The Top Ten Pro-Freedom Movies of All Time
- Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:32pm by
Buck Sexton
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This isn’t some film school list for latte drinkers. We are talking about chest-thumping, flag-waving, “holy cow, I love freedom” movies here. The competition was stiff, but we finally whittled it down to ten of the most liberty promoting, patriotic, generally awesome movies ever.
Remember, there is no scientific basis for this list, so I hope readers will help us hash it out in the comments section.
Enjoy.
10.) Rocky IV
Sure, the first Rocky is a better movie, but the fourth entry in the series takes the top freedom spot. Rocky IV is probably our single most memorable pop culture Cold War metaphor. A generation of kids grew up knowing that Americans have so much heart, even Politburo bureaucrats had to give us props in the end.
Reagan told Gorbachev to ‘”tear down this wall.” Rocky tore down Drago. It was the one-two punch that smashed the iron curtain for good.
9.) Commando
A retired Spec Ops guy just wants to relax in the mountains, carry 500 lb logs, and teach his daughter how to do the perfect elbow strike. Then a Latin American dictator shows up, kidnaps the daughter and tries to blackmail our hero into a coup attempt. Big mistake.
What ensues is basically a one man invasion of Grenada. If Chavez, Castro, and company haven’t already banned this movie, they probably should. When John Matrix comes for them, they’re toast.
8.) We Were Soldiers
A gritty, realistic, apolitical account of an early Vietnam battle fought by the U.S. Air Cavalry. The film pays homage to our soldiers and doesn’t resort to caricatures of the enemy. It’s intense, emotional, and all around solid movie-making.
Some would argue the more slickly produced Black Hawk Down should beat this one. That’s a fair point, but We Were Soldiers is a Vietnam movie that doesn’t malign our troops like so many others depicting that period, thus it ekes by BHD and onto the list.
7.) 300
This movie is so pro-freedom, it actually managed to enrage the Mullahs in Iran. Apparently, even loonies like Ahmedinejad picked up on the strong western-struggle-for-civilization symbolism. Leonidas and his crew put the hurt on the invading Persians like Navy Seals on al Qaeda.
Stylistically, 300 gets a lot of points for originality, though perhaps the Spartans should be wearing more clothing than WWF wrestlers from the early 80′s.
6.) Team America, World Police
Did it win any awards? No. Should it have? No. But is it a potent, satirical force in the struggle for global freedom? Absolutely.
Nobody will ever look at Kim Jong Il the same way. Or Matt Damon. Or Alec Baldwin. The theme song can’t be sung in polite company, but its sentiments ring true.
Any movie that takes on Hollywood, the psychopath running North Korea, and “Durkadurkistan” has done more than its part for the spread of freedom. Team America accomplishes all that, and manages to do it with a bunch of puppets. It’s lowbrow genius.
5.) Gran Torino
This film is practically an infomercial for the 2nd Amendment, on top of its Oscar-worthy directing by Eastwood. In several of its most memorable scenes, the protagonist’s access to a firearm is what saves the day. Eastwood smashes politically correct nonsense, and in the process, weaves one of the most compelling coming-of-age stories in recent memory. It’s like Dirty Harry meets the Karate Kid, only much better than both.
4.) Saving Private Ryan
Some would argue it’s the best war movie ever made. It’s certainly among the best of that genre filmed in color. Saving Private Ryan stayed true to the subject matter, honored our soldiers from the greatest generation, and took us all right into the action on the beaches of Normandy. Breath-taking and heart-breaking in equal measure, it’s a classic that will be revered for generations to come.
3.) The Lives of Others
If you haven’t seen this German language film, put it in your Netflix cue or download it. A sobering look at the East German Secret Police in divided Berlin, this movie will show you what an overbearing, intrusive, socialist nanny state looked like, way before socialism stopped being a dirty word in American politics.
There is not a more cohesive argument for small government and the fierce defense of personal liberty than to spend two hours seeing bureaucrats with unchecked power ruin lives at will. Watching this movie is like spending 120 minutes at a TSA checkpoint, except you will be enthralled by standout acting and a great screenplay. Some folks call this the best conservative movie ever made.
2.) Casablanca
While it may be the greatest movie ever made, it is also one of the most pro-freedom films ever to grace the silver screen.
