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Matt Keith says:

“Independence Day” is one I like to watch every year.

Gary says:

I love Iindependence Day but every time Bill Pullman gives that speech,
I hate it when He says the 4th of july will no longer be an american holiday.
This day is for US.
Happy 4TH of July everyone.

greenknight333 says:

Because Pulman says it’s for everyone doesn’t make it so..It’s yours, no one is going to take it or share it with the world…Geez relax..I always found that to be one of the worst lines in the film anyway.

greenknight333 says:

Happy July 4th America!!Hope everyone has a great day!!

Gary says:

I think the original Star Wars movie exemplifies The American Spirit .
It was a tale of Revolution,
Of Freedom against Tyranny .

Gary says:

a few more from me .
The National Treasure films always inspire me to look further into our nations past.
Apollo 13 celebrates American Ingeneuity.
Michael Manns The Last Of The Mohicans Takes a look at The French and Indian War .
a period of our history rarely examined by Hollywood.
Dave tells us what would happen if a regular guy outside the political system occupied The White House .
Anybody else have any favorites ?

Nicole says:

When Bill Pullman gives his speech in Independence Day, I always get goosebumps. It’s awesome. It makes me want to kick alien butt, and I’m not even there! Also, it’s a little surprising that no one mentioned Ghostbusters II. Hello? The scene where the Statue of Liberty walks around New York? It doesn’t get anymore American than that. And, I’m sorry, but all the Die Hard movies make me proud to be American.

Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar says:

Patton

Rocky

Godfather

shelly says:

I love the ones you pick because it is not so much in your face american kick ass-ness it is more about the deep never giving up aspect that represents how I feel about our awesome country! I have pride that makes me well up when I hear the national anthem or when I watch the U.S. in the Olympics! Hot Damn Happy 4th!

JalexM says:

Three films I would like to add:

-The Pursuit of Happiness: This is one of the few awsome tearjerkers ever and a true story of how with focus, courage and sacrifice we all can achieve the American Dream, even under very dire circumstances. Great film to watch at this very point in time.

-We Were Soldiers: Also based on a true story, reflects a soldier’s love for America, and his willingness to fight for American ideals during the Vietnam War. This film also shows another angle to the Vietnam War most films do not show, demonstrating same sacrifices that US soldiers endured while not really knowing who they were fight and why. Spoiler: The ending when our protagonist writes a letter to the wife of a vietcong soldier he killed in battle, made me feel proud to be an American.

-Farenheit 911: Hate or love Michael Moore, this film is a testament of the freedom of speech we enjoy in America. I don’t think a documentary where its director accuses his President of indirectly being an accomplice to a terrorist attack on its own country, would ever see the light of day anywhere else in the world.

rich says:

Team America??? anybody
go america $$$$ ya!

armageddon is a pretty patriotic movie, or the patriot for that matter

Tim "Cloverfield" says:

Jaelex choices and Rich with The Patriot starring Uncle Mel and Heath Ledger are great 4th film fare. May I offer “Yankee Doodle Dandy” starring the great Jimmy Cagney ?

Rhaemye says:

Thank God Michael Bay isn´t on anyone´s list… O, wait, Armageddon´s mentioned…
Independence Day indeed remains great fun, a true American movie, directed by a German.

jago says:

The Sandlot…

Ken J says:

Happy Independence Day!!

@ JalexM

As much as I think Michael Moore either an idiot that’s biting the hand that feeds him (and he eats A LOT apparently…) or he’s a genius mocking fans of his films because he knows that they are full of blatant in-your-face lies, I have to agree with you on your choice on F911, or ANY of his movies really. It does say a lot about the freedom that we have, the freedom that our troops fought and died for, the same troops he insults, but it’s ok, the freedom is for everyone, not just for a few.

But while I choose not to take advantage of that freedom by protesting against it, it’s everyone’s individual choice if they want to ignore the obvious fact that they wouldn’t be able to protest if they had their way, lol.

Anyway, about patriotic movies.

