This list—from Glamour magazine, of all things—comes to you courtesy of my wife.

50 GREATEST (MOSTLY) ROCK SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME

1. Purple Rain (1984)
2. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
3. The Harder They Come (1973)
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
5. The Graduate (1967)
6. Superfly (1972)
7. Trainspotting (1976)
8. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
9. American Graffiti (1973)
10. The Big Chill (1983)
11. Rushmore (1998)
12. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
13. The Blues Brothers (1980)
14. Easy Rider (1969)
15. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
16. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
17. Boogie Nights (1997)
18. Dazed and Confused (1993)
19. Almost Famous (2000)
20. GoodFellas (1990)
21. Shaft (1971)
22. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
23. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
24. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
25. The Commitments (1991)
26. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
27. Marie Antoinette (2006)
28. Crooklyn (1994)
29. Tommy (1975)
30. Help! (1965)
31. Performance (1970)
32. Pretty in Pink (1986)
33. 8 Mile (2002)
34. Nashville (1975)
35. Repo Man (1984)
36. American Gigolo (1980)
37. Top Gun (1986)
38. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
39. Friday (1996)
40. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
41. Once (2007)
42. Grease (1978)
43. Garden State (2004)
44. High Fidelity (2000)
45. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
46. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
47. Singles (1992)
48. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
49. Broken Flowers (2005)
50. Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Soundtracks from documentaries and concert films were disallowed—so, f’rinstance, no Stop Making Sense.

It’s a decent list. It won’t qualify for inclusion in the AM album rankings, because many of these soundtracks are compilations—which makes the list kind of an odd grab-bag; some are original (Purple Rain) some are compilations (Pulp Fiction), and some are a little of both (Rock ‘n’ Roll High School).

And there are a few howlers. Grease and Top Gun are goddamned jokes, to be honest, and a few of these soundtracks seem to be here because of one song (Midnight Cowboy, American Gigolo). And where, oh where, is Grosse Pointe Blank?

"...Highway to the Danger Zone/I'll take you right into the Danger Zone..."

Oh c'mon... you love it.

Interesting list. I'm missing one of my favorites "Paris, Texas".

No, Anthony, for me it's: "I'm all right/don't nobody worry 'bout me/why you got to give me a fight?/why don't you just let me be?" Good old Kenny Loggins...

(You know a Caddyshack trivia game just came out? I'm gonna drink a lot of beer with my high school buddies playing that one...) (Yes, I have my neanderthal side.)

One drink for every bad Dangerfield one-liner?

Oh wait, that would be a Caddyshack drinking game.... which could be fun too.

No, we've done that one.

You gotta be kidding me. I’d be blitzed within the first ten minutes, and probably passed out shortly thereafter. Granted, I’d be drinking Canadian beer...

All hail Prince! Purple Rain would be my 3rd favorite soundtrack, but I'm happy to see it first.

that reminds me! When I write down my top 10 list of 07 to include the Once Sountrack with Glen from the Frames. Great movie.

My favourite one is "Almost famous". Amazing album.
Some others I like a lot :
Air - "Virgin Suicides"
Jon Brion - "I love huckabees"
V/A - "Pulp fiction"

Holiday Road oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh....