Best Conservative Movies: 30 Films Hollywood Got Right

To: Ciaphas Cain

Any list of so-called conservative movies is woefully incomplete without Ghostbusters (1984). A film about working hard and taking risks in a capitalist system...

I''ve worked in the private sector. They expect results.

41 posted on 11/04/2023 8:17:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Right up there with The Searchers as one of John Ford's best.

42 posted on 11/04/2023 8:19:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)

Whether a true story or not, I thought The Way Back (2010 Ed Harris) was good.

Good flick....

43 posted on 11/04/2023 8:21:10 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)

44 posted on 11/04/2023 8:21:20 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes

Every Western pre-1960

45 posted on 11/04/2023 8:32:15 PM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)

To: FreedomForce

Serenity

The entire Firefly series was fairly good from a conservative point of view.

46 posted on 11/04/2023 8:37:02 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)

To: God luvs America

Awesome movie...and is generally cited as perhaps the best movie made. It has sat atop the IMDB ratings for years.

FWIW - the best movie is The Godfather.

47 posted on 11/04/2023 8:45:12 PM PDT by Dave W

Perhaps, but it’s still worth watching. And you have to admit Meryl Streep was great.

48 posted on 11/04/2023 8:51:04 PM PDT by Dave W

Bravo Two Zero

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/

True story from Iraq war.

49 posted on 11/04/2023 9:48:32 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)

i think they are just making up anything to get views.

I think half the movies are just older movies the compiler liked and wanted to plug. it is such a random bag.

50 posted on 11/04/2023 11:00:29 PM PDT by WoofDog123

by far my single biggest tv-cancel regret is firefly.

51 posted on 11/04/2023 11:01:21 PM PDT by WoofDog123

i am trying to mimic the webpage’s rationale for some of these and write blurbs alleging ‘conservative’ elements for my own favorites.

Sunset Boulevard - man allows himself to become a kept man, and faces consequences.

Double Indemnity - Man engages in unconservative behavior and suffers conservative consequences.

52 posted on 11/04/2023 11:04:33 PM PDT by WoofDog123

To: Tired of Taxes

BELLA is indeed a quality film and Eduardo Verastequi delivered a strong performance. The film is overtly pro-life, and that message is beautifully constructed.

53 posted on 11/04/2023 11:24:39 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)

54 posted on 11/04/2023 11:26:36 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( See"War byc🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)

[...] ~~4. Forrest Gump (1994)~~ 5. Braveheart (1995) 6. Chariots of Fire (1981) 7. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8. Red Dawn (1984) 9. 300 (2006) 10. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 11. The Patriot (2000) 12. Dirty Harry (1971) 13. Ben-Hur (1959) 14. Gladiator (2000) 15. Rocky (1976) ~~16. The Great Escape (1963)~~ 17. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) ~~18. The Godfather (1972)~~ ~~19. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)~~ 20. The Iron Lady (2011) 21. United 93 (2006) 22. Cinderella Man (2005) 23. American Sniper (2014) 24. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 25. A Man for All Seasons (1966) 26. The Giver (2014) 27. Gattaca (1997) 28. We Were Soldiers (2002) 29. The Fountainhead (1949) 30. October Sky (1999)

"Forrest Gump" is certainly not a conservative movie. All of Gump's material success in life is due to completely random luck - not by dint of his, e.g., business acumen, perseverance, ability to lead, foresight, ability to defer gratification, etc. While Gump certainly does have some positive qualities, most of his successes are due to random chance, combined with people feeling pity towards him.

"The Great Escape" is a terrific film about perseverance against great odds, about human grit, about bravery and self-sacrifice for one's comrades, and those are fundamentally good human characteristics, but I would say that their portrayal in the film does not rise to the level of an explicit political statement.

I don't at all understand why "The Godfather" is on this list.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a film about fundamental decency and fairness as a cornerstone of personal values, but again (like "The Great Escape"), I don't think that their portrayal in the film can be construed as "conservative." Liberals probably also claim this film for their own. Oh, and: "Boo" Radley probably should have been institutionalized long ago.

I haven't seen some of the films on this list, so my retaining them in this excerpt is in no wise to be inferred as any approval of them.

Regards,

55 posted on 11/05/2023 12:27:46 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

Who were the ~~hero’s~~ heroes in that movie? The slaves.

Some of the slaves were portrayed as good, decent human beings. Some were portrayed as shiftless, vain, and foolish. None of the slaves were portrayed as victims, or as evil.

Regards,

56 posted on 11/05/2023 12:31:29 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), the Donald Trump Story.

57 posted on 11/05/2023 1:04:11 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)

Old Dad’s
I just watched this on Netflix this week.
A comedy about three dads dealing with today’s woke society.
It was actually funny

58 posted on 11/05/2023 1:43:17 AM PST by woodbutcher1963

59 posted on 11/05/2023 3:08:46 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)

60 posted on 11/05/2023 3:10:12 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)

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