One hero, Laszlo, risks his life fighting against Hitler’s hordes as part of the underground resistance. The other — Blaine (Bogart) — owns his own business, keeps corrupt bureaucrats off balance, and blows away a Nazi right when it counts. Clearly, these men vote Republican, detest the IRS, and support the NRA.
In the end, Blaine does the right thing, sacrificing his own happiness, because there is a cause bigger than himself worth fighting for — the free world.
1.) Braveheart
Every red-blooded American loves this movie. Yeah, it takes place in 13th century Scotland and relies on spotty history. Who cares. This movie is so pro-freedom, just talking about its flaws makes you sound vaguely socialist. The sounds of the Scottish bagpipes (actually Irish Uilleen Pipes, but don’t tell anyone I told you) would get the wimpiest kid on the planet fired up like a UFC fighter.
Braveheart gave us some of the most iconic lines about freedom ever uttered. It reminds us at a time when we need to be told — tyranny will thrive unless all of us struggle in the cause of freedom.
Blaze readers: What do you think? What should be added to the list, or taken off?
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Comments (418)
The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:11pmI would add “Scent of a Woman.”
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:13pmAlso, I would add John Wayne in “The Alamo.”
Report Post »amanfrafo
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:25pmI would add “Animal Farm” and “1984” and “Atlas Shrugged” and…
Report Post »amanfrafo
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:31pm“For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Report Post »Go Glenn
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:36pmHey this list is bogus for not having any JOHN WAYNE movies.
I am not a Brad Pitt fan but TROY has to be on there too……awesome movie
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:41pmI would like to add Catherine McCormack and Sophie Marceau to the list.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:41pm@Go Glenn
Report Post »“I am not a Brad Pitt fan but TROY has to be on there too……awesome movie”
Uh… it’s about the Trojan War, right? It’s not fighting for freedom, it’s fighting for the heck of it, because two guys want the same girl.
amanfrafo
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:46pm“The Fountainhead”
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:47pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
List of movies are endless about being free or getting there:
The Patriot
V for Vendetta
Equilibrium
Red Dawn…
I could go on and on, many I cite in posts here and there as to whether we are living out the storylines.
As much as I enjoy Hollywood they need to be quiet. I kinda snapped after seeing the Ron Howard Jane Lynch interviews so I came up with this:
PAY UP or SHUT UP! http://tinyurl.com/3cqbpa4
Spread the word folks!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:48pmBlack Hawk Down. “This is my safety, sir. ” Loved that part!
Report Post »escape_from_socialism
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:00pmI love Braveheart. It shows perfectly what are we a fighting with till this day. It’s not Dem or Rep, it is free people vs tyranny.
Report Post »Do you folks remember those Scottish sell out “leaders”, this is Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. They look like us, they talk mostly what we will like to hear, but if elected they will sell us and our Republic.
Uncle Tom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:07pm@Locked @Go Glenn “I am not a Brad Pitt fan but TROY has to be on there too……awesome movie”
Uh… it’s about the Trojan War, right? It’s not fighting for freedom, it’s fighting for the heck of it, because two guys want the same girl.
Also, it was a pretty crappy movie. Other than the opening scene when Achilles (Brad Pitt) runs, jumps and stabs that huge dude in the neck with his spear, it was a total snooze fest.
Report Post »M-Theory
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:08pm1776 (The Musical). This movie is a great history lesson of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. How about “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Shows how a regular guy can make a difference and the law-making process. How about “Yankee Doodle Dandy” about the songwriter George M Cohen who won a congressional medal of honor for his patriotic music “Over There.” My bet is that not many have seen the best patriotic movies.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:08pm… ‘The Patriot’ by Mel Gibson makes me proud to be an American …
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:13pm… ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.’ John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Vera Miles. The best.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:15pmThe Patriot. Definitely on equal levels with Braveheart.
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:23pmHave none of you seen “The Incedibles”? It was all about individual acheivement by using your gifts instead of conforming to the collective.
Just look at the villain Syndrome’s motivation: he wants to kill everyone who has real super powers and give artificial super powers to everyone else, because when EVERYONE is special, “then NO ONE will be.”
That’s the Progressive ideal in a nutshell.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:24pmWhoa..wtf..where is Red Dawn,Apocalypse Now ?
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:29pmHere is a new epic video to come to youtube… BATTLE OF THE KITTY CAT JEDI’S
http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/sep/kitty_cat_jedi.html
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:51pmMost of these movies not surprisinglt glorify militarism.,totalizing good vs. evil ,rabid nationalism and are apprropriate of this encrouching police state in love with war and genocidal fantasies.
