100 Must See Movies: The Essential Men’s Movie Library

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"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."

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  1. 72 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 47 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 36 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 31 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 106 -

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
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    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
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    Swingers

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Shootist

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 88 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
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    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    Rudy

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
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    A River Runs Through It

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  25. 44 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
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    Remember the Titans

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
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    A Raisin in the Sun

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Pride of the Yankees

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
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    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Outsiders

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
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    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    Old Yeller

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Natural

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
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    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
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    Mississippi Burning

    1988, in 4 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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    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Longest Day

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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