I thought The Dark Knight had a patriotic feel to it, the whole never let terrorists dictate our policy, don’t back down from fear or whatever.

What about Air Force One? I liked Ford’s speech in the beginning, lol. “It’s your turn to be afraid” Hell yah!

I know there must be a patriotic Clint Eastwood, I guess might as well point out my most recent Clint Eastwood memory, Gran Torino.

Then I guess there’s The Patriot.

I know there have been movies that I thought were patriotic, but can’t really think of them all right now…

Oscar! says:

Pokemon the First Movie

kelly says:

i have nothing against pokamon (the older one any ways) but were the hell did you get that idea from?

-independence day
-Armageddon
-national treasure

790 says:

Me and a buddy in high school went to see “Red Dawn”, when the movie ended my friend turned to me and said he was going to join the Air Force.
I saw him one last time right before he shiped off to ROTC bootcamp… Russ was his name.

Ken J says:

AMC’s playing True Lies, what about that one?

Ken J says:

RED DAWN!!!!!!

790 = genius

Happy 4th of July to all the yanks out there!

PS

Braveheart is grossly over rated.

790 says:

“Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers” were also very patriotic American films.

790 says:

True Michael Claymore, but “Braveheart” did give Conan O’Brian some great material to goof on. 8-O

Cheers !!!!

Quinn says:

Glory gives me a similar feeling Independence day does. aside from the honor-y patriotism kind, there is the ones that are simply “America Kicks @$$.” Transformers and independence Day most specifically fit that category. Lest not i forget the ultimate in the best-satire-becomes-the-quintessentials of this America-Kicks-@$$ subcategory, Mars Attacks and Team America.

Also i mention Lawrence of Arabia. forget the Character-study side of things for now, focus on the rebellious Arabs. makes me feel very american as a story, despite viscerally it does not.

Daniel F says:

I loved both Brave heart and Independence Day. I don’t think that Brave heart is at all over rated. I’m not a big fan of Rocky though so I would remove it and either add The Patriot or Die Hard one. Die Hard isn’t directly preachy about America, but for some reason that movie always makes me proud of my country lol can’t say why. I think it’s just Bruce Willis in general.

caroluz says:

happy Independence Day, America..

mine is august 17th :)

Paul Young says:

I think of movies that actually portray the reason for us to celebrate July 4th.

The Patriot – great movie but odd how the lead characters are played by two Aussies

Johnny Tremain – Here’s a great Disney family movie that is sorely overlooked every year. The story is great and the acting up to par with the times.

John Adams – It’s not a movie but a fantastic mini-series and may be the best telling of early American history

Ben and Me – Again Disney shines with one of it’s classic animated tales about a mouse that is the inspiration behind Benjamin Franklins inventions and ideas, including the Declaration of Indendence

Sort of sad actually, I did a quick IMDB search regarding American Revolution movies and there hasn’t been anything of significance done on the subject sine The Patriot in 2000.

I know people are arguing about other war films but I think those fall more into the Memorial Day theme.

Ken J says:

@Paul

It is about time someone does a good film about the American Revolution, maybe remind people what this country stands for and why we are different than our European counterparts.

gottarhyme says:

Hope you all had a Great July 4th weekend!

*ahem*

Not that we REALLY want to claim Mel Gibson anymore, but BRAVEHEART was an Australian film, which used an Aussie and British cast, Director and cinematographer. :)

The humour was distinctly Australian as well. ‘Taking the Micky out of the Poms’ is peppered throughout BRAVEHEART. The battle scenes were like a big rugby scrum between The Aussies (we are mostly of Irish/Scots stock) and the Brits. It was great!

DANCES WITH WOLVES is more an American patriotic film, I feel.

Oh, you can have Mel, if you like. We don’t want him anymore. He’s a nutcase. I went to school with one of his sisters, Anne, and she is much nicer. :)

Ken J says:

gottarhyme wrote:
“Oh, you can have Mel, if you like. We don’t want him anymore. He’s a nutcase.”

Only if you take Tom Cruise, lol.

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