Some of the greatest works of cinema ever produced have made the nature of manhood their main focus.
12 Angry Men is a uniquely brilliant insightinto gender roles in society for a variety of reasons.
Also stars Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon.
Few characters can make a more compelling case for their basis in reality thanAmerican Psychos Patrick Bateman.
Apparently, the real-life bankers that Bale met in New York didnt either.
Fight Clubprefigures outwardly male social phenomena that would appear in the decades following its release.
The term is primarily used for the categorization of sex offenders.
When Kubrick began developing the project, he was told the movie was impossible to make.
Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks also star in the film.
However, one of the fundamental aspects ofquintessential anti-hero Travis Bickles character is his unhealthy attitude to women.
Taxi Driveringeniously draws connections between male loneliness, sexual frustration and violent tendencies.
Taxi Driveringeniously draws connections between male loneliness, sexual frustration and violent tendencies.
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Vertigois, for many, the crowning achievement of its director Alfred Hitchcocks film career.
Scotties all-consuming feelings for Madeleine have fatal consequences at theend ofVertigo, completing the lifecycle of another Hitchcock blonde.
As Brando plays him, Kowalski isnt just a raging ball of testosterone.
12 Angry Men is a 1957 drama centering on twelve jurors in New York City who are deciding the verdict of a murder trial. Eleven of the jurors are set on a guilty verdict, but one stubborn juror slowly starts to change the others' minds with his careful consideration of the evidence.
Besides Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, and Lorelei Linklater also star.
Boyhoodis Richard Linklaters 12-year moviemagnum opus about a boys growth into manhood.
The users of Reddit have helpfully identified a number of the best dads to have appeared in the movies.
The problem is, he isnt there most of the time.
Boyhoodbrilliantly exposes the gender imbalances within a modern nuclear family.
In this way, the movie demonstrates one of the potential shortcomings of manhood in todays society.
Based on the book of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho follows Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) an investment banker in New York in 1987 who leads a double life as a serial killer. As investigators circle Bateman after the disappearance of a colleague, he finds himself trapped in a spiral of murder and excess, unable to stop himself from giving in to his increasingly dark urges. Also stars Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon.
The film was directed by Steve McQueen and was released in 2011.
Fight Club, David Fincher’s 1999 thriller starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, is the cinematic adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s eponymous 1996 novel. In it, reckless soapmaker Tyler Durden helps the desolate Narrator find meaning in his monotonous life by creating an underground fight club where dejected men release their frustration in the form of fistfights.
Lolita, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel. Starring James Mason, Shelley Winters, and Sue Lyon, the movie explores the complex and morally contentious relationship between a middle-aged professor and a young girl. The film’s provocative subject matter prompted significant controversy upon its release and remains a subject of critical analysis in cinematic history.
Martin Scorsese’s classic 1976 film stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam veteran turned New York City cab driver whose increasingly disturbed mental state due to his PTSD begins to drive him to more and more violent actions as he attempts to rid the city of what he sees as the “scum” on the streets. Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks also star in the film.
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Vertigo is a psychological thriller that follows a former police detective who retires from the force after one assignment leaves him with a devastating fear of heights. John Ferguson has changed over to a private investigator in his later years, and is hired by a friend to trail his wife, who has been acting uncharacteristically as of late. What follows is a descent into a mystery that will play off of John’s fears and unfold into an even greater one.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Elia Kazan. The film stars Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois, a fragile and unravelling Southern belle who moves in with her sister Stella and confronts Stella’s domineering husband, Stanley Kowalski, played by Marlon Brando. The tension between Blanche and Stanley serves as the central conflict, highlighting themes of desire, mental illness, and societal change.
Directed by Richard Linklater, Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans Jr., a young man from Texas whose coming-of-age during the mid-2000s is the main focus of the film. Linklater shot the film over the course of 12 years, chronicling Mason’s childhood in time with the growth of his actor, Ellar Coltrane. Besides Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, and Lorelei Linklater also star.
Shame is an NC-17 drama about a sex addict named Brandon, played by Michael Fassbender. Brandon is living a very cultivated private life, but his world is flipped upside down when his sister Sissy, played by Carey Mulligan, begins staying with him. The film was directed by Steve McQueen and was released in 2011.
