Three great 'best of' movie lists from ShortList.com

One of my favorite Web sites is ShortList.com, and recently they’ve compiled three outstanding “best-of” movie lists – the “30 Coolest Films Ever,” the “25 Greatest Movies of the 70s” and the “20 Greatest Sports Movies Ever Made.”

Tonight, I give you those complete lists, in alphabetical order, and instructions on where to read more about these lists and the movies that were included on each. Without further ado, here’s ShortList.com’s “30 Coolest Films Ever Made.” (I’ve marked those that I’ve seen with an asterisk.)

SHORTLIST.COM’S “30 COOLEST FILMS EVER MADE”

1. American Gigolo (1980)
2. The Big Lebowski (1998)*
3. Blade Runner (1982)*
4. Blow-Up (1966)
5. Breathless (1960)
6. Bullitt (1968)
7. Casablanca (1942)*
8. A Clockwork Orange (1971)*
9. Control (2007)
10. Dazed and Confused (1993)*
11. Drive (2011)
12. Easy Rider (1969)
13. Fight Club (1999)*
14. Get Carter (1971)
15. Goodfellas (1990)*
16. If… (1968)
17. Mean Streets (1973)
18. Ocean’s Eleven (1991)*
19. Out of Sight (1998)
20. Pulp Fiction (1993)*
21. Quadrophenia (1979)
22. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
23. Reservoir Dogs (1992)*
24. Rushmore (1998)*
25. Shaft (1971)
26. Singles (1992)
27. This is England (2006)
28. Trainspotting (1996)*
29. Vertigo (1958)
30. The Wild One (1953)

SHORTLIST.COM’S “25 GREATEST MOVIES OF THE 70S”

1. Alien (1979)*
2. All the President’s Men (1976)
3. Annie Hall (1977)*
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)*
5. Carrie (1976)*
6. China Town (1974)
7. A Clockwork Orange (1971)*
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)*
9. The Conversation (1974)
10. The Deer Hunter (1978)*
11. Deliverance (1972)*
12. The Exorcist (1973)*
13. The French Connection (1971)*
14. The Getaway (1972)
15. The Godfather Part II (1974)*
16. Halloween (1978)*
17. Jaws (1975)*
18. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)*
19. Mean Streets (1973)
20. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)*
21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)*
22. Rocky (1976)*
23. Star Wars (1977)*
24. The Sting (1973)*
25. Taxi Driver (1976)*

SHORTLIST.COM’S “20 GREATEST SPORTS MOVIES EVER MADE”

1. The Bad News Bears (1976)*
2. Breaking Away (1979)
3. Caddyshack (1980)*
4. Chariots of Fire (1981)*
5. The Damned United (2009)
6. Field of Dreams (1989)*
7. The Fighter (2010)*
8. Friday Night Lights (2004)*
9. Hoop Dreams (1994)
10. Hoosiers (1986)
11. The Hustler (1961)
12. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
13. Moneyball (2011)*
14. Raging Bull (1980)
15. Rocky (1976)*
16. Rounders (1998)*
17. Seabiscuit (2003)
18. Senna (2011)
19. The Sporting Life (1963)
20. The Wrestler (2008)

If you’re interested in reading more about these lists and the movies mentioned above, check out the following links.

For the sports movies list, visit http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/the-20-greatest-sports-movies-ever-made.

To check out the list about movies from the 70s, visit http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/the-25-greatest-movies-of-the-70s.

To see the complete list of “coolest movies ever,” visit http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/the-30-coolest-films-ever.

In the end, how many of the movies mentioned above have you had the chance to watch? Which did you like or dislike? Which is your personal favorite? Why? Let us know in the comments section below.