The best male films of the domestic and foreign film industry

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It is clear that every film has its own audience, including those divided by gender. Women gravitate towards melodramas and romantic films, men - to boring movies that excite the brain. The article presents men's films, the list of which is opened by the domestic film industry.

Classics of Soviet cinema

After the film "Officers" (1971), thousands of guys decided to join their lives with the Soviet army. Director Vladimir Rogovy managed to show the reality of the tragedy and the romantic beginning through the fate of two friends: Alexei Trofimov and Ivan Varrava, superbly played by Georgy Yumatov and Vasily Lanov. The officers went through the crucible of the fight against the Basmachi, the fulfillment of international duty in Spain, the military events on the Chinese border and the ordeals of the Great Patriotic War. When it hit the screens, the picture immediately became the leader of the box office. In 1971 alone, 53.4 million viewers watched it. The participation of real war veterans gave the picture a special heroism. Georgy Yumatov did not have to put on makeup,to showcase the scars on his back. These were traces of his real wounds. A whole generation of true patriots has grown up in the picture.

Viewer polls show that a strong half of Russians love Russian films. Men's films for them are the first action films that have become classics of Soviet cinema. "White Sun of the Desert" in 1970 is a prime example of such a motion picture. Director V. Motyl took a big risk when making an unconventional film about the adventures of a Red Army soldier who defended the harem of the bandit Abdullah. But, despite the fact that it was accepted ambiguously by the official commission, its further rolling history turned out to be happy. Not only thanks to the main character Anatoly Kuznetsov, but also to the image of the customs officer Vereshchagin, the last role of the seriously ill Pavel Luspekaev. He brought into her such a force of a real male character that the director, in the course of filming, made the role of Vereshchagin one of the main ones from an insignificant one.

Pirates of the 20th century

An outstanding domestic action movie, released in 1980 - B. Durov's film "Pirates of the XX century". Having gathered huge queues at cinemas, it still remains unsurpassed in terms of attendance by the film in the domestic film distribution. For 10 years it was watched by 120 million viewers. It has everything that the stronger sex really likes: a brutal hero fighting alone to save the crew of the ship (Nikolai Eremenko), an exciting plot, real fights with the participation of professional karateka Talgat Nigmatullin (Kid). Favorite men's films are interesting with the use of weapons, real technology,full-screen format with high-quality color images. This picture had everything to make it truly attractive to a male audience.

Dashing 90s: "Brother", "Boomer"

Did Alexey Balabanov, having shot the film in 31 days, think that he would become a cult film in the national cinematography? "Brother" with Sergei Bodrov in the title role is the story of the Bagrov brothers in the troubled times of the early 90s. Danila Bagrov, who returned from the Chechen war, gets involved in gang warfare thanks to his older brother, who in his hard years became a famous killer named Tatarin. He does not spare Danila, substituting him for the sake of his own skin, but this does not prevent the younger brother from harboring evil against him. At a time when people needed hope and a new hero, it was in Danil Bagrov that they saw a glimpse of a new time and the appearance in him of confrontation with evil. The film was accompanied by wonderful rock music, which made it even more attractive to the audience.

Men's films about friendship are one of the most sought-after films in the 90s, even if friends chose the wrong path in life. "Boomer" (2000) became the debut picture of the 26-year-old Pyotr Buslov, who managed to clearly show that the dashing years are a tragic time that claimed many lives. The reaction to the film is mixed, but the fact that he became the first to recoup his expenses in the post-crisis time is a fact that should be reckoned with. The audience voted for him by visiting cinemas.

"Crew" (1979, 2016)

A disaster film that combines twogenre: everyday drama and adventure, was filmed by Alexandra Mitta in 1979. It was an incredibly spectacular picture, where all the crew members, ordinary people with their own shortcomings, united in front of the danger on board the aircraft. And despite the fact that the plot is somewhat fabulous, because it is impossible to carry out repair work outside the aircraft during the flight, the audience was really worried about the final picture. The plane seemed like a real character, and ordinary people - heroes. More than 71 million people rushed to cinemas, voting for the success of the film, which starred Georgy Zhzhenov, Leonid Filatov, Anatoly Vasiliev, Alexandra Yakovleva.

