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Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies

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|A 37-year-old father reverts to age 17 through a visit to a mysterious janitor and learns that choosing family, which he strives to support however he can, and life over death and possible material riches is much more rewarding and fulfilling even if it is not always apparent. The film stands up for [[abstinence]] and self-respect, and contains a strong speech for both of them, as in this quote: "Because there is no one that I'm in love with. It's called making love, isn't it? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think that means you do it with someone you love. And preferably when you're married, when you're ready to take that love and turn it into a baby." The concept of fatherhood is painted positively as well because he ultimately learns he was reverted to age 17 so he could see things from his children's perspectives and help them resolve their problems.
|$64,167,069<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=17again.htm</ref>
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|''42''
|2013
|PG-13
|Bio pick of American icon [[Jackie Robinson]]
|$95,020,213
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|''90 Minutes in Heaven''
|G
|A city-weary Los Angeles construction worker and his family settle for a more idyllic life in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, never to return. Two sequels followed in 1978 and 1979.
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|''Air Force One''
|[[Christianity]]'s impact in building the United States is explored in depth. Liberals were shaken when it received an Oscar nomination, proving that there is still a prevalent conservative voice in Hollywood.
|$887,851<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aloneyetnotalone.htm</ref>
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|''Alpha''
|2018
|PG-13
|This film set in Europe 20,000 years ago tells the story of a human and his relation with a wolf. It promotes family and friendship values with both the teenaged tribesman's relation with his family and with the wolf. It also is pro-[[hunting]] and pro-[[fishing]] as the human learns the importance of killing a rabbit in order to feed the wolf. The wolf and human also go fishing and hunt bison and wild boars.
|$11.7 million
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|''[[Amazing Grace (movie)|Amazing Grace]]''
|2014
|PG-13
|Patriotic superhero and Avengers co-leader Steve Rogers/Captain America unravels a government conspiracy involving HYDRA, the Nazi terror group he fought in World War II, and tries reconnecting with his long-lost best friend James "Bucky" Barnes, who, after being frozen in suspended animation for decades like Rogers was, is now a brainwashed assassin known only as "The Winter Soldier". All the while, he stays true to principles that the United States was founded on, unwilling to see them destroyed. The filmmakers based the villains of this film on the NSA and the [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] regime.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/california/2014/04/06/hollywood-turns-against-obama-with-captain-america-winter-soldier-2/</ref>
|$259,766,572
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|PG-13
|This Hollywood film doesn't feature any history revisionism and tells the cold hard truth about [[Ted Kennedy]] during the [[Chappaquiddick incident]]<ref>https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/chappaquiddick-review/</ref> angering liberal critics in the process.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/chappaquiddick-ted-kennedy-distortortion.html</ref> To add insult to injury the film ended up overperforming as well<ref>http://missliberty.com/chappaquiddick-box-office-blows-past-projections/</ref>
|$17,894,212
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|''Cheaper by the Dozen''
|2017 (UK and Toronto)<br />2018 (America and France)
|R
|An adaptation of the French historical fiction graphic novel of the same name. Although largely a satirical black comedy, the movie nonetheless accurately shows the horrific events of the Soviet Union under Stalin's totalitarian rule and the events after his death, as well as the innately cowardly and treacherous nature of the Soviet Politburo (see [[Atheism and cowardice]] as well as [[Atheism and Mass Murder]]). It also is one of the few films to allude to the anti-Semitic [[Doctor's plot]] that Stalin had orchestrated prior to his death (which had ironically been precipitated due to the doctor's plot killing off all the best doctors in Moscow at the time), making clear that, contrary to what the left claims, the USSR and the left adhered to anti-Semitism. The director of the film, Armando Iannucci, admits that a large part of the reason he made the film was partly because of how Stalin was still revered in Russia to the extent that the Russian hotel he stayed at had a portrait of Stalin up, while pointing out that no one would dare do the same regarding Hitler in similar situations.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/armando-iannucci-death-of-stalin-trumps-funeral-w517602</ref> As if reinforcing this, the movie also ended up banned in Russia at the order of [[Vladimir Putin]].
|$15.7 million
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|In this adaption of the conservative 1980s television series, Denzel Washington portrays retired intelligence agent-turned-vigilante Robert McCall, the role originated in the original series by British actor Edward Woodward.
|$101,530,738
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|''The Equalizer 2'''
|2018
|R
|Sequel to the 2014 film
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|''[[Escape from Hell]]''
|Shows the bravery of the passengers on Flight 93, which was hijacked on [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11th, 2001]], and crashed into a Pennsylvania field. The passengers fought back against the Islamic hijackers.
|NA - TV
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|''Flight of the Navigator''
|1986
|PG
|A boy named David Scott Freeman is abducted by a UFO and then wakes up in a ravine, only to discover that he's been transported 8 years into the future. The series contains strong pro-family themes as David's parents are shown to be filled with overwhelming joy and happiness after seeing David for the first time in 8 years. David's little brother, Jeff, has an antagonistic relationship with David early in the movie but when David disappears for 8 years, a now-16-year-old Jeff regrets the way he treated his brother and reconciles with him. David's family is very supportive in helping him adjust to his situation. When David is in the hospital for testing to find out why he hasn't aged, one of his family stays with him at all times so he won't be alone. When David goes back in time at the end of the film, he learns to have more appreciation for his family, including Jeff. The film also depicts government bureaucrats in a negative light, as NASA treats the UFO and David as mere science experiments and is unsympathetic to David's situation. The agents take David away from his family and put him in an isolated, locked room. David's father becomes enraged when he finds out how NASA has been treating David. The agents later place the whole family under House Arrest. When David goes to his family's home in 1986, the NASA agents are there to take him away again, and that's when he decides to go back in time to 1978 despite the ship's computer, Max, insisting that it's potentially dangerous.
