Greatest Guy Movies of All Time!!!

[RolandCuthbert]

I did this take before. It is time for some revisions to the list.

1. Fight Club. I love this film because of its humor, its attempt to delve into the male psyche, to try to get an understanding of what qualities we respect in men.

2. The Godfather. What else is there to say?

3. One Night in Miami. Regina King directs this masterpiece.

4. Kung Fu Hustle! Stephen Chow directs and stars in a flick that you have to see to believe.

5. The Revenant. Just a great film about the struggle to survive.

6. FlashPoint. Donnie Yen at his absolute best.

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7. American Me. Easily one of the most underrated mafia films of all time.

8. The Magnificent Seven. Simply one of the greatest Westerns of all time.

9. One of the few non-action films on the list. A young "Black" man searches for his birth family.

10. Ronin. Just an awesome flick with hitmen, paid assassins, and mercenaries.

Honorable mentions; Fist of Legend, Posse, Training Day, Wall Street, Shane, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, Godfather II, Goodfellas, Tron, Wargames, Scarface, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Braveheart, Casino Royale, Saving Private Ryan, Terminator, Road Warrior, Enter The Dragon, Reservoir Dogs, Blazing Saddles. . .

Wow, getting more responses from women than men.

Amazing. . .

I had to add Tombstone. I can't believe I didn't put it in the top ten.

[Teyfet]

By guy films, I think of ones that men enjoy much more than women.

Fight Club & The Godfathers definitely qualify. Several of the others have more crossover appeal.

I'd include Braveheart, Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut), The Big Lebowski, Easy Rider, Scarface (83), Animal House & others my girlfriend calls "one & done." meaning she has no interest it watching them again.

Most westerns (notably The Man with No Name trilogy, The Searchers) & Samurai films (esp. by Akira Kurosawa).

Most War Films (e. g., The Bridge on the River Kwai, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan...)

Narrowing them down to 10 becomes very difficult.

[RolandCuthbert]

Oh shoot, I forgot about "The Kingdom of Heaven". I went to see that one by myself. Gladiator, I can kind of see. It had crossover appeal too.

I think I could have included Seven Samurai. That is definitely a guy flick. I forgot about the "Dirty Dozen" and "Bridge Over River Kwai".

I could have made these all honorable mentions.

But I wanted to get this discussion going on purpose. I have been trying to do this for years. Get men to talk about masculinity.

[Teyfet]

Yeah, there are a whole lot. Gladiator did have some crossover appeal, but how many women do you know who saw it more than once?

I was going to mention Top Gun, but ladies loved them some young Tom. ROFL

[Teyfet]

Damn! I forgot Ghost Dog!

[Teyfet]

If you want to get men to talk about masculinity, perhaps ask,
What's your favorite guy film & why?

Then, maybe list your top 3 & explain them?

[RolandCuthbert]

Wow!!! I can't believe I forgot Ghost Dog. I love that movie.

[RolandCuthbert]

Did that already. The thread as a disaster.

What Are Masculine Traits? ↗

[Teyfet]

You know what's really odd: how all of the best buddy films as massive hits - from 48 hrs to Men in Black, Beverly Hills Cop to Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys to Rush Hour...

[RolandCuthbert]

Yeah, they had their time. After awhile the genre just became tired.

[Teyfet]

I don't think your thread was a huge disaster. Women just liked it more than men, perhaps because the maturity (or intellectual) level of many Men here barely qualies under that categorical term.

[RolandCuthbert]

Well, I felt like people were denying something as basic as breathing.

It was so weird.

[pleasestopthis]

Gladiator and braveheart are definitely in my top list, I love epic movies. The other ones I haven't watched yet

[Teyfet]

@pleasetopthis If you enjoy epic films, try Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut - not the theatrical version) - also by Gladiator's Ridley Scott.

[Pummel]

Yo cuz you named some really good ones... nice

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

I've seen more of the movies from the honorable mentions... But Reservoir Dogs? My hubby liked that one, I didn't as much...
Never saw Ronin, surprised because seen a lot of his movies...

[RolandCuthbert]

Ronin is just a masterpiece if you like spies, action, and a very complex plot.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

I'll have to check it out sometime

[exitseven]

Reservoir Dogs- i haven't thought about that one but it was good.
How about cult classic Boondock Saints?

[exitseven]

Oh yeah then we have the road warrior movie , Vanishing Point.

[RolandCuthbert]

@exitseven You know I have not seen Boondocks Saints. Okay. It is on the list for this weekend. You got me.

