One of the coolest examples out there, the Spinners in Ridley Scott's epic Blade Runner are the classic example of a futuristic, flying car.

In the 1950s, Howard Stark showed off a (albeit glitchy) flying car prototype in Captain America: The First Avenger. Here are the hover wheels used to make it go.

The classic cartoon The Jetsons was one of the first popular series to bring the concept of a flying car to the masses, poisoning our childhood with the beautiful lie that we might see these bad boys in our lifetime.

Doc Brown had his sweet DeLorean retrofitted with a flight package in the Back to the Future trilogy.

The future imagined in the 1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi flick The Fifth Element was pretty great, and showed off what the future will probably be like—same mundane cars, just with hover tech instead of wheels.

The Starcar, Centauri's vehicle in The Last Starfighter, featured rocket engines for space travel.

The Star Wars saga has numerous examples of flying cars, ranging from the original trilogy to the prequel flicks. Notable vehicles include Luke's Landspeeder, and (younger) Anakin's Pod Racer.

The new Total Recall reboot, starring Colin Farrell, isn't set to be released until later this year—but the trailer shows off some awesome flying vehicles.

Fans of classic Doctor Who fondly remember the Third Doctor's Whomobile, which could fly. In the modern Who run, flying cars were stuck in a perpetual traffic jam on future Earth.

In place of the trusty ole' Millennium Falcon, a flying Winnebago was featured in the Star Wars parody Spaceballs.

A pure product of the 1970s, the Flying Matador featured in the James Bond flick The Man With the Golden Gun features gigantic airplane wings to get off the ground. Practical, and effective.

A mystical, flying car is used in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets to rescue Harry.