Top Ten Movies for Bachelors

I was having a discussion about movies the other night, and we started getting into the differences between chick flicks and guy flicks.  As we were talking, I started wondering about if there is a difference between guy flicks and bachelor flicks.  Obviously, there is some overlap, but I really do believe there is a difference.

So, with that in mind, I set about finding the best movies for bachelors.  I compiled quite a list.  Some are clearly guy flicks, but I think the list is a good place to start for bachelors and, more importantly, for women who want to understand the bachelor psyche.

Here they are, enjoy!

1.  High Fidelity -  This is a must see for all bachelors.  Hell, it's about BEING a bachelor.  It's particularly engaging for aging bachelors facing a mid-life crisis.  It's also a great movie for women trying to understand how a bachelor operates or thinks.  If you haven't seen it, get it...now.

2.  When Harry Met Sally - I know, I know, you're sitting there thinking, "How can you put a chick flick in a bachelor's movie list?"  Well, I did.  Because it's about all the crap that we bachelors deal with.  Handling couples, being in a relationship at one time, moving on, growing up and finding someone worth spending time with.  Besides, Meg Ryan was particularly hot in this movie.

3.  Where the Buffalo Roam - the Bill Murray version, although the remake wasn't half bad.  This is about Hunter S. Thompson, a man's man and the ultimate bachelor.  It's the kind of life many bachelors wish to emulate, the drinking, the drugs, the illicit sex, the destruction of body, mind and hotel rooms.  What more could a person ask for?

4.  The Hangover -  It's a recent addition to the pantheon of great movies, but it's about the mother of all bachelor parties, which is part of being a bachelor. 

5.  Bachelor Party -  First, it has the word bachelor right in the title.  That alone makes it worthy, but it also features the kind of party every bachelor dreams about.  It's wild, it's crazy, it's an adventure.  There are hookers and a mule, and friends who probably belong in an insane asylum trying to show their best friend one last good time before entering the shackles of matrimony.  Added bonus, Tom Hanks at his comedic height.

6.  The Jerk - Okay, I have to admit that I put this one in because it's one of my favorite movies of all time.  But it is also the story of a man, a bachelor, just trying to get along in this world.  Through it all he run across a man who hates oil cans, a dominant biker chick, a woman who plays trumpet on the beach and goes from rags to riches to rags again.  It's a funny adventure movie, with the emphasis on funny.

7.  After Hours - For a movie directed by Scorsese, this movie gets very little attention.  However, in the spirit of all bachelor movies, this one features an adventure of a lifetime that takes place in one night in the life of an obsessed bachelor.  The poor guy is focused on a mysterious woman who he thinks is in trouble and he goes about trying to find out more about her and help her in any way he can.  Along the way he loses his money, gets his ass kicked, nearly killed, meets some very strange people, including a still-hot Terri Garr, and ends up disillusioned and disappointed in the end.  It's the perfect bachelor movie.

8.  Die Hard -  It's a man who is recently separated from his wife, has a daughter, is nearing middle age and is living the life of a depressed bachelor.  Said man goes on a life-threatening adventure.  It has all the elements, and it falls directly into the realm of kick ass guy flick.

9.  Lethal Weapon -  Mel Gibson makes this one a bachelor movie.  A man who is in the throes of some kind of maniacal breakdown, but he gets to wield a giant gun and have sex with models as a way of working through his pain.  Plus he has a dog, lives in a camper on a beach and sports a sweet mullet.  Again, another guy flick entry.

10.  Bedazzled -  Come on, right?  Elizabeth Hurley?  Smoking HOT!  Brendan Frasier?  Funny guy.  A bachelor gets to live out the fantasies of bachelors everywhere, courtesy of the sexiest demon you'll ever see.  What's not to love?

Honorable mention:  Love, Actually, Mad Max (just a cool guy flick), Very Bad Things.

Think I missed something?  Have issue with some of my picks, or do you have others to add to the list?  Please share.  As always, I look forward to your feedback.