[RolandCuthbert]

@exitseven Never heard of Vanishing Point.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

I never heard of vanishing point either.
@RolandCuthbert thanks for mh

[exitseven]

It's a real cult classic. It takes place in South Boston and I actually knew some guys that were like that.

[exitseven]

Vanishing Point is starring Barry Newman. I just found out there is a remake with Viggo Morgensten. I haven't seen the remake. I'm sure it is not as good as the original.

[888theGreat]

I have seen Ronin about 4 times

[RolandCuthbert]

@888theGreat It is just a masterpiece. Brilliant casting.

[exitseven]

This is my favorite movie. It is not your average cowboy movie.

Open Range

It is a great movie on many levels. The cinematography is amazing. It makes the west look authentic with the scenery and how life in a small western town really was. The protagonists exhibit a goodness and kindness at odds to their hard lives. There is humor and tenderness along with a good dose of violence. There is a sense of justice vs. vengeance. The acting is very good and it is just an awesome movie. I haven't seen it in a while and a couple of weeks ago it was on one of the rerun channels so I made popcorn and watched it.

[RolandCuthbert]

I heard about that flick. I haven't seen it. But I forgot about another good Western.

[exitseven]

Yeah- that is more of a Clint Eastwood movie but it was a great movie.

[ShadezMcgee]

Got some damn good ones on here. Seen a good handful of them being Fight Club, The Godfather, Kung Fu Hustle, The Revenant.

Seen more of your honorable mentions though to include Reservoir Dogs, Saving Private Ryan, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Casino Royale, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, Braveheart and Terminator.

[ShadezMcgee]

Actually, I got another one I just thought of. What about Collateral with Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise?

[ShadezMcgee]

Or Unforgiven?

[RolandCuthbert]

Yeah, Collateral was a pretty good flick. Yeah, I forgot about "Unforgiven". That is a classic.

Oh shit!!!

Tombstone!!! wtf? How did I forget that one?

Ringo: You retired too?

Doc: Not me. I am my prime!

LOLx10!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MICPyrnGYwg

[ShadezMcgee]

Tombstone is another good one.

"I'm your huckleberry."

[FictionalCharacter]

It seems you admire movies of male struggles. As they go through hardship to succeed and at the same time, they accept their flaws as society sees them. That in the end, they're just doing guys stuff as they were born with.

[RolandCuthbert]

Yeah, I like the old struggle aspect. Because usually the odds are against us. And we have to fight against them alone. We don't even get support from other men.

In the future, that is going to have to change. Thanks for reminding me of the movie that I should have listed in the top ten;

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. . .

[FictionalCharacter]

Ah interesting.

[exitseven]

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Just like real life.

[FictionalCharacter]

@exitseven

Stick’em up

[RolandCuthbert]

You mean?

[FictionalCharacter]

Lol 😅

[Pummel]

1=The Godfather
2= Godfather II
3= Escape From New York
4= The Pride of The Yankees
5= The Dirty Dozen
6= Escape From Alcatraz
7= My Cousin Vinny
8= Colors
9= Mississippi Burning
10= Rocky

[888theGreat]

Escape From New York was good, I watch it every time it comes on, lee Van Cleef was in it and Russell (Snake) I thought you were dead? Not quite!

[888theGreat]

Adrienne Barbeau had some big Ta Ta's

[888theGreat]

The Dirty Dozen was good with Lee Marvin kicking that smart ass in the balls so hard he collapses.

[RolandCuthbert]

@888theGreat The Dirty Dozen was pretty good.

[Pummel]

@888theGreat "I thought you were dead... I AM" lol

[misanthropistkev]

Um rocky? 300? Scarface? Hacksaw ridge? Never back down? Taken? The Transporter? Terminator? True Grit? The Longest yard? Remember the Titans? The Raid? Straw dogs? The dark knight? Fast & the Furious? Shoot em up? Rudy? Die hard? Heat? John wick? Wanted? Kill bill? Jason Bourne? Rambo? Enter the dragon? Legend of the fist? Ong bak? Predator? Dirty Harry? South paw? End of watch? Training day? The other guys? Gladiator? Troy? The man with the iron fist? Hero? Django? The hateful 8? Shaft? Kingsman? Red? Good fellas? The Punisher? Clash of the titans? The grey? The A-team? GI joe rise of cobra? Transformers (all of em) ? OG Karate kid? Hotel Artemis? Battlefield LA? King Kong? The watchmen? And Brokeback mountain

[RolandCuthbert]

I like a lot on your list too. But some are just entertaining action flicks. A guy movie to me is one that gets into the concept of masculinity. I think the one out of this list I really screw up was John Wick. Yeah, that one I missed.

