Ode to the Beautiful Man

By: Cat

This is truly indulgent, I had to do it. Note: The films (and the gorgeous males) on this list are in no specific order.

This list has been put together with suggestions from myself and those of the other wonderful admirers of the male form on The Auteurs.

bring on the testosterone!

Marlon Brando

Paul Newman

Gene Kelly

Clint Eastwood

Mickey Rourke

Alan Rickman

Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Christian Bale

Javier Bardem

Tom Hardy

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Louis Garrel

River Phoenix

Alain Delon

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Gael Garcia Bernal

Chow Yun Fat

Johnny Depp

Wang Leehom

Daniel Day-Lewis

Viggo Mortensen

Heath Ledger

Terrence Howard.

Robert Downey Jr

Jason Isaacs

Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Henney

Soumitra Chatterjee

Romain Duris

Serge Gainsbourg

James Franco

Gregori Derangere

Mads Mikkelsen

Jake Gyllenhaal

Sam Worthington

Michael Fassbender

Sean Bean

Vincent Gallo

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Tatsuya Nakadai

Suggestions VERY WELCOME!

• 01
  A Streetcar Named Desire
  Elia Kazan
• 02
  House of Flying Daggers
  Zhang Yimou
• 03
  Bronson
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 04
  Sense and Sensibility
  Ang Lee
• 05
  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  Richard Brooks
• 06
  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  Sergio Leone
• 07
  Rumble Fish
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 08
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 09
  American Psycho
  Mary Harron
• 10
  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  Woody Allen
• 11
  Regular Lovers
  Philippe Garrel
• 12
  My Own Private Idaho
  Gus Van Sant
• 13
  Walk the Line
  James Mangold
• 14
  Rocco and His Brothers
  Luchino Visconti
• 15
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  Philip Kaufman
• 16
  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  Peter Jackson
• 17
  Brokeback Mountain
  Ang Lee
• 18
  Star Trek
  J.J. Abrams
• 19
  The World of Apu
  Satyajit Ray
• 20
  Breathless
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 21
  Singin' in the Rain
  Stanley Donen
• 22
  Iron Man
  Jon Favreau
• 23
  X-Men
  Bryan Singer
• 24
  Valhalla Rising
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 25
  Somersault
  Cate Shortland
• 26
  Lust, Caution
  Ang Lee