Cool is such an distinct word when it comes to film. What makes a cool movie? That is a question that could have a distinctly different answer contingent on the person. Furthermore, so many factors go into a film being cool whether it be soundtrack, characters or quotability it is a distinct mixture that results in a successful cool movie. This list will cover my personal choices for the hippest of the hip in film and remember that when it comes to cool, everything must be chill.
10.) The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966)
This is easily the coolest western to date, and the shootout is an exercise in how to edit.
9.) Chungking Express (1994)
A surrealist love story, Wong Kar Wai's film is as cool as it is honest in its approach to finding love in a technologically distancing world.
8.) Easy Rider (1969)
If it were not enough that this film is a veritable who's who of 60's coolest actors, the soundtrack is a historical document of the era.
7.) The Long Goodbye (1973)
Robert Altman's neonoir redefined what it meant to be a cool detective via the laid back performance of Elliot Gould.
6.) Hardboiled (1992)
Violence rarely justifies a cool movie, yet when it comes to John Woo's films, something about shootouts in hospitals overrules the previous statement.
5.) The Big Lebowski (1998)
Sometimes the coolest thing a person can do is abide.
4.) Breathless (1960)
When it comes to cool, the pentacle of french filmmaking runs circles around every other story of foreign love to date.
3.) Pulp Fiction (1994)
Any movie that incorporates a scene just to have Christopher Walken provide a monologue is in its own category of cool.
2.) Le Samourai (1967)
When you read the description of this film it would be hard to believe in its hipness, however, this lone wolf story is about as cool as they get.
1.) Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Please refer to the film's title for any questions.
Honorable Mention
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Withnail and I (1987)
Mystery Train (1989)
True Romance (1993)
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