Though all the news and listicles of late has been about green transportation alternatives, high-speed trains and fuel-efficient cars, there remains something to be said for a big-budget collision between gas- or diesel-guzzling behemoths. No, we’re not talking about NASCAR, but about movie car crashes, whose alternations between realism, excess and stylizing often make for some of the most spectacular screen seconds on a given multiplex night. So speed, don’t cruise, dear readers, to watch New York magazine’s Vulture blog’s 10 Greatest Movie Car Crashes.

10. Meet Joe Black

9. Adaptation

8. American Werewolf in London

7. The Seven Ups

6. Bad Boys II

5. Mad Max

4. Terminator 2

3. …And Then It Happened

2. Death Proof

1. Final Destination 2

Strangely Absent: the James Dean death recreation from David Cronenberg’s Crash