Fourth of july movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant fourth of july movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, serious, entertaining, cult classic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with fourth of july, fireworks, danger, family relations, violence, independence day, father son relationship, dog, husband wife relationship and profanity plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fourth of july: Jaws (1975), Independence Day (1996), Frogs (1972), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Zodiac (2007), The Sandlot (1993), One from the Heart (1981), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Holidate (2020).

List of fourth of july movies

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 8.1
 655K
Jaws (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style: scary, suspense, natural horror, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: shark, beach, ocean, shark attack, animal attack, creature feature, fear, monster, killer shark, underwater, survival, dangerous animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oceania, persia, fictional island, boston, long island ...
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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known ...
Style: sweet, semi serious, feel good, humorous, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: cartoon dog, dog, pets, puppy, dogcatcher, friendship, gang, talking dog, love, animal shelter, independence day, disorder ...
Time: 1910s
Place: new england
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Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
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 4.4
 8K
Frogs (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason ...
Style: surprise ending, natural horror, grindhouse, cult classic, suspense ...
Plot: swamp, nature, creature feature, leech, bird attack, island, monster, dysfunctional family, revenge, disaster, animal attack, killer animal ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: florida, usa
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The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, retro ...
Plot: skydiving, small town, couples, love and romance, love triangle, friends, aviation, rivalry, escapades, parachute, small town life, redheaded woman ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, victorian era
Place: kansas, usa, midwest
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style: factual, disturbing, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, anti war, disability, war, wartime, biopic, fighting the system, military, vietnam veteran, guilt, disabled, injustice ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1989, 50s ...
Place: vietnam, texas, the philippines, usa, new york ...
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 7.7
 593K
Zodiac (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style: atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time: 70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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 7.8
 102K
The Sandlot (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style: feel good, funny, sentimental, teen, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, friendship, dog, adolescence, small town, boy, bullying, child, team, summer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1962
Place: utah, california, los angeles, usa
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One from the Heart (1981)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright ...
Style: erotic, eros, semi serious, realistic, futuristic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: dancing, waitress, passion, nudity, holiday, time travel, amor, bomb squad, ugly duckling, love, couples, public nudity ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
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I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Several teenagers in a small-town in Colorado concoct a July 4th prank based on a frightening legend that goes awry when their friend ends up accidentally killed; however, the teens agree to keep their involvement a secret from the authorities, who ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, prank, supernatural, urban legend, rock concert, small town, deadly creature, vengeance, danger, who done it, psychopath, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
Place: colorado, utah, nevada, usa
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 6.1
 78K
Holidate (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
Style: feel good, romantic, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, love, holiday, happy ending, fall in love, opposites attract, single, new year's eve, dating, ex boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chance meeting ...
Time: 2020s
Place: chicago, illinois
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An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
Style: scary, gothic, suspenseful, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, transformation, monster, dark humor, female werewolf, afterlife, full moon, curse, rescue, femme fatale, danger ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: paris france, new york, europe
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 6.3
 80K
Dark Skies (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing ...
Style: scary, serious, psychological, creepy, twist ending ...
Plot: supernatural, alien, alien abduction, danger, extraterrestrial, ufo, bird, disorder, paranormal activity, abduction, family in danger, alien invasion ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.6
 4K
Uncle Sam (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
Style: slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, funny, dark ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, holiday horror, patriotism, gulf war, masked killer, buried alive, back from the dead, cannon, military, supernatural, murder, exploitation ...
Place: iraq
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Miss Firecracker (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style: humorous, talky, light, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, contests and competitions, love and romance, human nature, family problems, couples, fall in love, youth, looking for love, family life ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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 7.1
 16K
McLintock! (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: George Washington McLintock, 'GW' to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky who has been away at school for the last two years. He's also ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farce, ranch, cowboy, greed, rivalry, mogul, indians, father daughter relationship, wild west, couples, vengeance, shakespeare ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, year 1963, 60s
Place: oklahoma, arizona
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style: feel good, futuristic, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, preschool
Plot: time travel, ufo, nasa, benign alien, space and aliens, space travel, outer space, flying saucer, robot, alien, getting home, young heroes ...
Time: year 1978, year 1986, 80s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: florida, miami, miami beach, japan, texas ...
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 5.2
 7K
Chasers (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's ...
Style: sexy, intense, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, prison, women in prison, road trip, public nudity, betrayal, justice, waitress, happy ending, escapades, military life, escape attempt ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: charleston south carolina
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style: emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay romance, gay relationship, forbidden love, lgbt, love story, gays and lesbians, gay slur, gay interest, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2005, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, indiana ...
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Box of Moon Light (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering ...
Style: road movie, scenic, thought provoking, humorous, touching ...
Plot: midlife crisis, friendship, free spirit, vandalism, male pubic hair, life, stranger, male nudity, bare chested male, nudity, friends, introspection ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: chicago, tennessee
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 6.3
 7K
Betrayed (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: An FBI agent (Debra Winger) falls in love with a white supremacist (Tom Berenger) whose group she infiltrates.
Style: political, neo noir, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: racism, terrorism, murder, ku klux klan, fbi, betrayal, hunting, women, female agent, extremism, violence, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, arizona, usa
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 7.6
 10K
1776 (1972)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of ...
Style: humorous, patriotic, stylized, surreal, realistic ...
Plot: broadway, revolution, american revolution, independence, president, dancing, american history, slavery, politics, freedom, medieval, war for independence ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place: philadelphia, massachusetts, pennsylvania, usa
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We're the Millers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style: road movie, humorous, hilarious, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, journey, nothing goes right, parenthood, pretense, adolescence, robbery, marijuana, drug smuggling, homeless teenager, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, arizona, tucson arizona, new mexico ...
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 2.8
 238
Face of Evil (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On July 4th, private Jay Williams returns home from the Middle East, but a mysterious epidemic breaks out and infects his friends at his party. On the road to salvation, Jay is joined by his ex-sergeant, who reveals chilling secrets leading to a ...
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, suspense
Plot: zombie, epidemic, infection, survival horror, pandemic, characters in danger, soldier, violence, plague, zombie apocalypse, survival, walking dead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Night of the Living Deb (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
Style: horror comedy, rom com, captivating, light, absurd ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: zombie, virus, undead, party, small town, love and romance, survival, danger, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, friendship, sarcasm ...
Place: maine
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 4.0
 2K
Mad Families (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, entertaining
Plot: camping, family vacation, family relations, interracial relations, disorder, escapades, couples, contests and competitions, rivalry, dark humor, parents and children, culture clash ...
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 6.6
 15K
Luce (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
Style: psychological, non-linear, suspense, thought provoking, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: social problems, track and field, cheerleader, african american, interracial, trust, mistrust, public speaking, drunkenness, drinking, independence day, doubt ...
Place: ohio, middle east
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 7.3
 210K
Blue Valentine (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style: touching, romantic, psychological, emotional, sad ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, alienation, strong sexual content ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
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 6.2
 33K
Blown Away (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, psychopath, bomb squad, brutality, anarchist, stalking, investigation, race against time, government agency, danger, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: boston, ireland, usa, northern ireland, massachusetts ...
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