But why Brokeback Mountain?

Why?

[misanthropistkev]

I was trolling on that one😂 these were all off the top of my head
And I think all of these are masculine movies not just because what they’re about but because they taught me stuff about being a man

[RolandCuthbert]

Okay.

Dude, that triggered me. Someone else made the same suggestion. I got kind of upset.

Sorry.

[misanthropistkev]

I just thought of another one tho

Finding Nemo even tho it’s kinda the same as taken

[888theGreat]

Yippy yie yay, died Hard was good. Scarface was rated a bomb when it came out but now considered a classic

[RolandCuthbert]

@888theGreat Scarface was considered to be bomb? I don't remember that. Well, maybe in the mainstream. But every dude in my community was trying to see the film.

[888theGreat]

Shane
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Rooster Gogburn
Someone to Watch Over Me
Once Upon a Time in The West
Rocky 3
Star Trek 2 : Wrath of Khan
Star Wars original
Rambo 1
The Natural
The Eagle Has Landed

[RolandCuthbert]

I like several on that last. Star Trek 2, Shane, and Rambo

The Eagle has Landed? You mean the war film? I remember watching that movie with my dad.

[888theGreat]

yep, Robert Duvall, Larry Hagman, and Michael Caine

[RolandCuthbert]

Oh yeah, that was an excellent film. Not many folks know about that one. Good pull.

[888theGreat]

and Stalag 17 with Holden , The Wild Bunch, and Extreme Prejudice with Nick nolte, Oh and To Live and Die in LA (how could I forget that one)

[JPrez]

Conan the Barbarian, The Expendable's series, Jason Bourne movies.

[RolandCuthbert]

I forgot about The Bourne Identity!!! Thanks for that add.

My favorite scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0VD3LElOI

[JPrez]

That is a bad ass car chase. My favorite scene is this one:

https://youtu.be/uLt7lXDCHQ0

[RolandCuthbert]

Yep, I forgot about that. And I also forgot to compliment you on Conan the Barbarian. The riddle of steel is such a great scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgN1sLcAQnw

[JPrez]

Thanks. Great post. That was classic JEJ. Awesome actor. He played villains so well. His voice inflections make the scenes. Today’s actors lack that skill. Great scene. Would have loved to have seen him and Conan actually fight in the movie.

[Midnight_Kiss]

Full Metal Jacket
Red Dawn (not the remake)
Wanted
Office Space
American History X

[RolandCuthbert]

Red Dawn was decent. Full Metal Jacket is a maybe. It was a masterpiece for the first hour. Then once they got to Vietnam it wasn't as impressive. I wouldn't put the last three on my list.

But good job!!!

[AmandaYVR]

That's a pretty good list. I approve. 🎬
Especially Fight Club, Godfathers, Ronin, and Taxi Driver.
And I'd add Fargo, Heat, Hunt for Red October, Jerry Maguire, Matrix, Memento, Moneyball, Snatch, and Shawshank Redemption.

[RolandCuthbert]

Ah. . . Hunt for Red October, Moneyball and Shawshank Redemption. I am not certain about Snatch. but the others. . . are they really guy movies?

Jerry Maguire has some guys parts. But it is a love story basically.

[Koalamate]

Defiance with Daniel Craig is a underrated film one of my favourites.

[RolandCuthbert]

Okay, okay. You got me there. That was an excellent film.

[Justneedtokno]

Ferris Bueller‘s big day out, Harold and Kumar, that guy.

[RolandCuthbert]

I should have included Harold and Kumar. It is a great flick about masculinity.

[Justneedtokno]

Like Fast and furious and Rambo and Rocky movies

[Justneedtokno]

The Long Ranger. Walking tall. Four brothers

[RolandCuthbert]

Four Brothers, I will give you. I saw the original Walking Tall, so I can't get into the Roc's version.

Long Ranger?

Nope!!!

[Justneedtokno]

Both versions were pretty good. What about the last castle or man of honor those were some really good movies

[Smegskull]

I haven't seen most of these all the way through so I don't have much to respond with. Kung-fu hustle is phenomenal though.

[RolandCuthbert]

Wasn't it though? So funny, so brilliantly directed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssCyfRu3iM

[Smegskull]

That is exactly the first scene I thought of too. I can't not laugh when he sticks it back in.

[RolandCuthbert]

haha!!!

