Manly Movies
There's no formula to determine what makes a film manly. It either is or it isn't. But the unifying characteristic in all of them is the presence of at least one man, or in the alternative someone who becomes a man throughout the course of the film. If your next question is, "What is a man," then society and your parents failed you. But the fact that you've nevertheless made it to the right place is an impressive first step. Here is a compilation of over 150 examples of what a man is.
If after looking at the list you are confused then I suggest that you watch some of the films on the list. If after watching at least 20 of the films on the list you are still confused about the concept of what a man is then you might want to check the expiration on your man card because it might be in need of renewal. If you don't have a man card then the best advice I can give you is to find the nearest woman and tell her that you are not a man but you would like her to point you in the direction of the nearest man because you do not know what one is. After she points you in that man's direction, go up to him introduce yourself and tell him you need a mentor. His answer will tell you if he is a real man because only a real man would be willing to help.
Since this list isn't comprehensive, I'm more than willing to take nominations for additions to the list from other users. Just nominate the film and justify why it's manly.
If after looking at the list you are confused then I suggest that you watch some of the films on the list. If after watching at least 20 of the films on the list you are still confused about the concept of what a man is then you might want to check the expiration on your man card because it might be in need of renewal. If you don't have a man card then the best advice I can give you is to find the nearest woman and tell her that you are not a man but you would like her to point you in the direction of the nearest man because you do not know what one is. After she points you in that man's direction, go up to him introduce yourself and tell him you need a mentor. His answer will tell you if he is a real man because only a real man would be willing to help.
Since this list isn't comprehensive, I'm more than willing to take nominations for additions to the list from other users. Just nominate the film and justify why it's manly.
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- RegisseurRowdy HerringtonFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeKelly LynchSam ElliottEin zäher Türsteher wird angeheuert, um eine schmutzige Bar zu zähmen.Lets start at the top. Road House is the quintessential man movie; it has drunken brawls, monster trucks, cheesy macho dialogue, and more troublemakers, 40-year-old adolescents, felons, power drinkers and trustees of modern chemistry than you can shake a stick at. All of which have no qualms about settling disputes such as whether or not to let a young lady dance on a table by means of a knife fight. I'm not sure but I believe that if you don't see this film once a year your man card stands the possibility of getting revoked. So be warned.
- RegisseurKathryn BigelowFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeKeanu ReevesGary BuseyEin F.B.I. Agent geht auf verdeckte Ermittlung gegen eine Bande von Surfern, die Bankräuber sein könnten.100% Pure Adrenaline! That's how Patrick Swayze was able to match the success of Road House. Patrick Swayze plays Bodhi a Zen-like surfing and all around extreme sports master who finances his care-free lifestyle through bank robberies. One of the more challenging things with this film is that Bodhi is refered to as a ghost and even upon multiple viewings its difficult to exactly determine what Bodhi's background is and where he came from. Bodhi lives life on his own terms and knows that if you want the ultimate, you've got to man up and be willing to pay the ultimate price.
- RegisseurKevin HooksFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeRandy TravisMeat LoafA weapons loaded truck is shadowed by FBI and ATF. It explodes and kills the driver. Jack, just out of prison, is pressured into driving another truck from Atlanta to NJ. Things get rough when hijacking attempts are made.Along with Road House and Next of Kin, these films make up Patrick Swayze's Redneck Trilogy. In this installmant we are treated to Patrick Swayze: the family man. He is an ex-con who paid his debt to society and is trying to do right by his family the way a real man should. But alas, he is blackmailed into transporting a truck full of illegal guns across several states and is pursued by the FBI, ATF, assorted criminals, and the mob. While cowards fight with weapons, real men only need a truck to take out the bad guys.
- RegisseurDarrell RoodtFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeHalle BerrySabrina LloydAbenteuer eines toten Vaters, der seine Kinder aus dem Bus entführt.What's more manly than a guy that sees that his kids are being mistreated and mans up to be a father. Not even the law can get between a man and his family...screw kidnapping charges!
- RegisseurRoland JofféFilmstarsPatrick SwayzePauline CollinsOm PuriAn American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.Texas doctor Max Lowe loses a patient in surgery and is in essence half the man he used to be. But even at that level he is still man enough to inspire an entire village in India against a crime boss and his sadistic son. All with a mullet that took the dedication of a gardner to cultivate.
- RegisseurJohn IrvinFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeLiam NeesonAdam BaldwinEs kracht gewaltig in Chicago: Die Mafia will bei den örtlichen Geschäftsleuten absahnen, macht dabei aber einen gravierende Fehler: Ein Junge muss dran glauben, dessen Bruder ein Cop ist.The final part of Swayze's Redneck trilogy. Swayze plays Truman Gates whose brother is killed by a mobster and chooses to exact "Mountain Justice" on the murderer. You don't get more manly than trying to avenge a dead sibling against the mob.