Report Post »dyaeger92
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:09pmHow about the movie Stallone did about the WWII soccer team that took on the German army troops?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:23pmSo many films should have made this list.
Report Post »Victory at Entebe.
The Heroes of Telemark
The Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
The Great Escape (how do you ignore Steve McQueen escaping the Germans on a motorcycle or with a big grin on his face, throwing his baseball against the cooler wall and catching it in his mit, while the German guards look at each other in confusion?).
The Green Berets
Navy SEALs
The Battle of the Bulge
Is Paris Burning?
Valkyrie (I’m no fan of Tom Cruise but the message was loud and clear….tyranny has no place in a civilized society).
Superman (Chris Reeve).
Here‘s one you wouldn’t expect…“Flash Gordon”….how do you ignore the destruction of tyrant, Ming the Merciless while the music of Queen plays? King of the impossible…saviour of the universe.
AvengerK
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:25pmDYAGER92…you’re talking about Escape to Victory.
Report Post »daninthevines
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:34pmScent is an excellent choice. The subplot of the script is about choice.
Report Post »I would add The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It deals with property rights and a free press that was responsible for accurately reporting the news. The publisher of the paper has some great lines that canoot be applied to the main scream obama media bias.
davuf
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:55pmURSA is right; incredibles is great. I definately see it as a movie celebrating the individual.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:55pm@Locked and just where does saving private ryan fit into this? it’s about freedom right but saving private ryan is about finding the last son to still be alive.. OOhh it’s world war 2 . Oh i get it.. So let me ask what do you thinkl the trojans were fighting for ? FREEDOM !!!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:00pm@ The_Almighty_Creestof
I would add “Scent of a Woman.”
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Damn right ! Very inspirational movie about integrity, and loyalty.
For a movie about “freedom”, I’d pick “The Ten Commandments”…..but then I’m partial to Chuck Heston.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:05pmHere are 15 equally good films
The Ten Commandments (how do you miss that one?)
Report Post »Doctor Zhivago
Ben Hur
Planet of the Apes (Heston again)
A Tale of Two Cities
The Lord of the Rings (fighting Sauron’s power to control everythin)
The Hanoi Hilton
Fahrenheit 451 (freedom of thought)
Rabbit Proof Fence
Exodus
Ghandi
The Magnificent Seven
Cry Freedom
Les Miserables
Apocalypto (get that last Mel Gibson movie in there)
encinom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:16pmThese are not “pro-freedom” movies, for the most part they are a collection of jingoistic pop-corm movies. Nothing more than our side is right type of movies. Where is Mister Smith Goes to Washington or In the Name of the Father. This list is more about flag waving violence than about freedom. Footloose is more about freedom than half the movies on the list.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:23pmAnd we shouldn’t forget Spartacus.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:56pmThe Sands of Iwo Jima w/ The Duke
From Here To Eternity
Pearl Harbor
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:57pmLots of great additions to the list here. Thanks to all for reminding me of more of my favorites. Have many of these on DVD. Heading to the shelves now to pick one for evening with the family.
Don’t forget your popcorn!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:04pmMr. Smith Goes to Washington
Report Post »In the Name of the Father
Footloose
Lonescrapper
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:05pmHow did Lord of the Rings not get on this list?
Report Post »american1st
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:15pm“the patriot” should make the list as well
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:31pmI thought it was called “ The smell of a woman”?
Report Post »MHP
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:39pmencinom and rose-ellen
both fulla **** as usual
Any war movie is a pro freedom movie
Report Post »glashole
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:44pmAnimal house – freedom from the tyrany of authority.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:08amHa! I love some of these ridiculous interpretations!
300- Yes, so these guys are constantly talking about defending freedom… to commit infanticide! The unspoken irony of this movie is that the Spartans were one of the most oppressive cultures in the west, ruled by aristocrats with a very large slave population (the helots). Pro-freedom? Only if you don’t actually think about it.
Gran Torino- Pro-gun? Again, this readig only holds if you have never seen the movie. A gun “saves the day,” but also provokes an ever increasing cycle of violence and when Eastwood isn’t on hand with his gun, the young girl is brutalized and raped in retribution. Ultimately what breaks this cycle is Eastwood’s willingness to martyr hims–remember, he DOESN’T have a gun in the end, although they think he does. If he had a gun, nothing would have been resolved.