|$18,564,613
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|''For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada''
|Swedish actor Max Von Sydow brilliantly portrays [[Jesus]] in this aptly-named feature.
|$8,000,000 (U.S.), $20,000,0000 (worldwide)
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|''The Greatest Showman''
|2017
|PG
|Based on the true story of P. T. Barnum this musical celebrates the American Dream, as he helped build and create his own circus. Besides from that there various Christian values as well, such as the redemptive themes shown, the faithfulness, and being pro-marriage and pro-family. In addition it also promotes the idea of treating everyone with respect and dignity. Finally the film also promotes the concept of individualism. <ref>https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/greatest-showman-captured-american-imagination/</ref>
|$174,340,174<ref>https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatestshowman.htm</ref>
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|''The Green Berets''
|1981, 1984, 1989, 2008
|PG
|During World War II (a time of great patriotism for America)the Great Depression, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones searches the world for artifacts of untold power and, along the way, combats some of America's most infamous enemies, in particular Nazis. The first and third films contain Christian themes since they are centered around the [[Ark of the Covenant]] and the [[Holy Grail]], respectively; while the second film condemns paganism due to its main villain being a pagan priest. A fourth film, ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', takes place in the early Cold War era with Soviet Communists as antagonists, although there's some debate as to how patriotic and conservative the movie is (see its entry in Debatable Whether Conservative for more details).
|1197.2 million (altogether)
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|Action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tough Arizona sheriff who must stop an escaped Mexican drug lord from fleeing the country.
|$12,026,670
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|''The Last Starfighter''
|1984
|PG
|In this pro-just war and pro-military film, a young trailer park resident Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), after breaking the high score on the Starfighter video game, is approached by Centauri (played by Robert Preston in his last film role) who wants to recruit him into the Star League where he can be a real Starfighter. While Alex initially resists the idea due to it being a sudden shock, he eventually embraces the opportunity to do something significant with his life. The film also has a family theme as Alex and his navigator Grig (Dan O' Herlihy) reminisce about their respective families.
|$28,733,290
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|''Lean on Me''
|1964
|UR
|In one of the greatest motion picture masterpieces of all time, adapted from the novel by Australian-born British author P. L. Travers, a magical nanny is hired to take care of two children, Jane and Michael Banks, while their parents are engaged in their respective duties. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary Poppins and her Cockney jack-of-all-trades performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's cheerful attitude and morals to their preoccupied parents. Also has an early condemnation of feminism, as one of the reasons the mom was preoccupied and why Mary Poppins was ultimately hired to help raise the kids was because the mother attempted to fight for women liberation. In the process, the Banks family become more closer and happier together than ever before. ''Mary Poppins'' is cited by many to be [[Walt Disney]]'s crowning achievement.
|$677,054,500
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|1997
|PG-13
|A loose adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. The film carries an implicit promotion of national borders and legal immigration/assimilation, as the titular organization keeps the existence of extraterrestrial immigrants secret and allows them in so long as the aliens specifically make sure they undergo naturalization first and that they obey certain laws. In addition, the opening scene has Kay and his partner stopping attempted illegal immigrants from crossing into the country and was implied to be working alongside the ICE and border patrol to prevent illegal immigrants into the country while trying to prevent a literal illegal alien, Mikey, from entering the country illegally, with the alien being depicted in a negative light due to him trying to kill an ICE agent before being atomized by Kay. Also condemns terrorism, as the main villain, Edgar the Bug, arrived on Earth to personally assassinate two extraterrestrial diplomats of two warring civilizations specifically to engineer a war with Earth and thus allow his kind to feast on any killed in battle. There's also a subtle mocking of the liberal news rag ''New York Times'', where one of the characters, Kay, when explaining to Jay that he was searching via tabloid articles, suggested he could use the ''New York Times'' as searching for information as "they sometimes get it right", implying that the ''New York Times'' was less reliable than tabloid articles.
|$589.4 million
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|While its predecessor stayed politically neutral, this film has pro-family message, in which father and his family must rescue their son from a Satanic cult who plans to resurrect an Egyptian demon, as well as the climax having the mother, in clear defiance of the father's insistence that she, her brother, and their son escape from the doomed temple without him, risks her life to save him, while in stark contrast, the female villain, the reincarnation of the woman whom the titular mummy had sacrificed everything to try and save, ends up abandoning him to his fate despite his begging for her help, and later ends up paying the price for her deed by falling into a pit of scarabs.
|$202,019,785
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|''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''
|2008
|PG-13
|Still has the same pro-family message, along with a [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]-like rogue army as the side villains.
