25 best movie car chases

The car chase has been a cinematic staple from the time of the Keystone Kops – and nowadays few action blockbusters seem complete without a bout of vehicular mayhem. We've scoured the celluloid archives for the 25 finest examples – so belt up and put pedal to the metal!
 

Ronin (1998)

There are two top notch car chases in Ronin, but we'll go with the Robert De Niro versus Natascha McElhone in Paris pursuit, which lasts almost 10 minutes and will have you gritting your teeth like a 4am raver. Paris isn't the easiest place to drive on the best of days, so when a BMW and a Peugeot are coming at you the wrong way through a tunnel at 70mph… well, vous avez our sympathy, Parisians.