By Movieguide® Staff
Memorial Day is more than a holiday to grill out with friends and family. It’s a time to honor the men and women who sacrificed so much for our everyday freedoms. This curated list features powerful films about patriotism and American heroes. Use extreme caution as there may be violence, gore and explicit language.
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AMERICAN SNIPER tells the story of Chris Kyle, the most successful sniper in U.S. military history. Chris grew up to become an expert marksman and a rough rodeo cowboy with strong Christian faith. After marrying his wife, a crisis happens in the…
Read the Full Review →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…
Read the Full Review →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…
Read the Full Review →ACT OF VALOR is a riveting, explosive war movie. Real Navy Seals play the key roles. Two Seal Team 7 leaders send their team to Latin America. The mission is to rescue a female CIA agent captured by a drug lord, in…
Read the Full Review →LONE SURVIVOR is an inspiring, gut-wrenching true story. A helicopter drops off four Navy Seals in the Afghanistan mountains to take out a notorious Taliban terrorist. They discover the number of armed men they’re up against is much larger than they originally…
Read the Full Review →UNBROKEN is an immensely powerful biographical movie about the life of Louis Zamperini, who became a famous evangelist. The son of Italian immigrants, Louie goes from being a mischievous young boy to an Olympic runner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. When World…
Read the Full Review →ZERO DARK THIRTY is about the killing of Usama bin Ladin, the leader of Al Qaeda, the Muslim terror group. The movie opens with a black movie screen while the screams of people dying in the Twin Towers on 9/11 can be…
Read the Full Review →FAITH OF OUR FATHERS opens in 1997 with John Paul finding the name of another soldier in his dead father’s Vietnam War memorabilia. He tracks down the soldier’s son, Wayne, living in a shack. Wayne promises to let John Paul read his…
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