July 4th
Movies or shows featuring July 4th that I've seen. Once more horror in focus but increasingly any and all genres
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- DirectorMatt ThompsonStarsChanning TatumJason MantzoukasOlivia MunnA chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
- DirectorHarper PhilbinStarsMonique CandelariaJulia LangholtMickey O'SullivanWhen a state government shutdown closes parks on 4th of July weekend, the Park Rangers of Driftless State Park, led by Nova Abbey, must protect the park from the people, and the people from one another.
- DirectorReinhart 'Rayteam' PeschkeStarsLaura NativoRhoda JordanEdwin CraigOn a small island off the California coast it's the Fourth of July and tourists are washing up dead. Mysterious sea creatures called Aquanoids are responsible.
- DirectorDave R. WatkinsStarsDave R. WatkinsGrant GarlinghouseJ.R. FrancisThings get out of control on the 4th of July when the Lumber Baron rallies of group of "patriots" to target unsuspecting William Cavindish, whom they profess to be part of the British monarchy.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsAnna ChlumskyMacaulay CulkinDan AykroydVada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
- DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsChris RockSamuel L. JacksonMax MinghellaA criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineKristen WiigDiana must contend with a colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.
- CreatorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona RyderWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
- DirectorCharlie ScharfmanStarsYasha JacksonAndrew RichardsonBruce MacVittieOn the 4th of July, a rookie female cop partners with a veteran detective to save the life of a high-school student from a radicalized serial killer.
- DirectorDavid Mickey EvansStarsTom GuiryMike VitarArt LaFleurIn the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
- CreatorJosh BooneBenjamin CavellStarsWhoopi GoldbergAlexander SkarsgårdJames MarsdenAfter the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerMichelle WilliamsEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
- DirectorKyle RankinStarsMaria ThayerMichael CassidyJulie BristerAfter a girls' night out, endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. Pretty boy Ryan only knows it was a mistake and ushers her out the door into a full-scale zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsLiam HemsworthJeff GoldblumBill PullmanTwo decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
- DirectorHenry JaglomStarsPatrice TownsendHenry JaglomJoanna FrankA middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital troubles, assemble at their house for a 4th of July Weekend party.
- DirectorRussell FriedenbergRandy RedroadStarsChristian CampbellVinnie DuyckRussell FriedenbergThe story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one.
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsKevin P. FarleyKelsey GrammerLeslie NielsenAn anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsAnthony HopkinsJulianne MooreGary OldmanLiving in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.
- DirectorYossi WeinStarsMichael Reilly BurkeMeredith MortonFredric LehneA giant, man-eating octopus suddenly appears in the Hudson River during the Fourth of July weekend and begins to leave a trail of dead bodies behind it.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsBill SkarsgårdJaeden MartellFinn WolfhardIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRay MillandSam ElliottJoan Van ArkA group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsWilliam SmithDavid 'Shark' FralickChristopher OgdenDesert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
- DirectorScott StewartStarsKeri RussellJake BrennanJosh HamiltonAs the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerSalma HayekKevin JamesAfter their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
- DirectorElijah BynumStarsTimothée ChalametMaika MonroeAlex RoeIn 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.
- DirectorDerek MungorStarsKrista DzialoszynskiDavid O'BrienMary MikvaNatalie is a college graduate visiting her hometown over the 4th of July. The night she arrives, she is stalked by a sociopathic killer.
- DirectorZak KnutsonStarsRyan KwantenRussell PetersMaggie GraceA rag-tag group of former TV stars and comic book artists, who make their living working at conventions, decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter and an overbearing former TV icon.
- DirectorGail MancusoStarsKurtwood SmithDebra Jo RuppCallie HaverdaDonna and Eric spend the Fourth of July at his parents' house in Point Place, where their daughter Leia makes an impression on the other teens in town.
- CreatorLauren OliverStarsOlivia Scott WelchMike FaistJessica SulaNo one knows who invented Panic or when it first began. But in the forgotten rural town of Carp, Texas, the game is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges that force them to confront their deepest fears for the chance to win life-changing money. Anyone can play. Only one will win. Let the games begin.
