Every great action movie has a great car chase, and often the car chase is the best part. Think how many movies are known mostly for those chases, like Bullitt, the original Italian Job, or even The Rock.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, the Ewok-filled amazingness that spelled the end of the original Star Wars trilogy. That film contained one of the most amazing high-speed chases ever seen on film. This is how they brought that death-defying chase to life.

This is "Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei," a schlocky, popular German TV serial about a two-man highway patrol. Somehow, the show got its hands on what appear to be a BMW M1 Procar and a 1970 Porsche 917.

At a certain point when you're watching an SUV run from the cops with two blown out tires and shooting sparks from both right wheels, it stops being about the chase. You’re just impressed by the truck itself. 

"There's nothing like driving to avoid jail." That timeless bit of wisdom from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby proved to be true in real life this week after ex-NASCAR driver Tyler Walker was arrested after he led police on a high-speed chase through three states.

We give Florida a lot of shit around here, mainly because they seem to have the market cornered on vehicle-related redneck shenanigans. But when it comes to the televised police chase, there's one state in this great union of ours who does it better than anyone: California.

A woman speeding down the highway in North Carolina called 911 while being pursued by the police. She bargained that she would pull over for $300,000.

To have a classic car chase, you need an amazing urban obstacle course to speed, drift, and crash through. Jalopnik readers have scoured the world to find the ten best chase locations imaginable.

The 10th annual Streetfighterz Ride of the Century in St. Louis was filled with the same typical dumb stunts you see at any highway superbike meet up. When the police tried to cut everyone off with a roadblock, things got out of hand.

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Dr. No, the first Bond film. And besides having tons of sex (and probably contracting an equal number of STDs) over his now 50 year career, Bond has been responsible for some of the greatest car chases in movie history.