Taking into account the development of the technical capabilities of modern cinema, Nikolai Lebedev shot a new film that was released in 2016. Both "Crew" are real men's films that every young man in the country should see. The grandiose canvas in IMAX format makes it possible to add spectacle to the catastrophe taking place on board, while not overshadowing the magnificent performance of the new generation of actors - Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Mashkov, Agne Grudite. This film was shot with the full support of the original director, who felt the need to breathe new life into a winning story was the right move.

Military theme

What does the foreign film industry offer to the strong half? Real men's films are films about war. The 1986 drama "Platoon", filmed by American director Oliver Stone, tells about the most unpopular among them - the Vietnam War. Autobiographical scriptthe director lay on the shelf for 10 years, in order to gain fame for the author years later. The work will be awarded four Oscars. What is the picture about? About relations within the platoon in the conditions of the difficult realities of the Vietnamese jungle and about the fact that war gives rise to internal "monsters" living according to bestial laws. Brilliant work by Charlie Sheen and aspiring John Depp.

Foreign thrillers

Watching films for men means choosing the appropriate film genres. These are primarily thrillers. Best Thriller - "Fight Club", filmed in the USA (1999). Director David Fincher manages to create a truly dynamic film with criminal overtones and rather violent scenes that cause a real adrenaline rush. But this is not an ordinary picture, of which there are many, - this is a new male ideology, the path to freedom, which a person gains only after losing everything to the end. The primary source is a book by Chuck Palahniuk, permeated with the philosophy of self-destruction. The film has a fascinating intrigue. Only at the very end does the plot line up in a single logical chain of life of an ordinary clerk named Cornelius. The acting duet of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt is a real creative success of the picture. And Pitt gets the role of a "bad boy", with which he copes brilliantly.

Thriller fans will also enjoy Guy Ritchie's 1998 film Cards, Money, Two Smoking Barrels (UK). Because it's about friendship and the collective mind of four adventurers from London who find themselves in a difficult situation, but find themselvesluckier than the local bandits. Crime boss Harry Ax, who put his friends on the counter, makes the most cruel mistake of his life. It is curious that Sting's wife invested in the project, and the singer himself played a small role in the film. Cancer patient Lenny McLean, a former professional boxer, did not live up to a month before the premiere. This film became his dedication.

Foreign action films and westerns

The best male films are action-adventure films, among which the Oscar-winning "Gladiator" (USA), filmed in 2000 by Ridley Scott, stands out. The strong half of humanity is impressed by the figure of the Roman commander performed by Russell Crowe, who was captured as a result of insidious intrigues. The man, for whom the fighters, without hesitation, rose to their death, becomes a Roman gladiator. The film is replete with scenes of fights not only between people, but also with animals. There is no usual happy ending in the picture, but Maximus, who challenged the parricide Commodus, clearly demonstrates that one can remain a real man even in death.

Among the classic action movies that enjoyed tremendous success are the movie series Rocky (1976), Rambo (1982), the sports drama Warrior (2011), the everlasting Die Hard (1988), the gangster movie Reservoir Dogs (1992), The Godfather (1972), but it is undeniable that cowboy westerns are the most masculine films adored by the stronger sex. No one has yet managed to get around Sergio Leone, who directed Clint Eastwood in the 1966 western of all time The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Combining the efforts of bandits in pursuit of gold is not the best idea, becausenone of them can be trusted. The film keeps the viewer in suspense from the first to the last frame, following the adventures of three companions in the Wild West, hunting for stolen gold.

Brokeback Mountain

Ratings and lists of the best films for the male half of humanity vary greatly, but any list will be incomplete if it does not contain a picture of real feelings. Films about male love include a huge number of films about same-sex relationships, but none of them managed to reach the high bar of Brokeback Mountain (2005). In addition to the Oscars, the film has so many awards that their list will take up a whole page.

Ang Lee managed to touch the hearts of the audience, film critics and the actors themselves, admiring the work of their colleagues. The picture was the success of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, however, the career of the former was interrupted due to death in 2008. He was one of the few to be awarded an Oscar posthumously. The film describes the events of the 60s, which makes the situation of the main characters rather tragic.

The list of films presented in the article indicates that any man can choose a picture to his liking.