"Man movies"

lilmissprincess

So, I'm trying to compile a collection of movies and tv shows for my boyfriend. I got a multimedia hard drive and now want to fill it, and give it to him as a Christmas present. However, I am assuming that my collection of Chick flicks and Greys anatomy box sets aren't going to be high on his to watch lists, so I'm looking for some help in this department. What kind of things should I be looking for? What are the must haves in any collection?

Christmas? Die Hard, Commando, Full Metal Jacket, Goodfellas, Casino, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Platoon, Good the bad and the Ugly, Great Escape, Cool Hand Luke, Tora Tora Tora... loads and loads of options!

RDM_83 again

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All great suggestions (though missing the Rambo and Rocky series which would be essential), I'd make sure to get all three of the Good the bad and the Ugly trilogy (in fact you should probably get every Clint Eastwood film apart from the Bridges of Madison country).
Withnail and I for drinking games (and its a bit of a change of tone from the others). Don;t be tempted by Chuck Norris films their nearly all brutal (which is sometimes good but IMO there so bad there just bad and I liked this film ...


Anything directed by John Carpenter (upto 1990 no later), in particular They Live for the manliest fight ever

Also ask or browse in the Film forums (if its a lot of films you get sick of action after a while)

Praetorian Saighdiuir

You could go all "retro" with some American Ninja flicks or a bit o' Van Damme never goes amiss!

enviro

All of Christoper Nolan's movies;
The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Inception, The Prestige, Memento, Following.

Others I would recommend include Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter, Gran Torino, Fast Five, Drive, The Town, Unforgiven, True Grit.

Cool present btw :-)

RDM_83 again

benwavner wrote: »

or a bit o' Van Damme never goes amiss!

Be warned though JCVD features what may be considered an unhealthy amount of actual acting, character development and artistic direction and so should be avoided at all costs :P

Oh and keep an eye on the formats/encoding that the media player can use in relation to the files your putting on it

Praetorian Saighdiuir

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Be warned though JCVD features what may be considered an unhealthy amount of actual acting, character development and artistic direction and so should be avoided at all costs :P

Ha, correct and right! Especially Time Cop.....sooooo feckin bad!

Oh, lash a few Zombie flicks in there. The original Dawn of the Dead...sweeeet!

Oh and Demolition Man

CastorTroy

If going JCVD, it has to be Bloodsport.

And for manliest movie ever: Top Gun!

Scuba Ste

No The Godfather yet? This is no man's forum.

Dietsquirt

Dirty Harry..

Tefral

Download the wire as well if he hasn't seen it.

Shawshank Redemption, rocky movies, Rambo movies, star wars, the godfather, look up imdb and if Quintin Tarentino directed it, put that on there too.

The matrix, anything with Will Smith, Arnie, Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, Will Ferrell.

Heat, any given Sunday, Ronin, The Town, The Marvel Movies.. Etc etc

Great present idea!

Pat Mustard

Excellent suggestions here.

There was a recent thread which I think will be helpful, here.

Joeyjoejoe83

Tv shows definitely the sopranos, the wire and breaking bad. Also maybe dexter, the walking dead....that's all I can think of so far, drawing a blank. Definitely 100% the first 3 though. Great gift.

Sugar Free

Joeyjoejoe83 wrote: »

Tv shows definitely the sopranos, the wire and breaking bad. Also maybe dexter, the walking dead....that's all I can think of so far, drawing a blank. Definitely 100% the first 3 though. Great gift.

Second all of the above and would add Band Of Brothers, Generation Kill, The Shield and Homeland.

dodderangler

Debbie does Texas?

guttenberg

If your including TV series then Band of Brothers is a must! Great present idea OP!

spitfireIRL

Terminator 2!

lkionm

Did someone say Braveheart already?

Basically go to IMBD and there should be this http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Then you will find this http://www.imdb.com/genre/action

Guns and explosions are a mans best friend http://www.imdb.com/genre/war

Maybe a handful of movies with some gratuitous boobs flopping around and your on to a winner.

I assume you will be doing the activity which we are not allowed speak of in these parts? If so, get cracking. If not, good luck.

D'Agger

Band of Brothers is phenomenal....might actually watch it in full again this Christmas myself

Dravokivich

Am I seeing this right.... no one said Steven Segal?

