Cool Movies
AMC Movie List

Cool Movies

Whether starring a smooth ride, a slick hairdo, or a leading man with just the right swagger, these movies are cool. Which is leader of the pack?

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1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Paul Newman and Robert Redford are at the height of their coolness (and their looks) as infamous train robbers. 91 267
2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Free spirit Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) plays a crazy, along with a motley crew of outcasts, in this classic anti-establishment flick. 84 282
3 The Dirty Dozen
A group of cool convicts, including John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson, and Jim Brown, sign up for an anti-Nazi suicide mission. 79 225
4 Bullitt
Steve McQueen’s tough-guy police detective goes rogue after the Mafia informant (Pat Renella) he’s protecting is gunned down. 65 219
5 High Plains Drifter
Clint Eastwood is an enigmatic gunman who drifts into a small town and then disappears into the desert. 43 201
6 Easy Rider
Two hippies (Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper) take a cross-country road trip on a motorcycle with a stars-and-stripes gas tank. Ultracool. 42 226
7 Escape from Alcatraz
Clint Eastwood reenacts the Rock’s most famed escape attempt, by lifer Frank Morris and two other cons. 40 208
8 The Quick and the Dead
Sharon Stone plays the Lady, a slick gunfighter who blows into town to duel her father's killer, John Herod. -35 195
9 Death Hunt
It’s survivalist versus cops in this movie about a trapper (Charles Bronson) running from police in the Canadian Rockies. -51 153
10 Two-Lane Blacktop
A driver (James Taylor) and a mechanic (Dennis Wilson) race a '55 Chevy against all comers in Monte Hellman's cult favorite. -79 153