Manly man films.

Karl Hungus

So yeah, the ladies have their tear jerkers, and while there are manly films that are also tear jerkers (Any of the war films mentioned really), I think we need our own thread here, about the most manly of movies.

What films doe the brothers think extrude manliness?

I think there's a lot of films I could mention, a lot of action films are very manly indeed, but there is perhaps an unrealistic image of men being portrayed, the well buffed hero type and what have you. For me, the film that is as manly as they come, is none other than The Big Lebowski.

It's a film where our hero is an unemployed dope smoking bowler with a fondness for white russians. With a beard. If this isn't a real man, then I don't know what is! He's not heroic, he's not brave, he stumbles about the film confused, but he absolutely rules, and he gets coitus.

Not convinced? It's also got the most realistic male dialogue of any film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgfjkB6Pg

Manly as hell.

Dancor

300 is very manly, except for the sweaty men in pants.

Feelgood

Karl your being very undude.....:D

Jay P

I know its a cliché, but Fight Club is the manliest film going. I love it:cool:

300 is actually pretty manly, i must admit, but pants? In 300? Are you mad? None of them wear anything except a cloak and a shield, even though historically this is very uncorrect

Zaph

Withnail and I - the two protagonists eschew any type of work, have questionable hygiene, are fond of extravagently large joints and will drink anything, whether it kills them or not. OK, admittedly Uncle Monty isn't particularly manly, but I can't see there ever being a remake with two wimmins in the lead parts.

Pigman II

Taxi Driver is the ultimate man movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJE2GpF9Ohc

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

Slutmonkey57b

Clearly it can't be the Big Lebowski, in which the main character is a spineless hippy who is about as manly as an overcooked asparagus.

I'd fully support Fight Club here. A film in which real men do manly things under a big subtext of what it means to be a man in a man's world. There's not a lot of drinking mind you, but there is a man with a decent beer gut. 11/10 for manliness here. YOu certainly wouldn't find some whinging limp-wrister from a Coen Brothers film giving out the chemical kiss burns.

TheIrishGrover

are the manliest man films or the gay-er-iest gay films ever made. As for my Manliest man film: Sin City. Not my fave film but, to paraphrase the Tap: None more Manly

Lands Leaving

zaph wrote: »

Withnail and I - the two protagonists eschew any type of work, have questionable hygiene, are fond of extravagently large joints and will drink anything, whether it kills them or not. OK, admittedly Uncle Monty isn't particularly manly, but I can't see there ever being a remake with two wimmins in the lead parts.

Ah, that was what I was thinking, love that film but I've never met a wimmin who gets it. It's a manly man thing.

Why have none of you girly boys mentioned Predator, The Last Boy Scout or Die Hard?
What about The Outlaw Josey Whales or Dirty Harry which is without a doubt one of the manliest films of all time!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I'm a man and I thought withnail and I was a steaming pile of hore****.

They Live would be a great manly film. Rowdy roddy piper ftw

starn

The Dirty Dozen,
The Magnifecent Seven
Pretty much anything with Lee Marvin or Charles Bronson

Santa Claus

Burt Reynolds or Clint Eastwood films.

In Reynolds films he'd slap the bird on the ass as a thank you for the romp she'd just given him and then hop in his car to race off across america being chased by the law.

In Eastwoods case he'd blow the f*ck out of anyone who got in his way (and in his westerns he'd chew tobacco and spit large globs of it out which is obviously very manly) !

Will

top gun! without a doubt!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Wilburt wrote: »

top gun! without a doubt!

manly !=homoerotic

Will

think about it: army, fighter jets, wimmin, one mans triumph over a nemesis...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

that nemesis being his homosexuality, which he eventually conquered and learned to accept.

Zaph

Wilburt wrote: »

top gun! without a doubt!

I don't see a smiley there so I have to assume you're serious. You're clearly not aware of the endless debate about the film's homoerotic subtext, are you?

Will

im very aware of it, and lets not speak of the main actor ever, however i think it should be taken into account it has all that a manly film needs and more.
motor bikes, ladies, fighter jets etc. all the stereotypical man things. and beer, lets not forget the beer

Zaph

And men stripped to their waists sweating their arses off playing volleyball. I'm sorry, but it could have been a manly film, but Top Gun is teh ghey.

I agree with Zaph. Men playing volleyball is very gay.

Will

i think that was just for the ladies to be honest, so men could go watch the film without their women annoying em. im not a huge fan of the film myself but as ive said it has all the right things in there.

Santa Claus

Wilburt wrote: »

top gun! without a doubt!

Could this be a ghay with a thing for plump balding men ??

zenith

Long time listener, first-time caller to BGRH.

I think The Deer Hunter is full of what it means to be a man. Plus, De Niro, Walken, melancholy and Russian Roulette.

I mean, where I come from, beer is a refreshing breakfast drink....

Will

no sorry santa....
but hey i dont really care too much. im off out to get drunk.
enjoy the discussion, il pick it up again tomorrow afternoon. others to offer are gladiator, braveheart and any given sunday.

zenith

Or the rest of Derek Zoolander's family - hard-drinking he-lary-arse.

Am I making any sense here?

JupiterKid

Top Gun has to be one of the gayest films ever made - the volleyball scenes, the locker room banter, the "bravado talk" - "I'll ride your tale if you ride mine" etc. As a gay guy myself, this film is so subversively gay I split my sides when I hear that posters think Top Gun is manly.:rolleyes:

No - a list of my manly men's films would include:

Reservoir Dogs
Fight Club
Cool Head Luke
The Great Escape
Goodfellas
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Scarface
Death Wish (and sequels...)
Dirty Harry
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Escape to Victory
Pale Noon
Oldboy
Deliverance

If one actor could be described as the "manliest", it would have to be Steve McQueen, sadly no longer with us.

