# What are the manliest moments in movie history? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201 "2012-02-28T00:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/1 "2012-02-28T00:08:23Z")
Fictional movies only, not actual documentary footage. I’ll start with a fun one. Reb Brown having, perhaps, one of his few actual good moments on film. It’s this clip that got me thinking about what could be manlier than machine gunning a bunch of people with a cool explosion behind…and screaming while doing so. [Mercenary Fighters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiyRfj35S8k#t=12s) OK, so I’m sure that is nothing compared to what you will all post, but it’s a start. Oh, define manliest how every you like. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/2 "2012-02-28T00:13:32Z")
Stephen Maturin performing thoracic surgery on himself with no anaesthetic in _Master and Commander_ took gorilla balls. ---
**Author:** ![Craz3d117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Craz3d117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craz3d117)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/3 "2012-02-28T00:16:33Z")
[Pure manliness.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV4j-t8TLJY&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/4 "2012-02-28T00:21:04Z")
[I’m Spartacus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8h_v_our_Q) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/5 "2012-02-28T00:24:00Z")
Edward James Olmos, walking out of his cell in _American Me_ Roy Schieder “Smile you son of a bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/6 "2012-02-28T00:25:24Z")
Rorshalk in **Watchmen**. \* I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!!!\* ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/7 "2012-02-28T00:30:19Z")
It’s a [group effort](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI), on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/8 "2012-02-28T01:17:31Z")
It’d probably not in the top 100, but in _Princess Bride_ I like the line, “We are men of action – lies do not become us.” Said with a smile. Maybe _Aliens’_: Get away from her, you bitch!" ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/9 "2012-02-28T01:23:58Z")
Zulu’s a great nomination. I’m going with Aron Ralston cutting off his own arm to survive in _127 Hours_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/10 "2012-02-28T01:49:05Z")
“I ain’t got time to bleed!” Bruce Lee tasting his own blood in “Enter The Dragon”. Will Munny walking into the bar and killing Little Bill and the rest. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/11 "2012-02-28T01:51:22Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Stephen Maturin performing thoracic surgery on himself with no anaesthetic in _Master and Commander_ took gorilla balls. On a similar note, John Rambo suturing himself in _First Blood_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/12 "2012-02-28T01:56:01Z")
Good ones! I’ll add this one, my favorite tough-guy-beating-up-people in any James Bond movie. Casino Royale, if you are curious. [Bonus points for blowing everyone up at the end of the clip.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJubOZLpp4A#t=7m18s) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/13 "2012-02-28T02:02:27Z")
How could I forget? :smack: [Fill your hands you son of a bitch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-V7s0B-8Q) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/14 "2012-02-28T02:15:20Z")
Will Kane, alone, facing down Frank Miller and his gang in _High Noon_. Only slightly less manly because Kane’s wife snuck up on Pierce and shot him from behind. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/15 "2012-02-28T02:16:09Z")
[You brought two too many.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yUmJkRn_Qxw#t=548s) ([youtube.com](http://youtube.com) link) I thought it was amazingly cool when I first saw it as a kid. Opening scene from Once Upon a Time in the West ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/16 "2012-02-28T02:28:43Z")
[yippee ki yay, motherfucker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YCz5k9A0M&feature=related) I really like TriPolar’s True Grit link as well. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/17 "2012-02-28T02:31:18Z")
I’ve always thought that one of the manliest scenes in moviedom was in _Gone with the Wind_ when Rhett Butler wept bitterly after the accidental death of his little girl Bonnie Blue Butler. Rhett, as played by Clark Gable was the epitome of masculinity, and it took some big secure brass ones to do this on camera. Any woman in the audience who wasn’t already in love with him fell at that point. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/18 "2012-02-28T02:35:44Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > [yippee ki yay, motherfucker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YCz5k9A0M&feature=related) To be honest, that is one of the manliest moments in the series and it comes in the fourth movie. Very cool way to take out the villain. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/19 "2012-02-28T02:47:46Z")
Richard Dreyfuss crushes the styrofoam cup with one hand. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/20 "2012-02-28T03:11:18Z")
Inigo Montoya’s revenge on Count Rugen. “Offer me money!” “Yes!” "Power too; promise me that!’ “All that I have and more. Please!” “Offer me everything I ask for!” “Anything you want!” “I want my father back you sonuvabitch!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201.md?page=2)