Recommend me a badass movie

[JakeOfAllTrades]

Years of being a sensitive new age guy in a country better suited to badasses (the guys here are badass for a reason, 99% of the wildlife can kill you) have left me weak and easy to beat up.

I need a list of the manliest movies known to man, as it were. To prepare me for life in the harsh postapocalyptic future that lies ahead for me in Bartertown, err, I mean Sydney, I will need to have seen significantly badass films to prepare me for what could amount to a future where Tina Turner is Prime Minister after Rudd.

Badass movies I have already seen:

300: Seen it, despite what you might think of me, I liked it.
American Psycho: Cool movie, but Bateman isn't really a role model.
Easy Rider: Seen it, thought my brother should get over this movie.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: I remember seeing this film with my brother, Clint Eastwood was the highlight but his doublecrossing mate was also a cool character.
Fight Club: I actually watched this film when I was doing a Society and Culture project on masculinity and cinema perceptions in Australia. The control factor was a Bollywood movie called Devdas. Needless to say, you can guess what the average Australian male prefers as their role model. Even though I disagree with them missing the point of the movie.

Movies I want to see that are manly but don't know if they're out in Australia:

Old Yeller: People tell me this is the only movie it's acceptable for a man to cry at the end of. Well, at least I've been warned.
Audition: Some movie critic on a podcast says this is a film that "every man should watch, but it will destroy you."
Every John Wayne Film Except True Grit (which I've already seen)
Die Hard 1-4. Never seen any of these films.

Any other recommendations?

[Zhukov]

Watch The Road.

Oh, and you're right. The Die Hard movies aren't out here yet.

[JakeOfAllTrades]

Watch The Road.

Oh, and you're right. The Die Hard movies aren't out here yet.

Sorry, I checked and pretty much I'm certain every movie except Old Yeller is out on DVD here.

I will consult JB.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Gran Torino.
Terminator 2.
Do the right thing.

[RaNkeri]

Commando

[JakeOfAllTrades]

Gran Torino.
Terminator 2.
Do the right thing.

Seen both of those already. I just think it's strange I was never exposed to the Die Hard films despite one of my friends threatening to tie me to a chair Clockwork Orange style to force me to drink in their awesomeness. With my eyes.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

There are 3 movies I listed.

[Pentegarn]

Full Metal Jacket
Boondock Saints
Just about any Sam Elliot Western
Just about any Clint Eastwood Western
Just about any John Wayne movie
The Departed
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
To Kill a Mockingbird (just so you can watch how Gregory Peck behaves, while he isn't badass per se, he's just a real man acting like a real man)

[Dimnos]

NENSzTvsyL8

[Grislygus]

Something funny HAPPPENED
Something funny HAPPPENED

[Babs]

Gymkata

[dextire]

Nice list so far. Let's see...

Most Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. I'd start with Bloodsport.
Most Sylvester Stallone movies. I'd start with Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Most Jackie Chan movies. I'd start with Operation Condor, or Rumble in the Bronx.

Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky. Real men can fix their broken arm with their teeth!
The Fifth Element. There's only one way to handle negotiations.
Over the Top. Truck driving and arm wrestling.
Walking Tall. One man cleans up an entire town, with a 2x4.

There's too many to mention in one post, but that should get you started. :)

[Sam]

Commando:picklehat

[Dr. Boogie]

Roadhouse

[Supafly345]

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I personally would never watch this, but it looks commonly badass, enough at least for you.

[Pentegarn]

^^^

Not sure how badass that would be, but for cheese alone it looks like it would be worth a watch

[captain516]

No one's mentioned Rambo?

[Babs]

Nothing gets more badass than V for Vendetta.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The original GET CARTER.
Soilent Green.

[MarioRPG]

One of the Connery Bonds.
Predator.
Planet Terror.
Death Race - I've only seen the Statham remake but it was bad ass.
Force 10 From Navarone.
From Dusk Till Dawn.

[Pentegarn]

No one's mentioned Rambo?

Dextire did in passing

[The Leader]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/Leader1977/5574_101470023531_752588531_1969929.jpg

[Colonel Flagg]

The original GET CARTER.
Soilent Green.

Soylent Green ROCKS.

Also The Omega Man - with Heston, not the "fresh prince" remake

[Ant10708]

Gran Torino = ultimate badass movie.

