List of films about automobiles

The following is a list of films about automobiles, whose plots focus on, or prominently feature, cars and other automobiles.

List of films

• The First Auto (1927), about the transition from horses to cars for transportation, and the rift it causes in a family.
• The Crowd Roars (1932), James Cagney stars as a race care driver in this 1st sound car racing film.
• Death Drives Through (1935), the protagonist is a race-car driver.
• Dodsworth (1936), the protagonist owns a car factory.
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), the protagonist forbids his mother from marrying an automobile tycoon.
• Buck Privates Come Home (1947), two ex-soldiers help a young race-car driver.
• The Big Wheel (1949), the protagonist is a race-car driver.
• To Please a Lady (1950), the protagonist is a race-car driver.
• Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952), short animated film by Walt Disney Productions, which charts the life of an anthropomorphic blue coupe.
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), charts three generations of owners of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II.
• The Great Race (1965), comedy loosely based on the 1908 New York to Paris Race.
• What on Earth! (1966), short animated mockumentary in which Martians mistake automobiles as Earth's dominant species.
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), musical film about a magical car.
• The Love Bug (1968), a comedy film about an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle racecar named Herbie.
• Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969), comedy based on the Monte Carlo Rally in the 1920s.
• Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970), Italian comedy about a driving school.
• Le Mans (1971), action film about a fictional running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• Vanishing Point (1971), action road film prominently featuring a Dodge Challenger.
• Duel (1971), thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg of a road rage chase featuring a Peterbilt 281 tanker truck and a 1971 Plymouth Valiant.
• Killdozer! (1974), made-for-TV horror movie based on a short story of the same name by Theodore Sturgeon.
• Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), a film about an insurance agent who is also a professional car thief who must steal 48 vehicles over the course of five days.
• Herbie Rides Again (1974), second film in the Herbie series.
• Race with the Devil (1975), occult thriller film that blends the car chase and horror genres.
• The Car (1977), about an anthropomorphic customized 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III.
• Smokey and the Bandit (1977), about two bootleggers running liquor from Texarkana to Atlanta in a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and 1973/4 Kenworth W900A.
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), third film in the Herbie series, centered on a race between Paris and Monte Carlo.
• Corvette Summer (1978), about a teenager and his stolen Corvette Stingray.
• Mad Max (1979), an Australian film franchise about a police office named Max and his Ford Falcon XB police car called the Pursuit Special aka the V8 Interceptor.
• The Hearse (1980), a horror movie about a possessed hearse.
• Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), fourth film in the Herbie series.
• The Devil at Your Heels (1981), documentary about daredevil Ken Carter's attempt to jump a rocket-powered car over the Saint Lawrence River.
• Goodbye Pork Pie (1981), a New Zealand comedy film featuring a yellow Mini Cooper as well as many other vehicles as the centrepiece of the plot, featuring many stunt and driving action sequences.
• Christine (1983), directed by John Carpenter, about a sentient 1958 Plymouth Fury, based on the novel by Stephen King.
• Nightmares (1983), a film consisting of four separate story segments; the third, "The Benediction", features a traveling priest (played by Lance Henriksen) attacked on the highway by a demonic pickup truck
• Dionysos (1984), a French film about a factory attempting to build the world's first car.
• Back to the Future (1985), a franchise about a teenage boy named Marty McFly and a scientist named Doc Brown going on an adventure in their time machine made out of a 1981 DMC DeLorean.
• Maximum Overdrive (1986), a horror film based on the short story "Trucks" by Stephen King .
• The Wraith (1986), starring Charlie Sheen, who plays a man murdered by a gang of car thieves who gets revenge upon his killers by returning as a phantom car and driver set out to eliminate them.
• ' (1988), a film about the development of the Tucker automobile.
• Pink Cadillac (1989), about a bounty hunter and a group of white supremacists chasing a woman in a pink Cadillac.
• Wheels of Terror (1990), a 1990 made-for-TV film about a mysterious car with an unseen driver terrorizing a small Arizona community.
