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Here are fifty movies that, one way or another, capture the American spirit. Heroes tall in the saddle, pioneers of land and air, defenders of freedom, men and women who dared to hitch their wagon to a star - they're all here. John Wayne once said that in his work he tried to express a deep and profound love for "a country whose immense beauty and grandeur are matched only by the greatness of her people." That's what these films are about. (Listed in alphabetical order.)

1. Apollo 13

2. The Best Years Of Our Lives

3. The Big Country

4. The Blind Side

6. Boys Town

6. Cinderella Man

7. Coal Miner's Daughter

8. Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier

9. Driving Miss Daisy

10. Field Of Dreams

11. Forrest Gump

12. Gettysburg

13. Giant

14. The Glenn Miller Story

15. Glory

16. Gone With The Wind

17. The Grapes Of Wrath

18. High Noon

19. Hoosiers

20. Independence Day

21. It's A Wonderful Life

22. John Adams

23. The Last Of The Mohicans

24. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

25. Miracle

26. Miracle On 34th Street

27. The Miracle Worker

28. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

29. The Music Man

30. October Sky

31. Oklahoma!

32. Patton

33. The Pride Of The Yankees

34. The Princess And The Frog

35. The Pursuit Of Happiness

36. Red River

37. Rocky

38. Roots

39. Rudy

40. Sands Of Iwo Jima

41. Saving Private Ryan

42. Seabiscuit

43. The Searchers

44. Sergeant York

45. Shane

46. Stagecoach

47. Stand And Deliver

48. To Kill A Mockingbird

49. Tora! Tora! Tora!

50. Yankee Doodle Dandy

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