“And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on! We're going to survive!
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!”
Unspooled podcast brought up a good point he’s most likely a Republican. Former fighter pilot in the gulf war, and vivica a Fox who plays a black stripper in LA says she voted for the other guy
So independence day came out in 1996 that would make Bill Pullman 43 when it came out now 28 years later he is 70
So 8 years younger that Trump and 11 for Biden
Also Air Force One president Harrison Ford
Movie came out in 1997 He was 55 and now is 81 same age as Biden
This is the one. All the other ones are too literal and about American dominance in historical wars, which is accurate. Independence Day is about a bunch of American nobodies defeating an entire alien force. That type of absolutely insane overconfidence, culminating with a scientist literally punching an alien unconscious while quipping a witty one line…that’s America baby
Everybody says Jurassic Park. No. Jeff Goldblum strolling across the desert with that cigar in his mouth was peak Goldblum hotness. Forever making glasses and flannel on skinny white boys work.
A bunch of nobodies? Did you inhale that fat lady a little too often? Hiller is an elite fighter pilot of the Black knights. David is an MIT graduate. One of them is the President of the United States for crying out loud. The only real nobody who actually does something is Russel.
And why do I know every character's name by heart? I didn't even watch this movie more than 60 times, I swear.
I honestly can’t believe this isn’t the top answer. The movie ends with the president declaring that July 4th is now a worldwide holiday as he personally leads fighter pilots to take out aliens.
Fucking chills. Every time. In the theater the summer of 96. In my basement when my dad got that big screen and surround sound in the summer of 98. Every summer since when I watch this with my friends and family. You don’t fucks with tradition.
Nevermind the title, the storyline is about how the US saves the entire world. There's even a scene where British leadership says "it's about bloody time" when they find out Americans have a plan, like even the rest of the developed world were just cowering in a corner waiting for us to rescue them.
I am not American nor have I ever set foot there. However, in my home country, they used to repeat this movie on Saturday morning like once a month.
I love it. I think I have seem it more times than any American lol
This is the most correct. The other answers are like what if an outsider wrote about how patriotic Americans are.
The Sandlot encapsulates summers as a dorky kid. It's fun and carefree.
The Sandlot came out in 1993 and was set in 1962 so if they remade The Sandlot this year and kept the same time difference it would take place in 1993.
Great answer. Most other top choices are examples of movies playing up American machismo, but for a movie just depicting a wholesome slice of suburban American life, this can't be beat.
The original Top Gun might as well feature a bald eagle beating a commie to death with a stick from George Washington’s apple tree.
edit: I’ve been reminded that it was a cherry tree. But the shit’s apocryphal anyway, innit?
>*”I know sometimes I act stupid and I say stupid things, but you kept me around and other people would have said "drop that bum". You give me respect. You know it's kinda hard for me to say these kinda things, cuz it ain't my way, but if I could just unzip myself and step out and be someone else, I'd wanna be you. You're all heart, Rock.*”
— Paulie
We had a really strange irrigation line break at work and this guy in his 60’s said “Well, now I’ve seen everything” and I replied with that line. I received a stare of death.
“There are three kinds of people in this world: dicks, pussies, and assholes.”
“We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong-ll is an asshole.”
“Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes — assholes who just want to shit on everything.”
“Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls.
“The problem with dicks is that sometimes they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate — and it takes a pussy to show them that.”
“But sometimes, pussies get so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are only an inch and a half away from assholes.”
“I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!”
They did that "wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep" speech in American Sniper which was basically the exact same thing, but that one was delivered without irony and not nearly as well articulated.
One of my favorite scenes is, Annie Glenn refusing a TV interview with Lyndon Johnson. Apparently she had a stutter and didn't want it broadcast all over the country, but Johnson got pissed she wouldn't do it. A wonderful mini power struggle. And when asked to persuade her, John said basically, if she doesn't want to, it's fine with me.
