Matthew McConaughey and Snoop Dogg in The Beach Bum, 2019. So grab a cold one and link up with your favorite bros to watch these movies. There’s also overlap among the actors who appear in these movies-certain stars naturally lend themselves to being a good hang, no matter the premise.

These movies involve rad bromances, a brotherly love affair between characters, or they’re they’re “hangout movies” that lean heavily on chemistry between the characters over complicated plots-think films from the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, and Richard Linklater, to name a few. But let’s look deeper, with a canon of ten “dudes rock” films that detail wholesome camaraderie between male protagonists. Of course, “dudes rock” can be easily applied to pop culture and, specifically, movies-bro-beloved films like Heat or Goodfellas are obvious choices. With that came inevitable, often more satirical, variations, but at its core, the expression remains an indicator of harmless male activity. The phrase originated in 2018 as a semi-ironic, self-aware way of embracing the boys-will-be-boys-mentality by celebrating stereotypically masculine behaviors like drinking a beer (or five) and gaming for hours at a time. Like any good internet meme, the history and usage of “dudes rock” already has a life of its own.

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