Nice to see someone promoting Australian films, they brought back some good memories.

Sad fact, the actor John Blake had been cast to play the character of Max Rockatansky in what was to be a made for TV series of the movie Mad Max but unfortunately the series was shelved due to his life altering accident. He did have similar features to Mel Gibson. One wonders what they would have created for an hour long weekly dystopian, action, drama but i so wish it had been made.

not exactly car chase movie but perhaps worth mentioning Road games (1981) with Stacy Keach and jamie Lee curtis , the whole movie happens around a Mercedes truck and there some stunts with it

Was so happy to see Midnite Spares on the list. You made my day

Man from Hong Kong good film.

As a car mad kid of the 80,s , I've seen all these movies. Running from the guns had the best chase in my opinion , to the music of Elton John - This town.

70s and 80s were awesome... 3 drive ins within 15 minutes drive from home and they had all nite specials... all those movies back to back from dusk till dawn... glad i grew up then, even with the harassment from Queensland cops at the time for driving a modified car.

Not Quite Hollywood, awesome documentary.

Nice video. I love the enthusiasm you have for the movie cars and the stories behind them. I know it didn't really feature a 'chase' per se but the list of Aussie car films seems incomplete with out 'The Cars That Ate Paris' from 1974. Any likelihood you'll do a dive on that movie sometime?

Bring on the Running on Empty Festival at Cobar next week. Goin out burn some wood ducks after the $ 50 slip.

Good work man. I still think the XY is the best looking car ever built.

Oh wow! I had no idea that there were that many car chase movies from down under?! I've seen "Stone" and "Dead end Drive in" & of course I have the entire "Mad Max" trilogy but now I will definitely be checking these out! Thanks MFP for your top 10 list.

Awesome, vaguely, remember bits of some of these. Definitely remember the blown57 number plate. Great work.

The cars that ate paris. That was a good one.

The great aussie film ..Malcolm... had a car chase sequence ...

Very interesting I’m Japanese but l like Aussie muscles

I'll have to try to find some of these to watch.

NIce research behind some of these old Aussie movies, some that even I didn't know existed. I would like to mention that "Chain Reaction" was filmed in and around the abandoned Glen Davis shale mining site. Also, the old ghost town of Glen Davis itself features prominently in the movie with many of the shop fronts in existence and still recognisable today.

Only other movie I can think of to add would be “2 hands” features many aus cars and heath ledger

Soo brings back memories,when channel 4started they used to show many aus movies and freedom and fast lane fever are some of the happiest times of my life,thanks so much,I didn't even know what freedom was called tho I know I had it in my long lost video collection.great times indeed.bless you.hope I can find freedom again to watch.o fast lane fever I always think was the blueprint for fast and the furious,tho crossed with a Charlie sheen movie called no man's land.

Another good one is "Road Games", starring Stacy Keach and a young Jamie Lee Curtis.

This channel answered me for looking for decent car movies. Thank you so much for your pleasant content.

Some great memories Loved chain reaction

Awesome list man. Looks like there are several films out there I need to hunt down and see. Can I give some honourable mentions? The Cars That Ate Paris - with an awesomely modified VW Bug. Which I think inspired a car in Mad Max. The Big Steal - which features a beautiful HQ Monaro. But the focus of the film is a Jaguar. Suburban Mayhem and Two Hands - both feature some awesome cars, but are not car films. And from across the pond, Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)

I know of one of the wrecked HO's from running on empty that was in a paddock accross from where I lived in Cobar. Always wondered if its still there. Just might have to go and have a look

That was great upload, some pretty crazy stunt people back then. I was hoping to see Malcolm in here too.

Awesome work mate.. loved it. Brought back some memories

Great video! Love "Midnite Spares", and of course, " Mad Max"! Interesting history presented about your muscle cars, they could hold their own to a few American ones! Hopefully some of the more obscure movies WILL be released to home market.

I was living inMatraville at the time Dead Drive In was filmed I remeber seeing the explosion from my house. Plus some of the opening shots that were filmed where the sevice station was had been left setup. Assuming they didn't have enough ti9me to film and were going bacl later that night.

Yes!! You started with Metal Skin which is fantastic.

I watched "Dead End Drive-In" a few days ago, and it was actually good

Thought you were going miss running on empty so glad to see that movie here

Brilliant. Thanks MFP for all your hard work.

Awesome well done

Great video! Thankyou!

Outstanding

Well these I definitely will search for now. Always interesting to see about car chase films from other countries. Wonder what Japanese stuff is there if any?

That screenshot on the VJ charger with Peter Wherrett leaning on the car with the bonnet up, Wherrett was instrumental in the 70s in killing off what could have been the Ford GT phase lV, in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, where Wherrett was the writer of the colum of the motoring section, Wherrett, asked the question... How can government allow these super cars to be on the road, defining a term for the Phase 3 GT as "Widow-maker", due to government pressure, Ford was forced to cancel the Phase lV project, even though they had manufactured all the engine and suspension components for the Phase lV's. Ford, having only allegedly made 3 XA Phase 4's, the rest of the parts went into what is called the RPO83, without notice to Ford car dealers only stating get rid of these cars.

