Here's a piece listing movies where stunts play a prominent role, or that stuntmen think are totally rad: http://www.slate.com/id/2221388/. I can think of a lot that aren't on here, notably the Ford "cavalry" trilogy where a real life Ben Johnson does his own stunts, many of them highly impressive to behold (he was a real cowboy prior to being discovered by La-La Land).
The last film mentioned in this article, C'Etait Un Rendezvouz, is only nine minutes long and you can actually watch it on the Internet. Essentially, they shot this in 1978 and the film consists of a guy driving hell bent for leather through Paris at around five in the morning. He allegedly reached as high as 140mph and it is pretty impressive to watch him haul ass up boulevards as startled Parisians wonder just what the merde went past them. Usually, you only see that kind of reaction from Parisians when panzers drive through town on their way to Calais.
Impressive how the young stuntwoman above can maintain a perfect core while wearing high heels. Amazing.
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