The Automobile in Cinema

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An ode to the automobile (and its 2-wheeled brethren) in cinema. Speeding car chases through city traffic, engines revving aggressively, the squeal of whitewalls on the streets of 1940s Southern California.

Cars give us cinematic insight into the human spirit. They can be a humble daily driver, a means of getting from point A to B. They can be an angry pulsing machine, barely gripping the road and containing the overwhelming mechanical forces asked of them. They be perpetually on the verge of breakdown, relying on careful cajoling to continue their labors. They are an extension of their driver and an entity unto themselves.

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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 71 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 59 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 49 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 76 new

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
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    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 80 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
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    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
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    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 61 new

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 73 new

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 103 new

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
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    Collateral

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 100 new

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 101 new

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
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    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 98 new

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 62 new

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 77 new

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 94 new

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Fast and the Furious

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Driver

    1978, in 6 top lists Check
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    To Live and Die in L.A.

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 88 new

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Italian Job

    1969, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 56 new

    The Friends of Eddie Coyle

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 91 new

    The Outsiders

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ronin

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    For Your Eyes Only

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Italian Job

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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    The Thomas Crown Affair

    1968 — a.k.a. The Crown Caper, in 3 top lists Check
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    Gone in Sixty Seconds

    2000 — a.k.a. Gone in 60 Seconds, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 60 new

    Killer's Kiss

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 83 new

    Rolling Thunder

    1977, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 65 new

    The Transporter

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 90 new

    Du zhan

    2012 — a.k.a. Drug War, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 86 new

    The Sugarland Express

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 102 new

    Side Street

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 70 new

    Taxi

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
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    Thunder Road

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  49. 63 new

    The Seven-Ups

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    Gone in 60 Seconds

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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