100 Must See Movies: The Essential Men’s Movie Library
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For whatever reason (most likely the fact that viewing is easier than reading), films don’t seem to get the same kind of cultural respect as books do. Which is a shame because excellent movies can be just as entertaining, mind-expanding, and life changing as good books. Scenes, characters, and quotes from the greatest movies stay with us long after we view them. Their ability to transport you to different times and exotic locations, to completely absorb you in the story, make movies one of the closest approximations of real magic we have in this world.
And for better and for worse, film has had a huge impact on masculinity in the 20th Century. Movies have produced archetypes of manliness that many men judge themselves against today. To view how male characters of cinema have been portrayed over the decades, is to see clearly the ways in which our perception of masculinity has changed and continues to change. Thus it seemed only proper that The Art of Manliness take a stab at creating a list of essential movies every man should see.
We didn’t want to make a list of movies that consisted solely of violence and gratuitous T and A that make up most guy movie lists. Nor did we want to create a list of just independent avant-garde movies that while culturally or cinematically significant, aren’t very entertaining. We wanted to create a well rounded list of films that have something to say about manliness. Some of the movies speak poignantly about what it means to be a man. Others give examples of true manliness in action. Some are lessons in how not to be a man. And others are simply entertaining movies that are just plain manly. But the common thread that runs through all of them is that they’re great movies that have stood the test of time.
Let us know in the comments which movies you loved, which ones you hated, and the movies you think every man should see before he dies. Without further ado, we present The Art of Manliness 100 Must See Movies for Men.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969, in 21 top lists Check -
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Mar adentro
2004 — a.k.a. The Sea Inside, in 5 top lists Check -
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Rudy
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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Malcolm X
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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Cinderella Man
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Remember the Titans
2000, in 2 top lists Check -
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Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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The Pride of the Yankees
1942, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 24, 2013;