[NKP_Vet]

Pretty good list, but I would have had the first two Godfather movies on the list, especially Part II.

[drbuzzard]

Personally I would have suggested Sergeant York for the WW I movie. Picking one which had nothing whatsoever to do with the U.S. seems quite off. Not to say that the movie he picked was a bad one, it is a great film, but the theme of the list is U.S. history.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I like The Grapes of Wrath as a movie but I can’t get past the guy who runs the camp helping everybody out in the end being just ‘accidentally’ the spitting image of Franklin Roosevelt, who was just about to take America back into the Depression when he fortunately died.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

The list in the article is pretty good, but it completely ignores a very important topic:

It needs to focus, on the selling out of America.

We have shipped far too much formerly American production, to the Peoples Republic of China.

Far too much.

Bring back American industry.

[mc5cents]

I would include How The West Was Won (1962) in that list. Starred Jimmy Steward, John Wayne and Greg Peck and just about every other big name of the time. A Classic.

[Kartographer]

Sorry I disagree poor list in my opinion. To begin with:

I would replace ‘The Killing Fields’ with ‘We Were Soldiers’

I would replace ‘Fort Apache’ with ‘Open Range’ or ‘How the West Was Won’.

I would replace ‘The Longest Day’ with ‘Saving Private Ryan’

[windcliff]

Best Years Of Our Lives.

[Bringbackthedraft]

So many pre WW II movies covering WW I. Go back to the silents i.e. http://wn.com/the_big_parade or Wings. How about that famous “Mission to Moscow” Gee haven’t seen that Hollywood propaganda piece in ages, is it still out there or was it destroyed?

[Unknowing]

First words in the Godfather: “I believe in America.”

[Fiji Hill]

A few more:

• The Texas Revolution: The Alamo (1960)

• The Reconstruction: The Birth of a Nation (1915)

• The Philippine Insurrection: Cavalry Command (1963)

• World War I: Wings (1928)

• The Cold War: Big Jim Mclain (1952)

[Argus]

Bttt

[Argus]

Here’s my 12:

French & Indian War: THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

The Revolution: DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK

The War of 1812: TEN GENTLEMEN FROM WEST POINT

Texan Independence: THE ALAMO (John Wayne version)

Pre-Civil War: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS

Civil War: GETTYSBURG

Indian Wars: THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON

Spanish-American War: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER

WWI: SERGEANT YORK

The Depression: WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD

WWII: THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO

The Cold War: I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI

Any questions?