- RegisseurEmile ArdolinoFilmstarsPatrick SwayzeJennifer GreyJerry Orbach"Während Frances ""Baby"" Houseman mit ihrer Familie den Sommer in einem Ferienresort in den Catskill Mountains verbringt, verliebt sie sich in den dort tätigen Tanzlehrer Johnny Castle."Say what you will about the film, Swayze playes Johnny Castle who along with a manly name is a guy who found employment doing what he loves. You gotta respect a guy who can make a living doing what he loves. In the end, after being falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit, Johnny Castle mans up and stands up for his underage girlfriend who was seated in a corner. I know what you're saying..."underage girlfriend? A real man wouldn't sleep with a woman below the age of consent." Well he would if he had Hungry Eyes.
- RegisseurAmin Q. ChaudhriFilmstarsPatrick SwayzePiper LaurieLee RichardsonChuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.After the success of Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze could have made any movie he wanted and literally written his own ticket. So its interesting to note that he made this little forgotten gem about a man who comes back home after having done a bad thing to seek forgiveness from his family. Real men take responsibility for their actions.
- RegisseurClint EastwoodFilmstarsClint EastwoodMarsha MasonEverett McGillDer hartgesottene Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) kollidiert mit seinen Vorgesetzten und seiner Ex-Frau, als er das Kommando über einen verzogenen Platoon übernimmt.This film starts out with Clint Eastwood's character in jail for urinating on a police car and just gets better from there. He plays a grizzled marine who is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipent that is being forced out of the military. But before he goes, he wants to do right by his country one last time and whip a rag tag group of marines into shape. And of course, you can't spell marine without the letters M-A-N.
- RegisseurClint EastwoodFilmstarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyWalt Kowalski, ein frustrierter Veteran des Koreakriegs, setzt sich zum Ziel, seinen jugendlichen Nachbarn vom Volk der Hmong zu läutern, der versucht hatte, Kowalskis wertvollsten Besitz zu stehlen: einen Gran Torino Baujahr 1972.This film could have been the sequel to Heartbreak Ridge and is just as good. It features a grizzled war veteran standing up to gang members and teaching his teenaged neighbor who lacks a positive male role model the value of hard work and how to walk and talk like a man.
- RegisseurClint EastwoodFilmstarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanDer Western-Revolverheld William Munny, der sich eigentlich aus seinem Geschäft zurückgezogen hat, übernimmt widerwillig noch einmal einen letzten Auftrag, bei dem ihm sein alter Partner und ein junger Mann helfen.The Man With No Name' Becomes A Man With A Real Story. Clint Eastwood plays William Munny who leaves his life as a gunslinger behind him when he meets the right woman and starts a family. And after she dies he stays a good father and raises his kids as a farmer. But despite the fact he's on the straight and narrow, you should never provoke a good man trying to do the right thing...even if its under the color of law.
- RegisseureDon SiegelClint EastwoodFilmstarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoAls ein Verrückter, der sich selbst den "Scorpio-Killer" nennt, die Stadt in Angst und Schrecken versetzt, erhält der toughe Inspektor Harry Callahan aus San Francisco den Auftrag, dem verrückten Psychopathen auf die Spur zu kommen.Ahh...the good old days. The 70's. When men were men and cops like Harry Callahan could do their jobs and stop criminals without worrying about things like the Miranda warning or the 4th Amendment to stop them. And why would he? Standards like probable cause aren't meant for real men. All real men need is their gut to tell them what they need to know. And the last I checked a real man's gut feeling is admissable in court.
- RegisseurTed PostFilmstarsClint EastwoodHal HolbrookMitchell RyanDer San-Francisco-Inspektor "Dirty" Harry Callahan ist auf der Spur von Selbstjustiz-Polizisten, die sich nicht scheuen, über das Gesetz hinauszugehen und die Unerwünschten der Stadt zu töten.If there's one thing a man hates more than a crook its a crooked cop. Harry Callahan's gut is telling him something about his fellow cops and when a man's gut starts talking everyone better pull up a chair and listen.
- RegisseurJames FargoFilmstarsClint EastwoodTyne DalyHarry GuardinoDer San-Francisco-Inspektor "Dirty" Harry Callahan muss eine terroristische Organisation, die sich aus verärgerten Vietnam-Veteranen zusammensetzt, vereiteln. Aber dieses Mal hat er sich mit einer Inspektorin zusammengetan, aber er ist nicht aufgeregt, mit ihr zu arbeiten.Actually there is one thing a man hates more than a crooked cop and that's a terrorist organization. Harry Callahan's gut is talking again; so Patty Hearst you and your cohorts should be afraid...very afraid. Real men don't take kindly to terrorists.
- RegisseurClint EastwoodFilmstarsClint EastwoodSondra LockePat HingleEin Vergewaltigungsopfer mittleren Alters übt in einer Kleinstadt außerhalb von San Francisco Rache an ihren Angreifern. Der "schmutzige" Harry Callahan weil er seine Vorgesetzten verärgert hatte, wird dem Fall zugewiesen.Harry Callahan is a man's man. After taking on a serial killer, crooked cops, and terrorists he goes out to avenge a rape victim. Damn to the law...there's a man dishing out justice and his name is Harry Callahan. So go ahead...make his day.
