Duel (1971)

Genre: Action, Thrillers, Car Racing

My Rating: 5/5

Director: Steven Spielberg

Steven's Spielberg first directorial venture. This made for TV movie later had a limited release and helped launch his career. In fact, I like this one better than "Jaws" which made him famous.

This movie is a highway chase thriller where the protagonist is chased by a truck.Though it's a one liner story, it's the genius of Spielberg that makes this movie interesting till the end even though you don't get to see the face of the driver. I could still watch this though it was made in early 70s.

You might find the first few minutes boring where we get to know about the hero but once he passes the old truck on the highway, the movie really kicks off.

The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

Genre: Comedies, Action Comedies, Car Racing

Cast: Sean William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars

A mindless comedy with car chases. This is one of those movies which i can watch anyday, anytime. Some facts- This movie is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar - of course- of Indian origin. It stars Sean William Scott (Steve Stifler of American Pie series) and Johnny Knoxville of "Jackass" Series. This movie is based on a 80's TV show of the same name. It also stars Burt Reynolds (a big actor in the 70's and 80's who mostly starred in car racing related movies) as the villain.

 Sean William Scott and Johnny Knoxville star as cousins Bo and Luke, who run moonshine(illegal alcohol production) business along with Uncle Jesse and cousin Daisy(Jessica Simpson).  They go around the "Hazzard" County using their orange colored Dodge Charger car nicknamed by Bo as "General Lee".  The county Commissioner (Burt Reynolds) unable to their moonshine lab, plants a fake one and confiscates their farm. The Dukes hear about the same incident in other places and set out to find the commissioner's plan and discovers that he is planning to turn the entire county into a coal mine. The movie is about how they thwart his plan while also participating in a car race competition and also being chased by police.

Don't think too much of the plot and just go with the movie.

Death Race (2008)

Genre: Action, Car Racing

Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson

My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Do you like non-stop action, car chases with explosions? Then this is your movie.

The premise of the movie is that in the near future, prisons are being privatized due to bad economy. One such prison's firm invents a game called "Death Race" to make money by allowing the prisoners to race against each other to death. Each racer gets his own crew in the prison that redesigns their car and fits it with guns and heavy armor. How cool is that?

Jason Statham plays a convict framed for killing his wife and is asked to participate in the race with a promise that if he wins he can earn his freedom. The rest of the film is about the prisoners racing against each other and blowing up each other's cars with heavy artillery.