Just don't get him anything Steven Segal after 2000, he was affected terribly by Y2K.

old hippy

Swingers. It's like a chick flick but for blokes.

MJ23

Dravokivich wrote: »

Am I seeing this right.... no one said Steven Segal?

Just don't get him anything Steven Segal after 2000, he was affected terribly by Y2K.

That's a good joke.

D'Agger

MJ23 wrote: »

That's a good joke.

I won't allow Segal movies be dissed - they're pure cheesey gold!

DaveNoCheese

Best. Girlfriend. Ever

A few of my favourites...

Movies:
The Great Escape
Dirty Harry
Last of the Mohicans
Rambo (1,2&3)
Star Wars (Episode 4,5&6)
Gladiator
Die Hard (Quadrilogy)
Fight Club
The Shawshank Redemptiom
Braveheart
The Bourne Trilogy
Rocky (There's like 7 of them)
The Godfather Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Saving Private Ryan
The James Bond collection
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Ghostbusters


TV Series:
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
Family Guy
Spartacus
The Wire
Band of Brothers
Sopranos
Prison Break
Father Ted
Deadwood
Dexter
Sons of Anarchy
The Shield
South Park
24


That's about half of what I have on my harddrive, it should keep you busy for awhile

Hidalgo

Delta Force.
or anything featuring Chuck Norris

For van damme it has to be Blood Sport
shout to Double Impact also. Van Damme times 2.
Mad Max 1 & 2
The Thin red Line
Back to the Future trilogy

lilmissprincess

Thanks guys, thats plenty to keep me going!

Heres hoping he likes it!

CastorTroy

lilmissprincess wrote: »

Thanks guys, thats plenty to keep me going!

Heres hoping he likes it!

I'm positive he will. Of course you may end up losing him for a few weeks while he uses your present. He wouldn't want you to think he didn't like it.

General Relativity

Both series of 'Game of Thrones' are a must.

Dravokivich

D'Agger wrote: »

I won't allow Segal movies be dissed - they're pure cheesey gold!

Hey fúcknuts!

awec

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The Crying Game.......

DaveNoCheese

awec wrote: »

I personally cannot stand Steven Segal and his "movies".

Take it back :eek:

I mean... Under Siege... come on... such an epic movie!!

D'Agger

awec wrote: »

I personally cannot stand Steven Segal and his "movies".

Ah his movies are so bad they're hilarious - that's why I love them, why so serious Awec?? :pac:

yeppydeppy

Look up Joel or Ethan Coen on IMDB and that'll give you a list of some of the best movies made since 1984.

cson

No Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels yet? :eek:

Brad Pitt as One Punch Mickey with his timeless quote "Need to have a shite".

Probably throw No Country For Old Men in there too if it hasn't been said - Coen Brothers are pretty good.

Edit; for something more light hearted and comedic try Old School and Wedding Crashers. Both are excellent.

D'Agger

cson wrote: »

No Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels yet? :eek:

Brad Pitt as One Punch Mickey with his timeless quote "Need to have a shite".

Probably throw No Country For Old Men in there too if it hasn't been said - Coen Brothers are pretty good.

Edit; for something more light hearted and comedic try Old School and Wedding Crashers. Both are excellent.

Can't believe I forgot Snatch - this is a must for you collection OP - quality show!

Honorable mention to 50/50 also - probably my favorite movie in recent years, loved it from start to finish!

Daveysil15

True Lies
Predator
Scarface
The Hangover

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Jason Statham films either. But I suppose it depends on what he's into.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

The Transporter was an ok flick..........it had an Audi A8, /want

Daveysil15

benwavner wrote: »

The Transporter was an ok flick..........it had an Audi A8, /want

And a crazy Ukranian girl to go with it. I think that was the third one and was my fave.

Safe is also a good film with him.

