I think that Blade Runner 2049 is also an honorable mention, it's a really nice movie about struggling with lonlines and lack of life purpose. It also shows a story of an ultimate sacrifice to reach freedom. And it's just beautifull...
Moneyball is so good. I think it provides the harsh truth that just because you love something doesn't mean you should do it (Billy Bean playing professional baseball). But it ALSO shows that many entrenched systems, that we think have been carefully thought through, are ripe for disruption. And lastly it is nice to see a guy give up a lot for his kid
Very nice list. Let me had Seven Ponds. i think few movies show what determination and resilience are. And about Whiplash, we both have completely different views of the same movie. For me it's not about ego. it's about dedicating your life to an art, and embracing your purpose with all the challenges that come with it.
@@anthony.L I think it's also rated higher on Letterboxd than the old one. Couldn't make it through the 2002 version back when I was fresh off the book, hoping the French one is better!
Here's some good movies to teach you some things about life: Nightcrawler (2014) teaches you how to start a successful media business, Buffalo '66 (1998) teaches you a 100% effective method of getting a girlfriend, I Saw the Devil (2010) shows you how to get back at someone who wronged you, and Trainspotting (1996) teaches you about the importance of good friends :)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - directed by Michel Gondry. Heartbreak happens at any age and with it comes pain. But if we had the ability to erase the memories associated with the heartache, the pain goes away and life will be much better; right? Not necessarily. Good list btw.
i watched "manchester by the sea" as the first movie on a 12 hr flight. i had no idea what i was getting myself into, i literally just picked it because of the lead actor.
I think your analysis of Bicycle Thieves may be a little surface-level. "When somebody does you wrong you should never use this to do even more wrong" really oversimplifies the situation and blames the victim. Bicycle Thieves is about how Capitalism coerces people into labor through the threat of violence. It's about the power that an employer has over the worker, and how living at the poverty line will complel conformity at all cost. It's about how crime is a result of that poverty and desperation, and how punitive measures against individual acts of desperation only exacerbate their crisis. I agree that this should be seen by most young men, because it really does teach empathy. If you saw this whole movie and then concluded that the protagonist was wrong in the end and that he should've chosen not to "do even more wrong," the point flew right over your head.
You're right, I tried to distill the message into a few key sentences but the real substance is much more layered. The ending especially, as you're saying, is tragic in way that's more about a system than it is about psychology. Still, I think that the protagonist's inner fight, that of not trying to give in to the pressure that comes with his desperate situation, is an important part of the movie.
Honorable mentions… - good will hunting - about time - interstellar - pride and prejudice - the secret life of Walter Mitty - LOTR - Shawshank redemption - Belfast - marriage story - a beautiful day in the neighborhood - only the brave - dead poets society - the iron claw - remember the titans - beautiful boy - silence - the notebook - honey boy - second hand lions - atonement - the sunset limited Just to name a few… My Letterboxd is Wojo
I agree, my goal was to make the video short & clearly focused on a variety of films, but the topic deserves a more in depth discussion. What do you wish I should've gotten more into?
@@lazarovalex I’m definitely not a movie buff but Locke was on my list probably for years, only problem was I didn’t know what it was called, I only knew the scenes! 😂 Thanks to you, I crossed it off the list! 👌🏻
I think Dazed and Confused should be on there but I can't even begin to explain why other than that it is a film Ive seen over and over again. Even read a book about it. One of my favs.
Thank you! Yeah, I can see it again & again and it's always like seeing it for the first time. There are 2 other great films that are like spiritual sequels to La Haine I would really recommend to you: Les Miserables & Athena.
I like your list very much and plan to watch the few movies on it that I haven't seen yet. I have two remarks I would like to leave. First, 'The Place Beyond the Pines', is in it's core a movie that exams father/son relationships. And secondly, I feel that what little information you give the viewer on Casey Afflecks character in 'Manchester by the Sea' is already to much, since knowing about the source of the characters issues from the get go will alter how the viewer perceives him and his relationships.
Can't believe I have missed everyone of these. I would recommend, "Cinema Paradiso" and "MindWalk," but I don't believe they cover this topic. My two favorite movies of all time are Last of the Mohicans and Dances with Wolves. With my martial arts and athletic background, the most true life weapons fight scene I have ever scene in my life in cinema that displays how weapons actually respond in true life, is in Last of the Mohicans scene...Forest fight, Magua turns on the British. Posted in the reply. Kirk All is well..
