A scene from Apple Unique Movies’ ‘F1’, a Warner Bros. Footage launch. Picture Credit score: Picture Courtesy Warner Bros. Footage / Apple Unique Movies. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Leisure Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Skilled auto racing has turn out to be one of the vital standard sports activities on the planet, which explains why Hollywood has made so many motion pictures that includes the beloved sport.
We have had traditional racing motion pictures like Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’, online game adaptions like ‘Gran Turismo’, animated adaptions like ‘Pace Racer’, comedies like ‘Talladega Nights’, motion pictures based mostly on true tales like ‘Ford v Ferrari’, and even Tom Cruise’s ‘Days of Thunder’.
Now, Brad Pitt enters the style together with his new movie ‘F1 The Film’, which focuses on the world of Method One racing and opens in theaters on June twenty seventh.
In honor of ‘F1 The Film’, Moviefone is counting down the 20 greatest skilled automotive racing motion pictures of all time, together with the most recent.
NOTE: For this listing we’re solely together with motion pictures that characteristic skilled auto racing, which excludes ‘Bullitt’, ‘Drive’ and ‘The Quick and the Livid’ and ‘The Cannonball Run’ franchises. We’re additionally not together with documentaries on this listing.
Let’s start!
Burt Reynolds in ‘Stroker Ace’. Picture: Common Footage.
Stroker Ace (Burt Reynolds), a champion NASCAR driver, is standing on the prime of his profession, however is getting fed up with having to do as he is advised. In between rebelling in opposition to his sponsor (a fried hen chain)’s promotion gimmicks (like making him costume up in large hen go well with) he spends the remainder of the film making an attempt to mattress the buxom Pembrook (Loni Anderson).
“He is scorching on the monitor…and off!”
50
1 hr 34 minJul 1st, 1983
A inventory automotive racing legend (John Travolta) is drawn again to the grime monitor when his son (Toby Sebastian), an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing crew.
“Racing is of their blood”
53
1 hr 27 minFeb twenty second, 2019
A bunch of highschool misfits in Hawaii, launched by their new instructor (Halle Berry), attend a science honest during which they draw up inspiration to construct their very own photo voltaic automotive and win a visit to compete within the 1990 World Photo voltaic Problem in Australia.
“A dream could make all of the distinction below the solar.”
52
1 hr 40 minMar twenty second, 1996
Probably the most daring drivers on the planet have gathered to compete for the 1966 Method One championship. After a spectacular wreck within the first of a collection of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to stop, he joins a Japanese racing crew. Whereas juggling his profession with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate’s spouse (Eva Marie Saint), Pete should additionally cope with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has beforehand gained two world titles.
“All of the glamour and greatness of the world’s most enjoyable drama of pace and spectacle!”
72
2 hr 56 minDec twenty first, 1966
A younger hell raiser (Jeff Bridges) quits his moonshine enterprise and tries to turn out to be one of the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based mostly on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
“As a substitute of a white stallion, he rode a full race, powder blue stocker.”
57
1 hr 35 minJul twenty seventh, 1973
A scene from director Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari.’ Picture: Neon.
Set in the course of the summer season of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver), is in disaster. Chapter stalks the corporate he and his spouse, Laura (Penélope Cruz), constructed from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of one other girl (Shailene Woodley).
64
2 hr 11 minDec twenty fifth, 2023
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan), the brand new proprietor of Quantity 53 – the free-wheelin’ Volkswagen bug with a thoughts of its personal – places the automotive by way of its paces on the highway to changing into a NASCAR competitor.
“Begin your engines…”
58
1 hr 40 minJun twenty second, 2005
13. ‘Pushed’ (2001)
Gifted rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue) has began shedding his focus and begins to slide within the race rankings. It is no marvel, with the immense strain being shoveled on him by his overly bold promoter brother in addition to Bly’s romance together with his arch rival’s girlfriend Sophia (Estella Warren). With a lot using on Bly, automotive proprietor Carl Henry (Burt Reynolds) brings former racing star Joe Tanto (Sylvester Stallone) on board to assist Bly. To drive Bly again to the highest of the rankings, Tanto should first cope with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which almost took his life.
“Prepare for the race of your life.”
51
1 hr 56 minApr twenty seventh, 2001
12. ‘Vehicles’ (2006)
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a hotshot rookie race automotive pushed to succeed, discovers that life is concerning the journey, not the end line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured within the sleepy Route 66 city of Radiator Springs. On route throughout the nation to the massive Piston Cup Championship in California to compete in opposition to two seasoned execs, McQueen will get to know the city’s offbeat characters.