|$102,491,776
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|''Mr. Skeffington''
|A film that shows hard work, dedication, loyalty and trust can result in success and "happiness" for any American, regardless of race, gender or creed. It is an instructional piece about the tradition of "stick-to-it-iveness" that has made America a land of hope and opportunity for so many. This film’s main themes—the primacy of the family, the blessings of free and open markets, the necessity of staying true to one’s ideals—are all conservative concepts.
|$307,077,300
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|''A Quiet Place''
|2018
|PG-13
|Metaphorical pro-life horror film<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2018/04/11/a-quiet-place-isnt-just-pro-life-it-makes-us-understand-what-being-pro-life-truly-means/?noredirect=on</ref>. Notable for being one of the biggest surprise hits of 2018.
|$329,861,495<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aquietplace.htm</ref>
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|''Quo Vadis''
|An affectionate and beautifully filmed biography film on the life of Bernadette Soubirous. Illustrates the power and essence of faith, hope, charity, and forgiveness. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jennifer Jones).
|$7,000,000
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|''The Sons of Katie Elder''
|1965
|UR
|Brothers John Elder ([[John Wayne]]), Tom Elder ([[Dean Martin]]), Bud Elder (Michael Anderson Jr.) and Matt Elder (Earl Holliman) seek justice following the murder of their mother.
|$23 million
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|''Soul Surfer''
|2006
|PG-13
|Highlights the bravery of NYC's firemen , paramedics, and police in [[9/11]].
|$70,236,496
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|1998
|G
|Based on the Aesop fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", a young and inventive, if clumsy, ant named Flik plans to recruit a military force of warrior insects to save his colony from being oppressed by evil grasshoppers who have enslaved the film promotes the concept of ants to harvest food for them, lest they may be punished. Flik is a model for individualism as well as a strong work ethic, as well as featured an anti-slavery message. It also features the concept of who believes in bettering oneselfhimself and his colony with his impressive harvesting inventions. Also pro-second amendment and pro-militaryTo some extent, as the main protagonist, Flik, had initially set off to find warrior bugs to fend off the grasshoppers after their latest visit and threat. It also has a condemnation on film pokes fun at the homosexual agenda, in particular transvestitism, as : the character male ladybug Francis, a ladybug, is frequently mistaken for a womanbecause of his species' name, with Francis not only frequently correcting various and he routinely corrects other characters about his actual gender, but also clearly getting angry at the characters mixing up his actual genderthis confusion, at one point even launching into a tirade with several flies before having to be restrained.
|$363.3 million
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|2003
|G
|The film is pro-family, as Marlin, a clownfish, embarks on a quest to save his son Nemo (with assistance from Dory, an absent-minded blue tang) after he was captured by humans, even after Nemo disobeyed him his warning to touch not go near a fishing boat. Also has a subtle condemnation on environmentalism, as the divers captured Nemo thinking Nemo was injured and needed medical assistance.
|$940.3 million
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|''G.I. Joe: The Movie''
|1987
|NR
|Animated film version of the conservative cartoon of the same name.
|direct-to-video
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|Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen - Benio, Hana no 17-sai
|Similar to the first film, individualism and standing up for what is right are central themes. Dracula fails to force his grandson to be an evil vampire, then realizes that he can only a good role model to his grandson and cannot force him to be something he is not. Another major theme is having good character, as Dracula talks to his human son-in-law Jonathan of his grandson's great character and how he should not reject his love for him because he is different. In the end, the grandson uses his vampiric powers to battle giant bats who attack the Dracula family for including humans in their lineage. Also makes fun of liberal styles, as Dracula is unhappy with the lowering of the standards in the schools.
|$169,700,110
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|''Hotel Transylvania 3''
|2018
|PG
|The threequel to the conservative film franchise.
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|''How to Train Your Dragon''
|1989
|G
|A An adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale of the same name, it was about a mermaid strives to become a traditional female human, following the patriarchal system of society. It also promotes the concept of [[assimilation]], as the mermaid: Ariel when becoming human intended to adopt the culture of the humans upon doing so. The film centers around conservative Christian values and contains an anti-feminism theme. Ariel is shown to be the antithesis of a modern feminist. The villain Ursula is shown in a devilish and beastly way (appearing as half-woman, half-octopus), and her claims about men not wanting women who talk and care only for a woman's body language (a common claim by [[feminism|feminists]] against males) is made clear to be lies. In addition, it also contains a pro-traditional marriage theme, and is the last Disney animated feature film to actually treat traditional marriage in a positive light for a good while.
Despite being set under the sea, it also features an anti-[[Environmentalism]] and anti-racism message, as the characters (namely King Triton) who pushed anti-human sentiments turned out to be wrong in their negative views on humans. Although often ignored by liberal reviewers complaints about the movie(some of whom also adhered to the feminist ideology and thus falsely implied that Ariel solely wanted to become human because of Eric, which led directly to promoting the feminist agenda in ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name="Woolverton and Belle" />), it was also pro-family, as during her deal with Ursula, Ariel was explicitly hesitant to undergo the deal citing that, regardless of which way the deal goes, she won't see her father and sisters again. King Triton, after destroying Ariel's grotto in a fit of anger, is clearly shown afterwards to be immensely remorseful of his actions after it became apparent that Ariel fled from him as a result, and later tries to save Ariel after learning about Ursula's role in her disappearance and even opts to sacrifice himself to ensure Ariel's (and, implied via dialogue regarding Ursula shortly afterward, her sisters') safety, and Ariel upon witnessing Triton being cursed by Ursula, immediately attempts to avenge him by attacking Ursula.
