Gal suggests "guy" movies..

Posted by Harmonia (A) on April 15, 2010 at 16:53:38

In Reply to: Suggestions for Guy's Movie Night? posted by PSP on April 14, 2010 at 12:16:46:

You started with two excellent films - that may be a hard standard to maintain.

Maybe I'm a traitor to my own sex, but I don't like the vast majority of "chick flicks" (often shorthand for dippy rom-coms). I do like intense films - noir, crime, adventure, war, action - so long as they're *good* movies. Violence doesn't necessarily put me off. I don't like mindless action flicks where things blow up for no special reason and the characters are too stupid to breathe. I'm not a fan of most blockbusters and you probably already know which of those are suspects for your team.

With 8 people it's hard to find movies everyone hasn't seen at least once...maybe the group would be willing to go watch some classic crime and noir? Maybe some of the guys are young enough not to have seen some of the classics from the 50s-80s? How do they feel about subtitles - too much work?

I'm sure you've already seen several of these but what the heck, gotta start somewhere and tried to stick to older or lesser known titles.

Here are my "guy" movie suggestions from a "gal" movie fan.

WAR:

Das Boot
Three Kings
Welcome to Sarajevo
Salvador
Gallipoli
Paths Of Glory
Zulu
The Big Red One
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Great Escape
All Quiet On The Western Front
Lord Of War
Black Hawk Down
The Duelists
Men With Guns
Empire Of The Sun
The Thin Red Line
Spartacus
Stalag 17

ADVENTURE:

Master & Commander; The Far Side Of The World
The Man Who Would Be King
The Mission
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Last Of The Mohicans
Papillon
Captain Blood
The Adventures Of Robin Hood

SPORTS

He Got Game
World's Fastest Indian
Fat City
Champions
Breaking Away
Invictus
The Hustler
The Big Lebowski
The Harder They Fall
Cinderella Man
Bull Durham (I know everyone's seen it, but worth a rewatch.)
Major League
Eight Men Out
The Hustler
The Color Of Money
Winning

CRIME/NOIR/THRILLER

Inside Man
Lone Star
Croupier
The Grifters
Heat
Mona Lisa
Blood Simple
House Of Games
Light Sleeper
Dirty Pretty Things
The Long Good Friday
Red Rock West
A Shock To The System (Michael Caine)
Sexy Beast
Collateral
The Asphalt Jungle
Jackie Brown
Miami Blues
To Live & Die In LA
Body Heat
True Believer
Carlito's Way
Zodiac
Tightrope (Clint Eastwood)
Blow Out
Clockers
Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Touch Of Evil
Ace In The Hole
The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3 (Original, NOT remake)
Dog Day Afternoon
Atlantic City
Out Of The Past
In A Lonely Place

COMEDY

24 Hour Party People
Tropic Thunder
Hot Fuzz
The Informant
Thank You For Smoking
A Mighty Wind
Best In Show
Death At A Funeral (British original - not the remake opening now!!)
Get Shorty
Wag The Dog
Local Hero
Grosse Pointe Blank
Soapdish (Your wives will like it too, but don't let that stop you!)
Something Wild
Some Like It Hot
Sullivan's Travels

SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR

Children Of Men
The Hidden
Dark City
Moon
The Last Wave
Serenity
The Arrival
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
From Dusk Til Dawn
Twelve Monkees
The Hunger
The Wicker Man (original Brit release)

WESTERNS:

Silverado
The Claim
Pale Rider
The Big Country
The Searchers
The Magnificent Seven
My Darling Clementine
The Wild Bunch
Rio Bravo
The Shootist
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
True Grit
Lonesome Dove (I know...)

DRAMA ETC.:

The Conversation
Don't Look Now (Almost put this in horror.)
The Field
Boogie Nights
Wise Blood
Frost/Nixon
Do The Right Thing
The Committments
Once Were Warriors
The Quiet American
Bloody Sunday
The Advocate
Stand By Me

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Topic - Suggestions for Guy's Movie Night? - PSP 12:16:46 04/14/10 (27)

District B13... - rditmars 12:56:04 04/22/10 (0)

Piece of Cake ..nt - late 03:43:41 04/19/10 (0)

Two by Ken Kesey: One Flew Over the... - mpathus 02:54:46 04/19/10 (0)

Got another one that definitely qualifies as a 'Guy's' movie...'44 Inch Chest'. - Tony D. 18:06:02 04/16/10 (0)

THANKS!! Keep 'em coming!! - PSP 10:11:25 04/16/10 (2)

You probably fooled your wife, but you can't fool us! - Victor Khomenko 12:39:21 04/16/10 (1)

RE: You probably fooled your wife, but you can't fool us! - PSP 13:31:59 04/19/10 (0)

No one suggested Uncle Vania and Oblomov yet? - Victor Khomenko 06:13:36 04/16/10 (0)

Gal suggests "guy" movies.. - Harmonia 16:53:38 04/15/10 (3)

An excellent list! - Mike K 19:02:32 04/15/10 (0)

What are you doing tonight? - Prisoners 17:16:52 04/15/10 (1)

Working late... - Harmonia 17:22:02 04/15/10 (0)

Planet Terror - Brian A 14:27:54 04/15/10 (0)

'Predator', 'Conan the Barbarian', 'Bullit' - Prisoners 18:33:54 04/14/10 (0)

'District 9', 'Lock Stock ATSB', 'Sexy Beast', 'Snatch', 'The Stunt Man', 'Cross Of Iron' * - Tony D. 17:37:55 04/14/10 (1)

Sexy Beast "YES YES YES YES" * - PhilJ 14:32:09 04/15/10 (0)

RE: Suggestions for Guy's Movie Night? - mr grits 16:06:52 04/14/10 (0)

For comedy - geoff 14:48:57 04/14/10 (2)

Let It Ride is great,,, - Harmonia 13:21:44 04/15/10 (0)

"Let it Ride" is a fun little sleeper. nt - barryb 06:50:44 04/15/10 (0)

A few maybe. - grantv 14:10:31 04/14/10 (0)

"The Hidden." Lots of Ferraris, lots of fire power. "Road Warrior," and especially so if you - tinear 13:48:46 04/14/10 (5)

I LOVE The Hidden!! - Harmonia 13:19:43 04/15/10 (0)

Great selections! nt - Daryl Zero 19:41:48 04/14/10 (0)

Love 'The Hidden'! nt - Prisoners 18:27:19 04/14/10 (0)

The Hidden is one of my all time fav B movies - padreken 14:21:49 04/14/10 (1)

The best part of the "score" is the Ferrari brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. nt - tinear 08:10:25 04/15/10 (0)

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Gal suggests "guy" movies.. - Harmonia 16:53:38 04/15/10 (3)

An excellent list! - Mike K 19:02:32 04/15/10 (0)

What are you doing tonight? - Prisoners 17:16:52 04/15/10 (1)

Working late... - Harmonia 17:22:02 04/15/10 (0)

Gal suggests "guy" movies..

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