# For Manly Men.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767 "2003-08-08T05:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/1 "2003-08-08T05:01:43Z")
There are some films that I believe it’s acceptable for MANLY Men to watch and get misty eyed, if you know what I mean. I think the Manly Men of the SD should work out a definitive list. I’ll start. Ole Yeller Pride of the Yankees Brian’s Song Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/2 "2003-08-08T05:59:07Z")
There was this bizarre article in the paper about this the other day; apparently Seabiscuit is the newest one. That said, I’m definitely not a manly man, so I wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/3 "2003-08-08T06:14:42Z")
Apollo 13 Titanic I consider myself to be a manly man and the water works prove it when i view these 2. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/4 "2003-08-08T06:17:25Z")
Titanic?!?:eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/5 "2003-08-08T06:20:25Z")
Yes mate. The final camera-pan from the bow of the ship around the corner into the double doors and up the steps where Jack is waiting in front of the clock for Rose. Seeing the characters dressed in dress and happy and smiling just brings tears to my eyes. Happens every time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/6 "2003-08-08T06:20:48Z")
Yeah, I second that. Titanic?!?:eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/7 "2003-08-08T06:25:55Z")
Not a movie, but I think Johnny Cash’s video for Hurt would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/8 "2003-08-08T06:31:02Z")
Um, Titanic is a chick flick. Not for Manly Men. ---
**Author:** ![LudditeAndroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LudditeAndroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LudditeAndroid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/9 "2003-08-08T06:32:29Z")
Well, according to my straight friends, anything with lesbian scenes in it. Tears of joy, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/10 "2003-08-08T06:37:55Z")
Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/11 "2003-08-08T07:30:02Z")
_The Green Mile_\* usually does it for me ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/12 "2003-08-08T07:31:07Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/13 "2003-08-08T07:32:47Z")
Finding Nemo. …what!? ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/14 "2003-08-08T08:09:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranger \* > \*\*Um, Titanic is a chick flick. Not for Manly Men. \*\* James Cameron does not do chick flicks. JC is among the manliest (it takes a manly man to make a manly man cry). ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/15 "2003-08-08T08:12:44Z")
_The Natural_, but only if you’re watching it right after game 7 of the 2002 World Series. Oh, and _Thunderbolt & Lightfoot_. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/16 "2003-08-08T08:27:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny Bravo \* > \*\*Finding Nemo. > > …what!? \*\* Nothing wrong with that one. It’s about dads and sons. Very moving. Of course, I’m not one to talk since (to paraphrase Tom Servo) I’ll cry at the opening of a bank. _Mulan_, _Lilo & Stitch_, _Monsters, Inc._ – all those get me misty-eyed. But _Finding Nemo_ didn’t make me feel embarrassed to be misty-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/17 "2003-08-08T09:37:25Z")
_Whose Life is it Anyway_ gets me howling like a stuck pig. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/18 "2003-08-08T10:43:12Z")
I gotta cry chick flick on Titanic. As far as James Cameron projects being the manliest of manly-man fare, bear in mind he created Dark Angel, which is really “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” set in the future. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/19 "2003-08-08T10:48:55Z")
_The Longest Yard_. When The Mean Machine lays some prison gridiron justice on those SOB guards, I just get all misty with man-tears… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/20 "2003-08-08T11:06:09Z")
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