Our favorite cycling scenes on the big screen

By Glenn Whipp
Special to MSN Movies

"Ride like hell!" screams the one-sheet poster for "Premium Rush," and judging from the trailer, that would appear to be good advice. In the action-thriller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a bike messenger who picks up an envelope at Columbia University, the contents of which attract the unwanted interest of a crooked cop (Michael Shannon of "Boardwalk Empire"). The film's pedal-pumping action prompted us to ponder our favorite cinematic cycling scenes, which follow in no particular order. Read on. And be sure to wear a helmet.

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(Columbia Pictures)