Movies4Men

Not to be confused withMen&Movies.

Movies4Men

Country	United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)	English
Timeshiftservice	Movies4Men +1
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Television
History
Launched	1 February 2006(2006-02-01)
Replaced	Matinee Movies
Closed	10 September 2019(2019-09-10)
Replaced by	Sony Movies Action

Movies4Men(stylized asmovies4men) was afree-to-airfilmchannelin theUnited KingdomandIreland.It was available onFreeview,FreesatandSky.The channel was aimed at themiddletoold agedmale viewer, with a look at the classics in cinema history, focusing mainly onwesternandwarfilm genres.The channel closed on 10 September 2019 and was replaced withSony Movies Action.

Availability and transmission history

Between May 2011 and January 2012, Movies4Men was also available onFreeviewinGreater Manchester,Movies4Men +1 had also been made available from November 2011 but closed at the same time. On 19 September 2012, both channels returned to Freeview in the area, and launched nationwide on Freeview on 1 April 2014.

Dolphin Broadcast Services Ltd acquired the daytimematinee moviesservice fromsit-up Ltd,which was re-branded as the 24-hour Movies4Men on 1 February 2006. On 19 January 2012 Dolphin Broadcast Services Ltd was itself purchased bySony Pictures Televisionand merged into Sony Pictures Television’s existing UK networks business.Sony Pictures Television also took a majority stake in Dolphin’s advertising sales business.

Movies4Men was joined by its sister channelMovies4Men 2on 9 October 2006, which transmitted other types of cinematic genres until it closed on 2 May 2012. As of September 2008, the channels transmit films in16:9 widescreenwhere available.

On 25 February 2008,Movies4Men +1launched on Sky 326 as atimeshift channel,showing all Movies4Men films one hour later.

On 24 July 2019, it was announced that the channel would be closed and will be replaced bySony Movies Actionfrom 10 September 2019.

Film screenings

The channel screened mainly western, war and action films, but also film noir. Most of the films were from theGolden HollywoodandNew Hollywoodera. It often screened films together during one day, morning or evening as part of a theme, of which included the theme and the "4Men" in the title, such as "Westerns4Men" or "War4Men", mostly commonly.The channel also occasionally screened successive films from a typically masculine actor, such asDolph LundgrenorRobert Mitchum.On 27 February 2017 the channel featured a "Mitchum on Monday" theme, screening film noir films of his such asBuild My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (1947),The Racket(1951),The Locket(1946) andSecond Chance(1953) in the morning.Other examples of films shown on the channel includeA.W.O.L.,A Bullet for the General,Django,Gregory's Girl,Saints and Soldiers,She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,Shout at the Devil,The BunkerandTunes of Glory.