I'd recommend young men (in the Western World) watch Once Upon A Time In America - 1984 Sergio Leone - it's about everything they're engaged with in becoming men in a Capitalist country, it's also about a few equally relevant things else. Then there's FRESH - 1994 Boaz Yakin - for the same reasons, both film are brutal, FRESH is about a lad who's actually on-the-cusp-of-young-manhood who's African American; but you never included any of those Characters/Films in films 'every young man should see', but that's how it goes. (Good luck trying to find FRESH outside the USA, though)
@@lazarovalex indeed bro. You should also check out a mini series called Criminal UK, if you haven't watched. It's of a similar nature. It makes you appreciate the beauty of screenwriting and cinematography
Props for not putting on Fight Club. Love to see that this list contains films that are make us search emotionally into our own souls. And find that makes us wonder philosophically and sociologically.What it means not just to be a man, but to be a human. And A Hidden Life as you’re second last pick chef‘s kiss.
In preparing for this video I saw some lists with the same topic that had Fight Club on there...a terrible movie to get guidance and advice from! Haha Thank you for this comment. I'm glad you resonated with my selection.
I think that the title should be changed to "10 Film Everyone Should See." I don't understand how these would just apply to men. I have also been inspired by these films, and I am a woman.
Of course everybody can watch these films! Stories about the human experience are universal. Still, men and women deal with in parts with different kinds of issues. The films in here are focused on male protagonists and deal with topics, issues and struggles that are especially relevant for men, so that's how I selected these films.
They're all good movies, but my problem with this "all young men should see this" list is that none of them really encourage a more productive form of masculinity or force young men to empathise with anyone who isn't a young man-precisely what most young men need most. Movies I would recommend any young man to watch Poor Things Women Talking Moonlight Thelma & Louise The Substance Get Out Never Rarely Sometimes Always Do The Right Thing How to Have Sex Magic Mike XXL
Yes, being empathetic is an essential part of being a good human. There are specific problems men deal with that women don't and vice versa. It's important to point out what men specifically are struggling with and should be working on and how they should view themselves in combination with proper values. This is my goal with this video and the films I recommend. Obviously some of these films (The Godfather, Locke, Whiplash) tell cautionary tales about men doing wrong and damaging themselves and their surroundings. Others show men making the right decisions (A Hidden Life, It's A Wonderful Life). Some of the films you listed tell important stories. Others, I personally wouldn't watch or recommend. I don't think graphic depictions of violence, sex and unmoral behavior that goes unpunished help any man out there become a better member of society, husband and father - that's what my videos are all about!
@@lazarovalex Respectfully, violence, sex and unmoral behavior are part of life and extremely common aspects of reality - especially today. If film is made to represent and question the world we live in, these thins will appear - as they should. Limiting the movies you watch to avoid them is an exercise of ignorance.
That's right, these things are a part of real life. Films aren't real life though. They are artificial realities and within that they tell stories about the human experience. Evil is real a part of that, but it works differently. Experiencing violence, sex and unmoral behavior in real life vs. watching it on a screen are fundamentally different things. And I think that just because you can show anything with a films, doesn't mean that doing so can't damage you. We can agree on the statement, that films can change your thoughts, feelings and even your life? If they can cause positive change, they can also cause negative too. Why and how watching certain things in films can damage you, is what I already made a video about: th-cam.com/video/k_yw-YAw36g/w-d-xo.html
The Man Who Would Be King - Probably the best movie about being a man I've ever seen. I HIGHLY recommend it.
I would add shawshank to this as well, a movie about how hope is important, especially when you're in the right.
Haven't seen this one in years but I'm sure it still holds up really well. I need to rewatch it soon.
True this film saved me
I think that Blade Runner 2049 is also an honorable mention, it's a really nice movie about struggling with lonlines and lack of life purpose. It also shows a story of an ultimate sacrifice to reach freedom. And it's just beautifull...
Aside that 2049 will never match the original Bladerunner, I very much agree with you….
Most overrated movie ever made, together with the first one.
The movie I'd recommend young men to watch above all others is Good WIll Hunting.
A simple, heartfelt and amazing film that still feels brand new watching it
@@lazarovalex I've watched it many times,yet, I still don't understand that film! Maybe I'll watch it again!
I like 12 Angry Men (1957). Seeing each juror as different parts of myself. Great inner reflection's.