TheIrishGrover

Deleted User wrote: »

Why have none of you girly boys mentioned Predator, The Last Boy Scout or Die Hard?
What about The Outlaw Josey Whales or Dirty Harry which is without a doubt one of the manliest films of all time!

How could we leave out Predator: "I ain't got TIME to bleed"

AWESOME

Pigman II

zenith wrote: »

Or the rest of Derek Zoolander's family - hard-drinking he-lary-arse.

Perhaps you meant hair-lary-arse?

Dont be at yourself

Top Gun may be gay, but it is also very manly. Yes.

Blitzkrieger

Wilburt wrote: »

one mans triumph over a nemesis...

I don't think Tom Cruise qualifys as a man.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Cool Head Luke

rofl - what would Freud say



Fight Club has to be the winner. That scene where they walk onto the bus and see the picture of some model in his pants says it all : "Is that what a man looks like?"

Honorable mention has to go to any film that women just don't get.

Two Lane Blacktop
Vanishing Point
Snatch (Snatch'd in America?)
Transporter
almost anything with Jackie Chan
Die Hard
The Last Boy Scout
Death Proof

....could be a long list.....

nellieswellies

Salute of the Jugger

Conan the Barbarian

John Mason

zaph wrote: »

Withnail and I 7.

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Ah, that was what I was thinking, love that film but I've never met a wimmin who gets it. It's a manly man thing.

i love this movie

all the Die Hards
Captain and Commander
All those wars movies what give me nightmares

Blitzkrieger

Nightmares? You should be having dreams of glory!





not really.......

remus808

TROY.

Achilles is the manliest man that ever lived, despite being played by a greased up, blondey locked Brad Pitt.

TerrorFirmer

Someone has mentioned Rambo....right??

Enter Rambo, crouched in a foxhole with just an assault rifle and a grenade attachment versus an armoured column.

Trautman: What do we do now John?
Rambo: "**** em'!!"

dango

Commando, Rambo and Conan. I can almost hear the cries of dying men...

TerrorFirmer

Commando! ****, that's the most manly film ever made.

Ok guys, thread can close now, any further listing of movies is senseless.

Lands Leaving

irishbird wrote: »

i love this movie

all the Die Hards

Excellent work. You are a good wimmin.

johnnyskeleton

On the waterfront - a failed boxer rallies the working class to rebel against the tyranny of the mob and also wins the heart of the girl (even though he is as thick as two short planks).

"But charlie, don't you understand? I could've had class, I could've been a contender, I could've been SOMEBODY, instead of a bum, which is what I am. And i've got you to thank for it."

JupiterKid

Die Hard, Conan The barbarian, Predator....

I think some posters here are confusing pumped up steroid faux macho rubbish with real masculine films.;)

Anything that has Stepphen Segal in it lies in the former category.

Pretty much any film with Steve McQueen (Bullitt, Renegades etc) lies in the latter.:cool:

Sofaspud

Why did we leave out Supersize Me?

Our hero begins the film a broken man - he's in perfect shape!

Then we see as he sets out on a very important mission - to get fat!
(I think that's what the plot was anyway)

The amount of junk food and eating in that film makes it one of the greatest epics of all time. And of course, we have the arch nemesis, the Vegan Wife(booooo, hisssss)

John Mason

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Excellent work. You are a good wimmin.

thank you............hmmmmm bruce willis in vest............hmmmmmmmm:D

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

Die Hard, Conan The barbarian, Predator....

All classic films don't you know.

Zaph

irishbird wrote: »

thank you............hmmmmm bruce willis in vest............hmmmmmmmm:D

All set for your big speech IB? I'm raging I'll miss it.

John Mason

zaph wrote: »

All set for your big speech IB? I'm raging I'll miss it.

not really, i hate the idea of walking in by myself, my mate has jsut let me down

Zaph

Well Brother Monkeyfudge said he'd be there from early and there's bound to be some others you know so it shouldn't be too bad.

Gaspode

Ah yes, when men were manly and women did what they were told. This movie has it all; Violence, bedroom action, lust, greed, car chase (ok well there was someone speeding on a bike, but it'll do)

and the dialog: 'woman o' the house! Where me tae?'
'Would ya like a fine stick to beat the young lady sir?'
'He'll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.'
Manly stuff.

The Recliner

No one has mentioned the Rocky movies

Come on, are you telling me that any man that gets hit in the head that much and who would have lost all of his fights on points had he not knocked the other guy out, isn't the manliest man ever

Sorry, watching the Ricky Hatton fight last week was like watching a realistic version of Rocky versus Apollo Creed

Manliest man movie title ever has to be One Tough Bastard, I didn't make it up it exists

longshanks

point blank
vanishing point
the sting
the godfather 1 & 2
goodfellas
dead mans shoes
the wild bunch
the unforgiven, in fact most of clint's films, most steve mcqueen films. films with paul newman, richard harris, richard burton, de niro, james caan

this has me thinking, were men more manly in sixties and seventies films. proper manly men in man roles, not pampered androgenous pricks in make up that do aerobics and dont drink/smoke/get high

Ruu_Old

Office Space has some of the elements. Peter being determined to live a life doing absolutely nothing and his neighbour Lawrence too.