Patriotic Films for Independence Day

Looking for a few inspirational patriotic films to watch and celebrate Independence Day. Check out the following movie list.

Patriotic Films

Born On The Fourth of July - Produced 1989. Starring Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick. This patriotic film is based on the real life experiences of Vietnam Vet Ron Covic. The film tracks his life as a very innocent young recruit to an anger filled paraplegic to an antiwar protestor and advocate.

Delta Force -Produced 1986.Starring Lee Marvin, Chuck Norris, Shelley Winters, Martin Balsam. This patriotic film is based on the true story of an airplane hijacking that took place in June 1985. Arab terrorist take over the Delta Force airplane. Lee Marvin and Chuck Norris come to the rescue of the passengers. Very exciting and tense film that stirs patriotic feelings.

FireFox - Produced 1982. Starring Clint Eastwood, Fredie Jones, David Huffman,Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey. Retired pilot comes out of his retirement for a secret mission to steal a very sophisticated war plane from the Soviets and fly it out of the country. Lots of great action sequences.

First Blood- Produced 1982. Starring Sylvestor Stallone, Richard Crenna. Former Green Beret is arrested in a small town. The arrest triggers waking terrors about his horrific stint fighting a war. He escapes from the town to the mountains to take a stand against all pursuers. Strangely patriotic war fantasy film.

Missing In Action - Starring Chuck Norris. M. Emmet Walsh. This over the top patriotic film is about an Army Colonel who returns to Viet Nam jungle to rescue POW's while on a secret fact finding mission.

Missing In Action 2 - Starring Chuck Norris, Steven Williams. This is the prequel to the original Missing in Action film. This film goes into detail about the character's stand against communism.

Patton - Produced 1970. Starring George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young. Biography of American General Patton and his role in the strategies that won WWII. One great inspirational patriotic film.

Rambo- Produced 1988. Starring Sylvestor Stallone, Richard Crenna. Rambo is back in action again to save our troops who are held captive somewhere in Asia. He grunts, flexes a few muscles, mumbles and disposes of a few bad guys. All in a day's work for John Rambo.

Red Dawn - Produced 1984. Starring Patrick Swayze, C.Thomas Howell. It's WWIII and the Russians have invaded America's heartland. The Russians soon take over America. A group of patriotic teens called the Wolverines hide out in the wilderness and fight the Russians.

XXX State of the Union - Produced 2005. Starring Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, William Defoe. Former Navy Seal who was jailed for leading a mutiny against his general is recruited when members of his former seal unit and the XXX headquarters is attacked. Plenty of action in this sequel to the first XXX film which starred Vin Diesel.

Rent these patriotic films at sites like Netflix or Blockbusters. Also available for purchase at sites like Amazon or Walmart.