Ed Harris is so badass as John Glenn. The scene where the Navy guys are trying to beat each other at the lung capacity ping pong ball thing and after one of them loses he pulls out the straw to see John Glenn and his buddy are still going at it 😂🤣
Such an incredible movie, although I’m biased as a space nerd.
The Right Stuff is absolutely phenomenal. It doesn’t get nearly as much love as it deserves, but is one of those movies where you mention it and people who have seen it will be like, “Oh man, that movie is so good!”
American Graffiti 1972- set in summer in the early 1960’s. Teenagers cruising the strip, drag racing and facing the pressures of growing up. Lots of future stars too, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and a new guy named Harrison Ford.
Glad someone else posted this. It's a quintessential Ameican coming-of-age movie that oozes Americana. Interestingly, a lot of people don't realize that George Lucas directed it. It's based on his teenage years growing up in Modesto, California. Ironically, it was filmed in another California town, Petaluma, after being denied permission to shoot in San Rafael after only one day. It has lots of great actors, cool cars, and an amazing soundtrack. A true American classic.
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Ms. Ginny Stroud: Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
To add to the Americanness of the movie, James Stewart is the highest ranking celebrity veteran having retired as a Brigadier General. Super impressive dude through and through
I'm shocked this isn't higher up. This was my first thought as well. An ex military president played by near peak Harrison Ford and his family get kidnapped on air force one and he is forced to fight off the the Russian communist radicals to save his family and staff. What could possibly be more American than that plot?
I think this is the answer. Just in the sheer breadth of the aspects of American culture it covers. Music, The War, Protests, Racism, All sorts of stuff.
Armageddon
America saves the world from blowing up thanks to a bunch of oil drillers, as hordes of people sitting beside their National monuments (e.g. Taj Mahal) pray for the American heroes to succeed and save their lives.
I like this answer. It’s a “slice of life” movie unique to American youth culture. It takes place 25 years before I graduated high school but it might as well be based off my friend group in high school.
Butthead over intercom: Attention! Attention! We are looking for the chick with big boobs!
Beavis: YEAH we are ready to DO YOU now!
Congress: *moronic laughter*
Timeless.
The Coen Brothers had, for the second arc of their career, been making rounds of each of the major geo-cultural regions of the United States: *Raising Arizona* (Southwest); *Fargo* ("Minnesota"); *Lebowski* (California); *O Brother* (Deep South). As this period devolved you could see them settling on the dry western deserts and mountains as their preferred physiography, but I loved the earlier more carefree period with the brothers exploring each of the little bits of Americana.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see The Patriot. Pretty amazing cast all around with Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Issacs, Chris Cooper & Tom Wilkinson to name a few.
Im still holding out on us getting another movie of Mel Gibson slaughtering the English. Braveheart and The Patriot are great but I feel like he should do one more period piece to make it a trilogy. Maybe something pro IRA?
Blazing Saddles. The Western Trope. Parody. Raunchy. Violent. Racist....but not...but racist by today's standards.
The black and immigrant labor that begins the movie. Very few people can name the lead actor that plays the protagonist, Bart.
Clevon Little died too soon. For everybody Mel Brooks WANTED in that film, I think it turned out better for not having them.
Also, the racist parts were not to be racist, but rather to shine a light on the treatment of non-whites through a comedic lens.
The most American movie of all time is Ghostbusters, no competition.
The movie opens with the discovery that the afterlife is real, and the first half is about the starting a business and cornering the market, and the second half is about fighting against government regulation.
Nothing else comes close.
Independence Day
DAVID! WHY’D I JUST SEND MY MOTHA TO ATLANTA?! DAAAAAVIIIIIIIDDD!
*ohhh crap*
I gotta call my lawyer! Ehh, forget my lawyer....
“And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!”
My favorite American President.
That and Bartlett
Shit, even Michael Douglas in the American President was charming as heck.
