Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies

Conservative movies exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list (in no particular order):

1. The Exorcist (1973) (for adults only), a portrayal of evil with sympathy to Christianity. At its time it became the top-grossing film ever.
2. Iron Eagle (1986)
3. 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.
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Ben-Hur, celebrates honor and duty to family and country, with a pro-Christian ending
6. The Sound of Music, solid family entertainment
7. It's a Wonderful Life
8. The Ten Commandments
9. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
10. The Passion of the Christ
11. Star Wars series - simple truths about the triumph of good over evil
12. King of Kings
13. On The Waterfront - a simple but hardworking longshoreman takes on his Mafia-controlled union
14. Sergeant York
15. Knute Rockne: All-American
16. Ninotchka
17. Forbidden Planet
18. Rudy
19. The Prince of Egypt
20. Strategic Air Command. Actor (and Brigadier General) James Stewart's story of the real Strategic Air Command and its transition from prop planes to jet planes.
21. A Gathering of Eagles. Illustrates duty, honor, and the burden of command.
22. Red Dawn
23. Harry's War
24. The Patriot (2000) (the one starring Mel Gibson, there are several other movies with this name)
25. Ladder 49
26. Rocky (perseverance and talent can overcome all odds)
27. October Sky
28. Amazing Grace
29. Bruce Almighty
30. Home Alone
31. World Trade Center (highlights the bravery of the firemen and police in 9/11)
32. Flight 93
33. A Man For All Seasons
34. Chariots of Fire
35. One Foot In Heaven
36. Quo Vadis?
37. Three Godfathers
38. The Lost Weekend (dangers of alcohol)
39. Little Miss Sunshine (importance of family)
40. The Manchurian Candidate (anti-communist in general, but with a swipe at Joseph McCarthy)
41. The Green Berets Vivid defense of our troops' conduct in the Vietnam War.
42. My Son John (1952). A small-town couple's world is turned upside-down by the discovery that their adult son is a Communist.
43. 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.
44. The Island (2005) Pro-life statement against cloning to harvest organs.
45. Evelyn (2002) True story of Irish father's legal struggle to recover his kids from an orphanage.
46. Shane (1953) Western about defending a homesteading family.
47. Hero (1992) Even those with character flaws can do good.
48. The Day of the Jackal, celebrates conservative values like honor and duty.
49. 'Charlie Wilson's War', while seemingly a piece of liberal trash, is actually a story about how the US needs to destroy evil. Surprisingly for hollywood, the movie gives Reagan credit for ending the cold war. Also, the X-rated scenes in which the Wilson is with prostitutes and Cocaine is one of the truest exhibitions of liberals in film.

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