Yes, what a great film!
It really points out how we're supposed to be our own person and not follow the crowd, just because it's the popular opinion. Good stuff.
Lee J. Cobb is the closer of all time. What a great performance. The whole movie is for naught without his last couple minutes and he brings it home.
Moneyball is so good. I think it provides the harsh truth that just because you love something doesn't mean you should do it (Billy Bean playing professional baseball). But it ALSO shows that many entrenched systems, that we think have been carefully thought through, are ripe for disruption. And lastly it is nice to see a guy give up a lot for his kid
Exactly, I think your description is on point.
Very nice list. Let me had Seven Ponds. i think few movies show what determination and resilience are. And about Whiplash, we both have completely different views of the same movie. For me it's not about ego. it's about dedicating your life to an art, and embracing your purpose with all the challenges that come with it.
Honorable Mention... Fences
Quite gripping too
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) effected me deeply. It takes the traditional Hollywood idea of vengeance and shows how empty that is.
I love the book but haven't scene a movie adaption! I Think the 2002 version you're talking about is the best, right?
@@lazarovalex New one just released (most expensive French movie ever made) But didn't see it yet.
@@anthony.L I think it's also rated higher on Letterboxd than the old one. Couldn't make it through the 2002 version back when I was fresh off the book, hoping the French one is better!
It's a fun 'un. And if Caviezel is in the cast, I'm probably watching it regardless.
Here's some good movies to teach you some things about life: Nightcrawler (2014) teaches you how to start a successful media business, Buffalo '66 (1998) teaches you a 100% effective method of getting a girlfriend, I Saw the Devil (2010) shows you how to get back at someone who wronged you, and Trainspotting (1996) teaches you about the importance of good friends :)
You forgot to mention Batman Begins - how to be Batman.
"Watch trainspotting and learn how to become a crack head" lol life is more than just movies and "learning" from them
@@jakel5240 actually they're Heroin addicts
@@jakel5240it was smack, ya damn fool
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - directed by Michel Gondry. Heartbreak happens at any age and with it comes pain. But if we had the ability to erase the memories associated with the heartache, the pain goes away and life will be much better; right? Not necessarily.
Good list btw.
Sound of Metal is another great one
thank you for making this video, most of them I already saw but this is what the young men need to know to see right now.
Thank you! I appreciate you being here
Great list and love the comments as well. Look forward to more videos from you!
6:26 One of the most underrated films of all time, and one of my absolute favorites. Great pick!
Yeah, it's crazy how overlooked this great film is, even though it has an A-list cast.
Fantastic film 🎉🤝
i watched "manchester by the sea" as the first movie on a 12 hr flight.
i had no idea what i was getting myself into, i literally just picked it because of the lead actor.
It's tough watch, but so rewarding, right? What did you decide to watch afterwards on your flight? haha
@lazarovalex probably the back of his eyelids lol
@@DomoDolo😂
I think your analysis of Bicycle Thieves may be a little surface-level. "When somebody does you wrong you should never use this to do even more wrong" really oversimplifies the situation and blames the victim. Bicycle Thieves is about how Capitalism coerces people into labor through the threat of violence. It's about the power that an employer has over the worker, and how living at the poverty line will complel conformity at all cost. It's about how crime is a result of that poverty and desperation, and how punitive measures against individual acts of desperation only exacerbate their crisis. I agree that this should be seen by most young men, because it really does teach empathy.
If you saw this whole movie and then concluded that the protagonist was wrong in the end and that he should've chosen not to "do even more wrong," the point flew right over your head.
You're right, I tried to distill the message into a few key sentences but the real substance is much more layered. The ending especially, as you're saying, is tragic in way that's more about a system than it is about psychology.
Still, I think that the protagonist's inner fight, that of not trying to give in to the pressure that comes with his desperate situation, is an important part of the movie.
Every Michael Mann movie ever should be on here. He shows true masculinity in his films
I still have to catch up/rewatch most of his films but Collateral is amazing!
Great List Alex. 100% Agreed
Thank you man!
Honorable mentions…
- good will hunting
- about time
- interstellar
- pride and prejudice
- the secret life of Walter Mitty
- LOTR
- Shawshank redemption
- Belfast
- marriage story
- a beautiful day in the neighborhood
- only the brave
- dead poets society
- the iron claw
- remember the titans
- beautiful boy
- silence
- the notebook
- honey boy
- second hand lions
- atonement
- the sunset limited
Just to name a few…
My Letterboxd is Wojo
great list. 👏
I‘ll add:
12 angry men
Deliverance
Sunrise - a tale of two lovers
Tokio Story
Tucker & Dale meet Evil
Honorable Mention ... Mo Better Blues (1990) ... a Spike Lee Joint. It's about relationships, when to hold on and when to let go.
