Guys aren't supposed to like romantic movies, with their fantasy scenarios, Prince Charming heros and sentimentally cathartic endings. But truth is, guys do enjoy them, so long as they include down-to-earth characters, bittersweet self-sacrifice (the kind that often precludes happy endings) and the occasional gross-out joke. Here are 15 such films, ones that men can watch without wincing – even as their wives and girlfriends are reaching for the Kleenex box.

By Gary Susman