10 Most Intense Car Chases In Movie History
3. Italian Job
The original Italian job was the first feature film that cemented the career of now-legendary stunt coordinator and driver Remy Julienne, and it's clear why. The Italian Job features so many driving stunts that have been aped countless times over in popular culture, and of course finishes with that genius - and literal - "cliffhanger" ending.
While Caine's cockney criminal Charlie Croker barking orders from the passenger seat keeps the whole sequence feeling light-hearted, his gang of thieves attempt truly death-defying stunts as they find the easiest exit route off the roof of the Fiat factory by way of a ramp and a 60ft stunt jump that Turin's police are simply too scared to even try.
Once Caine's gang have successfully evaded the police, watching the three Mini Coopers tear through the shops and streets of Turin and then out into the surrounding mountains remains every bit as entertaining today as it once was. If only we'd gotten to see what Charlie Croker's great idea would have been in the planned sequel.