Hollywood’s July 4th Celebration

Happy Birthday, America! Hollywood has done a legendary job creating movies for the silver screen that make us burs tight pride and inspiration. Here are a few of our favorite movies about the 4th of July or America’s greatness…

Daniel Day-Lewis’s Academy award-winning ‘Lincoln’ is one of the strongest and insightful movies ever made. If you like non-traditional films today, check out Jimmy Stewart in ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ Clint Eastwood’s ‘Flags of Our Fathers / Letters From Iwo Jima,’ and Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge.’

‘Born on the 4th of July’ starring Tom Cruise is a political film that pushes the envelope on a man’s faith in his country in a way no other film has done.
‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ with Jimmy Cagney from 1942 is the benchmark of Hollywood and love of country. In this biographical musical about Broadway writer and producer George M. Cohan, Jimmy Cagney sings and dances his way to multiple awards. This is a ‘must watch’ today.

The 1996 film ‘Independence Day,’ starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, and more, hits home with ‘one for all’ emotion, as the world battles aliens set on sucking earth’s resources for itself.

‘National Treasure’ with Nicholas Cage, the filmed musical ‘1776,’ early Denzel Washington and Mathew Broderick’s ‘Glory,’ Patrick Swayze’s ‘Red Dawn,’ Mel Gibson’s ‘The ‘Patriot,’ Sylvester Stallone’s original ‘Rocky,’ ‘Sargent York’ with icon Gary Cooper, and ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ the Tom Hanks classic, are all memorable films that are perfect to consider today.

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