It also shows a perfect allegory towards liberalism's deceit and cheating to ensure success and its unwillingness to keep its word, as well as the promotion of character integrity and doing things fair and square, as when Ariel seemed to have failed at gaining Eric's love, she makes absolutely no attempt at stopping the marriage until after learning that his "bride", Vanessa (in reality, Ursula in disguise), had in fact brainwashed Prince Eric and that he didn't choose to marry her, with it being implied that Ursula violated her end of the deal when she did that action, and even when she does in fact fail, Ariel makes absolutely no effort to resist Ursula's dragging her away. Likewise, Ursula, besides her blatant interference with the deal by disguising herself as Vanessa and brainwashing Eric, also arranged to have Flotsam and Jetsam overturn Eric and Ariel's boat specifically to ensure that Eric and Ariel couldn't kiss when it looked like Ariel could in fact win her end of the deal fair and square, and after she curses Triton and Ariel attempts to attack Ursula in retaliation, Ursula heavily implies before Eric saved Ariel that she's going to kill the latter despite having promised to not harm Ariel.
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|$14.7 million
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|''Shrek''
|2001
|PG
|Loosely based on a 1990 fairytale picture book by William Steig, the first feature-length computer animation by DreamWorks SKG stars Shrek, a socially challenged ogre who becomes an unlikely hero when he forms an alliance with a pesky, talking donkey to rescue a princess at the behest of the evil Lord Farquaad of Duloc, who hates fairytale-type beings and has exiled a host of them to Shrek's swamp. Not long after they rescue Princess Fionna, Donkey learns that she was cursed as a child to transform into an ogre herself by night and that only marriage can break the curse. Shrek does not hear this message clearly at first and thinks Fionna is calling him an "ugly beast" before he realizes she actually despises her own ogre form and stops her marriage to Farquaad, preventing him from becoming a tyrannical king and continuing to oppress fairytale beings. Although DreamWorks is liberal, the dialogue occasionally resorts to bathroom humor, and Fiona sometimes behaves like a feminist (as when she effortlessly uses martial arts against Robin Hood and his Merry Men), it is implied that most of the characters are Christians as the gingerbread man says "God Bless Us Everyone". The gospel song "I'm a Believer" at the end of the feature, and the scene where Shrek and Fiona are silently upset about being separated has the version of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. Robin Hood is a secondary antagonist, but he is at least implied to be based on the infamous revisionist version by [[Joseph Ritson]] that was made in solidarity to the [[Jacobin]]s during the French Revolution). Lord Farquaad, intended to be based on Liberal [[Disney]] CEO [[Michael Eisner]]<ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-06/features/0104060008_1_lord-farquaad-dreamworks-jeffrey-Katzenberg</ref> (which adds to the whole film's existence as a reverent parody of Disney fairytale animation conventions), is likewise a lampoon of materialism because he only desires Fiona's marriage so he can officially become the King of Duloc. Finally, shortly after Farquaad meets his end at the jaws of Donkey's dragon love interest, Donkey jokes about [[Hollywood values]]: "Celebrity marriages, they never last, do they?"
|$484.4 million
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|''Sleeping Beauty''
|1937
|G
|The Disney animated classic that started it all. Walt Disney and his staff of talented filmmakers, animators, and musicians overcame many challenges to create one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces of all time: a masterpiece of solid family entertainment and a perfect film recommendation for everyone around the world.In addition, the film It is notable as one of the few Disney films to date to feature an openly [[Christian]] princess: Snow White. In addition, as evidenced by the Evil Queen's overall character, it paints parental abuse, including attempted infanticide, in a very negative light.
|$418,200,000
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|2017
|PG
|Anitmated This animated story of the [[The Nativity]] with is told from the perspective of anthropomorphic animals.
|$40,852,824
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|In its own strange way, ''Tangled'' stands as a perfect allegory for the Gospel of Christ. Teenage heroine Rapunzel represents humanity, who has grown comfortable in her prison but can’t ignore the light that shines in the darkness. [[Satan|The devil]] is signified by Mother Gothel, who tries to convince Rapunzel to forget the outside world and stay locked away in her tower. Lastly, [[God]] can be found in Rapunzel's real parents, who without fail, continue to shine their light in the hopes of bringing their lost child back home. A TV series sequel to this movie, ''Tangled: The Series'', debuted in 2017.
|$591,794,936
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|''Teen Titans Go! to the Movies''
|2018
|PG
|Although it's goofy just like the 2013 onward cartoon spinoff of the 2003-2006 ''Teen Titans'', it takes a jab at Hollywood values as Robin ends up realizing that he doesn't need a movie in order to be a real superhero. It also promotes friendship values as Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy stay loyal to him, even after he ditches them and they come back for him once he starts to realize he's been tricked by a movie producer, who turns out to be the film's main villain named Slade.
|$11,600,615
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|''Toy Story'' trilogy
|1995, 1999, 2010
|G
|Altogether, the three films celebrate friendship and family unity, even if it focuses more on a figurative family with the boy Andy as a father-figure to his toys that , who come alive in humans' absence and praise him Andy for loving and playing with them as though they were his children.
