Reservoir Dogs
Animal House
Speed
Thunderdome
Apocalypse Now
Rocky (How can I be the first to mention Rocky?!)
Goodfella’s (From what I’ve heard, this movie averages more than a “fuck” a minute)
Reservoir Dogs (Pulp Fiction is out because of the ass-rape scene; definitely not “man’s man friendly”. Reservoir Dogs is in because of the ear cutting scene)
Airplane! (Still ridiculously funny, after all these years)
White Men Can’t Jump (I wanted to add a sports movie; this one is one of my favorites)
[I made it a point to nominate movies I didn’t already see; you certainly can’t go wrong with Raiders of the Lost Ark or Caddyshack. And I love Fight Club]
ETA: I see the last 2 posters beat me to 2 of my selections; oh well, I guess I’m not as original as I had hoped
I’m not a guy, but I’m going to give this a shot anyway.
Good Fellas
Rocky
Gallipoli
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Road House
It was hard picking between Good Fellas and the Godfather as the Mafia movie, and I also considered Scarface if we’re going for the more general organized crime. I think Good Fellas has aged the best, and will have the most to say to guys of all generations.
Rocky is my pick for sports movie. I think it’s an all-around classic. It’s even good for an actual movie, not just a sports movie.
For a war movie, I went with Gallipoli, which also takes care of the Mel Gibson movie category. I’m a little uncertain about this, though, because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it and I’m not sure how well it holds up.
Raiders don’t even need any exposition, it is just so clearly on the list.
I’m a chick, I don’t understand what guys see in Road House. But I know an ASTONISHING number of guys who think Road House is the crowning achievement in American cinema. And even if they don’t admit to thinking Road House is the crowning achievement in American cinema, a lot of guys seem incapable of changing the channel when Road House is on cable, even if they previously watched the last showing of Road House on cable, 2 hours ago.
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You guys hear Greeny’s list? Funniest goddamn list ever:[ul][li]Gone With the Wind[/li][li]When Harry Met Sally[/li][li]Pretty Woman[/li][li]Sleepless In Seattle[/li][li]Bridgette Jones’ Diary[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
This is an OUTRAGE!!! No Beaches?!?
The manly man’s list needs Platoon!
I think Road House is a chick flick; it’s that movie that chicks think guys like. Then again…
Guilty as charged. But the same holds true for Overboard, of all things. Some movies just have tremendous replay value, regardless of their quality on first viewing. We’ve had threads on those. While I don’t think Road House was mentioned in any of them, it absolutely qualifies.
Full Metal Jacket
Blues Brothers
Big Red One
The Dirty Dozen
[DEL]Ice Station Zebra[/DEL]
Slap Shot
Including this commentary:
Bull Durham - *Crash Davis: Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. *
Patton - *Patton: [referring to Rommel’s book, ‘Infantry Attacks’ or ‘Infanterie greift an’] Rommel… you magnificent bastard, I read your book! *
Animal House - D-Day: War’s over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he’s rolling.
Forbidden Planet - *Commander John J. Adams: I’m in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days. It would have served you right if I hadn’t… and he… oh go on, get out of here before I have you run out of the area under guard - and then I’ll put more guards on the guards! *
Deep Throat - Gag. 
Or Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.
I also can’t believe that no one has mentioned The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II, yet. “A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never really be a man.”
Finishing the list are Raiders of the Lost Ark or Die Hard, and either The Great Escape or The Guns of Navarone.
Stranger
[post=6584986]I stand corrected by the very first reply.[/post]
ETA: Stranger, you only get five.
No one has chosen “Snatch”. Positively re-watchable. (I’m a chick so I really shouldn’t be here, but I’m nosy as hell).
That was boring. Let me 'splain -
FMJ, in my opinion, was more a war movie than a social commentary like some of the other ‘Nam flicks. There was some in it, but if you start drinking right at the beginning, you don’t notice it so much.
Blues Brothers doesn’t really need explanation, does it?
“It’s 200 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses”
“Hit it”
Big Red One is just good, even if Mark Hamill is in it. Every Lee Marvin movie I’ve seen (with the possible exception of “Paint Your Wagon”) should be on this list
Dirty Dozen - Probably should have gone with Great Escape, since there’s already a Lee Marvin on my list. Great Escape, unfortunately, has ol’ whatsisface and his motorcycle. “I’ll star in your little film if you let me show off my mad biking skilz”.
There should be an Alistair MacLean on the list, but I couldn’t pick just one so I chose:
Slap Shot “Old time hockey, eh coach?”
You need to include one sports movie, one mob/gangster movie, one action flick, one comedy, and one western. So, with those categories in mind:
Sports - Rocky - has the classic rooting for the underdog vibe to it.
Mob - The Godfather - established the genre.
Action - Goldfinger-has the added benefit of fulfilling the Bond/spy flick spot
Comedy - Caddyshack - Rocco, help the Judge find his checkbook, willya? A guy HAS to be able to quote 95% of this movie. So, gunga le gunga.
Western - True Grit- The Duke. 'nuff said.
This was the first list which had nothing I objected to.
These lists start to look similar. I’ve got…
The Blues Brothers (comedy)
**The Terminator ** (love story)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (action)
The Hunt for Red October (Men saving the world!)
Unforgiven (western)
Aside from Terminator, I’m missing that Sci-fi piece. I guess Sci-fi is just a little too imaginative for the standard Guy’s guy top 5.
October should be on every guy’s list. And Unforgiven gets in for the exchange “You just shot an unarmed man!” and Eastwood’s response that begins with “Shoulda armed himself…”
Road House Opinions vary
What do you have against Ice Station Zebra? I love that movie!
I believe in stretching one’s horizons, so here’s my list:
Sanjuro
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Grave of the Fireflies
Schindler’s List
Strange Days
So do I. But there’s Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare that are classics as well.
Should be more cold war movies on the list. ISZ would qualify
Not to start an argument, but a lot of these seem a little too highfalutin’ for the assumed target audience. OTOH, Roadhouse is right out, because it’s got Patrick Swayze, and he starred in one of the classic chick flicks of all time. Also, for any such list to be valid, there has to be at least one flick with Schwarzenegger, Seagal, Van Damme or Stallone on it.
So, here’s my absolute double throwdown, man’s man, squirting-testosterone-from-the-eyeballs list:
Enter the Dragon
Commando (or Predator, your choice*)
Die Hard
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Dirty Dozen
If we’re gonna go a bit more cerebral (but not much):
The Road Warrior
Kelly’s Heroes
From Russia With Love
Zulu
Goodfellas
A quick scan of everyone’s list revealed no movies under 10 years old (newest seems to be SPR, 1998) and most 20+ years old.
What does that say about the state of moviemaking today? (It might say something good, I don’t know, I’m just asking.)