Ichi the Killer

Ninja Assassin

oh and how do movies prepare you to be a badass?

[kahljorn]

porn

magnollia the parts with tom cruise except when he turns into a pussy

[TheCoolinator]

Yakuza: Battles without honor or humanity

Yojimbo

Krull

Willow

Highlander

Original Clash of the Titans

Big Trouble in little china

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Conan The Barbarian

Cobra

Tango & Cash

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I also think you should start with older movies first then move onto newer ones.

[Supafly345]

I say start with the pre 70s movies, then skip straight to the 90s and watch 90s to present, then finish off by working backwards through the 80s into the 70s. That should give you a proper incline of badass.

[Colonel Flagg]

<guilty pleasure alert>

If you like scifi, I've always thought Timecop was pretty badass. Van Damme provides a different level of "badass" than Stallone or Ahnold.

PS - welcome back JOAT.

[Pentegarn]

Was Demolition Man mentioned? If it was I missed it, if it wasn't then I recommend Demolition Man

No shame in Timecop, while you have to suffer through Van Damme, you also get to see Mia Sara

[Colonel Flagg]

Was Demolition Man mentioned? If it was I missed it, if it wasn't then I recommend Demolition Man

Demo man is worth it for the initial "sex" scene with Sandra Bullock. Also, use the 3 seashells.

[Zhukov]

JCVD is my favourite, why all the hate?

[Tadao]

Cause he's an asshole in real life, like Russel Crowe.

[Colonel Flagg]

Van Damme is like a box of chocolates.

Belgian on the outside - soft and squishy on the inside.

[Nick]

I just started watching Spacehunter. I'm loving it. :)

[TheCoolinator]

Was Demolition Man mentioned? If it was I missed it, if it wasn't then I recommend Demolition Man

No shame in Timecop, while you have to suffer through Van Damme, you also get to see Mia Sara

Yep,

nothing wrong with time cop. it's a great movie. Van Damme actually acted very well in it.

[Tadao]

You're an idiot faggot.

[The Leader]

:lol

[Grislygus]

Dude Saps I have some super macho movies for you right here



Pink Flamingos
Vegas In Space
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leeches!
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
TransAmerica
Boys Don't Cry
Southern Comfort
Glen or Glenda?
Let Me Die a Woman

[Ant10708]

get it because those movies aren't 'macho' :lol

[Grislygus]

Sure, and next you'll tell me that Dog's Day Afternoon isn't macho either, you biased fuck

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

You forgot "To Wong Foo, thanks for everything!" Julie Newmar.

but seriously watch Terror Firmer because it is the most B.A. movie ever.

[TheCoolinator]

Lost in Translation was a bad ass movie......If you consider an old man and a young girl having a romance to be bad ass!

Go Bill Murray! Woo Hoo!

[Guitar Woman]

No Country for Old Men is pretty much the baddest movie ever.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Did anyone say Sin City?

We're going to need a progress bar JOAT.

[TheCoolinator]

^ Sin City has my vote!

[WhiteRat]

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I personally would never watch this, but it looks commonly badass, enough at least for you.

I watched part of this when I was fucked up via Comcast On-Demand. It's definitely worth watching over some beers or smoke with a few of your friends.

[Dimnos]

Did anyone say Sin City?

We're going to need a progress bar JOAT.

Winner!

http://incilin.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/jessica-alba-sin-city.jpg

Posibly NSFW if you work at a nunnery or something.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

^ Man, I remember seeing the preview for Sin city the first time as it were a dream. Fireworks that exploded into various alcohol couldn't have put a bigger smile on my face than Sin City.

[dextire]

I hope JOAT is taking notes. You guys are giving him gold here. :)

Enter the Dragon. Haven't seen any Bruce Lee listed yet.
Taken. Liam Neeson still kicking ass at 56? Yep.
Dead Heat. Zombies can kick ass too.

The Delta Force. No Chuck Norris yet either? Hmm...
Kickboxer 3. I'm told that Sasha Mitchell is a jerk, but he's good in the movie.
The Dirty Dozen. Classic badass movie.

