Imagine someone from a 3rd World country who hasn't seen many movies moves to America and wants to learn more about American culture through movies. What are the films that you believe should be on a list of the most important movies for them to see in order to understand life in America?

A few I would include:
Forest Gump
Superbad
PCU
Wag the Dog
Mean Girls
Coming to America
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
The Patriot
Liar Liar
Friday Night Lighta
The Replacements
Major League
My Cousin Vinny
The Godfather
Shawshank Redemption
O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
Caddyshack 2
The Sandlot
Blazing Saddles

Keep adding to the list

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Posted by jg8623

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:56 pm to kingbob

Dazed and Confused
Varsity Blues

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:59 pm to kingbob

Black Panther

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 9:16 pm to kingbob

I think PTA did a pretty good job of explaining America in There Will Be Blood, Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

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Posted by olemc999

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 9:27 pm to kingbob

Top Gun

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Posted by nctiger71

North Carolina

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 9:36 pm to kingbob

Field of Dreams
Remember the Titian’s
To Kill a Mockingbird
Almost Famous
Gone With the Wind
Malcolm X

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 9:59 pm to kingbob

Soylent Green

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Posted by udtiger

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Posted on 12/23/18 at 9:59 pm to kingbob

Pocahantas
Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
Jeremiah Johnson
Gods and Generals
Glory
Stagecoach
Fort Apache
Blazing Saddles
Little Big Man
Sgt. York
Wings of Eagles
The Grapes of Wrath
Cannery Row
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
From Here to Eternity
Sand of Iwo Jima
They Were Expendable
In Harm's Way
Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes
The Dirty Dozen
Patton
Jet Pilot
Failsafe
Pleasantville
Dr. Strangelove
JFK
American Graffiti
Mississippi Burning
Born on the Fourth of July
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
The Last Picture Show
Apollo 13
Marathon Man
3 Days of the Condor
Dirty Harry
Forrest Gump
The China Syndrome
9 to 5
How to Beat The High Cost of Living
Saturday Night Fever
Wargames
Red Dawn
Last American Virgin
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Wall Street
Nothing in Common
2001

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