30 of the Greatest 4th of July Movies to Binge This Independence Day
With Independence Day coming up, we wanted to round up some great 4th of July movies to help get you into the patriotic spirit!
From historical fiction to feel-good family favorites, we’re sure you’ll find the BEST 4th of July movies for your summer movie nights on this list!
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30 of the Best 4th of July Movies to Watch With Your Friends and Family
Here at the Dating Divas, our top priority is providing content that is clean and safe for families. While there are several awesome patriotic Fourth of July movies out there, a lot of them are R-rated.
In keeping our promise to you, ALL of these movies are Diva-approved, meaning they have a rating below R. Most of these Fourth of July movies are PG-13 or PG! We have provided the links to purchase the movies as well as the links to the IMDb page with the rating and additional info for each movie. That way, you can make a well-informed decision about whether these movies are right for you and your family.
Lights, camera, ACTION! We hope you enjoy them!
1. Independence Day – The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind’s best weapon is the will to survive. CREDIT
2. Red Dawn – It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces. CREDIT
3. White House Down – While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. CREDIT
4. The American President – A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It’s all above board, but “politics is perception,” and sparks fly anyway. CREDIT
5. Eagle Eye – Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. CREDIT
6. Hidden Figures – The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. CREDIT
7. The Sandlot – In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. CREDIT
8. Rudy – Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. CREDIT
9. A League of Their Own – Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry. CREDIT
10. Lincoln – As the Civil War rages on, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves. CREDIT
11. Miracle – The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad. CREDIT
12. 42 – In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process. CREDIT
13. Top Gun – As students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. CREDIT
14. Top Gun: Maverick – After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it. CREDIT
15. Harriet – The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. CREDIT
16. 1776 – A musical retelling of the American Revolution’s political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. CREDIT
17. National Treasure – A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries. CREDIT
18. National Treasure 2 – Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth’s diary to prove his ancestor’s innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. CREDIT
19. Hamilton – The real life of one of America’s foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast. CREDIT
20. The Great Gatsby – A writer and Wall Street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age. CREDIT
21. Friday Night Lights – Based on H.G. Bissinger’s book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas, and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers. CREDIT
22. Rocky – A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. CREDIT
23. Devotion – A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen. CREDIT
24. Apollo 13 – NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. CREDIT
25. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character. CREDIT
26. An American Tail – While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country. CREDIT (Psst… Be sure to check out the other three American Tail movies, too!)
27. The Magnificent Seven – Seven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist. CREDIT
28. Remember the Titans – In 1971, Virginia high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the school board was forced to integrate an all-black school with an all-white one, the very foundation of football’s tradition was put to the test. CREDIT
29. Forrest Gump – The history of the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart. CREDIT
30. The Right Stuff – The U.S. space program’s development from the breaking of the sound barrier to [the] selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program’s more cautious engineers preferred. CREDIT
That’s a wrap! We hope you have a fantastic 4th of July with your family.
Happy Independence Day!
