# Movies every man should see! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428 "2001-12-02T05:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/21 "2001-12-03T01:56:26Z")
**Casablanca.** ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/22 "2001-12-03T02:01:20Z")
**Saving Private Ryan.** ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/23 "2001-12-03T02:16:02Z")
Sands of Iwo Jima ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/24 "2001-12-03T02:59:10Z")
Can’t believe we’ve gone this far and no one has mentioned **Deliverance**! Just for good measure, I’ll throw in **Silverado**. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/25 "2001-12-03T03:20:30Z")
“dick flick” indeed!! Here’s some more: \*\*Ransom Lethal Weapon series Mad Max series Braveheart (hey I like Mel Gibson) Predator 1 and 2 (hey I like Danny Glover too!!) Henry V The Godfather series \*\* ---
**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, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/26 "2001-12-03T13:19:43Z")
God bless you, Yondan, for Jeremiah Johnson.\* \*Lonesome Dove Shane A Man For All Seasons Camelot ---
**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, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/27 "2001-12-03T13:52:58Z")
True Lies Alien series The Abyss Willow Speed ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/28 "2001-12-03T18:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nichol\_storm \* > \*\*…“Brian’s Song”, of course. I’ve never met a man who wasn’t bawling at the end of it. \*\* And it should be the original with James Caan. I didn’t see the recent remake – who knows, maybe it was good, too – but somehow, I doubt it was better than the original. Everything I’d add has already been named, so I’ll just double-nominate The Godfather I and II, The Great Escape, and every western starring Clint Eastwood. ---
**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/29 "2001-12-03T18:45:37Z")
The Mission Mountains of the Moon The Professionals Point Blank Emperor of the North (I’ll just nominate most of Lee Marvin’s movies and be done with it, but not The Klansman or Prime Cut) Big Trouble in Little China My Name Is Nobody both Trinity films Tango & Cash The Sand Pebbles Bullitt since we’re including Leone films: A Fistful of Dynamite if anyone knows a woman who likes that movie, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/30 "2001-12-03T19:12:17Z")
I say a Three Stooges festival counts as a movie. Freaks Tora!Tora!Tora! Private Parts The Blues Brothers Dumb & Dumber I Am A Fugitive From A Chaingang. I wholeheartedly second The Outlaw Josey Wales. Best western ever made. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/31 "2001-12-03T19:32:09Z")
Glory Remo Williams (The Adventure Begins) Top Secret UHF The Maltese Falcon ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/32 "2001-12-03T19:33:53Z")
Oh, and I forgot… Repo Man ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/33 "2001-12-03T19:40:19Z")
**The Thing** **The Shootist** **The Cowboys** ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/34 "2001-12-03T20:07:11Z")
_Animal House Monty Python and the Holy Grail Blazing Saddles The Caine Mutiny The Manchurian Candidate Rio Lobo_ ---
**Author:** ![Santino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Santino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santino)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/35 "2001-12-03T21:47:57Z")
Excalibur Platoon Stripes Pink Floyd The Wall Pulp Fiction Usual Suspects ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/36 "2001-12-03T22:54:57Z")
Full Metal Jacket ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/37 "2001-12-04T07:19:38Z")
_Showgirls_ - A movie about a young woman attempting to find success as a dancer and the emotional toll she endures when betrayed by those around her. With naked tits. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/38 "2001-12-04T12:10:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robby \* > **Army of Darkness** Ok but before you see **army of darkness** you have to see its prequil first: **EVIL DEAD II** And yes as people who are not in the know I _do_ realize I said part II! ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/39 "2001-12-04T12:30:40Z")
Bottle Rocket Dead Alive Swingers Just to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428/40 "2001-12-04T13:40:07Z")
The Paul Newman film **Hombre**. It has a superb villain, Richard Boone - surely one of the most menacing screen presences ever. What would YOU have done if he came up to you in that stagecoach station, 6’2" and 200lb, looking like (to quote) “the Wrath of God”, and demanded your ticket, with one hand on his revolver? Also, surely, **Jaws**. No, not for the shark, but for the brilliantly-portrayed relationship between the Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss characters. Saw a documentary recently where Dreyfuss explained that it was pretty much like that in real life, Shaw challenging him to drinking competitions and arm-wrestling and so on! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-every-man-should-see/96428.md?page=3)