In the first installment, the world's first computer-animated theatrical feature, pull-string cowboy doll Sheriff Woody grows jealous when science fiction hero action figure Buzz Lightyear, who initially believes he is a real space hero, becomes young Andy's favorite toy among the toy community. Woody's efforts to make himself Andy's favorite toy again cause both him and Buzz to be separated from their owner, but teamwork allows them to find their way back to Andy just before he and his family move to a new house. The film's overall development was especially notable due to then-Disney Animation chairman [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] initially ordering for ''Toy Story'' to be made significantly more liberal in its values by being more "adult, cynical, [and] edgy". This included depicting Woody and the other toys in a significantly more mean-spirited light, with Woody going so far as to actually attempt to murder Buzz with no remorse whatsoever (instead of accidentally knocking Buzz out of the window, as he does in the final film). This caused Toy Story to be almost cancelled and Pixar itself to be nearly shut down until the company was given a second chance.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2010/07/07/we-love-pixar-how-hollywood-cynicism-almost-ruined-toy-story-and-pixar/</ref>
|$33,349,941
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|''[[America: Imagine the World Without Her]]''
|2014
|PG-13
|This documentary examines various crimes conducted by then-president Bill Clinton, in particular those that occurred during his time as Governor of Arkansas, including the Mena operation, being a draft dodger who deliberately misled his commanding officer, Whitewater, Arkancide, and his sexual proclivities including at least one instance of rape. It condemns the media for hiding these facts and is widely considered the turning point for the 1994 Republican Revolution.
|N/A
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|''[[Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?]]''
|2018
|PG-13
|[[Dinesh D'Souza]] exposes the truth about the fascism of [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Adolf Hitler]], as well as their direct connection to the Democrat Party. It also makes clear the racism that motivated the latter had direct roots to the Progressive movement of the United States and by extension the Democrat Party, and that the conventional wisdom of Fascism was of the right-wing of politics was one of the left's biggest lies and that fascism if anything was of the left. On a similar note, it also makes clear the connection between Mussolini's fascism and Marxism, and also indicates that the issue of slavery was another form of socialism. Also makes clear that the white supremacist founder of the alt-Right [[Richard Spencer]] and the Charlottesville Rally organizer [[Jason Kessler]] had in fact been left-wingers posing as right-wingers. Similarly it also makes clear that Antifa and George Soros, despite claiming they were "anti-Fascist", were in fact fascists (also exposing the latter's role in the confiscation of objects held by his neighbors by the Nazis). As implied by the title, it also compares the turbulent times that was orchestrated by the left after Donald Trump was elected to the events of the Civil War under Lincoln. It also has a positive depiction of the [[White Rose Rebellion]].
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|''[[Expelled | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''
|Although it's produced by liberal elitist George Clooney, the film does bring awareness to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
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|''Waiting for Superman''
|1991
|G
|A young woman overcomes a shallow society and finds true love. Although by comparison a powerful and immensely popular antidote to [[feminism]] to the [[liberal]] movies churned out by [[Disney]] since, as well as overall promoting redemption (as seen with the Beast's transformation), and also promoting some family values (such as Belle being loyal to her father), there were a few hints at feminist propaganda at the beginning of the film, such as Belle being different from the villagers because she can read, which is implied to not be supported by the villagers at all (feminist propaganda often falsely claims that women couldn't get an education until the 1960s), as well as Belle being unwilling to hold the role of housewife for Gaston or raising children, and later her blaming the titular Beast for her fleeing the castle despite most of the events leading up to and after that event being largely her fault (specifically, her deliberate disobedience towards Beast and the servants by going into the West Wing as soon as she found out where it was located) and the story framing that as being a good thing she did. On a related note, a scene that had Belle baking a cake for her father when he got home ended up cut at the order of Linda Woolverton, with her reason specifically being because "a liberated woman [like Belle] wouldn't know how to bake," essentially implying that baking would have been the activity of non-liberated women, a typical statement by feminists.<refname="Woolverton and Belle">https://www.mouseplanet.com/8500/Linda_Woolverton_and_Belle</ref><ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/belle-beauty-beast-became-disneys-155053182.html</ref> In addition, the opening song and the reprise has Belle having a similar "smarter-than-thou" personality that is all too common among liberals, having her refer to the villagers derogatorily as "little people" in the beginning of the opening song, repeatedly stressing the "provincial" elements of the village when expressing her desire to leave the village, complaining about Gaston due to considering him "boorish and brainless" shortly after his failed proposal, and also dismissing the villagers as "they" when mentioning her goals ("I want so much more than what ''they've'' got planned"). On that note, due to Beast being unwilling to even defend himself, let alone the castle servants, when the mob arrived to kill him until Belle had arrived at the last second, which had been the result of Belle's attempts at civilizing Beast, it gives the implication that the ideal male in the film is not allowed to get angry or act violently even in self-defense unless a woman was physically present. Then-Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg also mentioned that he wanted "a feminist twist" on the original fairy tale by creating a heroine who is "a departure from typical Disney female characters",<ref>http://articles.mcall.com/1991-11-22/features/2825583_1_beast-s-castle-fairy-tale-madame-gabrielle</ref> which had partly been done in response to negative criticisms towards Ariel in the previous movie by liberal critics,<ref name="Woolverton and Belle" /> and the feminist writer [[Linda Woolverton]] made clear that she made Belle a feminist and based her on the women's liberation movement from the 1970s in order to avoid creating another insipid princess.