This is a body of movies featuring flying cars (cars capable of flying as well as driving on the road).[1][2][3][4]
| Film | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The '?' Motorist | 1906 | A couple in their car is escaping from the police and go to outer space. |
| The Absent-Minded Professor | 1961 | A professor and inventor who creates flubber (flying rubber) that helps his Model T Ford fly. |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | A musical centered around widowed father, Caractacus Potts, his kids, and his wacky inventions, including a flying car. |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | 1974 | James Bond looks for an invention that is capable of harnessing the power of the sun and turning it into a weapon. |
| Grease | 1978 | The film depicts the lives of greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), who develop an attraction for each other during a summer romance. |
| Heavy Metal | 1981 | The title sequence story opens with a Space Shuttle orbiting the Earth. The bay doors open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon. |
| Blade Runner | 1982 | Deckard is forced to resume his old job of as a Replicant Hunter. |
| Repo Man | 1984 | After being fired from his job, Los Angeles slacker and punk rocker Otto lands a gig working for an eccentric repossession agent named Bud. At first, Otto is reluctant to work as a repo man, but he grows to love the fast-paced job. After learning of a Chevy Malibu that has been given a $20,000 price tag, Otto embarks on a quest to find the car with the beautiful Leila, who claims the trunk's contents are otherworldly. |
| Back to the Future | 1985 | Marty McFly gets transported back in time when one of Doc Brown's experiments goes awry. |
| Spaceballs[5] | 1987 | Mel Brooks' parody on the Star Wars franchise. |
| Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to 2015 where the DeLorean time machine is stolen, and history is altered. |
| Total Recall | 1990 | Construction worker Douglas Quaid seeks to know what life is like on Mars. |
| The Fifth Element | 1997 | Korben Dallas aids a supreme and perfect being in order to save the Earth from destruction. |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[6] | 2002 | The second installment of the Harry Potter franchise finds Harry investigating a possible hidden chamber at Hogwarts. |
| Blade Runner 2049[7][8] | 2017 | A new blade runner discovers a society-shattering secret. |
| F9 | 2021 | Roman and Tej travel to Germany to recruit Sean Boswell, Twinkie, and Earl, who have been working on a "rocket car". Using the rocket car, Tej and Roman enter orbit and destroy the satellite, stopping the cipher. Tej and Roman reach the International Space Station and are safely returned to Earth. |
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