# Who were the five most beautiful \*men\* in the history of film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853 "2005-12-22T20:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/1 "2005-12-22T20:08:22Z")
As a counterpart to **Sampiro** ’s thread… Your votes? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/2 "2005-12-22T20:13:44Z")
Tyrone Power Gregory Peck Paul Newman Yul Brynner Alan Ladd ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/3 "2005-12-22T20:14:33Z")
[ol] [li]Gary Cooper[/li][li]Gary Cooper[/li][li]Gary Cooper[/li][li]Gary Cooper[/li][li]Tab Hunter[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/4 "2005-12-22T20:18:04Z")
Warren Beatty Gregory Peck Robert Redford Brad Pitt Johnny Depp ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/5 "2005-12-22T20:36:26Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > As a counterpart to **Sampiro** ’s thread… > > Your votes? 1. Cary Grant 2. Paul Newman 3. Cornel Wilde 4. Gregory Peck 5. Richard Egan (I know…I know) VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/6 "2005-12-22T20:38:38Z")
[Tyrone Power](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000061/) [Cary Grant](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000026/)[Ricardo Montalban](http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/beefcake/ricardomontalban/ricardomontalban14.jpg) [Don Ameche](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000747/) [Robert Redford](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/7 "2005-12-22T20:46:15Z")
[Gregory](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1310/0288_0144.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Peck,%20Gregory&seq=53) [Peck](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1310/0288_0060.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Peck,%20Gregory&seq=56) [Paul Newman](http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/images/031007a.jpg) Young [Marlon Brando](http://www.bookofjoe.com/images/v_17.jpg) [George Clooney](http://hotmencentral.com/george_clooney/_george_clooney4.jpg) [Johnny Depp](http://www.notrecinema.com/images/stars/johnny%20depp2.jpg) And an up-and-comer, [Wentworth Miller](http://bestof.provocateuse.com/show/wentworth_miller). ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/8 "2005-12-22T20:51:09Z")
young Erroll Flynn Rock Hudson ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/9 "2005-12-22T20:55:23Z")
Paul Newman Gregory Peck Laurence Olivier\* Harrison Ford Billy Dee Williams \*My favorite role of his, just for mature good looks, not for the character he played, was his stint as Marcus Licinius Crassus, in _Spartacus_. Geez, even though I hated the guy I wanted to sleep with him! Am I sick or what? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/10 "2005-12-22T20:59:31Z")
Montgomery Clift Marlin Brando Paul Newman Jan-Michael Vincent Johnny Depp ---
**Author:** ![Squirt\_One\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Squirt\_One\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirt_One_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/11 "2005-12-22T21:07:30Z")
1. Robert Michum (sp?) 2. Johnny Depp 3. Orlando Bloom 4. Brendon Frasier 5. Jason Scott Lee ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/12 "2005-12-22T21:07:37Z")
STILL ALIVE AND “PRIME”: Orlando Bloom Johnny Depp [James Franco](http://www.einsiders.com/iscoop/cutenews/data/upimages/JAMES_FRANCO.jpg) Matt Damon Hugh Grant Dead: Young Elvis [Cesar Romero](http://www.cineyestrellas.com/Elenco/Actores/R/Romero_Cesar_2.jpg) [Rudolph Valentino](http://www.nypl.org/permissions/images/full/ps_the_cd13_193.jpg) [Sal Mineo](http://www.apemania.com/AUTHENTIC_RESTORATIONS/Milo/M09.jpeg) [James Dean](http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t041/T041598A.jsm) ---
**Author:** ![Squirt\_One\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Squirt\_One\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirt_One_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/13 "2005-12-22T21:07:51Z")
1. Robert Mitchum (sp?) 2. Johnny Depp 3. Orlando Bloom 4. Brendon Frasier 5. Jason Scott Lee ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/14 "2005-12-22T21:13:58Z")
George Clooney (George, oh George, won’t you be mine?) Gary Cooper Denzel Washington Johnny Weissmuller Taye Diggs ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/15 "2005-12-22T22:39:42Z")
Wow, what a hard question. Classic Dreamy Men: 1. Cary Grant 2. Gregory Peck 3. Sean Connery 4. Clint Eastwood 5. Paul Newman Current Hotties: 6. Benicio Del Toro 7. John Cusack 8. Hugh Grant 9. Matthew McConaughey 10. Jude Law ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/16 "2005-12-22T22:56:30Z")
It’s odd, but the classic hotties are guys (with the exception perhaps of Valentino and James Dean) you don’t particularly care about seeing nekkid, while the current hotties are marketed that way (in fact, most you’ve seen nekkid on screen). I wonder when the dividing line was that good butts and bodies became more important. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/17 "2005-12-22T23:01:50Z")
Gary Cooper Paul Newman Laurence Harvey James Franciscus Clint Eastwood Honorable Mention: Leslie Howard ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/18 "2005-12-22T23:03:43Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > . . . you don’t particularly care about seeing nekkid . . . Speak for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/19 "2005-12-22T23:14:33Z")
Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853/20 "2005-12-22T23:14:38Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > It’s odd, but the classic hotties are guys (with the exception perhaps of Valentino and James Dean) you don’t particularly care about seeing nekkid, while the current hotties are marketed that way (in fact, most you’ve seen nekkid on screen). I wonder when the dividing line was that good butts and bodies became more important. Interesting thought, **Sampiro**. I’m in no way an expert on the history of film, but perhaps that shift took place shortly after film makers started showing more realistic sex scenes. And you know what? I think the romantic kisses between say, Grace Kelly and Cary Grant were just as steamy as the sex scenes in Basic Instinct. Whatever happened to leaving more to the imagination? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-five-most-beautiful-men-in-the-history-of-film/336853.md?page=2)