Top 100 Movies for Guys List

#20 Movie for Guys

Die Hard (1988) R

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director:

John McTiernan

Writers:

Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia

#19 Movie for Guys

The Deer Hunter (1978) R

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.

Director:

Michael Cimino

Writers:

Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale

#18 Movie for Guys

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)

A 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.

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef

#17 Movie for Guys

Office Space (1999) R

Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

Director:

Mike Judge

Writers:

Mike Judge, Mike Judge

Stars:

Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman

#16 Movie for Guys

The Revenant (2015) R

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

Director:

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writers:

Mark L. Smith, Alejandro González Iñárritu

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter

#15 Movie for Guys

Braveheart (1995) R

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.

Director:

Mel Gibson

Writers:

Randall Wallace

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan

#14 Movie for Guys

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) PG

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman

#13 Movie for Guys

The Big Lebowski (1998) R

"The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

#12 Movie for Guys

Collateral (2004) R

A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

Director:

Michael Mann

Writers:

Stuart Beattie

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith

#11 Movie for Guys

The Terminator (1984) R

A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs.

Director:

James Cameron

Writers:

James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn

#10 Movie for Guys

Stripes (1981) R

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers:

Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg

Stars:

Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis

#9 Movie for Guys

Saving Private Ryan (1998) R

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Robert Rodat

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore

#8 Movie for Guys

The Departed (2006) R

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

William Monahan, Alan Mak

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson

#7 Movie for Guys

Caddyshack (1980) R

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers:

Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis

Stars:

Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray

#6 Movie for Guys

The Godfather (1972) R

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

#5 Movie for Guys

Swingers (1996) R

Wannabe actors become regulars in the stylish neo-lounge scene; Trent teaches his friend Mike the unwritten rules of the scene.

Director:

Doug Liman

Writers:

Jon Favreau

Stars:

Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, Jon Favreau

#4 Movie for Guys

Pulp Fiction (1994) R

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

Stars:

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson

#3 Movie for Guys

Scarface (1983) R

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Oliver Stone

Stars:

Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer

#2 Movie for Guys

Goodfellas (1990) R

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVitto in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Nicholas Pileggi

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

#1 Movie for Guys

Fight Club (1999) R

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf

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