<ref name="Beauty and Maleficent">{{Cite web|url = http://time.com/2798136/maleficent-beauty-beast-writer/|title = The Same Woman Wrote Maleficent and Beauty and the Beast—Here’s How They’re Linked|date = May 30, 2014|accessdate = January 16, 2014|website = Time|publisher = |last = Rothman|first = Lily}}</ref><ref>http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/26/linda-woolverton-alice-belle-disney-heroines?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter</ref><ref>https://www.bustle.com/articles/163686-the-one-thing-beauty-and-the-beast-fans-probably-dont-know-about-the-creation-of-belle</ref><ref>http://www.mouseplanet.com/8500/Linda_Woolverton_and_Belle</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-19/entertainment/ca-544_1_disney-film</ref> Gaston is a conservative and hardworking hunter who is considered by the villagers to be their town hero, but is shown to be the main villain of the movie (it should also be noted that in the original screenplay for the film, Gaston was intended to be a Marquess [French nobleman], meaning the decision to make him a conservative and hardworking hunter was made after a rewrite). In addition, although not to the same degree as other Disney films that came after it, the film also has a slight anti-Christian bent, as the villagers (strongly implied by various verses in the opening song and the mob song, as well as a failed wedding, to be practicing and devout Christians) were later briefly seen supporting a plan that went against God's teachings, as well as overall depicted as being idiots, while Belle, the character framed as an intellectual and a moral figure, is not even seen or even implied to believe in God at all. In addition, Belle's love for Beast (where it is implied that she was largely unaware of the Beast being formerly a human prince) could be seen as promoting bestiality. Also, it is the first Disney movie to neither show nor hint at the two love interests getting married, and in fact, the only "wedding" in the film was the one Belle ruined, creating negative implications about marriage as a result, as well as starting a string of movies that don't paint marriage in a positive light. Similarly, the only three females in the film who are implicitly supportive of marriage and Christianity are demeaned, depicted as dumb blondes with the script and credits explicitly referring to them derogatorily as "the bimbettes." There was also a slight anti-hunting and anti-second amendment sentiment in the film, due to the main villain, as aforementioned, explicitly being labelled as a hunter, as well as Gaston's villainous nature being first highlighted in his debut scene where he shot a duck out of the sky. There were also several overtones of a pro-homosexual agenda within the film, including the mob song late into the film, largely because of the executive producer, Howard Ashman, being homosexual and dying from AIDS at the time the film was made. Similarly, during the battle in the castle, there was a brief instance of transgenderism that was treated as a joke where the wardrobe proceeded to dress one of the male villagers in a Hawaiian outfit. One of the protagonistic characters, Lumiere, is briefly seen making out with a featherduster and was implied that the two weren't married, with some hints at Lumiere being an unrepentant womanizer (with the implication being further increased in the Special Edition-exclusive song "Human Again" where Lumiere mentioned he had a "mademoiselle in each arm", would be "courting again, chic and sporting again", and Mrs. Potts interjecting "Which should cause several husbands alarm." with Lumiere laughing at this, heavily implying that Lumiere was an adulterer to married women). In addition, Maurice is depicted as slightly addled and eccentric, as well as being naïve (such as thinking Gaston was a good match for Belle despite the story making clear he wasn't), and while he does try to go out of his way to save Belle in the midway point of the film, he ultimately needs saving twice and is unable to save Belle at all, which makes it debatable as to just how pro-family the narrative actually was. In addition, some elements of the film were later reused in the [[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies#Social|definitely liberal]] ''Maleficent'' movie.<ref name="Beauty and Maleficent" />
|$218,967,620
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|2015
|PG-13
|Jurassic Park is now functioning and open for business and the new boss is a woman, an obvious feminist message. Also the military is downgraded as they plan to weaponize dinosaurs. Despite all this feminists weren't impressed and labeled it sexist<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/10/jurassic-world-a-big-dumb-sexist-mess.html</ref> and even liberal critics called the weaponizing dinosaurs plot asinine.<ref>http://thoughtcatalog.com/olos-nah/2015/06/ill-just-say-what-everyone-is-thinking-jurassic-world-is-terrible/</ref>In addition, there was at least one implicit anti-feminist message in the film, as after the boss's secretary was brutally killed by dinosaurs, Owen indicated that she ultimately deserved her death due to her not acting like a mother.
|$652,270,625
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|While the movie shows [[Hollywood Values]], such as sex addiction, in a negative light and is clearly anti-[[homosexual agenda]], as the main character reaches his lowest point by partaking in such acts, the film is graphic in its nature leaving one to question how conservative it really is.