[supercutebutt]

:)

#1

[RolandCuthbert]

And that is supposed to be funny.

[supercutebutt]

There is nothing funny about love.

[RolandCuthbert]

We have to have a discussion about masculinity and homosexuality.

This is related to my take on "What are Masculine Traits?"

What Are Masculine Traits? ↗

[SandandWaves]

I agree with @supercutebutt, that movie is not suppose to be funny. It is a drama.

[RolandCuthbert]

@SandandWaves But is it about masculinity?

That's the point? How many "guys" get together to watch Brokeback Mountain? I have never seen the film.

But me and my friends have watched Tombstone a dozen times.

[supercutebutt]

What's more masculine than the human peen?

[Pummel]

lol... well yeah I gu NO

[R3DthatDude]

All Bruce Lee movies and all the Expendables series including all of the Rambo series. Basically not in order:
-Bruce Lee Movies
- The Expendables (all of them)
- Rambo (all of them)
- Rocky Balboa (all of them)
- Terminator 1-2, 5

[R3DthatDude]

I for got Ip Man and Tony Jaa movies

[RolandCuthbert]

IP Man is a good suggestion.

Tony Jaa. . . mmm. . . maybe.

The reason why I talk about movies like Enter the Dragon etc. is that we learn more about Asian male masculinity here. Bruce Lee was one of the first visible Asian leading men.

[R3DthatDude]

Oh you talkin more about inspirational movies, I was thinking high action

[RolandCuthbert]

Well, we can do high action. Nothing wrong with that.

IP Man is a good suggestion.

[Hurlyburly]

Fight Club is one of my all-time favorite movies (and also a great book). Never watched any of the others though.

[RolandCuthbert]

Wow. Why did you like "Fight Club"?

[Hurlyburly]

Because I love movies with a twist ending I guess 🤷‍♀️ and the whole setup for it in Fight Club has just been great.

[RolandCuthbert]

Well, when he finds out who Tyler is. . . that is a great moment.

[Hurlyburly]

Yup, it is indeed

[BubbaTech]

We want to talk about the greatest guy movie, but we can't talk about it.

It would break the one rule.

We can therefore talk about diehard, wait that is a Christmas movie... Anyway...

[RolandCuthbert]

You know, Diehard could be added. I could have added that one.

[Anpu23]

Apocalypse Now
'Caus I just love the smell of napalm in the mornimg.

Braveheart

Both deserve mentions

[RolandCuthbert]

I got Braveheart.

But blew it on Apocalyse Now. Yep, it deserves to be in there.

I would have included Troy. But overall it wasn't a great film.

I just love this line. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RabMtUvwlXY

It is such a "man moment".

[Anpu23]

I do like that line. But you are right not a great movie.

[RolandCuthbert]

You know there is another exchange too, that was thought provoking.

Achilles : I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

Some good Movies on the list. I have seen many but not all

[SandandWaves]

I really like the Revenant and American me

[RolandCuthbert]

Wow. . .

[SandandWaves]

smiles

[SandandWaves]

oh we can also add movies you didn't add to your post? I will add in.. training day and at close range

[RolandCuthbert]

At Close Range is food for thought. We are close in age. We remember that flick.

Madonna did the soundtrack right? Her and Sean Penn were married at the time.

[SandandWaves]

I am not sure if Madonna did the soundtrack, but, I just know.. that her song is played in it a lot.

Sean Penn has always been with Robyn Wright. Not now, though, or I can be wrong about them not being together now.

[SandandWaves]

At close range, is based on a true story

[RolandCuthbert]

Sean Penn and Madonna were married.



After just six months together, Madonna and Penn tied the knot in August 1985 on her 27th birthday.

[Jmmmfi4]

I'm a huge movie buff. Currently upgrading all my movies to blu ray.

Just so hard to choose...

Batman dark knight
Aliens 2
Kill Bill 1 & 2

[RolandCuthbert]

Why do people think Kill Bill is a guy movie? I mean, guys get together to watch it? In the second film there is a great section that guys can get into and that is the part dedicated to Budd. In fact, the scene where Bill talks to Budd is really compelling.

"That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMI1uQBHUpA

[888theGreat]

Alien 2 was great, Drop your linen and start grinning. Were all dead man , were dead man.

[RolandCuthbert]

@888theGreat Aliens? Absolutely. But a great action film. The lead is a woman. And though I am not saying it isn't a great guy flick, I was secretly trying to get the males here to talk about masculinity. Because that is something most males here refuse to do.