Report Post »True American66
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:21amRed Dawn & The Postman (Kevin Costner movie)
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:23amI have to agree with you about the Alamo but I understand that John Wayne made that movie on his own and it cost him almost everything he had. When John Ford showed up on the scene I and tried to take over the directing, I understand John Wayne asked him to leave. Hollywood fought the making of this movie and did everything they could to stop it’s distribution. It has been a long standing tradition of Hollywoods to pervert the truth and degrade the country in which they are rewarded millions for pretending. Not all of Hollywood is this way but those that aren’t are the exception not the rule.
Report Post »schmite123oh
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:42am**7 Samurai (1954) Excellent film!
There is an American version. Also pretty good,
**The Magnificent Seven
Report Post »urbanforester
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:20amMy two favorites which need to be included; first John Wayne in The Sands of Iwo Jima and two: Ted Turner’s epic Gettysburg.
Report Post »WillG
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:01pmRed Dawn.
Report Post »GymCy81
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:37pm“24”
Yes, it was a TV series- for 8 seasons (last aired in early 2010). DVD’s are available.
I understand that a movie is to be released in 2012.
Report Post »mysflea
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 3:50pmThe Wild Bunch.
Report Post »Wrip
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:11pmThX1138, Red Dawn, Stalag 17, Easy Rider, A Clockwork Orange, Billy Jack, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Enemy of the State, The Patriot, Zardoz…. A lot of movies about freedom, I guess it depends on your perspective, or criterion.
Report Post »thepoopsmith
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:50pmRed Dawn most definitely, WOLVERINES!
Report Post »eddvoss
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:08pmSomebody besides me remembers Zardoz???
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:10pmRed Dawn for sure
The Diary of Anne Frank
Schindlar’s List
Also from a different perspective. I’ve always marveled at the courage of the few Germans and other resistance groups who risked their own lives by standing up against Nazi Germany. Takes as much courage to risk your own life & the lives of your family by working “under the radar” as it does to stand with a gun.
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:14pmThe Incredibles…
The freedom to excel.
Report Post »leprechaun224
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:37pmEDDVOS, of course – Zardoz = The Wizard of Oz. Great flic.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:59pm@Wrip.. Billy Jack ????????? that was about liberals fighting the government, it’s a Hippy movie not a freedom movie.. That move is about everything We here at the blaze oppose..
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:27pmReally, Demint Disciple? We’re not about fighting the government here at all? Goverment can ALWAYS be trusted in our books? I don’t think so.
Report Post »VigilantGuardShark
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:44amThere are so many really good Freedom espousing movies, I think there should be a concerted effort to make a top 100 list then offer them for viewing online.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:48amAl Gore
Report Post »An Inconvenient Truth
RiflemanDodd
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:31amI remember Zardoz.
Report Post »Trivia quiz: What is the name of the handgun Connery carries?
Hint: It is a semi-auto revolver.
RiflemanDodd
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:35amI remember Zardoz.
Report Post »Trivia: What is the name handgun Connery carries?
Hint: It is a semi-auto revolver.
pap pap
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:10pmHow about “The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming”
Just kidding.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:39pmI like that one … ;-)
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:10pmWhat about Red Dawn? Or, Taps? Or, nearly EVERY Chuck Norris flick?
Whoever created this list was really asleep at the switch.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:35pmRed Dawn should be #1
Report Post »needanotherReagan
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:44pmWolverines!!
Report Post »stillfreeinidaho
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:57pmpro nra, pro american, pro youth and ANTI communist! RED DAWN yup even with charlie sheen:)
Report Post »FLyoverman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:08pmThe Desperate Hours – Frederick March classic, “Get out of my house.”
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:05pmGood list, all good choices, but you can also include just about every John Wayne movie ever made. Heck, he should have own list!
Report Post »dtitus1304
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:05pmGet rid of Commando and put in The Patriot. That would give the Jew-hating Mel Gibson 3 movies in the top 10.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:10pmI agree, Commando did not do it for me. The Patriot was a really good movie.
Report Post »0cypher1
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:15pmmaybe it’s just me, but maybe mel gibson shouldn‘t be the reason the movie would or wouldn’t make it on to a list of the top “pro-freedom” movies of all time… just saying.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:29pmcomando is almost a comedy, schwateneggers worst. patriot yes, had one of the best bad guys ever. john wayne, one of americas best chicken hawk actors ever.
