The Essential Motorcycle Movies

While television has finally embraced motorcycles — see Sons Of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, American Chopper — that's not so much the case with feature-length films. “There aren’t really many of them, are there?” laments actor Eric Bana, a long-time rider who tools around on a Triumph Thruxton in the 2007 romantic comedy Lucky You. Despite this deficit, there are a few icons that managed to use their Hollywood clout to get some respectable pictures made, most notably Steve McQueen, Peter Fonda, and Ewan McGregor. Here’s a list of ones worth a watch for even the part-time enthusiast.