# Non-Patriotic 4th of July Movies.

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**Created:** [July 5, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122 "2016-07-05T13:49:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/1 "2016-07-05T13:49:57Z")

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I was thinking about the holiday and a movie set on Independence Day came to mind: **Force of Evil** , a film noir from 1948. It’s about the numbers racket and the major plot point is that on July 4th, the number 776 is heavily wagered on.

I’m not sure if there are many others. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/2 "2016-07-05T13:57:36Z")

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Jaws

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/3 "2016-07-05T13:58:11Z")

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[Born on the Fourth of July](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_on_the_Fourth_of_July_(film)). Ron Kovic’s story

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/4 "2016-07-05T15:17:17Z")

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[Flight of the Navigator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator)

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**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/5 "2016-07-05T15:33:53Z")

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In **Unforgiven** , Little Bill mentions that it’s the 4th of July prior to thrashing the bejeezus out of English Bob.

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-patriotic-4th-of-july-movies/759122/6 "2016-07-05T20:34:06Z")

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_Miss Firecracker_ (an enjoyable little movie starring two great actresses, Holly Hunter and Alfre Woodard).