# Movies every man should see with his sons... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565 "2001-12-03T04:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/1 "2001-12-03T04:43:08Z")
to teach to celebrate to enjoy together - Old Yeller Iron Giant Big Trouble in Little China To Kill a Mockingbird The Princess Bride The Empire Strikes Back Glory Winchester 76 Sanjuro Rio Grande The Hunchback of Notre Dame \* ---
**Author:** ![Novus\_Opiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Novus\_Opiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novus_Opiate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/2 "2001-12-03T04:54:04Z")
Alright, I have but two: [Two Mules for Sister Sarah](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0065134) (how my dad eased me into Westerns) and [Dad](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0097142) (Probably a sentimental piece of junk, but I’m a sentimental kinda guy when it comes to my old man. It’s been a while since I watched this, but I remember it making me want to tell my dad how much I appreciated his, well, being around for me and just being a good guy) Novus ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/3 "2001-12-03T05:14:33Z")
How about _The Kid Who Got Castrated Because He Didn’t Clean His Room_? 😉 (Gawd, I must be feeling mean tonight.) ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/4 "2001-12-03T05:23:06Z")
No, no home movies, please, **tracer** , but thanks for playing. ---
**Author:** ![croaker67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@croaker67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/croaker67)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/5 "2001-12-03T05:59:27Z")
“Duel”, “Shane”, and “Bridge on the River Kwai”…Dad loved those…\ ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/6 "2001-12-03T06:09:37Z")
_The Great Santini_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/7 "2001-12-03T13:09:09Z")
_The Graduate The Magnificent Seven Debbie Does Da_oops! \*2001 A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![SlickUSA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SlickUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickUSA)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/8 "2001-12-03T13:55:21Z")
Species ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/9 "2001-12-03T14:28:23Z")
Kelly’s Heroes True Grit Terminator (1&2) ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/10 "2001-12-03T15:42:53Z")
Reach for the Sky: the Douglas Bader story. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/11 "2001-12-03T16:03:13Z")
_The Legends of the Fall_ very powerful and direct. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/12 "2001-12-03T18:16:35Z")
Steel Magnolias Terms of Endearment Thelma and Louise ::runs from the hail of rotten tomatoes:: ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/13 "2001-12-03T18:28:52Z")
A Christmas Story A River Runs Through It Cat Ballou The Sandlot They Might Be Giants and just for that LunaSea Porky’s Striptease Showgirls ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/14 "2001-12-03T19:00:02Z")
Let’s keep it clean, guys, ok? Don’t make me have to come back there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JSA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@JSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSA)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/15 "2001-12-03T19:11:51Z")
Blues Brothers… Blazing Saddles… ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/16 "2001-12-03T19:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lieu_ _ **The Graduate** _ [/quote] I might make _him_ see it if he had been very bad, but why should i subject _myself_ to that agony again? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/17 "2001-12-03T19:29:33Z")
**Breaking Away** **The Right Stuff** **The Cowboys** ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/18 "2001-12-03T19:33:57Z")
Oh yeah, and **October Skies** , and maybe **Matewan**. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see-with-his-sons/96565/19 "2001-12-03T19:56:25Z")
um. Once they’re old enough to start learning what a man is supposed to be, and not what Rosie O’Doughnut says alaong with todays pussified media [sub](must… stop… before… ranting starts)[/sub] I would definately have them watch _The Godfathers I & II_. And just to show that ruthless is not always evil _The good, the bad, and the ugly_. And for a bit of compassion and how to be a stand-up guy without bec… no - that’s more ranting ahead. Anyways _It’s a Wonderful Life_.