In guy movies a ear hacked off and a lot of swearing are not negatives.
There’s a couple; I said Fight Club (1999), Jali suggested Snatch (which I agree with but has to be edged out by Fight Club).
I’m just going to mention some movies that should be considered that I haven’t seen listed yet.
Hoosiers (Sports)
The Dirty Dozen (War)
The French Connection (Cop)
The Deer Hunter (Okay, another war)
City of Hope, or Lone Star, or Sunshine State, or… (every guy should see at least one John Sayles film)
The 3 Stooges Collection
The Longest Yard
Dirty Harry
Porky’s
True Grit
You’re right, I knew something must’ve slipped by, which is why I said “quick scan”, but I think my point still stands.
(BTW Snatch was way better than Fight Club :D)
I was going to include either Black Hawk Down or We Were Soldiers Once, but the 5 movie maximum confounded me. One that isn’t old enough to be sure it’s good enough for the list is Shooter
Second list, 1998 or later.
- We Were Soldiers Once 2002 - As good as Saving Private Ryan, without being so Spielberg-ish.
- Black Hawk Down 2001 - I remember when this happened, so it has a little more impact than Vietnam movies do.
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Mystery, Alaska - Obligatory sports flick.
Last Man Standing is just a bit old
Fight Club? I never saw it
Sin City might be a bit … I don’t know. Maybe
That one crime movie with all the Cooper Mini’s?
One of the Bourne movies?
Most haven’t been out long enough to tell
Gangs Of New York
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Big Lebowski
No Country For Old Men
When We Were Kings
You watch these enough, you’ll know how to behave like a proper man.
Geez… how’d I forget Predator & Zulu? Zulu is absolutely terrific, and Predator, well everyone’s seen Predator by now.
I’d say I disagree, but I own Snatch and have nearly worn out my DVD and still haven’t bought Fight Club, so I can’t say I disagree too strongly. 
IANAG, but seems to me you have a bit of a shortage on James Bond movies in these lists. I find that strange for some reason.
My husband’s list is heavy on westerns:
The Magnificent Seven - Western, plus it gives you your Charles Bronson fix
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Clint Eastwood, plus the soundtrack for your life
Rio Bravo/Rio Lobo - C’mon, these are the same movie!!
The Hunt for the Red October - Sean Connery fix
The Quiet Man - A John Wayne movie you can watch with the “little woman”!
The Man Who Would Be King
Patton
The Cowboys
The Longest Yard
The Road Warrior
Dangit, I wanted to be first with Man Who Would be King
- MWWBK
- Zulu
- Patton
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Great Escape.
Hmmm…3 war flicks, and no sports. If I had a gun to my head, I’d cross off MWWBK and add Rudy. Or Field of Dreams…naw, we need a comedy, too: Major League.
Rocky
In the Line of Fire
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Spartacus
Dr. No
Death Hunt (A touching tale of a man and his dog. Well, someone else’s dog, but still. It’s touching, the number of people Charles Bronson kills over a dog.)
Unforgiven (“Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it”)
Predator (Jesse Ventura plays a god damned sexual tyrrannosaurus who ain’t got time to bleed. And Ahnald outruns a nuclear explosion!)
Escape From New York (“Call me Snake.”)
Return of the Dragon (Bruce Lee > Chuck Norris)
I am going to cheat:
Let’s start with the **Godfather Saga ** to get the first two movies.
Kelly’s Heroes
Die Hard (Also needs to make the list for top 5 Christmas movies)
Animal House over Caddy Shack but it is close.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Damn, no sports movie. 5 is tough.
Conan the Barbarian
The Rundown
The Thing
Silverado
Jaws?
[QUOTE=HelloKitty]
Rio Bravo/Rio Lobo - C’mon, these are the same movie![\QUOTE]
I believe your thinking of El Dorado and Rio Bravo which are basically the same plot Rio Lobo is of a similar name but dffrent plot.
Terminator 2
Die Hard
Rudy
Under Siege
Rocky
Tough to narrow it down to 5.
The Godfather
Citizen Kane
Unforgiven
Blazing Saddles
The last slot is the toughest. How can Casablanca not make the list? How can you have a list with no Alfred Hitchcock movies? How do you leave off any representation of science fiction? How can a guy consider himself well rounded without an Arnold movie, a Stallone movie, a Norris movie, a Seagall movie, and a Van Damme movie? No Cary Grant, no Bruce Willis? Sacrilege!
Despite all that, the last slot must go to:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Stalag 17
Bullitt
Young Frankenstien (or** Blazing Saddles**)
The Godfather
Robocop
There are probably a dozen different ways to take this marvelous quote out of context.
That’s all.