# Best of the Guy Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819 "2006-02-16T16:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/41 "2006-02-17T04:25:13Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > **Groundhog’s Day** : Apparently it’s a guy movie. A lot of men love it.(including me). Women don’t seem to get it. I too am puzzled by the inclusion of Groundhog’s Day. After all, it is, on its most superficial level, a romantic comedy – not exactly the makings of a “guys-only” movie. Even though it has a female lead, I saw the Terminator for the very first time recently, and it really got my testosterone flowing. I had a roommate once who used to watch “The Rock” virtually every other day; I think anything combining the talents of Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery would have to qualify. But I have to agree that the all-time Guy Movie would be “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.” I can’t think of anything else that really comes close to the title. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/42 "2006-02-17T04:32:02Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > You’re not a gurl, you’re a doperchick. 😛 I was like heywaitaminute! But of course you’re right! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/43 "2006-02-17T04:51:52Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > I had a roommate once who used to watch “The Rock” virtually every other day I had one who would watch _The Principal_ virtually every other day. ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/44 "2006-02-17T05:48:57Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > **Versus** , by Ryuhei Kitamura… Haha, that movie is so ridiculous. I love when they start shooting each other with that massive sniper rifle. I dont know if I could sit through the movie a second time though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/45 "2006-02-17T06:31:50Z")
Robocop Great guy film and I think it is a great movie. The Terminator Brazil, some women like it but not many. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/46 "2006-02-17T06:34:00Z")
I’ll second **Kelly’s Heroes** and throw in **Stand By Me** and **Goldfinger**. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/47 "2006-02-17T06:55:57Z")
The greatest guy movie I’ve ever seen’s gotta be **Titanic.** That thing was EPIC!! What? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/48 "2006-02-17T07:07:39Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > Haha, that movie is so ridiculous. I love when they start shooting each other with that massive sniper rifle. I dont know if I could sit through the movie a second time though. 🙂 I cackled like a loon when the cop realized he was about to be shot at with it and tried a Matrix-style bullet dodge. He got about 1/3 of the way down before vanishing in a mass of flame and molten steel. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/49 "2006-02-17T07:27:48Z")
True Lies ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/50 "2006-02-17T09:10:48Z")
48 threads and no-one has mentioned: **Deliverance,**? **Withnail & I** ---
**Author:** ![slake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@slake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slake)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/51 "2006-02-17T09:33:20Z")
What was that '80’s Brian Bosworth biker hit? Stone Cold? A guy flick through and through. Why it’s so memorable for me (a chick) I’m not sure… ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/52 "2006-02-17T15:38:13Z")
More for the list: **The Wild One** - “What’re you rebelling against, Johnny?” “Whaddya got?” **Léon The Professional** - This is really the ultimate father/daughter movie 😃 **Das Boot** - War movies automatically make the guy movie list, and Das Boot is one of the best. **Shaft** - Nuff said. **My Dog Skip** - I’m adding this one cause it’s th eonly maovie that ever made me cry, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/53 "2006-02-17T16:14:15Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > I like [Tango & Cash](http://imdb.com/title/tt0098439/). I doubt any gurl would go within ten miles of it. Then you would be wrong. 😉 I love Tango & Cash ! How could you not love a movie that gave us FUBAR ? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/54 "2006-02-17T16:18:40Z")
I gotta vote for Rudy. And Hoosiers. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/55 "2006-02-17T17:38:05Z")
**Reservior Dogs** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/56 "2006-02-17T17:45:35Z")
Put me down for _Saving Private Ryan True Lies_ all of the _Terminator_ movies _Brazil In the Line of Fire Excalibur The Abyss Dark City_ I love 'em all! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/57 "2006-02-17T17:48:04Z")
I’m surprised that Quinton Tarrantino hasn’t been mentioned yet. Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Kill Bill I & II to name a few. Most westerns and war movies are guy movies just because of the genre aren’t they? Deliverance. (Squeal Like a Pig!) ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/58 "2006-02-17T19:33:04Z")
All the Eastwood movies mentioned and I didn’t see **Unforgiven**. Gritty dialog, whores, killings, beat downs, and no pretty boy eye candy in sight. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/59 "2006-02-17T19:56:43Z")
I’ve got one that I don’t believe has been mentioned so far. A guy movie through and through, an action movie with a killer soundtrack, that almost any man who grew up in the '80s knows by heart. And if you do not have a heart of stone and ice, it’s guaranteed to make you cry a little bit too. Of course I’m talking about Transformers: The Movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819/60 "2006-02-17T20:01:08Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I’ve got one that I don’t believe has been mentioned so far. A guy movie through and through, an action movie with a killer soundtrack, that almost any man who grew up in the '80s knows by heart. And if you do not have a heart of stone and ice, it’s guaranteed to make you cry a little bit too. > > Of course I’m talking about Transformers: The Movie. Amen, Brother Botfan. I wish they’d revived Generation 1. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-guy-movies/344819.md?page=4)