|$3,909,002
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|''Shrek''
|2001
|PG
|Although it has dirty humor and was made by the liberal company DreamWorks SKG, and the character Princess Fiona is depicted at times to be a feminist such as her utilizing martial arts on the Merry Men and taking them out effortlessly, it is implied that most of the characters are Christians as the gingerbread man says "God Bless Us Everyone". Also, Donkey sings a gospel song "I'm a believer", and the scene where Shrek and Fiona are silently upset about being separated has the version of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It also portrays Robin Hood (who is implied in the lyrics to be based on the infamous revisionist version by [[Joseph Ritson]] that was made in solidarity to the [[Jacobin]]s during the French Revolution), as an antagonist. It also features some condemnation on materialism, as the main villain, Lord Farquaad, (intended to be a parody of Liberal [[Disney]] CEO [[Michael Eisner]]<ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-06/features/0104060008_1_lord-farquaad-dreamworks-jeffrey-Katzenberg</ref>) only desires Fiona's marriage so he can officially become the king of Duloc. It also has a brief anti-Hollywood values message, as shortly after Farquaad met his end at the jaws of the dragon, Donkey said "Celebrity marriages, they never last, do they?" in a joking tone.
|$484.4 million
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|''[[The Simpsons]] Movie''
|1983
|R
|Charles Bronson plays Leo Kessler, a cop trying to catch a serial killer rapist, while the bureaucrats do everything to defend him. The film feels like a poor man's Dirty Harry and many critics pointed out that Charles Bronson seemed to be playing a clone of his former character Paul Kersey from the ''[[Death Wish ]]'' franchise.
|$7,175,592
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|2013
|R
|Although the previous ''Die Hard'' movies were largely politically neutral, this film portrays the CIA in a positive light, and both the main and surprise villains are unrepentant, anti-American former Soviet communists Communists who intended to access Cold War-era weapons grade uranium and sell them on the black market. Plus, the film is pro-family due to John McClain trying to reconnect with his son Jack. Despite this, it was largely a box office failure, and it has fairly weak story elements.
|$304.7 million
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|1985
|PG
|The film has some subtle Christian messages, as the Horned King, the main antagonist who tries to gain the Black Cauldron to rule the world, is depicted in a very satanic Satanic light, and the character Gurgi ultimately sacrifices himself in order to stop the Horned King, eventually being revived shortly thereafter. Also shows a promotion of the concept of being humble, as Taran still considers himself a pig herder even with his role in saving the world. However, the film was a massive box office bomb, with a large part of the reason for it being underperforming being due to both the dark elements of the film, especially for a Disney-made film, and due to a huge amount of footage (at least ten minutes worth) being cut from the film by then-Chairman of Disney Animation [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]].
|$21.3 million
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|Former Republican California governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] stars as former Delta Force leader John Matrix as he rescues his daughter from Communist insurgents (and the freelance soldier working for them, a former colleague of Matrix's who was fired from Delta Force for brutality) who plan to bring Communism back to their now liberated country. Despite this celebration of family, the action is goofy and cheesy, making it an unintentional comedy.
|$35,100,000
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|''Ernest Goes to Camp''
|1987
|PG
|Ernest P. Worrell (played by the late Republican actor Jim Varney) is a camp counselor put in charge of a group of Juvenile convicts from a corrective institute. Ernest manages to change the boys' ways by showing unconditional love, despite their reputations. In this, the film shows the conservative values of loving your enemy, with Ernest being the only one in camp who is nice to the boys. However, like most movies in the Ernest series, the humor is very campy and juvenile, and its clearly a kids movie.
|$23,500,000
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|''The Fallen Ones''
|1997, 2002, 2012
|PG
|Installments 3 and 5 in these sequels to the Christmas classic ''Home Alone'' do not involve the original cast, while the fourth only features part of the original cast. They each have a similar story and themes to the original, with the third featuring communist Communist North Korea and terrorism in a negative light since the antagonists are internationally wanted hitmen tied to North Korea. However, they were nowhere near as popular as the first two because they are considered lesser versions of the originals.
|$30,882,515, N/A straight to DVD, Made for TV Film
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|2001
|G
|Lady and Tramp’s son, runs away to join the Junkyard dogs (a clear allegory for criminals), where he Angel, who encourages him to return home after realizing he has a family. Also the film takes place within the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday, making it what might be the only Disney film to acknowledge and celebrate this patrtitoic patriotic holiday. However this film like most Disney sequels went straight to video.
|N/A (Direct to Video film)
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|2000
|G
|Although it to some extent retreads the plotline of the conservative film ''The Little Mermaid'' and was part of the infamous direct-to-video sequel line of the [[Michael Eisner]] era, it has a similar pro-family message and depicts the villain in a truly horrific light (such as trying to murder the main protagonist, a child, twice, once while she was a baby which acted as the primary reason why her parents, Ariel and Eric from the first film, went to great lengths to prevent her from learning about her heritage or even allowing her into the sea, and the other time when she was 12). It condemns parental neglect, too, because the main villain in question, Morgana, is largely motivated by being neglected by her mother over her elder sister, the previous main villain Ursula, which was most showcased in the special edition re-release via the added in song "Gonna Get my My Wish."
|N/A (Direct to Video film)
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|1978
|PG
|This early attempt to bring J. R. R. Tolkien conservative text to the silver screen still stands up for friendship, bravery, honor, sacrifice etc., but the animation (and pretty much everything else) has aged very poorly. Was remade into a live action trilogy in 2001-2003.
