Movies Featuring First and Second Generation
Pontiac Firebirds, Formulas and Trans Ams

The Adventures of Joe Dirt 2001 David Spade, Dennis Miller and Kid Rock Kid Rock's character tries to intimidate Joe Dirt with his 1979 Tenth Anniversary Trans Am.
American Beauty  1999 Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening The lead character quits his job, sells his Toyota and buys his childhood dream car, a Red 1973 Ram-Air Formula.
Best of the Best 2  1993 Has a few brief scenes with a Black 1976 Trans Am.
Billy Madison  1995  Adam Sandler  Has a brief scene with a 1979 or 1980 Trans Am.
Blue Thunder  1983  Roy Schieder  During most of the film Roy's ride is a helicopter but he flies through the streets in a 1980 or 1981 Turbo Trans Am.
Breakdown  1997  Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan  One of the bad guys drives a 1977 Red Trans Am, which gets flipped and blown up near the end of the movie.
Bullitt  1968 Steve McQueen  Contains scenes with a white 1967 or 1968 Firebird.
Cannonball  1976 David Carradine  The movie about the famous coast to coast race. One of the cars is a 1973 Trans Am.
Car Crash  1980  A low budget Italian movie with a red 1973 Trans Am and a Black 1977 or 1978 Trans Am.
The Color of Night  1994  Bruce Willis and Jane March  Bruce gets chased by a red 1977 or 1978 Trans Am.
That Darn Cat  1997  A Disney Film with a red 1978 Trans Am wearing an ice cream cone on the roof.
Dazed and Confused 1993 Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey This High Shool movie features some great  70's era muscle cars including a white 1974 Trans Am SD-455.
Demon Knight  1995  A "Tales From the Crypt" film. Has a brief scene with a 1977 or 1978 Trans Am.
Detroit Rock City 1999 Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews Four High School friends have a run-in with a double disco date in a 1978 Gold SE Trans Am on the way to a KISS concert.
Devil's Advocate  1997  Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves Has a brief scene with a blue 1968 Firebird Convertible.
The Driver  1978 Ryan O'Neal O'Neal's character chases a modified 1976 Trans Am until it flips to its destruction. The film also has a brief scene with a 1977 Firebird
Enemy of the State  1998  Gene Hackman and Will Smith There are several brief scenes with a 1970 to 1973 Formula.
Firebird 2015 A.D.  1981 Features a blue 1980 Turbo Trans Am.
Highlander  1986  Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery  A brief scene with a 2nd generation Firebird that has a '79 to '81 front clip with a formula hood, Trans Am hood bird and Trans Am fenders but a '76 to '78 tail.
Hooper  1978  Burt Reynolds and Sally Field  A 1978 Trans Am gets converted to a rocket car.
The Hunter  1980 Steve McQueen  McQueen's character rents a 1979 Trans Am which gets stolen and blown up by dynamite.
The Jaws of Satan  1981  Contains a scene with a red 1979 Trans Am.
The Jerk  1979  Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters Steve drives a modified yellow and brown 1979 Trans Am at one point in the movie. There is also a brief scene with a red 1967 or 1968 Firebird.
McQue  1974  John Wayne Wayne's character drives a 1973 Brewster Green Trans Am that gets crushed between two trucks.
Mother Knows Best  1997 Joanna Kerns and Christine Elise  This made for TV movie contains a scene with a first generation Firebird convertible.
No Looking Back  1998 Jon Bon Jovi and Lauren Holly Lauren Holly's Ride throughout the film is a 1977 Firebird with a Trans Am hood and shaker scoop.
Payback 1999 Mel Gibson, Greg Henry and Maria Bello A heist split goes bad and Val leaves in Porters red 1977 Trans Am.
The Presidio  1988  Sean Connery, Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan A yellow 1977 or 1978 Trans Am gets painted blue after being involved in a hit and run.
The Real McCoy  1993  Kim Bassinger and Val Kilmer Val is a getaway driver who's car of choice is a 1978 Trans Am.
Rocky II  1979 Sylvester Stallone  Rocky drives a 1979 Black special edition Trans Am. It is a 403/Automatic car without the WS6 option.
Shaker Run  1985 Cliff Robertson and Lief Garrett Blast through New Zealand in a highly modified 1979 to 1981 Trans Am.
Smokey and the Bandit  1978  Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason The star Firebird of this flick is a 1977 Black Special Edition Trans Am. They actually used about seven of them during filming.
Smokey and the Bandit II  1980  Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason This time the film features a Black Special Edition 1980 Turbo Trans Am.
Son in Law  1993  Pauly Shore, Tiffany Amber Theissen There is a brief scene where Tiffany Amber Theissen drives a black 1979 Trans Am.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot  1974  Jeff Bridges Bridges' character "test drives" a 1973 White Trans Am with a red shaker scoop. He and Clint Eastwood fail to return it.
White Men Can't Jump  1992  Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez Has a brief scene with a 1979 to 1981 Trans Am.
The Wraith  1986  Charlie Sheen  A 1977 or 1978 Trans Am with a blower and a "whale tail" rear spoiler is wrecked about half way through the movie.

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