Get in the Independence Day spirit by watching this list of movies set during the 4th of July weekend.
One of the most important dates in the calendar year, and in American history, many movies use the 4th of July as the center of their stories. If you’re looking for fiction to mirror reality this weekend, here’s a list of 10 movies that feature Independence Day. This disappointing follow-up came 20 years after the original and it wasn’t exactly worth the wait. Will Smith is replaced by Liam Hemsworth in the young leading man role, as Earth devises a plan to resist a second invasion. The scary movie that launched the teen horror genre as we know it, and a series of spoof films based on it, I Know What You Did Last Summer is set during a fateful 4th of July weekend that goes horribly wrong. Nicolas Cage is historian, cryptologist and action star Benjamin Franklin Gates in this Disney adventure movie.