Seen 6 of this. Moving the others up my watchlist!
Great, I think you'll get a lot out of the other ones.
This deserves way more coverage
I agree, my goal was to make the video short & clearly focused on a variety of films, but the topic deserves a more in depth discussion.
What do you wish I should've gotten more into?
Great video my man! I’ll try to watch them all!
Enjoy! I hope these will bring some new insights and value into your life.
@@lazarovalex I’m definitely not a movie buff but Locke was on my list probably for years, only problem was I didn’t know what it was called, I only knew the scenes! 😂 Thanks to you, I crossed it off the list! 👌🏻
The Place Beyond The Pines de longe é o MELHOR que eu já vi em anos
Thank you for this list!
I think Dazed and Confused should be on there but I can't even begin to explain why other than that it is a film Ive seen over and over again. Even read a book about it. One of my favs.
Are you talking about "Alright, Alright, AlrighT" by Melissa Maerz? I actually own that book but haven't read it yet.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 1&2 are integral
Shawshank and The curious case of benjamin button should be there
These are really good films as well. I have to admit, I haven't seen these in ages. Will have to rewatch.
great video. La Haine is one of my favourite movies
Thank you! Yeah, I can see it again & again and it's always like seeing it for the first time. There are 2 other great films that are like spiritual sequels to La Haine I would really recommend to you: Les Miserables & Athena.
I thought La Haine is a movie that only I know. Nice.
I would add "Secondhand Lions" too
Thank you for your video and presentation. Ill try to watch the movies haven't seen from your video. All the best.
I'm happy you were able to discover some new films!
Excellent recommendations. Thank you!
Thank you Rob!
buried. bro you will never forget that movie.
I like your list very much and plan to watch the few movies on it that I haven't seen yet. I have two remarks I would like to leave. First, 'The Place Beyond the Pines', is in it's core a movie that exams father/son relationships. And secondly, I feel that what little information you give the viewer on Casey Afflecks character in 'Manchester by the Sea' is already to much, since knowing about the source of the characters issues from the get go will alter how the viewer perceives him and his relationships.
Great choices. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mark, I appreciate you!
If you don't mind anime I'd add A Silent Voice. Tough to watch, but shows how the intended target is far from the only person hurt by bullying.
Can't believe I have missed everyone of these. I would recommend, "Cinema Paradiso" and "MindWalk," but I don't believe they cover this topic.
My two favorite movies of all time are Last of the Mohicans and Dances with Wolves. With my martial arts and athletic background, the most true life weapons fight scene I have ever scene in my life in cinema that displays how weapons actually respond in true life, is in Last of the Mohicans scene...Forest fight, Magua turns on the British. Posted in the reply.
Kirk
All is well..
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THE BIG FISH (2003) Highly recommend
Wow. BIcycle thieves. A very early film, but it was so sad I literally wanted to puke. Powerful.
Everything with Tom Hardy in it
I wouldn't agree with including every single one of his films in this kind of list but yes, he has starred in a lot of great films.
u r the best
Keep on man great video ❤️
Thank you man!
Subscribed. Make more reviews and recommendations in all genres.
Thanks a lot! I have more coming up for you
Great work man 👏🏻
Thank you for watching!
I'd recommend young men (in the Western World) watch Once Upon A Time In America - 1984 Sergio Leone - it's about everything they're engaged with in becoming men in a Capitalist country, it's also about a few equally relevant things else. Then there's FRESH - 1994 Boaz Yakin - for the same reasons, both film are brutal, FRESH is about a lad who's actually on-the-cusp-of-young-manhood who's African American; but you never included any of those Characters/Films in films 'every young man should see', but that's how it goes. (Good luck trying to find FRESH outside the USA, though)
Locke was brilliant
Yeah, one of the most underrated films. It's amazing how powerful and entertaining it is with so little.
@@lazarovalex indeed bro. You should also check out a mini series called Criminal UK, if you haven't watched. It's of a similar nature. It makes you appreciate the beauty of screenwriting and cinematography
Thank you! I've never heard of this before. Looks really interesting
@@lazarovalex Sure thing. I'll be waiting for your review on it when you get to watch it lol
Props for not putting on Fight Club.