Thanks for a great video. Some cringe worthy, but most great Australian car movies. STONE, not a car movie, but some of the best chases and unenhanced stunt riding ever. Not to mention from memory one of the grave Diggers is called mad max

Ive got one for you mr.mfp.....its not an aussie film but close (new zealand)......"shaker run" with cliff robertson....got a souped up capri in one chase scene...could be a v8 perana from south africa??? plus lots of holden`s from the bad guys....a real classic in my view.....thank you for your content.....long live falcon xb gt/monza kit

Can recommend "The Man From Hong Kong". Saw it at the flicks and waited decades to get it on DVD.

Knightriders car was a 350 and the guy couldn't drive :)

Nice vid - what would make it truly excellent would be if you could also include what, if any, streaming services these movies are available on.

Estou surpreso, Maluco Máximo foi escolhido em primeiro lugar.

Would be interesting to know if any of these cars are still around. Especially the ones from Running on Empty.

Great 👍👍video.

I’ve actually seen a scene from Freedom where the main character pushes the Porsche off a cliff.

Memories . . . back to better times before generic cars of today. Just a note. In regards to the V8 options. The 360 was the biggest but the 340 was the better motor.

Fair Game (1986) and the Alvin Purple films also deserve a mention.

The visuals are fine. Your narration is too fast, like you're rushing to say what you need to. You need to edit out a whole lot of words so your narration fits within the scene you've created or make the scene longer to fit your narration.

Mad max is Austrialian Action

I notice at 9:56 that some of the chrome lettering on the Commer van appear to have been attached - upside down and back to front. Is there a reason for this?

I watched most of these when I was young loved them all pity some did not make money and I am not really a v8 nut just think what some of those car are worth now .

The FJ Holden ... The Grey Motor - was it a 161? Still, it was a great movie. Imagine a Red Motor 179 High Compression chucked in it? Some, I've heard, say a stock 186.

There was a period during the later 70's where the Australian government was giving significant subsidies and tax rebates to companies that contributed towards the making of movies, and every dodgey businessman from Bondy to Skase milked the scheme for all they could. There were some truly awful films made that should have never seen the light of day, some truly awful lines of dialogue mouthed, but a little ray of light there are one or 2 classics out there that would have never been made otherwise. These were known as the 'Tax Break films' . Something like that needs to happen again, because the state of aussie cinema is dismal right now. Also , don't forget the film Malcolm - which stars a Honda 600 with the very special skill of splitting in half and driving as 2 separate cars!

Хотелось бы в Австралию слетать и купить там ещё не мёртвый Ford Falcon XB Coupé... Если там такие тачки остались

I remember just how amazing Mad Max was Originally especially at the time it came out it was very much a film the struck a cord with the Sub culture of the time Punk and Post Punk cultures were drawn to the film's at least the First two from the original movies. I remember seeing a Pirated Copy in the UK I was to young to see it on the Cinema at the time and this was the Original over dub version with American Voice's and censored for the UK market with an 18 rating then the old X ratings. Those films were such an influence and created some many copies films created a Computer game style that is still going strong to this day. Those original stunts were on the ragged edge of Dangerous safety wise . I am sure one of the Motor Cycle stunt riders died during the making of Mad Max 1 after been hit by his bike during a stunt, if the legend is true his Wife asked from the footage of the crash to be left in the film. I have not seen the new version in the Mad Max series I some how think I will be disappointed because those Original Two films made such a lasting impact on me as a Teenager they were low budget films with what looked like a load of Extra's pulled out of all the local biker bars and Punk Club's and then used in the films. the Stunts were crazy and not faked ok some bits were speeded up but but they were one hell of ride. I worry that the new higher budget film may have lost some of that original magic , just like when I was disappointed with Thunder Dome's more commercial and family friendly approach. I should really own the first two Films on Blue ray I need to add them to my collection I think I had them on VHS once legal copies that is thanks for another informative upload.

"Non-linear fast-cut editing" = Crap continuity between shots.

Highrollin was number 0........a green vette and only a light chase at the end

Personally I think Running on Empty should have been higher than Mad Max, as should Malcolm which didn't even get a mention kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7eRqNGU3p6VdH0.html

I thought Running on Empty to be really mediocre, the chases aren't that great and driving blindly is just ludicrous , Running from the guns is a much better flick and that didn't get a modern release... it was on youtube a while ago and fortunatly downloaded it before it was removed FUN FACT freeze frame when the Dodge Challanger is blown up , you notice it's actually a different car being blown up

Why did they use so many 4-door models in these movies? UGH

Ford/Valiant centric. So many good cars not mentioned in just this subjective view.