|$30,471,420
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|Similar to ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', the film showcases the public school system in a more negative light, due to one of the teachers letting one of the bullies, Dobbs, get away with stealing lunch money and later the same teacher punishing Max Keeble with a significantly and unreasonably large essay about rules for being tardied despite it being obvious that the only reason he was late was because one of the bullies, Troy McGinty, forced him into a swirly (due to his being dripping wet when he entered), as well as the principal of the school, Elliot Jindrake, who also acts as one of the main antagonists, explicitly hating children and only putting up with the school so he could get promoted to superintendent, as well as explicitly embezzling the school's budget, and also proceeding to punish Max for turning up late for an auditorium event even when, similar to the swirly incident mentioned above, it was very obvious that he only ended up late because McGinty proceeded to, in a similar manner to a cooking show, humiliate him by throwing him into a mud pool, putting saw dust on him, and then forcing him into a dumpster (due to his being littered with trash when he walked in). It also has a bit of an anti-socialist message due to the Evil Ice Cream Man being implied at one point to be a socialist (due to his insulting fellow antagonist Dobbs as a "capitalist tool.") and, as indicated by his nom de guerre, was not depicted in a positive light. Also has an allegory for the liberal elements of modern-day journalism as well, due to two of the characters who worked for the school yearbook proceeding to make events out to be even worse than they actually are (such as titling the first day as "Sheep Arrive for Slaughter"), not to mention usually uses the opportunity to actually photograph events of bullying rather than actually making any attempt to prevent it. Despite that, however, it largely was criticized for being bland and unoriginal, at least among adults, including some critics citing it as being too similar to ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''.
|$18.6 million
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|''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''
|2008
|PG-13
|Still has the same pro-family message, along with a [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]-like rogue army as the side villains. That being said, however, it was a box office bomb that caused the movie franchise to be cancelled despite leaving a hint at a sequel at the end, and there was also evidence of it being poorly made.
|$102,491,776
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|''[[The Patriot]]''
|Basketball star Michael Jordan uses the help of the Looney Tunes to beat back alien invaders from outer space who wish to take away their freedoms. Though the film hints at an anti-illegal immigration message, it suffers from messy animation and a lack of depth, and it is often cited as feeling more like a commercial than a film.
|$90,443,603
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|''Stealth''
|2005
|PG-13
|The film is pro-military and pro-American, with the North Koreans being portrayed in a negative manner. Also shows government corruption in a negative light in the form of a Washington lobbyist and the treacherous CO of the protagonists. Also has hints at a pro-War on Terror message as well. That being said, however, the movie was a critical and financial bomb, reputed to be among the worst box office losses at the time.
|$76 million
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|''Superman Returns''
|May 28, 1993
|PG
|Loosely based on the classic video game series from Nintendo, two fraternal plumbers from Brooklyn, New York must rescue the younger's girlfriend from a parallel dimension ruled by humans descended directly from dinosaurs. The film may support the Second Amendment when an old lady, before mugging the brothers, explicitly states they need to have a weapon to survive on the streets of Dinohattan (a parody of Manhattan depicted as a lawless hellhole). Furthermore, the movie seems to condemn communisticCommunistic/fascistic big government in the form of King Koopa (a human-looking dictator loosely based on Bowser, the turtle-dragon hybrid who serves as the main villain of most Super Mario games). The aforementioned lawlessness of Dinohattan is heavily implied to be caused by King Koopa's using liberal values and big government (à la Scar from ''The Lion King'') to grossly mismanage the location to such an extent that he and his minions ran out of resources after taking over Dinohattan via a coup and "reformed" it into a people's republic with false elections. To some extent, the movie condemns evolution and social Darwinism: although the backstory does involve dinosaurs evolving into humanoid creatures since they were sent to a separate dimension from that of humans, only the villains focus on this aspect and thus want to eliminate true humans.
All that aside, the film was largely panned and recouped less than half its budget at the box office, and it is considered one of the more infamous examples of the inherent difficulties of adapting a video game into a film. Effectively, ''Super Mario Bros.'' scared Nintendo into never allowing the West to make another film based on any one of its game franchises or letting Disney have any direct role in any of its franchises besides distributing games based on them, instead granting Universal Studios the rights to build a Nintendo theme park at Universal Studios Orlando; and it ruined the directorial careers of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Making the film took its toll on the actors, too, particularly Bob Hoskins (Mario), who stated in an interview years later that it was "…the worst thing I ever did", noting that he was stabbed four times, electrocuted, injured in one finger, and almost drowned during production. Likewise, in an autobiography, John Leguizamo (who played Luigi, Mario's younger brother) dedicates an entire chapter to the horrors of working on ''Super Mario Bros.'' and comments that he and Hoskins drank heavily during breaks to deal with the traumatic experience. Among the handful of editing errors is a specific shot that shows one of Koopa's guards slipping on slime that wasn't even present originally when the Mario Bros. revolted. This was the result of a deleted scene where Koopa, both due to his germophobic nature and as a further demonstration of the de-evolution chamber's properties, executes a technician by de-evolving him into primordial ooze for sneezing in his presence, explaining where the slime came from.
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