I don't understand multiple playlists you mentioned, but I know some good and popular players that allow you to view movies in many formats. If you don't like VLC, you can try QuickTime, Mac blu-ray Player, Mac Media Player.
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime X, is currently available on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and newer.
Mac Blu-ray Player is one Blu-ray media player software for Apple Mac, which can play Blu-ray files and other format files.
Mac Media Player is a free media player that can play many common formats on Mac.