mentioned how u said it, and I found it funny that my Aussie accent does that. No I have not made such a list yet. My channel us still new and has a growing variety of movie car videos, another top 10 is in the works and new lists are being suggested, so it may happen in the future. Feel free to subscribe and check out my other videos. Cheers.
Well done, cheers!
Thank you very much.
Great 👍👍video.
Great vid !!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I wish I had the pictures of me driving Tom Cruise's car from Days of Thunder. It was on display at the auto museum I worked at in Arizona, about 9 years ago.
We need more videos like this and there have to be a lot more racing movies like the cannonball and gumball rally I’m suprised that someone hasn’t made one yet that puts gas vs electric and humans vs self driving also is there a way to view and download the movies on this list cause I have some of them and the rest I want to watch
Thanks bud, that was awesome.
Thanks for the showing hidden films.
Most of the Fast and the Furious are BS
Some good points
But too much CGI
If documentaries are movies: Senna. It follows a traditional tragedy arc and... it's true.
James Cagney "The Crowd Roared" , Sly Stallone "Driven" , J.M.Fangio "Fangio".
Finally. Someone got it right. Grand Prix is the Best racing movie.
you the man for your first pick
Thanks.
I consider Le Mans to still be the best racing movie. I used to consider Gran Prix to be the best but the musical sound track really puts me off. It didn't bother me the first few times but now I can't get past it. Truly obnoxious music. Also I could do without the trite romantic song and dance distraction. Despite the liberties taken with the facts I really like Ford vs Ferrari since it got close enough to the facts and does a brilliant job of conveying the thrill and sweat of racing in that time. So cool!
amazing!
I loved "stroker ace "
So thats 2 films that I now know Bonnie Bedelia was in...
She was also in the Harrison Ford drama Presumed Innocent.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions Oh ok...I saw that film in Sri Lanka...... Raul Julia and Renee Russo as I recall...
Le Mans 1970 is solid 2nd !
C'mon, how can anything top the legendary raw authentic cinematography taken straight from the race ?
And Rush takes over the Ford vs Ferrari too.
One movie you need to watch is Wangan Midnight. Is for free to find on RUclips.
The atmosphere just takes over you.
And another one I need to mention is 1935 movie "No Limit". It's a comedy about the Isle of Man TT race.
It's really funny but more importantly it is very authentic in the way it shows the TT Mountain Course. The footage have high historical value.
You left out a very good movie with Paul Newman and Robert Wagner, "Winning".
GREAT COLLECTION MFP!
Thank you.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions your welcome!
Pretty sure the crash footage from heart like a wheel was used in a Hardcastle and McCormick episode.
you forogt RACE FOR GLORY 1989 and FAST COMPANY
You loose major points for Days of Thunder. Talledega nights is as good because DOT is trying to be legit, yet is soooo unrealistic is sickening. At least Ricky Bobby is hilarious and not funny for being such a farce. All fast and furious movies are a joke. The rest of this list is great. Rush is truly excellent, way better than Grand Prix. The most accurate of all of them. Personal favorite is the little known Gumball Rally! Fiction, but really captured Brock Yates Cannonball. Even better than Yates own produced comedies based on his illegal cross country contests of madness.
Part of the reason these are "Must See" racing movies is because of their importance and entertainment value. True Days of Thunder is cheesy as. The main reason it is on this list is because it captured NASCAR racing and part of what goes into it, building cars and pit crew relationship, better than other stock car movies before. Grand Prix beat Rush because Grand Prix did something unheard of in racing films up till then, and did it for real. It broke the mold and without it, we would not have a movie like Rush the way it is today.
Pitstop is another classic from 1969 ... more b-movie tho :0
Disney Pixar’s cars wants a word
In my opinion the greatest racing movie of all time is 3.
I thought Mongoose vs Snake was a good movie.