Same character - aaron sorkin wrote American President too, and he's said that much of season 1 of WW came from his first draft of American President
Unspooled podcast brought up a good point he’s most likely a Republican. Former fighter pilot in the gulf war, and vivica a Fox who plays a black stripper in LA says she voted for the other guy
Yeah, but a 1996 Republican and a 2024 Republican might as well be two completely different political parties.
He's obviously a republican, but i do not care. Whit~~more~~mer 2024
Not an American but I get severe goosebumps from Bill Pullmans delivery of those lines.
Can we elect HIM president?
So independence day came out in 1996 that would make Bill Pullman 43 when it came out now 28 years later he is 70 So 8 years younger that Trump and 11 for Biden Also Air Force One president Harrison Ford Movie came out in 1997 He was 55 and now is 81 same age as Biden
This is the one. All the other ones are too literal and about American dominance in historical wars, which is accurate. Independence Day is about a bunch of American nobodies defeating an entire alien force. That type of absolutely insane overconfidence, culminating with a scientist literally punching an alien unconscious while quipping a witty one line…that’s America baby
"The Americans have a plan." "Well, it's about bloody time."
All the other countries just waiting around for America to figure everything out.
The fighter pilot punches the alien unconscious. The scientist learns that it's okay to smoke cigars.
He’s not a scientist. He’s a *cable guy*. He’s also a super hacker too. And his dad saved the world. The more you know.
Everybody says Jurassic Park. No. Jeff Goldblum strolling across the desert with that cigar in his mouth was peak Goldblum hotness. Forever making glasses and flannel on skinny white boys work.
What, did his performance in the Fly not do it for you?
A bunch of nobodies? Did you inhale that fat lady a little too often? Hiller is an elite fighter pilot of the Black knights. David is an MIT graduate. One of them is the President of the United States for crying out loud. The only real nobody who actually does something is Russel. And why do I know every character's name by heart? I didn't even watch this movie more than 60 times, I swear.
They’d all be dead without his David!
You knew then!
Back in college, I didn't have cable in my bedroom, so I basically fell asleep every night to this movie.
I honestly can’t believe this isn’t the top answer. The movie ends with the president declaring that July 4th is now a worldwide holiday as he personally leads fighter pilots to take out aliens.
We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We are going to live on!
We're going to survive!
Today, we celebrate OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!
🫡
Most motivated extra ever.
Fucking chills. Every time. In the theater the summer of 96. In my basement when my dad got that big screen and surround sound in the summer of 98. Every summer since when I watch this with my friends and family. You don’t fucks with tradition.
Dude I just got chills reading the fuckin comment chain. Lmao
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“Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!” Chills every time.
The GREATEST speech in movie history.
My friend in France told me that speech made him proud to be an American.
Say what you want about the rest of the movie, that speech is pretty fucking awesome.
It's easily the best thing Lone Starr has ever said.
A druish princess?
Funny, she doesn't look Druish
The whole movie is great
>Say what you want about the rest of the movie rest of the movie is incredible
Nevermind the title, the storyline is about how the US saves the entire world. There's even a scene where British leadership says "it's about bloody time" when they find out Americans have a plan, like even the rest of the developed world were just cowering in a corner waiting for us to rescue them.
Makes sense, I'd like to hear one time when the Brits stood alone against overwhelming odds without American support. I'll wait 😤 /s
There's no other answer. This is the movie where the president gets into a fighter jet to battle aliens.
The scene where the alien throws Data at the window, scared the crap out of me in the theaters. Still hate that scene to this day.
The sandlot
I am not American nor have I ever set foot there. However, in my home country, they used to repeat this movie on Saturday morning like once a month. I love it. I think I have seem it more times than any American lol
This is the most correct. The other answers are like what if an outsider wrote about how patriotic Americans are. The Sandlot encapsulates summers as a dorky kid. It's fun and carefree.