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:02pmJulie! do you want to die here? And, why don’t you let off a little steam? -
Report Post »txdavo
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:59pmJust seems like you should have a John Wayne film included.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:03pmwhat about Red Dawn?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:07pmIndeed Red Dawn and most of the John Wayne films as well.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:16pmEh, Red Dawn is ok but only really celebrated for its shock value and carnage; I’d say the Battle of Algiers is much better for freedom and is based on history instead of Soviet hysteria. Granted, it’s about Africans fighting their colonial occupiers for freedom in one of the bloodiest revolutions in history, so I‘m not too surprised it’s missing from the list :-)
Report Post »TXWildfire
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:18pmWolverines!!!!!!
Report Post »FLyoverman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:59pmPork Chop Hill, perhaps the most underrated war movie of all time.
Report Post »The Searchers
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Dirty Harry
rose-ellen
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:04pmThat ‘s what alquada is-fighting for freedom from colonial backed dictators.just like the algerians.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:32pmSo that they can impose the most freedom hating religion on the people, Rose Ellen. Fightting for the “freedom” to make people slaves is not what we’re talking about. That‘s why you won’t find any pro-Confederate movies here, as much as we‘re for States’ rights.
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 8:08pm” Death Wish 1-2-3″ I love a movie with a happy ending.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:59pmAnother one that made me whince and will show my age is Catch 22.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:27amCatch 22 was pretty much an Anti-war, Anti-military, Anti-government story. The movie may have changed it some, but the book was about the ineptness of bureaucracy. It definitely was NOT a pro-freedom story.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:58pmFirst Blood. The man wanted to be left alone but the government was giving him crap. That’s a freedom movie if ever there was one.
Report Post »FLyoverman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:09pmdittos
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:11pmI think it is Stallone’s finest film this side of Rocky I and II.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:34pmthey made a cartoon out of rambo as well in the 80′s.
Report Post »eddvoss
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:42pmFirst Blood is a guilty pleasure of mine, the action was great, but it ended up reinforcing the image of the out of control psycho Vietnam Vet, especially those who were in SF.
Report Post »davuf
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:01pmFirst Blood was a movie about veteran push back to the society who treated them like crap. Great movie.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:57pmThere were parts of Saving Private Ryan where I had to turn away. The graphics of that movie really hit home and I think this is what Tom Hanks had in mind. War is never pretty and sometimes when we are removed from the realities, we only see good versus evil, and we cheer when the good guys win. Our soldiers look at this stuff all the time in Iraq and Afghanistan; no wonder some come home shattered.
If this world could find a way to get along, war would not be necessary. However, man is not perfect and some want power above all else and will kill for it; thus war is one of those necessary evils we must participate in to rid the world of this type of vermin. Once Liberals face the fact that all the love they could possibly poor out to someone, will not change them. Some people just do not belong on this earth.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:45pmWhen I asked my dad if he wanted to see Saving Private Ryan with me, he just said, “why should I? I was there.”
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:57pmAnything with Matt Damon should be excluded.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:54pmLots of good movies here, although I’ve only seen half of them. If anyone wants the imdb ratings:
Report Post »Braveheart 8.4/10
Casablanca 8.8/10 (note: regularly listed as one of the best movies ever made)
The Lives of Others 8.5/10
Saving Private Ryan 8.5/10
Team America, World Police 7.2/10
300 7.8/10
We Were Soldiers 7.0/10
Commando 6.3/10
Rocky IV 6.1/10
Locked
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:42pmOops, I did miss one, my bad.
Report Post »G man
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:54pm“The Lives of Others” was a great great film.
Report Post »G man
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:56pmAnd a great great ending.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:08pmThat is the only one I haven’t seen, or own. I am looking for it now.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:04pmYeah, and if we’re talking about foreign films they should have included The Blue Kite. The director of that Chinese movie risked his own freedom to tell the truth about the Cultural Revolution.
Report Post »theonedon
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:53pm300 should be #2 atleast maybe #1
Report Post »encinom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:11pmYet, they movie 300 glosses over teh fact that the only reason the Spartan citizen was a full time soldier, was because the other jobs needed for a state to function was done by slaves.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:57pmI’m not defending the sorry attempt in recreating the story of such an important battle. But Encinom, The city state of Sparta did not require slaves for their “state” to function. Try again.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:51pmENCINOM…it also ignores the contirbution of Thermistocles and the Athenian Navy, the Thesbians and Thebans. It’s a stylized film based on a comic book written by Frank Miller. Sparta was a military state. Has this evaded you?
