I can only think of one off the top of my head- The Patriot. Seems like there should be more.

Not a movie, but the John Adams series on HBO was top notch.

It always amazes me about the movie industry how it seems they seem to act as if they've exhausted all potential things to make movies about it, and end up just producing tired repeats. Yet there's so much history that seems largely ignored. This is a good example, there's hardly anything made about the Revolutionary War. Why is that? I've always been surprised too in the lack of biopics on important Americans. Is there a biopic about Lincoln? FDR? Teddy Roosevelt? Any of the Founding Fathers (other than the John Adams series)?

Just seems like a major source of material and a serious gap in our film industry's inspiration.

There are movies about Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt coming out soon, as a matter of fact.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480046/

Doing movies about such historical figures will have to be REALLY good to be received well in the US, in my opinion.


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Sweet, thanks Nobleman! And Speilberg and Scorcese productions, no less. Interesting, although I can't really picture Leo DiCaprio as Teddy Roosevelt.

1776. We saw the original cast on stage, and have watched the movie several times.

the public just doesn't go for stuff from beyond the "modern" era. we can relate much better to war movies that are WW2 or newer. same thing with crime/gangster/mob stuff.

I haven't seen it in twenty years or so, but there was a movie called "April Dawn" (I believe) that was very good.

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A&E movie "The Crossing" is quite good....about the battle of Trenton.

"Is there a biopic about Lincoln?"....from the greatest year for movies in American history there was "Young Mr. Lincoln" starring Henry Fonda.

1776, the musical

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GTFO

I wonder if the Abe movie will be factual or will tell the same story that we have been told forever...

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend

There was a 1985 Pachino movie called Revolution that was crap, although the depiction of the Long Island Battle had its moments.

The best have been mentioned: The Crossing, John Adams, 1776 and The patriot

i was amazed how good john adams was. i was not really interested in it, but my parents were insistant that i watch it. it was truly an impressive, touching and memorable series.