Top 10 Movies That Honor Great Americans
The following 10 movies honor the lives, struggles and achievements of great Americans. Several of them are more fictionalized than the others, but all are worthwhile movies for media-wise American moviegoers.
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…
Read the Full Review →JOHN ADAMS is the acclaimed HBO TV miniseries on one of America’s founding fathers, and the second president of the United States. The first part opens in 1770 with Adams defending some of the British troops who fired upon citizens during the…
Read the Full Review →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,…
Read the Full Review →42 tells what happens when the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team signed the first black player in the Major Leagues, Jackie Robinson, in 1947. Led by his Christian faith and the prospect of more money, Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey has long wanted…
Read the Full Review →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…
Read the Full Review →THE BLIND SIDE is a compelling, feel great drama that tells the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless young man who is welcomed into a Christian family. Leigh Anne discovers Michael and takes him in, putting him in a private Christian…
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