Celebrate Independence Day by watching any of these patriotic movies that honor America’s rich history. From classics like MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON to action-packed films like TOP GUN: MAVERICK, this curated list is chocked full of movies that salute “the land of the free and the home of the brave!” May the fourth be with you!
Top 10 Movies to Watch on the 4th of July!
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
The 1939 Frank Capra movie MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON is one of the great all-time classic movies. It pits the wide-eyed, naïve patriot Jefferson Smith and champion of boys camps against a nasty political machine. Smith runs up against political graft…
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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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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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A MILLION MILES AWAY
A MILLION MILES AWAY on Amazon Prime is about the first migrant farmworker ever to go on a space mission for NASA. Starring an outstanding Michael Peña as Jose Hernandez, the movie shows Jose’s hardscrabble childhood as a traveling farmworker, until a…
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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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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER tells the origin of Marvel’s first super-hero. During the beginnings of World War II, scrawny Brooklyn native Steve Rogers is repeatedly turned down by the Army. The head of a secret super soldier project, however, is impressed…
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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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SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is a classic 1949 western starring John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles on the verge of retirement. Fort Starke’s commanding officer orders Brittles to take out a last patrol to rush two women to the eastbound stage…
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GOD’S NOT DEAD: IN GOD WE TRUST
Pastor David Hill of the GOD’S NOT DEAD franchise is back, in a new story titled IN GOD WE TRUST. Everywhere Pastor Hill turns, it seems like God and Christianity are being erased and replaced by hostile, godless, immoral values. When a…
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THE BLUE ANGELS
THE BLUE ANGELS is a very captivating documentary on IMAX and Amazon Prime about the famous Navy exhibition team. The movie explores a year in the life of a particular team as they go through training, exhibitions and then retirement from the…
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