# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/21 "2012-02-28T03:19:02Z")
Bruce Willis in Die Hard swinging from the side of a skyscraper (while barefoot, no less) firing a machine gun into the window just before he crashes through. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/22 "2012-02-28T03:37:25Z")
The truck chase scene in _ **Raiders of the Lost Ark** _. Or pretty much, you know, the whole movie. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/23 "2012-02-28T03:41:12Z")
[Smells like victory.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/24 "2012-02-28T04:02:46Z")
You can’t beat Clint Eastwood for manliness. NSFW (language) link to clip from “Gran Torino”. “Get off my lawn” indeed. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelBNtNm8l0) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/25 "2012-02-28T04:07:48Z")
The Hidden Fortress The speeder bike, I mean horse chase and then the duel with spears. Manly Man stuff. Of course the 300 was just a little too manly. John Wayne has many. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/26 "2012-02-28T04:36:22Z")
Can’t beat Conan. The screenwriter stole it from a Howard short story (“A Witch Shall Be Born”), but it was still cool. A crucified Conan, half dead from hunger, thirst, and exposure after being nailed to a tree and left to die a lingering death in the hot sun, is not quite as helpless as he seems: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GUvMea04dOA/hqdefault.jpg "Conan the Vulture killer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvMea04dOA) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/27 "2012-02-28T04:41:51Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Stephen Maturin performing thoracic surgery on himself with no anaesthetic in _Master and Commander_ took gorilla balls. Didn’t see that, but it reminds me of the scene from “Ronin,” where DeNiro supervises the treatment of his own gunshot wound. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/28 "2012-02-28T04:45:02Z")
Arnold Schwarzenegger singlehandedly taking down a small army in Commando. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/29 "2012-02-28T04:51:53Z")
Napoleon Dynamite, complimenting Pedro on his “sweet ride.” It dripped with testosterone. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/30 "2012-02-28T05:04:28Z")
Yeager! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q3BMg99K_o0/hqdefault.jpg "The Right Stuff (edited last scene) - Absolutely Awe-Inspiring !!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3BMg99K_o0) ---
**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, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/31 "2012-02-28T07:23:06Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Didn’t see that, but it reminds me of the scene from “Ronin,” where DeNiro supervises the treatment of his own gunshot wound. Yeah. I withdraw my gratuitous comedy post (Dreyfuss Cup) to second this. . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/32 "2012-02-28T07:33:08Z")
“Here’s looking at you kid.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/33 "2012-02-28T08:37:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > How could I forget? :smack: > > [Fill your hands you son of a bitch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-V7s0B-8Q) This is what I thought of along with Audie Murphy’s Hang on a minute and I will let you talk with them line which is double bad because it is from real life. Hard to beat the duke, but Clint does come close several times with Get off my lawn,and [I know what you are thinking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMLGkj91Og)…(note Harry continuing to chew his hot dog through the scene) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/34 "2012-02-28T09:09:54Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Arnold Schwarzenegger singlehandedly taking down a small army in Commando. Or how about the beginning of the film, with Arnold just strolling back to his cabin, chainsaw in one hand, tree trunk in the other. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/35 "2012-02-28T10:28:24Z")
Ennis fastens the top button of Jack’s shirt, and with tears in his eyes mutters, “Jack, I swear…” while straightening the postcard of Brokeback Mountain, before closing the door and walking away. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/36 "2012-02-28T10:29:13Z")
[Fight scene from The Knockaround Guys.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3-d7_GxNk) Good flick,too. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/37 "2012-02-28T10:58:55Z")
[What is best in life?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/38 "2012-02-28T11:17:55Z")
The _13th Warrior_ is a patently ridiculous (albeit enormously fun) movie, but it features perhaps the [manliest death scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6amRE5FX0&feature=related)I’ve ever seen. Kill your enemy, sit down, stick your sword in the ground, die. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/39 "2012-02-28T14:13:39Z")
Liam Neeson, in the final duel of ROB ROY. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201/40 "2012-02-28T14:43:39Z")
The rise of Keyser Soze from _The Usual Suspects_: “They realized that to be in power, you didn’t need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn’t.” Here’s the [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdeCPGNRjOU), about 0:40 in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-manliest-moments-in-movie-history/614201.md?page=3)