[Grislygus]

Now that I've actually read the thread, it becomes apparent that no one has recommended On The Waterfront, Donnie Brasco, Assault on Precinct 13, Miller's Crossing, Do The Right Thing, Scent of A Woman, Full Metal Jacket, Heat, Ronin, From Dusk Till Dawn, Cool Hand Luke, Memento, The Deer Hunter, Mean Streets, Army of Shadows, Tell No One, Get Carter, The Man WHo Would Be King, The Ghost and The Darkness, TimeCrimes, Cross of Iron, True Grit, The Enemy Below, Serpico, The King of Comedy, Casino, Stalker, The Three Burials of Marquis Estrada, Insomnia, Duck You Sucker, THe Day of The Jackal, North by Northwest, Altered States, Scanners, Sorcerer, The Killing Fields, Once Upon A Time In THe West, Night of the Hunter, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Desert Fox, Jacob's Ladder, Wait Until Dark, Treasure of The Sierra Madre, Silverado, Tombstone, The Furies, Duel, Marathon Man, Before the Fall, The Getaway, The (original) Italian Job, The French Connection, The French Connection II, Gone in Sixty Seconds (original), Ripley's Game, Enemy At The Gates, The Iceman Cometh, Force 10 From Navarone, Kelly's Heroes, A Clockwork Orange, Il Divo, Stalag 17, Stir of Echoes, Flatliners, The Professionals, They Call Me Trinity, Trinity is Still My Name, Fallen, Emperor of the North, Hard Times, Ring of Fire, Touch of Evil, Zulu Dawn, The Human Prey, Memed My Hawk, Hudson Hawk, Election, TRIAD Election, Unfaithfully Yours, The Mephisto Waltz, Do The RIght THing, Conquest (LASER BOWS!!! LAAAAAAASER BOWS), Hara Kiri, The Mechanic, or any number of movies that I can think of right now



HAVE FUN WITH THAT

[Grislygus]

As well as Good, Bad, Ugly; Fistful of Dollars, and A Few Dollars More

[The Leader]

ALL OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECOMMENDED

[Grislygus]

Well I'll be damned, three of those movies WERE already recommended. MARIORPG I TOTALLY SKIMMED YOUR POST MAN :( I'M SORRY

[Grislygus]

AND Full Metal Jacket PENTEGARN THE APOLOGY EXTENDS TO YOU AS WELL

[Kitsa]

I tried to look back but I didn't see Battle Royale (http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/battleroyale.htm)anywhere in there. I fucking love that movie. Not Battle Royale 2 (http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/battleroyale2.htm), though, that one is seriously very very bad.

I second Ichi the Killer (http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/ichithekiller.htm).

Audition (http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/odishon.htm) is overrated, I thought.

I also like Cannibal! The Musical (http://www.hulu.com/watch/130445/cannibal-the-musical), but only with the director commentary track.

[Guitar Woman]

Did someone say The Usual Suspects yet?

Don't let anyone spoil the ending for you.

Black Lagoon is also pretty badass, even if it's more than a little bit silly. I wish it'd focus less on Revy, who's basically an invincible, unlikable dickface, and I wish Rock would show more character consistency, he's basically either whiny and pathetic or flaunting his titanium testicles

[Grislygus]

OH MY GOD I FORGOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Suicide Kings, too, I forgot that shit but it's hard to remember these badass movies off the top of my head

[Grislygus]

And Three Kings



I'm just going to keep remembering more and more movies that I forgot to mention

[captain516]

Stalag 17 was pretyy good, but I don't know if I would call it badass.
On a side note, Amazon lists Clerks and Nightmare Before Christmas as "generally badass movies" :lol

[Dimnos]

Shallow Grave.

[Dimnos]

Gangster No. 1

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Well I'll be damned, three of those movies WERE already recommended. MARIORPG I TOTALLY SKIMMED YOUR POST MAN :( I'M SORRY

I recommended DO THE RIGHT THING.

[Ant10708]

And Three Kings
:rock


and my next suggestion is : New Jack City

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Casino Royale.

[Sam]

MONSTURD

[Guitar Woman]

Did anyone say Day of the Jackal yet

Because Day of the Jackal

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Leon The Professional.

[Mad Melvin]

Taken
Robocop (the first one. Director's cut.)
Starship Troopers
Goodfellas
Mad Max 2
Rambo (the new one)
Punisher: War Zone (not that great, but the action scenes are a sight to behold)
Predator

[TheCoolinator]

Black Rain?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Black_Rain.jpg

I liked it.