A household canine (Voice of Kevin Costner) – with a near-human soul and a thinker’s thoughts – evaluates his life by way of the teachings discovered by his human proprietor (Milo Ventimiglia), a race-car driver.
“Meet the canine who will present the world be human.”
82
1 hr 49 minAug ninth, 2019
A race from Columbia Footage ‘Gran Turismo.’ Picture: Gordon Timpen.
Gran Turismo is predicated on the unbelievable true story of a crew of unlikely underdogs – a struggling working-class gamer (Archie Madekwe), a failed former racecar driver (David Harbour), and an idealistic motorsport govt (Orlando Bloom). Collectively, they danger all of it to tackle essentially the most elite sport on the planet. Gran Turismo is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is inconceivable while you’re fueled from inside.
“From gamer to racer.”
78
2 hr 15 minAug twenty fifth, 2023
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (Barry Pepper), documenting the driving force’s profession from his earliest days onward and likewise trying on the household he constructed alongside the way in which. Earnhardt’s loss of life in 2001 rocked the game, however his seven championships and 76 wins made an affect on NASCAR perpetually.
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driving force’s profession from his earliest days onward and likewise trying on the household he constructed alongside the way in which…. Learn the Plot
Frank Capua (Paul Newman) is a rising star on the race circuit who desires of profitable the massive one – the Indianapolis 500. However to get there he runs the danger of shedding his spouse Elora (Joanne Woodward) to his rival, Luther Erding (Robert Wagner), and strains the connection together with his stepson (Richard Thomas).
“Profitable is… every little thing.”
59
2 hr 3 minCould twenty second, 1969
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who desires of profitable the massive one – the Indianapolis 500. However to get there he runs the danger of shedding his spouse Elora… Learn the Plot
Pace Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a younger and sensible racing driver. When corruption within the racing leagues prices his brother his life, Pace should crew up with the police and the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox) to carry an finish to the corruption and prison actions.
“A world constructed for pace.”
63
2 hr 15 minCould ninth, 2008
Filmed in the course of the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen) is a Porsche driver haunted by the reminiscence of an accident on the earlier 12 months’s race during which a competing driver was killed. Delaney additionally finds himself more and more infatuated with the person’s widow.
“Steve McQueen takes you for a drive within the nation. The nation is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!”
68
1 hr 44 minJun twenty third, 1971
Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in Apple Unique Movies’ ‘F1’, a Warner Bros. Footage launch. Picture Credit score: Picture by Scott Garfield. Courtesy Warner Bros Footage / Apple Unique Movies. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Leisure Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Racing legend Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) is coaxed out of retirement to guide a struggling Method 1 crew—and mentor a younger hotshot driver (Damson Idris)—whereas chasing another likelihood at glory.
76
2 hr 36 minJun twenty seventh, 2025
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Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to guide a struggling Method 1 crew—and mentor a younger hotshot driver—whereas chasing another likelihood at… Learn the Plot
The quickest man on 4 wheels, Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is likely one of the biggest drivers in NASCAR historical past. A giant, bushy American profitable machine, Ricky has every little thing a dimwitted daredevil might need, an opulent mansion, a smokin’ scorching spouse (Leslie Bibb) and all of the quick meals he can eat. However Ricky’s turbo-charged way of life hits an sudden pace bump when he is bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) and diminished to a fear-ridden wreck.
“The story of a person who might solely rely to #1.”
64
1 hr 48 minAug 4th, 2006
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American automotive designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and the British-born driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) work collectively to battle company interference, the legal guidelines of physics, and their very own private demons to construct a revolutionary race automotive for Ford Motor Firm and tackle the dominating race automobiles of Enzo Ferrari on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
“They took the American dream for a journey”
80
2 hr 33 minNov fifteenth, 2019
2. ‘Rush’ (2013)
Within the Nineteen Seventies, a rivalry propels race automotive drivers Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) to fame and glory — till a horrible accident threatens to finish all of it.
“Everybody’s pushed by one thing.”
77
2 hr 3 minSep twenty seventh, 2013
Tom Cruise in ‘Days of Thunder’. Picture: Paramount Footage.
Gifted however unproven inventory automotive driver Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) will get a break and with the steering of veteran Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) turns heads on the monitor. The younger hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer (Michael Rooker) that threatens his profession when the 2 smash their automobiles. However with the assistance of his physician (Nicole Kidman), Cole simply would possibly overcome his injuries– and his concern.
“You possibly can’t outrun the thunder.”
64
1 hr 47 minJun twenty seventh, 1990