Top 50 Movie Cars of All Time

This 1974 TV movie made the '34 Three-Window built by Pete Chapouris one of the most famous hot rods of all time. It's still beautiful.

Eddie Paul reportedly built four '50 Mercs for this 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie. The movie is lousy, but the car is outstanding. | March 25, 2015 |

It's a Mopar, so of course it's evil. John Carpenter's 1983 film is rumored to have destroyed more than 20 '58 Plymouths depicting Christine.

The 1973 film that was the prototype for Smokey and the Bandit. A stripped LTD sedan with a 429, a bench seat and a four-speed is always cool.

Popular Hot Rodding's then supercharged "Project X" is driven by Tony Danza in this 1980 film. The always yellow '57 was recently rebuilt by GM Performance.

Robert Mitchum's 1958 moonshine drama features this hot-rodded '50. It runs from the Feds, who have a '57 Chevy that grabs bumpers.

The 13 different Dodges that portrayed the "Bluesmobile" in this 1980 film were bought from the California Highway Patrol. Hit it!

"The first rule of Italian driving," says Raul Julia as he rips off the rearview. "What's behind is not important."

Two genuine Cobras were used in this 1976 comedy that remains the best movie made about transcontinental street racing.

Sonny Corleone dies in a hail of machine gun fire outside his special Lincoln. It's the best car in this all-time-great 1972 movie.

The three stars of this drama are Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and this big Buick.

This remake used the new version of the Mini to steal gold in Los Angeles. And it replaced Michael Caine with Mark Wahlberg. OK, so there were some compromises. | March 26, 2015 |

Britain's greatest heist is stealing gold through a traffic jam under and over Turin, Italy. Michael Caine was at his peak in 1969.

Reportedly, the Miura wrecked here was already destroyed before filming. That doesn't make its fate any less painful to watch.

Sometimes a '68 or a '69 in this 1974 movie, the Charger's explosive fame came in the explosive credits for TV's The Fall Guy.

"Winterized" by Q into a hardtop, 007's Aston features missiles, skis and a rocket engine in the 1987 film.

Few gadgets, but James Bond's DBS (a redressed DB9) performs a spectacular seven barrel rolls meeting its demise in the film that reignited the James Bond franchise.

Director Michael Bay's personal Ferrari is threatened by cars thrown at it from a transporter. Mayhem is what Bay does best.

Fugitive mercenaries hide in a van with a big red stripe. But on NBC between 1983 and 1987 it made perfect sense. At least it did if you were 12.

It's a stock car some kid drives on the street. Big-block power! | March 26, 2015 | NBC Universal

Originally built for the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon by Veilside, the wide-body RX-7 made a surprise return at the end of Fast & Furious 6.

For the sequel, Frank Martin (Jason Statham) trades in his BMW 7 Series for a new top-of-the-line Audi. There may have been product placement involved.

In Steve McQueen's 1971 racing epic, the Porsche his character drives in the film's opening scenes is this 911S. It recently sold for $1.37 million. | March 26, 2015 | Solar Productions

Converted to right-hand drive and drowned in overstyled fiberglass. Mark Hamill spends this 1978 movie getting it back after it's stolen.

440 and a pistol-grip four-speed. The cops chasing Kowalski in this 1971 film don't know his first name. A '67 Camaro doubles the Dodge in the explosive climax.

Why do classic Mopars keep showing up in David Spade movies? And Spade just bought the world's nicest Charger Daytona for $900K, too. This GTX gets beat up, but it's still awesome.

Toby Halicki wrote, directed, starred in and was the stunt driver for this mind-boggling film. What everyone remembers is Eleanor the Mustang. What no one understands is the dialogue or plot.

Bob Falfa's '55 challenges John Milner's self worth. It's the '55 from Two-Lane Blacktop painted black, with Harrison Ford driving.

By Ferrari standards, it wasn't a successful racer. But it looked spectacular running alongside Porsche 917s in Steve McQueen's 1971 racing film.

The greatest Porsche of them all, running full speed down the Mulsanne Straight with McQueen at the wheel. Then he destroys it in a spectacular wreck.

A black Lambo with Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman aboard? Wicked. The great Brock Yates wrote this 1981 movie.

Yeah, the Ferrari in the 1986 movie was just a replica. But it's the first Ferrari many of us ever lusted after. You fellas have nothing to worry about. I'm a professional.

A very good Disney movie that opened in 1968 and became the highest-grossing film of 1969. Herbie was a star from the start.

George Barris' crew reworked and restyled an old Ford concept car into the great Batmobile for the campy 1966-'68 TV series. Turbines to speed.

In John Frankenheimer's 1998 chase film, it's this big green sedan that does most of the pushing in its best chase.

This Dodge chased Steve McQueen's Mustang through San Francisco in this 1968 cop drama. Bad guys have been driving Chargers in movies ever since.

It beats a Ferrari on PCH. Then chases a motorcycle. And is given away to Vin Diesel at the end of this 2001 film.

The iconic car from this movie series is so intimidating that Vin Diesel is scared to drive it in the original film.

The E38 BMW 7 Series is Frank Martin's hard-core choice for outrunning those who would do his clients harm.

Solid front axle, 454 with tunnel ram, glass nose and deck lid, Plexiglass side windows; it was nasty back then and it's nasty now.

It's exactly the wrong high-profile, cop-attracting car to go hunting news stories in L.A. at night. But the Dodge Challenger is a perfect example of the lead character's twisted rise.

More than 300 Chargers portrayed the General Lee during the series 145 episodes (1979-'86). Today it's the ultimate Hollywood star car.

Australia's greatest export is George Miller's 1979 vision of a dystopian future, which includes the last of the V8 interceptors. Everyone wants a blower that can be turned on and off.

It's Dom's nicest Charger yet. Cleverly uses a lower rear wing and fixed headlights for its starring role in this massive hit.

Steve Stanford designed this exaggerated Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 "Eleanor" and it's been copied and copied ever since the 2000 movie hit.

Even before the legendary chase begins, it was dented and tough-looking. This Mustang has defined cool for more than 40 years.

When this movie appeared in 1973, street-rodding was almost dead. John Milner's yellow '32 five-window Ford made it relevant again.

1977's second most popular film. But you couldn't buy a Millennium Falcon, and Pontiac dealers had plenty of T/As. Speedy car.

In this 1977 film, it's a Lotus that turns into a submarine. That's enough to make it the third greatest movie/TV car of all time.

The greatest James Bond car is fitted by Q with "modifications" for this 1964 movie. This Aston Martin is the standard against which all spy, movie and TV cars are judged. Last year it sold at auction for $4.6 million.