Over the high holidays, we released lists of the best anti-woke movies to enjoy with family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, here are similar films for enjoying with your significant other.
Each one may not have the strongest romantic theme, but they all champion the conservative values – even if the people who made them might be embarrassed to realize that.
10. "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)
Pierce Brosnan at his handsomest is the star here, but our main focus is the villain: a media/tech billionaire in a black turtle-neck who knowingly endangers millions of lives with fake news because it helps his bottom line. He does it by trying to foment a war – rather than, say, hysteria over the flu – but it was a simpler time.
9. "Juno" (2007)
This one has been on lists of conservative movies ever since it came out: a teenage girl gets pregnant and chooses adoption rather than abortion. A young, adorable Ellen Page gives a masterful performance in a movie about love, family, and self-sacrifice. The highlight is the scene where she chooses life because of fingernails. Watch the clip before YouTube takes it down for "hate speech"!
8. "Incredibles" (2004)
Pixar’s magnum opus has likewise been long beloved by conservatives: the government enforces a world of mediocrity until one family of super-heroes rises to the occasion. The film’s stated theme "When everyone is super, no one will be" seems pretty perfect for a world of participation trophies, safe spaces, and universal basic income.
The love story between the husband and wife is great, but the theme is like if Ayn Rand and Stan Lee had a baby.
7. "Serenity" (2005)
Joss Whedon is as vapid a Hollywood liberal as you can find, but his sci-fi masterpiece is extremely conservative. In a distant space-travelling future, a soulless, distant federal government rules over dozens of misbehaving red sta— err, worlds analogous to the American West and South — with an iron fist. This evil government is so convinced they can make humans better that they (spoiler) secretly drug colonists into obedience. The hero’s main speech sounds like Trump in 2015, and he gets the girl at the end as a cherry on top.
The universe of Serenity even has its own Alex Jones!
6. "Hot Fuzz" (2007)
A bro-mance, rather than a romance, Hot Fuzz is about two cops from different walks of life who learn to work together against elitists who – again – think they can make the world better by force. (Strange how Hollywood used to like that theme a lot more than they do now.) The hero is a dutiful cop who saves the day by riding into town like a cowboy!
5. "300" (2007)
An army of alpha males fight invaders off to defend their land, women, and children, successfully protecting the nation of Greece and "the promise this country holds." Unrepentant masculinity and patriotism defending the foundation of Western Civilization is good any time of the year, but particularly Valentine’s Day.
4. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002)
While we’re in Greece, let’s enjoy this quaint, 20-year-old romcom about the importance of traditional marriage, family, organized religion, and fighting Turkish invaders.
3. "Mr. Mom" (1983)
Going back quite aways, Mr. Mom is a wonderful romcom between a married couple who swap roles after globalization undermines the husband as the breadwinner. The message is: yes, men and women can excel in each other’s worlds … but it’s better for society, and incidentally themselves, if they excel in their own worlds. It even ends with a Reagan Era patriotic message set to the theme of Patton!
2. "As Good As It Gets" (1997)
This witty romance between Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt at the height of their powers is probably the most unusual rom-com you could find. This particular scene about "reason and accountability" – which of course would never get written today – has aged very well. (Even if you don’t have time to watch the whole movie, just spend some time on the clip’s comment section!)
1. "Drive" (2011)
This cult classic is perfect for Valentine’s Day. In pre-smart phone Los Angeles, Ryan Gosling plays a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver because his Hollywood producers don’t pay him enough to survive. He falls in love with Carey Mulligan and takes upon himself to protect her and her son from a world of violence she can’t comprehend. Nowadays this film would get criticized for being “heteronormative,” but rational people just call that being "a love story."
And the bad guy is played by arrogant Hollywood elitist Ron Perlman. So win-win!
Honorable Mention: "Brittany Runs a Marathon" (2019)
You probably haven’t seen (or even heard of) this Sundance film from a few years ago, but the story is amazing: a young New Yorker’s weight problem drags her down and, rather than post a bunch of insecure, self-righteous Tik Toks about it, she gets in shape and runs the city’s annual marathon. No woke BS, just self-discipline and hard work. That this movie got made is astonishing.
Given that COVID deaths indicate a national problem with obesity more than anything else, this is a good message for everyone, especially those who’ve slipped on their New Year’s fitness resolutions.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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