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Thirteen Movies To Celebrate on the Fourth
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The Bad News Bears (1976)
Baseball and underdogs are two things that are enjoyed by every American. When they’re combined together, like in the original 1976 version of The Bad News Bears, the result is a fun and heartwarming flick of little league misfits proving how a little hard work can go a long way.
Born on the 4th of July (1989)
The ever-controversial Oliver Stone stirred things up once again with his 1989 Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Cruise as a paralyzed Vietnam veteran-turned-human rights activist. Yet with all its critical acclaim, this member of Stone’s “Nam Trilogy” may leave you more anti-America than patriotic.
As Americans always seemed to have a thing for space, this compelling film about the true rescue of the failed moon-bound mission will no doubt make you feel proud to be an American. If not, the mesmerizing images of the American flag waving on the moon’s surface are sure to take your breath away.
Independence Day (1996)
Nothing gets more American than Will Smith saving the fate of mankind from a clan of tentacle-laden aliens. With help from Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Randy Quaid, this 1996 box office hit raked in more than $300 million at the U.S. box office. The fact that the fireworks watched by the survivors on 4th of July are actually the alien’s destroyed space ships falling to Earth makes it that much better.
Dick (1999)
Who says you have to be a war hero to be a patriot? Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams team up in their best red, white and blue gear after a chance meeting with Richard Nixon leads them to a gig as the president’s dog walkers. Yet when they find themselves in the midst of the Watergate scandal, the patchwork, peace-loving duo proves to be trickier than Nixon in this 1999 screwball comedy that also stars a young(er) Will Ferrell as Bob Woodward.
The Patriot (2000)
Part historical drama, part action flick and a story that’s 100 percent American, this film stars Mel Gibson as a respected war hero reluctant to fight in the American Revolution. He enlists only once it claims the lives of his two eldest sons, played by Gregory Smith and the late Heath Ledger. Before we know it Gibson is on the frontline leading the rag-tag Colonial Militia to independence and providing Americans with further satisfaction in knowing that we beat those snooty red coats.
Nicolas Cage is able to hold our attention longer than most history professors in this enjoyably hokey film from 2004, about a group of treasure hunters searching for a secret treasure hidden by our Founding Fathers. As Cage leads audiences on an atypical tour through Washington, D.C. and historic Philadelphia (complete with presidential jokes galore) National Treasure can almost double as a college-level United States history class, if only there were such a thing as a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
Team America: World Police (2004)
In their highly vulgar yet critically acclaimed puppet satire, “South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone not-so-secretly speak for every American when their puppets sing, “America, fuck yeah!”
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