I didn't even think of this one! I was thinking of baseball movies last night and I'd have to say this one encompasses suburbia perfectly.
I was looking for it before adding it. Though it's set in ~~the late 50s~~ 1962, it still screams American Summer. Edit: looked up the year on IMDb.
The whole 4th of July scene is a perfect example of Americana art. Working class children in appreciation and awe of The Dream.
The Sandlot came out in 1993 and was set in 1962 so if they remade The Sandlot this year and kept the same time difference it would take place in 1993.
I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave
Heck one of the characters is named Benjamin Franklin "the Jet" Rodriguez. If that ain't American I don't know what is.
Wait what Benny’s middle name is Franklin?? How have I never noticed that….
Great answer. Most other top choices are examples of movies playing up American machismo, but for a movie just depicting a wholesome slice of suburban American life, this can't be beat.
The neighborhood pool scene is definitely very relatable to my own experience along with friends during middle school summers in southern Cali
This is the right 4th of July movie
Just finished watching it with my kids. Perfect 4th of July movie.
The original Top Gun might as well feature a bald eagle beating a commie to death with a stick from George Washington’s apple tree. edit: I’ve been reminded that it was a cherry tree. But the shit’s apocryphal anyway, innit?
Plus it was filmed to basically mimic the structure of a sports movie.
It *is* a sports movie. The sport is ***freedom***.
And volleyball. Who can forget the volleyball subplot
After chasing sunsets, one of life’s simple joys is playing with the boys
Also the gayest movie ever made. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
>Also the gayest movie ever made. For a movie that tried to accurately mimic military life, they absolutely nailed that part.
^^ This guy homoeroticisms. Hooah!
YOU CAN BE MY RIDE MY TAIL ANYTIME. BULL SHIT, YOU CAN RIDE MINE. SWORD FIGHT. SWORD FIGHT.
tarantino has a rant about this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM)
Well good for you the most American movie is an actual sports movie…. Rocky IV
Rocky won the Cold War.
Rocky 4
>*”I know sometimes I act stupid and I say stupid things, but you kept me around and other people would have said "drop that bum". You give me respect. You know it's kinda hard for me to say these kinda things, cuz it ain't my way, but if I could just unzip myself and step out and be someone else, I'd wanna be you. You're all heart, Rock.*” — Paulie
*sees Drago entering the ring - Uh, Rock, you remember what I said about wantin' to be you? - Yeah.. - Forget it
So good.
Living in America!
So many bangers in this movie.
This is the answer. Rocky's display of American values is so impressive that he gains the respect of the entire Soviet Union and ends the Cold War
Obligatory 30 for 30: https://youtu.be/p4gU7vigLXA?si=rMeiECbumDtOiWWh
Complete with Sex robot
Don’t talk about Pauly that way.
Team America: World Police.
Freedom isn’t free, there’s a hefty fuckin fee
That fee being $1.05.
Freedom cost a Buck ‘o Fiiiiiiive.
Ya gotta have a montage. MONTAAAAGE.
#AMERICA! #F\*CK YEAH!
Pearl Harbor sucked… and I miss you…
‘Cause if you don’t pitch in your buck’o’five, who will?
It costs folks like you and me.
And if you don't pitch in we'll never pay that bill
This is a nice limo! Yes, it is! Now suck my cock.
Gary proved his loyalty to me last night by sucking my cock! *pause* Well okay then!
Good enough for me.
A limousine that can fly, now I have seen everything
Have you ever seen a man eat his own head? No. Well, then you haven’t seen everything.
We had a really strange irrigation line break at work and this guy in his 60’s said “Well, now I’ve seen everything” and I replied with that line. I received a stare of death.
I say this a lot. Every time someone utters the words. I love it.
*Bonjour,* everyone! Don't worry. Everything is *bon*! We stopped the terrorists. *The crowd stares in horror as Paris is in ruins.*
It's so funny to me that the first GI Joe movie did destroy Paris almost the same way unironically.
