“Bridge of Spies” is terrific and worth seeing just for Mark Rylance’s incredible,low-key performance.
That said,I find it an odd list.
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I dunno. I know he's supposed to be some great Shakespearean actor, but it looked like what he was doing in Bridge of Spies wasn't all that different from what he was doing in Wolf Hall -- playing a meek, befuddled, goggle-eyed guy.
Maybe if I see more work by him I'll appreciate him more, but just from the two things I've seen, he doesn't appear to have a much wider range than Stallone, who he beat out for the Oscar.
That said,I find it an odd list.
The complete list is here. You could certainly find a lot more patriotic movies from the Forties and Fifties, but I think they were only looking at more recent movies.