Some of the Popular Biker Movies

Just what constitutes a biker movie is a point of debate likely to provoke a separate answer from each of those you ask.

As a counterculture movement unto itself, motorcycling is known to draw an opinion from most. Whether good or bad, the real point here is people’s usual willingness to provide some form of opinion.

This is surely reflective of the prominence of the pursuit, as well as its image and connotations within popular culture. With many biker movies having been made to include, or even be based entirely upon motorcycles, jackets for motorcycles and the lifestyle each of them project and inspire.

The Great Escape

A movie which rather unbelievably turns 50 years-old this year, The Great Escape is a classic by any stretch of the imagination. Based on the exploits of a group of Allied soldiers imprisoned by the Germans during the Second World War, the movie most notably stars Steve McQueen as a motorcycle vest pioneering, escape artist extraordinaire.

There’s as many gripping WWII action and insight scenes as there are bike chase scenes disguised as gripping WWII action scenes to found here, so it’s definitely worth checking out. The wearing of biker vests while watching in order to better improve group pride is optional.

Hells Angels on Wheels

Though it sounds pretty terrible, this movie may just well be the opposite of terrible. Starring once again the great Jack Nicholson, this is a motorcycle vest heavy jaunt for any devoted fans of exploit cinema.

Taking influence from the reputation of, and the controversy surround the Hells Angels at the time it was made (released in 1967), it’s a rather over the top piece though a lot of fun nonetheless. Oh, and it features actual members of the notorious California based motorcycle club as extras.

The Wild Angels

Another relatively early piece of cinema to portray the then quickly up and coming matter of motorcycle culture, The Wild Angels does so in the expected trashy, western-rip off, yet oh-so magnificent way.

Starring the likes of Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra, it’s an immensely entertaining movie responsible for a whole bunch more of similar movies which were released in the years following.

I’ll bet this movie alone accounts for a rather high percentage of the disregarded, unloved jackets for motorcycles and leather biker vests piled high in dank storage I mentioned sometime earlier...

Faster

By and large the first ever movie to take a leap into the mysterious yet highly glamorous world of MotoGP, Faster was released to a howling reception back in 2003.

As the world champion in the few years preceding the movies releases, Valentino Rossi of course makes a number of appearances and source and subject matter alike.

No biker vestsrequired for the viewing as this one, as it’s a piece surely best suited to those among you who enjoy superbikes and the MotoGP series. Alternatively, it is more than ideal for anyone who remains uneducated on this monumental and hugely popular annual tournament.