America’s 250th birthday is the perfect excuse to grab some popcorn and revisit the stories that capture what this country is all about. From unforgettable historical dramas like THE PATRIOT to inspiring crowd-pleasers like TOP GUN: MAVERICK, these 10 movies celebrate the people, moments, and ideals that have helped shape America’s past, present, and future.
Top 10 July 4th Movies for America’s 250th Anniversary
SERGEANT YORK
SERGEANT YORK stars Gary Cooper as Alvin York, a good-hearted, but hard drinking farmer in the Tennessee hills. His claim to fame is his astounding marksmanship. On his way to kill someone who cheated him, lightning knocks him off his horse and…
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DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK is a tremendous movie about the American Revolution as experienced on the frontier. Henry Fonda stars as Gilbert Martin and Claudette Colbert stars as his wife Lana. They are peacefully establishing their farm on the American frontier when…
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YOUNG WASHINGTON
YOUNG WASHINGTON is a superb movie about the early life and career of future American President, George Washington. The movie takes George from the death of his father at 11, to a famous battle 12 years later in 1755 during the French…
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YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY stars James Cagney in one of his signature roles as George M. Cohan, the patriotic musical playwright of the first half of the 20th Century. George loved America and his family, a beloved group of performers known as the…
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GETTYSBURG
Ron Maxwell's epic film GETTYSBURG, based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE KILLER ANGELS, dramatically depicts the three most courageous days in American history when North and South were arrayed against each other in the decisive battle fought on the Gettysburg,…
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JOHNNY TREMAIN
JOHNNY TREMAIN is a classic Walt Disney historical drama. It’s a young, brash, self-involved silversmith’s apprentice who learns to put principle above self-interest, and value his fellow countrymen and their liberty over his own safety during the Revolutionary War. Johnny Tremain is…
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THE PATRIOT
THE PATRIOT stars Mel Gibson as a family man named Benjamin Mark, who wrestles with his desire for revenge and the just cause of the American War for Independence in the late 1700s. The cruel British Colonel Tavington, played impeccably by Jason…
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TOP GUN: MAVERICK
TOP GUN: MAVERICK is a sequel to the popular 1986 hit starring Tom Cruise. Cruise plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell who after 30 years as a fighter pilot is now a test pilot. After he crashes a supersonic jet, Maverick is sent to…
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REAGAN
REAGAN stars Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. It covers Reagan’s life from his childhood to his death. There’s a strong focus throughout the movie on Reagan’s lifelong fight against communism. The movie relates Reagan’s battle…
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HACKSAW RIDGE
HACKSAW RIDGE is a great, powerful, emotive Christian war movie. Andrew Garfield stars as Desmond Doss. Desmond’s father is an abusive alcoholic because of the terrible things he experienced during World War I. When World War II breaks out, Desmond and his…
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