- DirectorEdward BurnsStarsPico AlexanderLindsey MorganAnthony RamosIt's the summer of 1982 on Long Island. JJ is working for his dad, when he falls for Debbie. Frankie reconnects with a long lost love. But as temperatures cool, so do their relationships, leaving the young men to accept summer is ending.
- CreatorJenny HanStarsLola TungChristopher BrineyGavin CasalegnoA love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.
- CreatorJoe GangemiGregory JacobsStarsCraig RobertsEnnis EsmerOliver CooperA coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsWill RogersKristen ConnollyKether DonohueChaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
- DirectorAlex RanariveloStarsChristina MooreJohn DuceyViolet McGrawLove is a gift. But when you find out the man you've fallen for still believes in Santa, do you accept it - or send it back?
- DirectorRawson Marshall ThurberStarsJason SudeikisJennifer AnistonEmma RobertsA veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
- DirectorLen WisemanStarsBruce WillisJustin LongTimothy OlyphantJohn McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
- DirectorGigi Saul GuerreroStarsMartha HigaredaRichard CabralBarbara CramptonThis thriller follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.
- DirectorJulius RamsayStarsBarry WatsonMarvin Jones IIISonita HenryTrapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, a man with no memory comes to believe that he's the President of the United States and the subject of a diabolical political conspiracy. As the asylum's soul-crushing forces bear down on him, he fights to preserve his sanity and escape so that he can return to power.
- DirectorJason William LeeStarsDebs HowardDanny ZaporozanBehtash FazlaliWhile on a fourth of July holiday, six best friends fall victim to the insidious plan of a mysterious organization when they are unknowingly transformed into bloodthirsty cannibals.
- DirectorWilliam BindleyStarsK.J. ApaMaia MitchellNorman Johnson Jr.Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
- DirectorLaura Beth LoveStarsFay GauthierSal LandiJohnny Rey DiazAliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted ...or feared.
- DirectorAndy SchroederStarsAmy CiupekDaniel NoonanSteven SaccoA world traveling ghost hunter mysteriously disappears leaving everything to his niece; who accidentally releases a horde of angry spirits, imprisoned in liquor bottles, during her Fourth of July party
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsTom CruiseBryan LarkinRaymond J. BarryThe biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
- DirectorWesley AlleyBel DeliáRichard GalliStarsBrooke BradshawWesley AlleyWhitney AlleyThis horror anthology turns nine of our happiest holidays on their heads, starring a diabolical Easter bunny, a wicked Humpty Dumpty and many more.
- DirectorPeter MarcyStarsRob JonesJoe MarcyDevon JorlettA masked stranger attacks a group of friends at a cabin in remote Wisconsin.
- DirectorDerek CianfranceStarsRyan GoslingMichelle WilliamsJohn DomanThe relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsJohn TravoltaNancy AllenJohn LithgowA movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMel GibsonHeath LedgerJoely RichardsonPeaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
- DirectorMax RadbillStarsNatasha MercadoCameron GilliamErik AlexisDeep in the woods on the 4th of July, siblings Nate and Angela must face off against the zombies of American presidents, and their worst nightmare -- spending an entire evening together.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol BurnettA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsScarlett JohanssonLaura LinneyPaul GiamattiA college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
- DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsMichael LearnedFrederic ForrestRosanna ArquetteBefore the annual 4th of July parade, Rachels life is thrown into turmoil when her estranged husband returns after years in prison asking to be a part of her life again, also affecting their teenage daughter and Rachel's mother Sarah.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJulianne HoughJosh DuhamelCobie SmuldersA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
- DirectorJames WongStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadRyan MerrimanKris LemcheWendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death.
- DirectorGabe SaenzStarsKyle RoarkGabe SaenzMichelle HirstOn July 4th, 2016 hackers raided government networks and stumbled across a litany of unsolved cases the county refuses to recognize. The hacked footage shows Thomas and Alex as they attempt to help a young boy struggling to fit in.
- DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsJennifer Love HewittFreddie Prinze Jr.Brandy NorwoodThe murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
- DirectorSylvain WhiteStarsBrooke NevinDavid PaetkauTorrey DeVittoA group of teenagers in Colorado find themselves being stalked and killed one by one by a mysterious figure with a hook, exactly one year after they covered up a friend's accidental death.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsShirley MacLaineOlympia DukakisSally FieldA young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
- DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsWilliam DanielsHoward Da SilvaKen HowardA musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAidan QuinnElizabeth PerkinsLeo FuchsA Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsFrederic ForrestTeri GarrRaul JuliaA couple has a fight after living together 5 years in Las Vegas. They go out and celebrate 4th of July, each with a new partner. Breakup?
- DirectorGregory JacobsStarsChanning TatumJoe ManganielloMatt BomerThree years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
- DirectorMikael KasurinenStarsShawn AshmoreAidan GillenDominic MonaghanJack Joyce attempts to stabilize time before it breaks completely, after he gains the ability to manipulate time locally when an experiment goes awry.
- DirectorKen LevineStarsTroy BakerCourtnee DraperKiff VandenHeuvelA man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.
- DirectorJoshua SanchezStarsE.J. BonillaEmory CohenAja Naomi KingOn a hot 4th of July night, sparks fly between four people as they test the limits and possibilities of their own freedom.
- DirectorCamilo VilaStarsGary Anthony WilliamsJaleel WhiteSean KananAll he wanted to do was spread his father's ashes in the national park - mayhem ensues.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDean JonesLouise SorelChris PetersenThis film concentrates on attorney (Dean Jones) and his 9-year-old daughter (Katy Kurtzman). Responding to Katy's fervent pleas, Jones takes on the case of mute handyman Geoffrey Lewis, who has been accused of murder.
- DirectorBobby HerreraStarsLibby BibbOlajuwon DavisIngebar the DogA widowed woman and an inner-city teen spend the 4th of July holiday together on a Midwest city rooftop where they create an unlikely bond that forces them to stop ignoring the circumstances that placed them there together.
- DirectorJoe ClarkeStarsBecca AndersonThomas BeecherIsai Rivera BlasA pizza guy gets mixed up in a casino heist on the Fourth of July.
- DirectorBryan G. ThompsonStarsSophia KnoltonBryan G. ThompsonRonald GambleErica Carter is looking forward to a relaxing Family Reunion on the 4th of July, when she discovers that the hosts of the event (her parents) are stuck out of town. It's up to Erica and her crazy aunt and uncle to step up and save the day.
- DirectorChris PalmerStarsJensen AcklesJosh DuhamelNaya RiveraThe killer known as Holiday continues to stalk the Falcone crime family while a new class of costumed criminal rises in Gotham City. Batman suspects that a former ally might be the serial killer.
- DirectorKevin ShulmanStarsKristina KlebeFaran TahirSaid FarajHeld captive by terrorists, celebrity reporter, Sara Brown, sits in a cell awaiting her filmed beheading. Sara's captors wish to show the world the true face of terror but how can they, when even they have not seen it yet?
- DirectorOlivia NewmanStarsDaisy Edgar-JonesTaylor John SmithHarris DickinsonA woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsDwayne JohnsonSarah Michelle GellarSeann William ScottDuring a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
- DirectorMarc MeyersStarsAlexandra DaddarioKeean JohnsonMaddie HassonThree best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party.
- DirectorJohnny MartinStarsNicolas CageAnna HutchisonTalitha Eliana BatemanOne vigilante policeman comes to the aid of a single mother seeking to bring her rapists to justice.
- DirectorGary YatesStarsMeghan MarkleLochlyn MunroChelsey ReistA big-city journalist is sent back to her small hometown to write a Fourth of July story--and to discover that the life and love she left behind are exactly what she's been missing.
- DirectorJimmy HaywardStarsJosh BrolinMegan FoxJohn MalkovichIn exchange for his freedom, bounty hunter Jonah Hex must track down a terrorist with a superweapon.
- CreatorGregg MettlerBonnie TurnerLindsey TurnerStarsKurtwood SmithDebra Jo RuppCallie HaverdaNow it's 1995, Leia Forman is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place, WI, kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red.
- DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsGary BuseyEverett McGillCorey HaimIn a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
- DirectorAlexandra BarretoAnthony CousinsAaron B. KoontzStarsJeremy KingZoe GrahamByron BrownWhen horror guru Rad Chad Buckley's funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.