Car chase often describes the pursuit of a criminal by police, and is increasingly captured on film from media and police helicopters.

In movies and television a car chase is a scene involving one or more automobiles being pursued by other vehicles. Car chases are ubiquitous to the action movie genre, and some movies are almost entirely built around car chases. They are so popular because they are fast moving scenes with a great deal of excitement, but are not hugely expensive. Due to cars crashing and banging they can contain violence without any harm to individuals and thus secure higher ratings. Car chases often "star" high powered vehicles.