Ten Manliest Films
The most testosterone fueled films of all time
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- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.The manliest dialogue and characters ever written.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsWilliam PetersenWillem DafoeJane LeevesA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.William Petersen and Willem Dafoe swing an unbelievable amount of dick in this film. The dialogue is incredible. Very gritty. An icon of cool
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.It’s social commentary on the danger of toxic masculinity is brilliant. But you can also get caught up in it all and just have a good manly time.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.Scorsese has made a lot of manly films, and this film is full of manly men doing manly things, but it’s Mark Wahlberg’s performance as Dignam that solidifies this one as an all-time testosterone classic.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.Clint Eastwood as Blonde is maybe the coolest character in movie history. And he’s nearly upstaged by the brilliant supporting characters. One of the best films ever and an absolute dick-swinging contest.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.Soldiers find their humanity tested when they’re trained and sent into Vietnam. Every line, scene and character is extremely manly to a fault.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason FlemyngDexter FletcherNick MoranEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.Four small time criminals must find half a million pounds in a week to pay off a nefarious crime boss. Tons of violence and some of the best dialogue of all time ensues. Very few women appear onscreen.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.Five career criminals find themselves at the mercy of a mysterious underworld figure who puppeteers them towards a violent fate. But they dole out enough violence and bravado themselves along the way to easily make this list.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.A group of outlaws find themselves a dying breed in the last days of the Old West. But the strength of their brotherhood and unwillingness to give up without a fight leads to one of the greatest shootouts of all time.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen YoungThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.George C. Scott practically oozes manliness from every pore in his body in this masterful war film