Top 10 Patriotic Films
Since this next week is Independence Day, I’m looking at patriotic movies to see what I might want to watch on TV, rent, or see in the theater. These are films about U.S. history or the armed forces.
Here are mine in no particular order.
- Independence Day - Wil Smith, aliens, and vintage airplanes all in one movie.
- Battle of the Bulge
- The Patriot - Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger fighting the English in the Revolutionary War
- Drive Thru History America - While not a feature-length film, it’s educational, fun, and has a Hummer!
- World Trade Center
- Heroes of Flight 93 - A tribute to the passengers whose heroism prevented a greater tragedy on September 11th, 2001
- National Treasure - Learn some national history while watching Nicholas Cage and crew outwitting villains after the U.S. Constitution
- League of Grateful Sons - Stories of men whose wartime letters and pilgrimages to the battlefields of their youth reach out to their own sons and thousands others
- Anchors Aweigh - A musical dance number starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
- A Few Good Men - Who can forget Jack Nicholson growling, “You can’t handle the truth!”?
