Top Ten Movies That Make Us Feel Like Men. And Women. At the Exact Same Time.

Top Ten Movies That Make Us Feel Like Men. And Women. At the Exact Same Time.

10- ZOOLANDER; Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson duke it out as two rival, male fashionistas hell-bent on cat-walk supremacy. I seriously considered having more tights in my wardrobe, and pursed my lips to intimidate enemies.

9- KILL-BILL vol.1; Director Quentin Tarantino once said his ideal cinema-audience would be two rival groups of gangsters, so he could make a movie experience out of a movie experience. At times idiotically gory, Kill Bill took us where no kung-fu flick or action-comedy ever will; Uma Thurman in Bruce Lee’s Big Boss outfit is Girl Power embodied.

8- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN; We know exactly what you’re thinking, and shame on you. Learn some tolerance, take a deep breath and wonder they way we did whether those two cowboys were making love or fist-fighting. Strange, poetic, necessary.

7- VENUS; The legendary Peter O’ Toole dazzles as an old man who’s dead smitten for a friend’s granddaughter. He’s pitiful, vulnerable, and he likes to try on scarves in front of his mirror – but he’s still the perfect definition of a gentleman.

6- MEAN GIRLS; I’m ogling happy-go-lucky Lindsey Lohan! – I’m ogling sexy-librarian-archetype Tina Fey! – I’m ogling a blonde Rachel McAdams! – this is as effeminate as a chick-flick gets, but I FEEL LIKE A MAN!

5- TRANSAMERICA; Felicity Huffman of Desperate Housewives fame plays a transsexual set to undergo an emotionally complex change of genders… Geddit?

4- MAMMA MIA! It’s a musical loosely connected to Swedish band ABBA, but it’s got Colin Firth in it and it’s okay to shake your booty. Like Hilary in the elections, Meryl Streep goes toe-to-toe with a bunch of men and shines!

3- GREASE; The sing-along monster that spawned High School Musical, Hairspray and number 4. This is the movie that disproved the existence of cooties and gave birth to leather, with enough punch and zest to fly a hot-air balloon. PURCHASE SPECIAL EDITION DVD NOW!

2- FOREST GUMP; Tom Hanks was loveable in Toy Story, The Terminal, Charlie Wilson’s War, and even in those Dan Brown things it was hard to hate the guy; but this turn as a sweet, Southern American with a bum leg who eventually runs for President will define him when he sits among the stars someday, because it taught men how to feel, to cry.

1- ED WOOD; Johnny Depp triumphs in women’s underwear and the director’s chair of failed film auteur Ed Wood, who took reels of horror-film all over Hollywood with the stubborn declaration, “I was meant to make pictures, toots.” Heart-wrenchingly fruity, but that just makes it more amazing.