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Conservative movies exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list (in no particular order):
- The first Spider-Man (2002), which praises moral virtue (hard-working teenager, devout aunt and well-meaning uncle) and pokes fun at assumed liberals (entertainers and journalist). Hero chooses abstinence. This was one of the most profitable films ever made.
- Gone With the Wind
- Ben-Hur
- Shawshank Redemption (about a wrongly-convicted murderer who escapes from prison)
- The Sound of Music
- It's a Wonderful Life
- The Ten Commandments
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
- The Passion of the Christ
- Star Wars and its sequels - simple truths about the triumph of good over evil
- King of Kings
- On The Waterfront - a simple but hardworking longshoreman takes on his Mafia-controlled union
- Sergeant York
- Knute Rockne: All-American
- Ninotchka
- Forbidden Planet
- Rudy
- The Prince of Egypt
- Red Dawn
- Harry's War
- The Patriot (2000) (the one starring Mel Gibson, there are several other movies with this name)
- Ladder 49
- Rocky (perseverance and God-given talent can overcome all odds)
- October Sky
- Amazing Grace (film)
- Bruce Almighty
- Home Alone
- World Trade Center (highlights the bravery of the firemen and police in 9/11)
- A Man For All Seasons
- Chariots of Fire
- One Foot In Heaven
- Quo Vadis?
- Three Godfathers
- Reefer Madness (emphasizes the dangers of drugs)
- The Lost Weekend (dangers of alcohol)
- Little Miss Sunshine (importance of family)
- The Manchurian Candidate (anti-communist in general, but with a swipe at Joseph McCarthy)
- The Green Berets Vivid defense of our troops' conduct in the Vietnam War.
- My Son John (1952). A small-town couple's world is turned upside-down by the discovery that their adult son is a Communist.
- True Lies, starring the future Republican governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Teaches conservative values like marital loyalty, and political incorrect facts such as the fact that most terrorists are Middle Eastern Arabic speakers who don't value human life.
- The Island (2005) Pro-life statement against cloning to harvest organs.
- Ghostbusters (1984) EPA bureaucrat lets evil escape.
- Evelyn (2002) True story of Irish father's legal struggle to recover his kids from an orphanage.
- Shane (1953) Western about defending a homesteading family.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Man peacefully stands up to an invasion by unloving, Godless aliens who had taken over key government positions.
- Hero (1992) Even those with character flaws can do good.
References
Please add your best conservative picks.