• Coupe de Ville (1990) A dying father has his three very different sons drive a 1954 Cadillac de Ville convertible home as a gift to their mother, teaching the boys the meaning of family and love.
• Crash (1996), directed by David Cronenberg, about a group of people who find sexual pleasure in car crashes.
• Trucks (1997), a made-for-TV remake film based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King.
• The Love Bug (1997), fifth film in the Herbie series, made for TV as a remake/continuation of the 1968 film The Love Bug.
• Black Dog (1998), an action film starring Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis and Meat Loaf about a trucker and ex-con who is manipulated into transporting illegal firearms. Similar to The Fast and the Furious (2001), but with semi trucks.
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), remake of the 1974 film about car thieves.
• The Fast and the Furious, a franchise of films about street racing and car heists; the first film was released in 2001.
• The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), remake of the 1942 film.
• The Transporter (2002), about a driver for hire – a mercenary "transporter" who will deliver anything, anywhere – no questions asked – for the right price. The car used in the movie was a BMW.
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), sequel of The Fast and the Furious (2001).
• Transporter 2 (2005), sequel of The Transporter (2002), with the same concept but the car used in the movie is the new Audi A8 W12.
• ' (2005), sixth film in the Herbie series.
• Cars (2006), animated film by Pixar.
• ' (2006), third part of the series; shot in Tokyo and Los Angeles; most of the races are on the Tokyo streets.
• Death Proof (2007), directed by Quentin Tarantino, about a stuntman and his killer car.
• Speed Racer, directed by The Wachowskis, about the eponymous racecar driver participating in fantastic races. Based on the 1960s manga and anime series of the same name.
• Death Race (2008), with star Jason Statham, remake of Death Race 2000 (1975).
• Gran Torino (2008), about a young man who conspires to steal his neighbor's Ford Gran Torino.
• Dolan's Cadillac (2009), based on the Stephen King story, about a schoolteacher whose wife is murdered by a man in a bulletproof Cadillac.
• Fast and Furious 4 (2009), serves as a connection from the first film into a present-day setting, with main members of the original cast reprising their roles.
• Road Kill (2010), an Australian supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers who are menaced by a driverless road train in the harsh Australian outback.
• Cars 2 (2011), animated children's film by Pixar.
• Death Race 2 (2011), prequel to Death Race (2008).
• Drive (2011), an action film about a stunt performer who also works as a getaway driver.
• Fast Five (2011), follows Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) as they plan a heist to steal $100 million from a corrupt businessman.
• ' (2013), sequel to Death Race 2 (2010) and prequel to Death Race (2008).
• Super Hybrid (2011), science fiction thriller film about a malicious shape-shifting sentient car that devours its victims by tricking them into its cab.
• Fast & Furious 6 (2013), the sixth installment in The Fast and the Furious.
• Need for Speed (2014), stars Aaron Paul as street racer Tobey Marshall, who sets off to race cross-country, as a way of avenging his friend's death at the hands of a rival racer (Dominic Cooper).
• Furious 7 (2015), the first installment in the franchise to take place after Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Paul Walker, who died in a car accident.
• ' (2015), set in a future desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities.
• Monster Trucks (2016), about a mysterious creature who takes control of a pickup truck that was built in a junkyard.
• The Fate of the Furious (2017), when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
• Cars 3, animated children's film by Pixar, scheduled for release on 16 June 2017.
• Baby Driver (2017), a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
• Bumblebee (2018), about a robot superhero that can transform into a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.
• Je Suis Auto (2019), an ill-tempered mafioso needs to deliver a suitcase full of money, so he enters a self-driving taxi to get to his destination, but doesn't know that his ride is ontologically challenged.
• D'art (2019), a fine artist and a collector collaborate to turn a Goggomobil Dart into an Objet d'art.
• Ford v Ferrari (2019), action drama film about the building and racing of the Ford GT40 for the 1966 edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• (2022), the story of Ferruccio Lamborghini trying to get his untested car prepped for a victory at the upcoming Geneva Grand Prix.
• Je Suis Auto (2022), an Austrian social science fiction indie comedy film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner and Juliana Neuhuber featuring a self-driving taxi as the main character.