Here is No. 9 in the Top 10 of America’s Most Patriotic Movies Ever!
Here are more July 4th fireworks for you: No. 9 in BestEverBuzz’s July 4th countdown of America’s Most Patriotic Movies Ever.
I’m counting down the Top 10 of America’s Most Patriotic Movies Ever, with two each day concluding on July Fourth.
I hope it stirs your own sense of patriotism and inspires you to see these movies in a new light – or maybe see them for the first time.
After the countdown, ending on the Fourth of July, I’ll reveal five more patriotic movies that barely missed the cut. And here’s a link to No. 10.
Now, let’s celebrate Hollywood’s best portrayals of patriotism – with America’s Most Patriotic Movies Ever!
In this installment, we look at No. 9 of America’s Most Patriotic Movies EVER – The Longest Day.
- The Longest Day (1962)
Nothing encapsulates the Greatest Generation’s defeat of tyranny more than D-Day – the storming of Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. At nearly three hours, in a historic-feeling black and white, The Longest Day is the most ambitious telling of that heroic episode.
A Best-Picture nominee and recipient of top grades at RottenTomatoes.com, The Longest Day could hardly have been better timed – long enough after the war to serve as a reinforcing reminder of the valor of the Allied forces, but soon enough to have involved actual veterans of the conflict – including some of the big-name actors.
Talk about Independence Day! It was one of the most fateful days in human history – and this movie was fated to tell its story.
And how perfect that it featured John Wayne!
And that’s why The Longest Day is No. 9 on BestEverBuzz’s list of the Top 10 Most Patriotic Movies Ever.
