Movies

Most of us our doing our part to stay home as much as we can these days, so that means less time behind the wheel, and more time on the couch. The good news for gearheads is that there are tons of great car movies for you to enjoy from the comfort of your living room.

If you look back over the course of racing history, one of the most important and memorable times was the epic face-off between Ford and Ferrari during the late 1960s at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

We’ve seen flying car concepts many times over the years – something it seems inventors have been trying to make a reality almost since the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. With concept vehicles with folding wings that fit in the family garage or the personal helicopter that lands in the driveway, there is no lack of creativity or dedication in trying to make them a viable alternative.

My all-time favorite action movie franchise is John Wick. The first film was fantastic and the second was even better. It helps that Wick likes muscle cars, and in the first one he drove a 1969 Mustang.

The thing I remember most about the original xXx flick with Vin Diesel was that sweet purple 1967 Pontiac GTO that has missiles in the headlights, and the roof that could be ejected. If you liked that car and thought it would be cool to drive it, here is your chance.

You hear a lot about big-time stars doing their own stunts in the movies, but that always sounds like a lot of studio hype to me. Well, in a just released video promoting Tom Cruise’s starring role in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, we see the mega star behind the wheel of a BMW M3 doing some pretty badass maneuvers.

There’s nothing quite as thrilling in films as a good car action sequence. From classics like The French Connection, to modern flicks like the Fast and the Furious series and Mad Max, it’s just a blast to see powerful sports cars being pushed to their limits, while at the same time moving the plot along.

Okay, so this movie looks like it will be kinda fun, but really, really dorky. Pixels features Adam Sandler, and that’s rarely a good thing. The idea of an totally alien species totally misinterpreting our time capsule and attacking us with video games is particularly amusing though, especially when it involves an enormous Pac-Man assaulting NYC.

There’s little question that the 2011 movie The Green Hornet was a bad film. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t feature a pretty amazing custom car in it. Based on a 1965 Chrysler Imperial, this is just one of two remaining screen-used “hero” cars from the film, and it looks amazing.

While the upcoming Need for Speed movie looks more like glossy car porn than Oscar bait, that’s okay by us. Though we’re still struggling with the idea that Aaron Paul is no longer Jesse Pinkman. Oh well, at least we still have tons of sexy cars and epic stunts to watch, right?