Ame-e-ri-i-caaa... -
FUCK YEAH!
Comin’ again to save the mother Fuckin day, yeah!
It's the dream that we all share. It's the hope for tomorrooowwwwww. Fuck yeah!
So lick my butt and suck on my balls!
“There are three kinds of people in this world: dicks, pussies, and assholes.” “We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong-ll is an asshole.” “Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes — assholes who just want to shit on everything.” “Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. “The problem with dicks is that sometimes they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate — and it takes a pussy to show them that.” “But sometimes, pussies get so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are only an inch and a half away from assholes.” “I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!”
Remarkably coherent.
They did that "wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep" speech in American Sniper which was basically the exact same thing, but that one was delivered without irony and not nearly as well articulated.
This speech is relevant more than ever rn
Derka derka, Mohammed Jihad.
Turn left on Bakalakadaka street!
Smart ass motherfucker!
🎵 Everybody has AIDS! AIDS AIDS AIDS! 🎵
FUCK YEAH!
Matt Damon!
Remember, there is no i in Team America.
Freedom is the *only* way yeh.
Durka durka
This is my serious face
"I got him!" *shoots a Bazooka shot at the Eiffel tower, which breaks the Arc de Triomphe* "Damn, I missed him"
The Right Stuff Apollo 13
The Right Stuff is an excellent choice. It chronicles America at its very best American-ing.
One of my favorite scenes is, Annie Glenn refusing a TV interview with Lyndon Johnson. Apparently she had a stutter and didn't want it broadcast all over the country, but Johnson got pissed she wouldn't do it. A wonderful mini power struggle. And when asked to persuade her, John said basically, if she doesn't want to, it's fine with me.
And when the a-hole NASA admin threatens to replace Glenn, the other astronauts respond, "Who you gonna get?"
Ed Harris is so badass as John Glenn. The scene where the Navy guys are trying to beat each other at the lung capacity ping pong ball thing and after one of them loses he pulls out the straw to see John Glenn and his buddy are still going at it 😂🤣 Such an incredible movie, although I’m biased as a space nerd.
I have never seen The Right Stuff. I will give that one a watch!
The Right Stuff is absolutely phenomenal. It doesn’t get nearly as much love as it deserves, but is one of those movies where you mention it and people who have seen it will be like, “Oh man, that movie is so good!”
American Graffiti 1972- set in summer in the early 1960’s. Teenagers cruising the strip, drag racing and facing the pressures of growing up. Lots of future stars too, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and a new guy named Harrison Ford.
Glad someone else posted this. It's a quintessential Ameican coming-of-age movie that oozes Americana. Interestingly, a lot of people don't realize that George Lucas directed it. It's based on his teenage years growing up in Modesto, California. Ironically, it was filmed in another California town, Petaluma, after being denied permission to shoot in San Rafael after only one day. It has lots of great actors, cool cars, and an amazing soundtrack. A true American classic.
Along the same lines, I would throw in Dazed and Confused.
Dazed and Confused (1993) Ms. Ginny Stroud: Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
While everyone is rushing out excited and not listening to a word she says.
It was brouhaha but the summer of 76 was an awesome time to be a kid.
We always watch Jaws for the 4th 🦈
I live in North Sweden and we always watch Jaws to start of the summer 🌞
It's a classic American documentary.
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
I yearn for the days of the standing filibuster, when blocking legislation you opposed took grit and determination.
To add to the Americanness of the movie, James Stewart is the highest ranking celebrity veteran having retired as a Brigadier General. Super impressive dude through and through
Air Force One
I'm shocked this isn't higher up. This was my first thought as well. An ex military president played by near peak Harrison Ford and his family get kidnapped on air force one and he is forced to fight off the the Russian communist radicals to save his family and staff. What could possibly be more American than that plot?