- RegisseurBuddy Van HornFilmstarsClint EastwoodLiam NeesonPatricia Clarkson"Dirty" Harry Callahan muss einen geheimen Wettbewerb beenden, bei dem lokale Prominente ermordet werden sollen, zu denen er auch selbst zählt.A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do and Harry Callahan's gut told him that the 90's would make him into an anally PC girly-man so this ended up being the last time Harry Callahan walked the beat and kept the streets of San Francisco safe. Elliot Stabler and Oliva Benson do you think you could go to San Francisco in the 70's and walk the beat with a real man?
- RegisseurDon SiegelFilmstarsClint EastwoodLee J. CobbSusan ClarkDer stellvertretende Sheriff von Arizona, Sheriff Coogan (Clint Eastwood), wird nach New York City geschickt, um einen entflohenen Flüchtling zur Gerichtsverhandlung zurückzubegleiten.Usually the small town guy in the big city stories are not manly. Those stories exist simply to reinforce the stereotypes of urbanites by feeding into their superiority complexes. But those stories did not factor Arizona Sheriff's Deputy Walt Coogan into the equation. Coogan is in the Rotten Apple to extradite a drug dealer who jumped bail back to Phoenix to stand trial. But when he runs into ineffective limousine liberals, pervasive hippie drug culture, and an apathetic NYPD; Coogan decides that he's going to put the city on notice and give New York 24 hours to get out of town. Putting an entire city on notice, now that's manly.
- RegisseurWolfgang PetersenFilmstarsClint EastwoodJohn MalkovichRene RussoSecret Service Agent Frank Horrigan konnte Kennedy nicht retten, aber er ist entschlossen, einen cleveren Attentäter nicht diesen Präsidenten ausschalten zu lassen.A real man learns from his mistakes. And although this man failed to prevent the assasination of JFK; he'll be damned if a presidential assassination goes down again on his watch. How could this be any manlier? This was the last film Eastwood starred in that he did not direct. Now that's manning up!
- RegisseurMartin RittFilmstarsPaul NewmanMelvyn DouglasPatricia NealDer ehrliche und fleißige texanische Rancher Homer Bannon hat einen Konflikt mit seinem skrupellosen, egoistischen, arroganten und egoistischen Sohn Hud, der in den Alkoholismus versank, nachdem er seinen Bruder versehentlich bei einem Autounfall getötet hatte.There are men, and then there are men. In this film Paul Newman puts on a tour de force performance as an ambitious, brash, callous, drinking, brawling, joyriding, and sleeping with women (married or otherwise) man. He's an alpha dog that is neither hero nor anti-hero, neither villain or anti-villain simply a man that for better or worse stands on his own two feet. Hud is so manly that every man card is stamped with his face.
- RegisseurStuart RosenbergFilmstarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinEin Mann weigert sich, sich dem Leben in einer ländlichen Strafanstalt anzupassen.Only real men can make nothing a cool hand and then get named after it. If you can pull that off then you're on the fast track to being a real man.
- RegisseurRobert RossenFilmstarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieEin aufstrebender Poolspieler tritt gegen einen Champion in einem Match mit hohen Einsätzen an.Fast Eddie vs Minnesota Fats...was ever a more manly match-up made? No movie deserves George Thorogood's 'Bad to the Bone' on the soundtrack more than this.
- RegisseurMartin ScorseseFilmstarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson weist seinen großspurigen, aber ziemlich talentierten Schützling in die hohe Kunst des Bluffens beim Pool-Billard ein, was ihn selbst wiederum zu einem unerwarteten Comeback inspiriert.Fast Eddie is back trying to make a flashy but unfocused boy into a pool hustling man and regain some of his former glory. So put down that lite beer and order up a shot of J.T.S. Brown whiskey because a man like Fast Eddie still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
- RegisseurRoger DonaldsonFilmstarsTom CruiseBryan BrownElisabeth ShueEin talentierter New Yorker Barkeeper nimmt einen Job in einer Bar in Jamaika an und verliebt sich in sie.Good movie about a man who serves his country and works hard to make enough money to open his own business. Nothing unmanly about that.
- RegisseurEdward ZwickFilmstarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyEin amerikanischer Militärberater umarmt die Samurai-Kultur, für deren Zerstörung er angeheuert wurde, nachdem er im Kampf gefangen genommen wurde.When you're a real man you can blatantly just copy the plot of another movie (like Dances with Wolves), transpose it to a different locale, and have no one make the connection. What can I say, being a man has its privileges.
- RegisseurMenahem GolanFilmstarsSylvester StalloneRobert LoggiaSusan BlakelyDer harte Trucker Lincoln Hawk ist entschlossen, seinen Sohn zurückzugewinnen und bei den Weltmeisterschaften im Armdrücken zu triumphieren.Stallone plays what may be his most manly character ever...a man by the name of Lincoln Hawk. Hawk is a struggling trucker who competes on the World Arm Wrestling circuit for extra cash. If that isn't manly enough, he's trying to reconnect with his estranged son after the death of his wife and teach him how to be a man. Life on the World Arm Wrestling circuit against opponents like Bob 'Bull' Hurley...what more could you ask for?
