说到催泪影片，大部分人的印象就是，影片结束以后，一群女观众红着眼睛走出影院的场景。其实，男性观众在看到触动他们的影片时也会掉眼泪的，而有些电影设定的主题就是为了感动男观众。
A guy-cry film is a film that generally addresses a male audience, but hasstrong emotional material. Sports films are important to the guy-cry genre, butsports action is not necessarily essential to qualify a film as a genuineguy-cry. War movies and biographical films of a male character tend to also beguy-cry films.
Guy-cryfilm(男性催泪影片)指主要面向男性观众，但表达情感强烈的影片。体育类影片是男性催泪影片的一个重要类别，但体育运动并不是构成一部男性催泪影片的必要因素。以男性为主角的战争片和传记片也属于男性催泪影片。
Important themes to the guy-cry genre are concepts of brotherhood,sacrifice, loyalty, and family.
男性催泪影片中突出的主题包括，兄弟情，牺牲奉献，忠诚，以及家庭。
Some notable films that could be defined as guy-cry would be Field ofDreams, Rudy, Brian's Song, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Wrestler, TheShawshank Redemption and Up.
历史上可以被归入男性催泪影片的著名电影有：《梦幻成真》(Field of Dreams)、《追梦赤子心》(Rudy)、《布莱恩之歌》(Brian'sSong)、《黄金时代》(The Best Years of Our Lives)以、《摔跤王》(The Wrestler)、《肖申克的救赎》(TheShawshank Redemption)以及《飞屋环游记》(Up)。