Recommend me a badass movie
 

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?

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.

Gran Torino.
Terminator 2.
Do the right thing.

Commando

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.

There are 3 movies I listed.

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)

Gymkata

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. :)

:picklehat

Roadhouse

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

^^^

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

No one's mentioned Rambo?

Nothing gets more badass than V for Vendetta.

The original GET CARTER.
Soilent Green.

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.

Dextire did in passing

Soylent Green ROCKS.

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

Gran Torino = ultimate badass movie.

Ichi the Killer

Ninja Assassin

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

porn

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