Ok hear me out. Your gunna laugh. Your gunna roll your eyes. But I think Speed Racer is underrated. YES YES I KNOW its a kids movie. The acting is a little blah. BUT. the emotion the way they talk about racing. The cars and the sounds. The engine building scene for the mach 6 and the first race where he chases his brothers lap time. Idk just give it a watch and tell me. Who ever did the car bits doesnt love cars
Gotta agree with you. It's a fun movie that uses racing more as an allegory for art than it does as a straightforward representation of the sport. The CGI and editing turned off a lot of people when it came out, but it's (justifiably) become a cult favourite since. It's a great mix of racing and science fiction that also serves as a faithful adaptation of the original manga and anime (one of the better adaptations Hollywood has attempted). Many fans in years since have argued that the movie was ahead of its time, and in a world where moviegoers put less emphasis on realism and more on fun and interesting characters and stories (at least, compared to 2008), I'd have to agree with that point as well.
@@ZeusCannonBen i didn't know what it was. Kinda expected a hot wheel knock off. But I see the cover and im like ok looks like these are track cars so im down. And im not saying jts a masterpiece. Im just saying watching the thunder head? Track race reminded me of Lemans and grand prix. And scenes like the big companys center kinda ruin it but I was hooked and I would have liked a sequel. Unfortunately it bombed .
Why do I feel like Senna should have been on this list? Yes, it is a docu but it's so much more than that.
Sena will be part of a future list of 10 Racing Docs. Feel free to subscribe to keep an eye on that one. ;) Cheers.
Ummm... James Gardner? Never heard of him, though I suppose it's a common enough name. There was this GARNER fella... Also, you mention "hiring race drivers in supporting roles" in Grand Prix while showing Yves Montand (snicker).
In Australia, Gardner and Garner sound the same. I noticed that too as I was saying it. I could not find a legit bts image of the racers hired for that photo, so I mentioned the actors as well in the same paragraph.
Great video, monotone/reading narration.
When was the first car race held?
The day they made the second car....
Great list, with some movie that I've not seen yet!
While not iconic as the one shown here, there is an almost unkown Italian movie that in my opinion could be worth to be watched.
Original title is "Veloce come il vento", but I think the international title is "Italian Race". Is from 2016, here below the original Italian trailer:
ruclips.net/video/gBye1KgIblk/видео.html
Enjoy!
Le mans should have been number 1
Driven was a good one
I would put Indy500 in that list.
redline should be on here
Rush was spoilt by Howards insistence on non existent antagonism between characters so prevalent in his movies. Lauda vs Hunt was compelling for there totally different lifestyles and racing in reality they were friends off the track.
Who’s the first talking car in movie/tv from the 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000s 2010s?!
I loved Grand Prix but did not think the music fit the film at all.
You talk way to fast my friend for commentary.
Two-Lane Blacktop. Just sayin'...
It's on another of my videos. Feel free to lookup forgotten car chase movies.
What about Senna although it is a documentary
That will be saved for a future list on Race Documentaries. There are a number of good ones and Sena will likely be mentioned among them. Feel free to subscribe and stay tuned. ;)
Number one has to be Ford v Ferrari. It’s the best racing movie I’ve seen.
There could be better, I just don’t know how.
Edit: after watching through that number one movie looks like it could be good
Cheers. I was about to say, the number 1 is THE milestone in racing movies. Others may have done it better since. But it was the first to do it like this. A little bit dramatic at times, but still amazing how they did it all for real.
Grand prix is a difficult movie to watch
An almost documentary
I think that is what makes it so good. Too many other sports and racing movies wanna glorify things too much, like that movie Drive with Stallone a few years back. Don't get me wrong, even those have their place. But I was so disappointed with the ending of Greased Lightning that played to be "true story" then made up a fairytale ending that never happened, not even close. Grand Prix I don't think would turn heads if it came out today as is. But for the time, it was groundbreaking.
no bruh burning asphalt is a sequel, now i get the beginning is pretty weird