Hail the Conquering Hero (1944), The Truman Show (1998), The Terminator (1984), American Graffiti (1973), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Brigadoon (1954), The Good Guy (2009), Sand (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Good Guy movies.
Storyline: Preston Sturges' satire about a sickly soldier discharged from duty and mistaken for a war hero when he returns home.
Plot Keywords: good guy, soldier, mother, girlfriend, mayor, playful, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Since birth, a big fat lie defines the well-organised but humdrum life of the kind-hearted insurance salesman and ambitious explorer, Truman Burbank. Utterly unaware of the thousands of cleverly hidden cameras watching his every move, for nearly three decades, Truman's entire existence pivots around the will and the wild imagination of the ruthlessly manipulative television producer, Christof--the all-powerful TV-God of an extreme 24/7 reality show: The Truman Show. As a result, Truman's picturesque neighbourhood with the manicured lawns and the uncannily perfect residents is nothing but an elaborate state-of-the-art set, and the only truth he knows is what the worldwide television network and its deep financial interests dictate. Do lab rats know they are forever imprisoned?
Plot Keywords: good guy, producer, actress, ex-girlfriend, uplifting, endearing, quirky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ?
Plot Keywords: good guy, woman, android, murder victim, roommate, cyborg, gory ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's the proverbial end of the summer 1962 in a small southern California town. It's the evening before best friends and recent high school graduates, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, are scheduled to leave town to head to college back east. Curt, who received a lucrative local scholarship, is seen as the promise that their class holds. But Curt is having second thoughts about leaving what Steve basically sees as their dead end town. Curt's beliefs are strengthened when he spots an unknown beautiful blonde in a T-bird who mouths the words "I love you" to him. As Curt tries to find that blonde while trying to get away from a local gang who have him somewhat hostage, Curt may come to a decision about his immediate future. Outgoing class president Steve, on the other hand, wants to leave, despite meaning that he will leave girlfriend, head cheerleader and Curt's sister, Laurie Henderson, behind. Steve and Laurie spend the evening "negotiating" the state of their relationship. Meanwhile...
Plot Keywords: good guy, loser, dreamer, girlfriend, dj, amusing, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, lives that are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperaments, especially in relation to the women in their lives. Their story begins in the late 1940s when they are roommates attending Amherst College together. Both virgins, they discuss the type of woman they would each like to end up with. The more-sensitive Sandy meets Susan at a mixer and believes he'll lose his virginity to her. He goes through the process methodically, considering what she wants, but there's little true passion or romance. The more sexually-aggressive Jonathan, loses his own virginity to "Myrtle," a steady but hidden girlfriend. Based on what each knows of the other's relationship, both men strive for a little more of what the other has. These relationships also set the tone for all the relationships they will have in the future. Through their lives, they always seem not totally satisfied with each relationship, still pining for what the other has. This view might change as they and their friendship hits middle age, when Sandy is with a domineering woman named Cindy, while Jonathan is with model/actress Bobbie, whose life goes spiraling downward because of her relationship to Jonathan and despite her beauty which on the surface offered so much opportunity for her. Jonathan's sexual trajectory, directed through these experiences, ends up in a manner he probably did not foresee.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: good guy, ladies' man, girlfriend, wife, cool, witty, offbeat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland, discover a quaint and beautiful village, Brigadoon. Strangely, the village is not on any map, and soon Tommy and Jeff find out why: Brigadoon is an enchanted place. It appears once every hundred years for one day, then disappears back into the mists of time, to wake up to its next day a century hence. When Tommy falls in love with Fiona, a girl of the village, he realizes that she can never be part of his life back in America. Can he be part of hers in Brigadoon?—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: good guy, love interest, friend, villager, heartwarming, mushy, scotland ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy's sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street -- high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.—Roadside Attractions
Plot Keywords: good guy, colleague, girlfriend, amusing, wall street, women, job ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Following the death of his mother, Tyler (Michael Vartan) wants nothing more than to start over, away from his violent father (Marshall Bell), snarling uncle (Denis Leary) and violent stepbrothers (John Hawkes, Rodney Eastman). Moving to an idyllic beach house, he befriends the charming Jack (Norman Reedus) and strikes up a relationship with Jack's sister, Sandy (Kari Wuhrer). But soon his family is back in Tyler's life, and a showdown between his past and present looms.
Plot Keywords: good guy, love interest, friend, father, stepbrother, thug, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This adventure-filled drama finds Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) on vacation in a small European country, where he discovers his resemblance to the nation's royal heir-apparent, Rudolf V. When the king-to-be is drugged and incapacitated, Rassendyll must impersonate him, so that the scheming Duke Michael (Raymond Massey) can't assume the throne. To further complicate matters, Rassendyll starts to fall for Rudolf V's intended bride, Flavia (Madeleine Carroll).
Plot Keywords: good guy, princess, king, villain, engaging, spirited, europe ...
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