What's the best/worst movie that your car has starred in?

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 07/13/2016 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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Go to IMCDB. Search for your car. It doesn’t necessarily need to be the same model year; just the same car. What movies has one appeared in?

There’s been an Escort in Howard The Duck ...

In Maximum Overdrive ...

The Silence of the Lambs ...

South Park ...

Arrested Development ...

And who could forget the classic film of our generation, Aquí iba el himno ...

There are a lot of escorts in the film industry.

There are also a lot of Ford Escorts in the film industry.

Echo51 > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:05

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Nothing beats taking a fine Escort to town and back on a lovely sunset evening. Especially not in a Ford Escort to boot!

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:12

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Mine helped Marky Mark battle intergalactic alien robots...

... oddly, it was not one of the alien robots. It wasn’t really a Sonic either, haha

leicester > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:13

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Well, not hunting through 34 paged of Ford Ranger listings for the gems. Besides, most titles appear to be in Spanish...

However, it is Hank Hill’s ride:

And was in 2004's unsung classic, ‘Snakehead Terror’

Rainbow > leicester 07/13/2016 at 17:14

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34 pages?? Jesus Christ, there are HUNDREDS of pages for the Escort.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:16

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Best: Initial D
Best/worst: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Worst: Aliens vs. Avatars (yes, that is apparently a thing)

EL_ULY > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:17

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Worst: Ryan Howard (BJ Novak) from an episode of The Office after he becomes a super douche

Best: Fifth Gear episode on DIY maintenance

Berang > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:17

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Throw Mama From the Train...

Crocodile Dundee II

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:20

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The Transporter

Bad Santa

Enemy of the State

Tomorrow Never Dies

Note this is only the prefacelift models alone.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:20

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Jim and Pam had a last gen in the Office.

By the way, that bridge in maximum overdrive is in Wilmington NC. I've driven over it on numerous occasions!

lone_liberal > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:21

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I know it without looking. Gary Busey drove a similar Camaro in The Gumball Rally.

AfromanGTO > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:23

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Pontiac GTO (04-06) Not mentioning Top Gear.

The Last Ride

Get Smart

The Mechanic

Stealth

Herbie: Fully Loaded

Urambo Tauro > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:24

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It’s been in a lot of things, so I got picky about the year range, color, and avoiding convertibles...

The Waterboy, 1998:

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 2007:

Buttcrack, 1998:

Salem’s Lot, 2004:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:24

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I have no idea whether I should count Maximum Overdrive as among the best or worst movies for your car. Probably both.

There are 53 pages of W124 Benzes, so I’m not really inclined to mine that pit. Instead here are some of the other garage options:

http://imcdb.org/vehicle_703545…

http://imcdb.org/vehicle_8484-L…

http://imcdb.org/vehicle_3436-L…

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_166721…

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_15983-…

interstate366, now In The Industry > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:28

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19 pages for the Prelude. But the blatantly obvious one...

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_241374…

Surprisingly, it doesn't look THAT terrible.

leicester > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:29

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Well, duh, when you drive such an iconic vehicle, who wouldn’t want to slip one into their film?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:32

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Mine has been in the Italian Job (duh) and also apparently American Dad.

Montalvo > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:40

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Great now I am going to have to wash my car like a million times and maybe the stigma will wash off.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:41

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Sixteen Candles

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 17:54

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There are 666 movies with 4Runners of any generation. Too lazy to look through them all.

Rainbow > Montalvo 07/13/2016 at 18:10

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I am so sorry for your loss.

Forge Crown Victor! > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 18:18

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Short Time. Great car chase, okay movie.

EDIT: I have a Gran Fury in Elderly blue. 1987 model. Looks just like the police car except... well... blue.

MultiplaOrgasms > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 18:52

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Too many background appearances in eastern european movies to find a real standout.

However this:

And my dad’s van was on Australian Top Gear

Die-Trying > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 19:06

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groundhog day, 71 chevy truck

dogisbadob > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 19:15

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There are 26 pages of shit on IMCDB for the Maxima, spanning several generations.

My I30 is actually the European Maxima QX/JDM Cefiro. So, I’m featuring a couple US I30 appearances as well as some European Maxima cameos.

First, the I30 used in 24 looks just like mine:

A white I30 was used in 11/11/11 (which I had to include because of the cool title)

A blue Maxima QX was used in London’s Burning, and the comments on this car’s page are funny European trolls making fun of how they were only purchased by fleets and registered under Nissan:

There’s another QX parked in the Cassamballs parking lot in Im Angesicht des Verbrechens:

A snow rally Maxima in Maskvichi:

And finally, an I30 in Horrible Bosses:

GE90man > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 19:17

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for about 5 seconds, there is a B6 passat in the Sugar music video by maroon 5

lone_liberal > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 19:25

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Finally at home so I can share some video of the finest film ever made:

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 20:53

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I’m sure the Pontiac Vibe belonged to the director. Looks like a Deep Blue Sea but for hurricanes. Thankfully SLJ was not in it or the awesome would have been too much...

fintail > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 21:48

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32 pages of W111, no time to look at them all. I know the “Marathon Man” role is a good one:

As well as the memorable role in “On Her Majestey’s Secret Service”:

A fintail can probably turn a bad movie good, so no “worst” for me, but I just learned this, holy crap, there’s a fintail seen on Family Guy:

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Rainbow 07/13/2016 at 22:27

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There’s a Niva in The World Is Not Enough. Also in the Transporter TV series.

Sweet MJ in Monster’s Ball. Not the best of movies though. They’ve also featured parked in TWD and Breaking Bad.

Nauraushaun > Rainbow 07/14/2016 at 05:07

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MR2s are in nothing good. These cars seem surprisingly unloved. Unlike the similar Fiero which is surprisingly loved.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Rainbow 07/14/2016 at 11:23

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Wow, a Lexus GS300 has been in 91 movies/shows. Notables include:

Parks&Recreation

National Treasure

Walker, Texas Ranger

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

The Fast and the Furious

Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Numb3rs

Malcolm in the Middle

Chicago Fire