Love to see that this list contains films that are make us search emotionally into our own souls. And find that makes us wonder philosophically and sociologically.What it means not just to be a man, but to be a human.
And A Hidden Life as you’re second last pick chef‘s kiss.
In preparing for this video I saw some lists with the same topic that had Fight Club on there...a terrible movie to get guidance and advice from! Haha
Thank you for this comment. I'm glad you resonated with my selection.
Nice picks
Thank you, I hope you discovered something new!
Young men should really see some film made by women.
Plz see The Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith and his actual son, really heart touching movie
“Dead Poet’s Society”
Great video what’s the song playing
Damn great video
Thank you, man!
Young man, have a deep look at a woman - watch Full Moon in Paris.
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - pretty much required viewing.
Fantastic film!
good post
Thanks, I appreciate you
None of this available on Netflix India
Spider-Man 2
Not bad picks, but at least one asian title would be nice to add even it means playing safe with a Kurosawa film.
For sure! There are many great asian films also specifically about manhood
Replace the God father with lotr of the rings and you are set
Angry birds the movie
About a Boy
My Algorithm must be broken
Dead poet society>>>>
nice video
Thank you for watching! I appreciate your comment
Who got the list in the comments ? 👀
Check the video description, I have all the films written out for you with timecodes
@ thank you
I think that the title should be changed to "10 Film Everyone Should See." I don't understand how these would just apply to men. I have also been inspired by these films, and I am a woman.
Of course everybody can watch these films! Stories about the human experience are universal. Still, men and women deal with in parts with different kinds of issues. The films in here are focused on male protagonists and deal with topics, issues and struggles that are especially relevant for men, so that's how I selected these films.
@@lazarovalexnormal patriar behaviour
Damn. I’m 34 now. Thumbs down
weak list beyond the pines is great, but many of these are average at best
American Psycho
They're all good movies, but my problem with this "all young men should see this" list is that none of them really encourage a more productive form of masculinity or force young men to empathise with anyone who isn't a young man-precisely what most young men need most.
Movies I would recommend any young man to watch
Poor Things
Women Talking
Moonlight
Thelma & Louise
The Substance
Get Out
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Do The Right Thing
How to Have Sex
Magic Mike XXL
Yes, being empathetic is an essential part of being a good human. There are specific problems men deal with that women don't and vice versa. It's important to point out what men specifically are struggling with and should be working on and how they should view themselves in combination with proper values.
This is my goal with this video and the films I recommend. Obviously some of these films (The Godfather, Locke, Whiplash) tell cautionary tales about men doing wrong and damaging themselves and their surroundings. Others show men making the right decisions (A Hidden Life, It's A Wonderful Life).
Some of the films you listed tell important stories. Others, I personally wouldn't watch or recommend.
I don't think graphic depictions of violence, sex and unmoral behavior that goes unpunished help any man out there become a better member of society, husband and father - that's what my videos are all about!
@@lazarovalex Which ones would you not watch (also wot?) or recommend?
@@lazarovalex Respectfully, violence, sex and unmoral behavior are part of life and extremely common aspects of reality - especially today. If film is made to represent and question the world we live in, these thins will appear - as they should. Limiting the movies you watch to avoid them is an exercise of ignorance.
That's right, these things are a part of real life. Films aren't real life though. They are artificial realities and within that they tell stories about the human experience. Evil is real a part of that, but it works differently.
Experiencing violence, sex and unmoral behavior in real life vs. watching it on a screen are fundamentally different things. And I think that just because you can show anything with a films, doesn't mean that doing so can't damage you.
We can agree on the statement, that films can change your thoughts, feelings and even your life? If they can cause positive change, they can also cause negative too.
Why and how watching certain things in films can damage you, is what I already made a video about: th-cam.com/video/k_yw-YAw36g/w-d-xo.html
@@lazarovalex So... which of the 10 films I listed encourage "unmoral" behaviour?
So... will there be a list of 10 Films Every Young Woman should see? Just curious.
lol
SOO CRINGE, these are such trash choices.
I would always recommend Fight Club for young people, to remind them to reject capitalism and to find real purpose
Making mucho money is a real purpose.
Some of these are overrated and boring af
Nazis bro… again? How long am I going to have to feel sorry for these rich Jews?