Report Post »And you neglect to mention that Xerxes’ Army was put together from enslaved nations under Persian rule…something the mullahs in Iran would love to repeat today. Furthermore, Greek freedom (the country was made up of city states with different governmental structures) was being oppressed by the Persian Empire. Athens had led the revolt in Ionia which inflamed the Persians. Had the Greeks not stalled the Persians at Thermopylae and defeated them at Plataea, we wouldn‘t have seen the rise of the Athenian state and it’s democracy, art, mathematics, philosopsy..etc. You’d be speaking a different language today.
You really don’t think much outside your little lefty world do you ENCIDIOT?
encinom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:01pmThis_Individual
Report Post »Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:57pm
I’m not defending the sorry attempt in recreating the story of such an important battle. But Encinom, The city state of Sparta did not require slaves for their “state” to function. Try again.
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Read your history, Sparta needed their slaves, as its citizens were soldiers or mothers.
LIBERTARIAN T38
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:38amC’mon, people, you’ve done such a good job of ignoring Analcom until now…he’s even switched to Rose Ellen a few times trying to stir things up…
Report Post »praisepays
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:53pmI agree on Red Dawn and I think The Patriot should be on the list.
Report Post »VISITORNUMBER3
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:43amYup ! more so than some of the ones on the list.
Report Post »theonedon
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:53pm300 should have been #2 maybe #1. It is an amazing movie.
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:52pmDolph Lundgren’s Wikipedia is very interesting. He was awarded a scholarship to MIT and Lundgren says that “my dad always told me that if I wanted to make something special with my life, I had to go to America.”
Report Post »Mrarcblood
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:52pmAnother movie forgotten is Tron. Just put BIG GOVERNMENT in as the Master computer but these ten are good and so is RED DAWN and for good measure POSTMAN SHOULD get an HONORABLE mention for how to revive the spirit of freedom
Report Post »aaronkcmo
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:24pmGood call on The Postman. Awesome everyman, post-apocalyptic, find patriotism again movie.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:52pmRunners up should include (in no particular order):
The Patriot..Mel Gibson & Heath Ledger
Superman..Chris Reeve
1776..the Musical
Logan’s Run…Michael York & Jenny Agutter (Sci-Fi but a very strong Freedom message)
Captain Blood..Errol Flynn (Pirate movie, a falsely enslaved doctor escapes & becomes a pirate)
The Scarlet Pimpernel…Richard E. Grant (English nobleman risks life & liberty to help endangered French to escape “the terror” to England)
Any of the Horatio Hornblower films…Gregory Peck or Ioan Griffund (Hornblower fights against the France to save the world from the Tyrant Napoleon.)
Amistad
Amazing Grace
Just a few…not sure Commando is more “Pro-Freedom” in meassage from my list.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:56pmIn addition to Red Dawn, I would also add Prioner of Honor…Richard Dreyfus (A French Colonel risks his career, his freedom, etc. for the sake of justice. He’s anti-semetic but risks everything to bring justice to a fellow officer, who is also a Jew. Based on a true story)
Report Post »rpease
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:50pmGood list, really it is. But Red Dawn should have been on it, if not number one.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:53pmI actually forgot to put that on my list doh!
Report Post »andredegas
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:45pmSuprised to see no John Wayne films on the list.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:59pmJust make up your own list…that’s all the Blaze staff did.
Report Post »Gary
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:44pmRed Dawn, Awesome Awesome movie. Freedom didn’t work out to well but the will to fight tyranny sure did.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:52pmI was just going to suggest that one, but you beat me to it. So, Dittos.
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:54pmNailed it. My thought’s exactly. Had my daughter watch it when she was about 12- she is 20 now and fully remembers. She is clear why I had her watch it.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:13pmI think Red Dawn really captures what it is going to be like in American when it all goes down. The exception or difference is that instead of fighting Ruskies, we’ll be fighting progressives.
Report Post »Another Voice
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:55pmCompletely forgot about Red Dawn! Excellent choice.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:02pm@hauschild.. When all what goes down ??
Report Post »ozz
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:42pm@demint.disciple. When the ruling elite tries to take away our guns. That will be the call to battle for many of us. From my cold dead hand over a pile of smoking brass.
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