Scuba Ste

This is such a good idea I've now stolen it for an xmas present. Cheers OP.

jimmymal

oooh, was thinking of this idea for the mother in law but cant decide on whether it would be great or awful. then trying to decide what to put on it. might just stick with the jewllery.

anyway
all of aliens, predator, rocky, rambo, godfather, bruce lee films, bourne, crank 1 and 2,

god bless america, super, there will be blood, one flew over the cuckoos nest, 12 monkeys, jacobs ladder,

series
the wire...all series
breaking bad.. all series,
firefly is classy one off series but has a follow up film called serenity... brilliant
stargate- all series of all series
im alan partrigde,
dexter,
oz,
red dwarf,
walking dead
twin peaks(only season1)
band of brothers.

actors
anything at all with clint eastwood, bruce willis, charles bronson, charlton heston ......mens men all!
(include once upon a time in the west)
almost all of these guys films
woody harrelson...zombieland, natural born killers.....
arnie.... total recall, commando...... the list goes on with lots more one liner greats
peter o toole is a class act,
brando,
crank 1 and 2

foreign
intouchables, le seine, old boy, battle royale1&2, the lives of others, a prophet, la haine, mesrine1&2, elite squad1&2, city of god, ip man,

thats all i can think of for the moment. some of these have been mentioned before but deserved a repeat.

Remmy

Trying to think of a few random ones that haven't been mentioned yet. Great suggestions so far btw;

A Prophet.
mesrine 1 and 2.
eastern promises
layer cake
gran torino
open range
wyatt earp
tears of the sun
the punisher
the punisher:warzone
act of valor
rock n rolla
killer elite
dawn of the dead

+1 on game of thrones, the walking dead, the wire and the sopranos if he hasn't seen them.

GarH

I don't think I saw 300 anywhere, or Sin City.

py2006

Debbie does Dallas and the Expendables 1/2

DaveNoCheese

py2006 wrote: »

Debbie does Dallas and the Expendables 1/2

Ah one of the classics, a well "rounded" movie...

Oregano_State

The odd Western wouldn't go amiss.

Once Upon a Time in the West, in particular. That is one cool movie.

True Romance as well if it hasn't been mentioned already. It's not what the name suggests it should be.

gooch2k9

Black Hawk Down!

wexie

Nobody mentioned Apocalypse Now yet?


...the horror...

Prettyblack

Science fiction like Star Trek (the new one), Moon, and War of The Worlds. Entertaining and thoughtful.

Found footage movies like Cloverfield and Chronicle.

Superheroes are always good; the first two X-Men movies, the Wolverine one, the aforementioned Batman movies, Spider-man, Watchmen, The Avengers, Iron Man. The Ang Lee Hulk movie is insane but kind of manly.

Don't forget dumb ass stoner comedies. Guys love dumb ass stoner comedies. So the likes of 40 Year Old Virgin, Pineapple Express, Starsky and Hutch, Zoolander, Superbad, Anchorman, Blades of Glory, the Harold and Kumar movies, basically most things by Judd Apatow starring with Paul Rudd, Will Ferrell or Seth Rogan! :-) Dukes of Hazzard is a terrible movie but its got Jessica Simpson in hot pants and is great fun.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are great guy movies (and also have a little something for the girls). Actually on that note the Spaced tv show (starring the same people as in Shaun / Fuzz) boxset is a must (and has lots going on in it for girls too).

American Psycho (for the 80s suits).

Almost Famous (because every man fantasizes about being in a 70s rock band).

If you get him cosy by the fire and nicely stuffed full of food and wine, you could try out his softer side by watching About A Boy (which is still quite manly) or even Knocked Up (as it has elements of dumb ass stoner comedies). Good Will Hunting might be good here too; bit risky but it is about guys after all.

Music documentaries are always good; I'd recommend the Some Kind Of Monster Metallica one (he doesn't have to like Metallica). Same goes for Anvil, and the Oasis one "Lord Don't Slow Me Down".

If he likes racing cars get him Senna (the movie).

Fr Ted boxset.

The Office (UK) boxset.

Is it a given that all guys like Tarantino movies? If so I'd recommend his less popular stuff like Kill Bill (1 and 2) and Deathproof. Deathproof is great fun.

That's all I can think of for now but will come up with a few more I'm sure!

Benicetomonty

Sexy Beast. Don Logan is the scariest psychopath in cinema history, your bf will thank you forever if he hasn't already seen it!

minidazzler

Dirty Harry
Casablanca (because we all want a name like Rick Blaine and to be as classy as Humphrey Bogart.)
Friday Night Lights
Varsity Blues
Hometown Legend
Chinatown
Gladiator
The Untouchables
The Usual Suspects
Bullitt
Cool Hand Luke
On The Waterfront (I coulda been a contender)
The Bourne Trilogy
Glory
Patton
Gangs of New York
Highlander
Battle Royale

That's from the top of my head.