A car chase from a film directed by Edgar Wright has been ranked as one of the most popular in cinema history.

Baby Driver, which was the sixth film directed by Wright who grew up in the Somerset city of Wells, featured in fifth place on the list.

This was specifically for the car chase near the opening of the film where the main character Baby is acting as a getaway driver for a crew of bank robbers.

The chase being timed to the song 'Bellbottoms' from The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is a particular aspect of note that has seen it highly praised.

Research for what was determined to be the most popular car chases in cinema history was completed by MotorCycleInsurance.co.uk.

They utilised existing referenced lists from Movie Web, Insider and Driving for some of cinema's best car chases and then extracted data from YouTube including views and likes to create a combined popularity rating.

What are the top 10 most popular car chases in cinema history?

The top 10 most popular car chases in cinema history according to this measurement of ranking are as follows:

1. The Matrix Reloaded (Highway Chase) - 57,308,921 (combined total of YouTube views and likes on most-viewed video)

2. Mad Max: Fury Road - 19,250,819

3. The Fate of the Furious (New York City chase) - 14,351,772

4. Bullitt (San Francisco chase) - 5,815,963

5. Baby Driver (opening bank robbery escape) - 5,574,927

6. Wanted (Viper Ride) - 5,491,906

7. Fast Five (Vault chase) - 5,185,305

8. The Blues Brothers - 2,457,118

9. Ronin (Paris car chase) - 2,184,815

10. Death Proof (Final chase) - 1,878,469

Baby Driver is currently Edgar Wright's most successful film to date in terms of the box office, with it bringing in $226 million worldwide.

The 49-year-old spent a large chunk of his childhood in Wells, attending The Blue School there between 1985 and 1992.

Somerset County Gazette: Baby Driver is Edgar Wright's most successful film in terms of box office intakeBaby Driver is Edgar Wright's most successful film in terms of box office intake (Image: PA)

In 2016, a blue plaque was installed at The Blue School in his honour.

At its unveiling, Wright said: "I hope it will make these young people think, if a skinny Blue School teenager can become a famous Hollywood film writer and director, what can I achieve?"

The city of Wells was later used as the main filming location for the fictional village of Sandford in Hot Fuzz.

This was part of Wright's Cornetto Trilogy along with Shaun of the Dead and The World's End

Wright's former drama teacher, Peter Wild, made a cameo appearance as a Village of the Year judge in the film.