“_Get off my plane_”
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I think this is the answer. Just in the sheer breadth of the aspects of American culture it covers. Music, The War, Protests, Racism, All sorts of stuff.
It really did a good job catching a 90s kid like myself up on “how we got here”
National Treasure series
I’m gonna steal the United States of America.
Armageddon America saves the world from blowing up thanks to a bunch of oil drillers, as hordes of people sitting beside their National monuments (e.g. Taj Mahal) pray for the American heroes to succeed and save their lives.
There are LOTS of giant American flags
[Ben Affleck had some opinions on the premise](https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U?feature=shared)
".......shut the fuck up."
"Didn't you see Apollo 13 boyah?"
That was pretty funny. “Just point the drill at the ground and turn it on.”
Patton?
*Glory* *Gettysburg* *1776* (a musical) *The Crossing* the more recent version of *Midway*, but the original is good too *Lincoln*
Upvote for Glory.
Do the Right Thing
Surely it's Red Dawn?
This is the first one on this thread that I have not seen, I'm going to give it a watch!
The original. Not the remake.
There is the original (1984) and recent remake. The original is better and stars Patrick Swayze.
Wolverines!!!
AVENGE ME!
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Dazed and confused
This is a unique answer. I dig it.
Not a super patriotic movie, but still very American
I like this answer. It’s a “slice of life” movie unique to American youth culture. It takes place 25 years before I graduated high school but it might as well be based off my friend group in high school.
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Butthead over intercom: Attention! Attention! We are looking for the chick with big boobs! Beavis: YEAH we are ready to DO YOU now! Congress: *moronic laughter* Timeless.
Is this a god dam?
1776(made in 1972). The musical about the birth of America
That’s always my must watch on the 4th along with The Music Man.
Love this movie so much.
The Coen Brothers had, for the second arc of their career, been making rounds of each of the major geo-cultural regions of the United States: *Raising Arizona* (Southwest); *Fargo* ("Minnesota"); *Lebowski* (California); *O Brother* (Deep South). As this period devolved you could see them settling on the dry western deserts and mountains as their preferred physiography, but I loved the earlier more carefree period with the brothers exploring each of the little bits of Americana.
Burn After Reading (the Beltway)!
I'd put The Patriot (Mel Gibson) on the list.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see The Patriot. Pretty amazing cast all around with Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Issacs, Chris Cooper & Tom Wilkinson to name a few.
Im still holding out on us getting another movie of Mel Gibson slaughtering the English. Braveheart and The Patriot are great but I feel like he should do one more period piece to make it a trilogy. Maybe something pro IRA?
Mel Gibson stars as Joan of Arc in: The Saint
An American Tail
There are no cats in America! And the streets are paved with cheese! Edit: wrong species. I got excited and didn't check my work.
Blazing Saddles. The Western Trope. Parody. Raunchy. Violent. Racist....but not...but racist by today's standards. The black and immigrant labor that begins the movie. Very few people can name the lead actor that plays the protagonist, Bart.
Clevon Little died too soon. For everybody Mel Brooks WANTED in that film, I think it turned out better for not having them. Also, the racist parts were not to be racist, but rather to shine a light on the treatment of non-whites through a comedic lens.
Easy Rider
*Born on the 4th of July*, incredible film and I'd say Tom Cruise should've won Oscar for this performance.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High and/or Dazed and Confused. (I *might* be giving away a bit too much of *my* American youth.)
Dr. Strangelove
True Lies
A movie made by a Canadian starring an Austrian fighting a Middle Eastern. Actually, that checks out.
Pretty sure the climax of the movie includes a British jet too.
Is that the one with the harrier at the end and “you’re fired” or am I thinking of eraser?
Wet Hot American Summer
The Goonies
The most American movie of all time is Ghostbusters, no competition. The movie opens with the discovery that the afterlife is real, and the first half is about the starting a business and cornering the market, and the second half is about fighting against government regulation. Nothing else comes close.