It is obvious that each film has its own audience, including a gender-divided one. Women gravitate to melodramas and romantic films, men gravitate to non-boring movies that excite the brain. The article presents men's films, a list of which opens the domestic film industry.
Classics of Soviet cinema
After the film "Officers" (1971), thousands of guys decided to combine their lives with the Soviet army. Director Vladimir Rogov managed to show the reality of the tragedy and the romantic beginning through the fate of two friends: Alexei Trofimov and Ivan Varrava, perfectly played by George Yumatov and Vasily Lanov. The officers went through the crucible of fighting the Basmachi, fulfilling their international duty in Spain, military events on the Chinese border and the harsh trials of the Great Patriotic War. Coming to the screens, the picture immediately became the leader of the rental. Only in 1971, 53.4 million viewers watched it. Particular heroism of the picture was given by the participation of real war veterans. Georgy Yumatov did not have to apply makeup to show the scars on his back. These were traces of his real wounds. A whole generation of genuine patriots has grown in the picture.
Surveys of viewers show that a strong half of Russians love Russian films. Men's paintings for them are the first action films that have become classics of Soviet cinema. The “White Sun of the Desert" of 1970 is a vivid example of such a movie. Director V. Motyl took a big risk shooting an unconventional film about the adventures of a Red Army man who defended the bandit Abdullah’s harem. But, despite the fact that it was adopted ambiguously by the official commission, his subsequent rolling history turned out to be happy. Not only thanks to the main character Anatoly Kuznetsov, but also the image of the customs officer Vereshchagin, the last role of the seriously ill Pavel Luspekayev. He brought into it such a force of a real masculine character that the director during the filming of the minor made the role of Vereshchagin one of the main ones.
"Pirates of the XX century"
An outstanding domestic action movie, released in 1980, is B. Durov's film “Pirates of the 20th Century”. Gathering huge lines in cinemas, he still remains an unrivaled film attendance in the domestic film distribution. Over 10 years, 120 million viewers watched it. It has everything that the stronger sex really likes: a brutal hero fighting alone to save the ship’s crew (Nikolai Eremenko), an exciting plot, real fights with the participation of professional karateka Talgat Nigmatullin (Kid). Favorite men's films are interesting using weapons, real technology, full-screen format with high-quality color image. There was everything in this picture to make it truly attractive to a male audience.
Dashing 90s: "Brother", "Boomer"
Did Aleksey Balabanov, having made a film in 31 days, think that he would become a cult in Russian cinema? “Brother” with Sergei Bodrov in the lead role is the story of the Bagrov brothers in the troubled times of the early 90's. Returning from the Chechen war, Danila Bagrov gets involved in gang warfare thanks to his elder brother, who in many years became a famous hitman named Tatarin. He does not spare Daniel, substituting him for the sake of his own skin, but this does not prevent his younger brother from harboring evil. 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 of opposition to evil in his face. The film was accompanied by wonderful rock music, which made it even more attractive to the audience.
Friendship films for men are some of the most sought-after in the 90s, even if friends chose the wrong path in life. “Boomer” (2000) became the debut picture of 26-year-old Pyotr Buslov, who was able to clearly demonstrate that dashing years are a tragic time that claimed many lives. The reaction to the film is mixed, but the fact that he was the first to recoup his expenses in the post-crisis time is a fact to be reckoned with. The audience voted for him by visiting the cinema.
The Crew (1979, 2016)
The disaster film, combining two genres: domestic drama and adventure, was shot by Alexandra Mitt in 1979. It was an incredibly spectacular picture, where before the danger on board the plane all the crew members, ordinary people with their own shortcomings, united. And despite the fact that the plot is somewhat fabulous, because repair work outside the aircraft during the flight is impossible, the audience was really worried about the final picture. The plane seemed a real protagonist, and ordinary people - heroes. More than 71 million people rushed to the cinema, voting for the success of the film, which starred George Zhzhenov, Leonid Filatov, Anatoly Vasiliev, Alexandra Yakovleva.
Taking into account the development of the technical capabilities of modern cinema, Nikolai Lebedev shot a new picture, which was released in 2016. Both Crews are real male films that every young man in the country should see. A grandiose canvas in IMAX format allows you to give the spectacle to the on-board catastrophe, while not overshadowing the magnificent game of the new generation of actors - Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Mashkov, Agne Grudite. The shooting of this film took place with the full support of the first director, who considers the need to breathe new life into the winning story the right step.
Military theme
What does the foreign film industry offer the strong half? Real men's films are films about the war. The 1986 drama Platoon, shot by American director Oliver Stone, tells of the most unpopular among them - the Vietnam War. The director’s autobiographical script lay on the shelf for 10 years, so that after years to gain fame for the author. The work will be awarded four Oscars. What is the picture about? About relations inside a platoon under the difficult realities of the Vietnamese jungle and that war gives rise to internal "monsters" living according to animal laws. The brilliant work of Charlie Sheen and beginner John Depp.
Foreign thrillers
Watching men's films means choosing the right movie genres. These are primarily thrillers. The best thriller is 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 surge of adrenaline. But this is not an ordinary picture, of which there are many - this is a new male ideology, the path to freedom that a person gains only by losing everything to the end. The primary source is the book of Chuck Palahniuk, permeated by the philosophy of self-destruction. The film has a bewitching intrigue. Only at the very end, the plot is built into a single logical chain of life of an ordinary clerk named Cornelius. The acting duo of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt is a real creative success of the picture. Moreover, Pitt gets the role of "bad boy", with which he copes brilliantly.
Fans of thrillers will also like Guy Ritchie's 1998 film, Cards, Money, Two Trunks (Great Britain). Because it is about the friendship and collective mind of the four adventurers from London who found themselves in a difficult situation, but who turned out to be more successful than the local bandits. Criminal authority Harry Ax, who put his friends on the counter, makes the most cruel mistake in 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 Macklin, a former professional boxer, did not live a month before the premiere. This film became a dedication to him.
Foreign fighters and westerns
The best male films are adventure action movies, among which the Oscar-winning Gladiator (USA), shot in 2000 by Ridley Scott, stands out. A strong half of humanity is impressed by the figure of the Roman commander performed by Russell Crowe, captivated by insidious intrigues. The man behind whom the fighters, without hesitation, rose to death, becomes a Roman gladiator. The film is replete with scenes of battles not only between people, but also with animals. The picture does not have the usual happy end, but Maximus, who defied his father's assassin Commodus, clearly demonstrates: in death, you can remain a real man.
Among the classic action movies that are enjoying great success, the movie series “Rocky” (1976), “Rambo” (1982), the sports drama “Warrior” (2011), the unfading “Die Hard” (1988), the film about gangsters “Mad Dogs” (1992 ), “The Godfather” (1972), but it cannot be denied that cowboy westerns are the most male films adored by the stronger sex. No one has yet managed to get around Sergio Leone, who shot Clint Eastwood in the western of all time “The Good, the Bad, the Evil” of 1966. Combining the efforts of bandits in the pursuit of gold is not a good idea, because none of them can be trusted. The film, from the first to the last frame, keeps the viewer on watch, watching the adventures of three partners in the Wild West, hunting for stolen gold.
"Brokeback Mountain"
Ratings and lists of the best films for the male half of humanity are very different, but any list will be incomplete if it does not have 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 take the high bar of Brokeback Mountain (2005). In addition to the Oscars, the picture has so many awards that their list will take 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 first was interrupted due to death in 2008. He became one of the few who received an Oscar posthumously. The picture describes the events of the 60s, which makes the situation of the main characters quite tragic.
The list of film works presented in the article indicates that any man can choose a picture for himself.