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Maxim's Greatest Guy Movies Ranked by Fans

Updated September 21, 2019 6.1k votes 250 voters 15.8k views

This is Maxim's list of the greatest "guy" movies of all time. What makes a movie a guy movie, by Maxim standards? The magazine pointed out that it's a difficult term to define specifically, but suggested "sophomoric humor, cartoon violence, mean-spirited putdowns and gratuitous nudity" and some of the standards of the genre.

But why let some random editors decide the best Dude Flicks ever. We're leaving it up to the men (and women!) of Ranker to make the final call. Your votes will determine the order of this list. (Here's the original Maxim Greatest Guy Movie rankings.)

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The Godfather
Al Pacino, Marlon Brando
Released: 1972
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Paxton
Released: 1984
Directed by: James Cameron
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Die Hard
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman
Released: 1988
Directed by: John McTiernan
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Goodfellas
Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson
Released: 1990
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Rocky
Sylvester Stallone, Joe Frazier
Released: 1976
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
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#67 of 84 Great Movies That Take Place in Autumn#56 of 126 The Greatest Date Movies Of All Time
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
Released: 1966
Directed by: Sergio Leone
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First Blood
Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy
Released: 1982
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
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Pulp Fiction
John Travolta, Bruce Willis
Released: 1994
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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National Lampoon's Animal House
Kevin Bacon, John Belushi
Released: 1978
Directed by: John Landis
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Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson, Gary Busey
Released: 1987
Directed by: Richard Donner
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Caddyshack
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase
Released: 1980
Directed by: Harold Ramis
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#9 of 204 The Best Sports Movies Ever Made#45 of 291 The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time
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Dirty Harry
Clint Eastwood, Don Siegel
Released: 1971
Directed by: Don Siegel
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#43 of 45 The Most Controversial Movies of All Time#4 of 45 The Best Movies Starring Clint Eastwood
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
Released: 1975
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
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Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder
Released: 1974
Directed by: Mel Brooks
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Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford
Released: 1979
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn
Released: 1982
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
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Scarface
Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
Released: 1983
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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Platoon
Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen
Released: 1986
Directed by: Oliver Stone
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
Released: 1976
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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The Blues Brothers
Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin
Released: 1980
Directed by: John Landis
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Stripes
Bill Murray, John Candy
Released: 1981
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
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The Dirty Dozen
Jim Brown, Donald Sutherland
Released: 1967
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
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#25 of 221 The Greatest World War II Movies of All Time#6 of 175 The Best Movies Of The '60s
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Cool Hand Luke
Paul Newman, Dennis Hopper
Released: 1967
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
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Enter the Dragon
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan
Released: 1973
Directed by: Robert Clouse
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Blade Runner
Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah
Released: 1982
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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