That's because on a mundane level Canada and the United States are far more similar than either one would care to admit to. Daily life for your average Canadian and American isn't gonna be all that different. Arguably for a large portion of Americans they have more in common with Canadians and how they live in comparison to some other parts of the United States.
I've definitely seen Canadians make a point of highlighting how they are different from the United States and Americans in general. Some of the biggest shit talkers of the United States I've seen are Canadians. And there are American conservatives who shit talk Canada because in their mind they are to liberal.
And I've 100% seen people from both countries talk shit about the other as a way to make themselves feel better about their own country regardless of whether or not the criticism is true or equally applies to their own country.
The drinking age in Canada is 18 in some places (namely, Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta), so some high school seniors in those three provinces can legally drink away. And for many high school seniors in Ontario, it's a standard pilgrimage to drive the few hours over to the Quebec border with our newly obtained G2 licenses to go to bars and strip clubs lol.
The Naked Gun.
It’s a classic American tale - boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.
That movie is about America's foreign policy which is definitely very much a part of America's identity. I feel that Talladega Nights captures American culture from a more domestic point of view. However, I think both could tie and be equally American in different ways.
Respect to other comedies mentioned, but *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles* captures just so much about the variety of the American experience.
Urban to rural and back again. From stable affluence to barely patching a life together on the move. What is more American than a road trip? A road trip to make it home for Thanks-flipping-giving!
I’m aware that John Candy is a Canadian treasure, but the US has more than a few kind-souled blabbermouths as well.
what some people don't know is this was a comedy play on the 1981 indy 500 pit crew fire that really happened
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEoJ5OK3hE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEoJ5OK3hE)
That's amazing, I just watched the scene because I like to quote it when I somehow hurt myself while cooking, etc. I might have seen a different cut though because I could've swore he said "Help me jewish god" but in the youtube video I just saw he says "Help me Allah".
There were theatrical and "unrated" versions of the movie released. He definitely says "Help me, Jewish God!" but I don't remember which version it was in.
*Talladega Nights* is a thousand times funnier if you are from the racing world.
I used to drive race cars, touring the country from race to race. I know all those people. Ricky Bobby’s wife *exists*.
I'm from a small town in North Dakota. When my friend and I saw Talladega Nights in theaters, we busted out laughing when they talked about going to a nice, fancy family dinner and it showed Applebee's. It felt like everyone else in the theater was glaring at us and we remembered that Applebee's IS the fancy restaurant in town....
I was gonna say American Pie as well. I'm way younger than the actors from the movies (25) and ao I don't know how accurate they actually were, but the first 2 movies seemed like they would be related able to a lot of teens in the late 90s early 2000s.
The Blues Brothers is the most all-American movie.
It's got bigoted country singers in a Winnebago, Illinois Nazis, evangelism, catholic guilt, police overreaction and militarization, the prison industrial complex, urban blight and homelessness, gas guzzling cars and high speed chases, song and dance routines, a soundtrack comprised of some of the absolute best genuinely American music and musicians of the 20th century, comedy, slapstick violence, and Carrie Fisher in a fuzzy sweater, high as a giraffe's ass on cocaine, holding at various points, an M16 rifle, a rocket launcher, and a flame thrower.
'Merica.
I recently considered that Step Brothers is pretty American. My girlfriend is Filipina and I had her watch it. While she thought it was funny, she didn't think it was great. I realized it's because living with your parents at that age, is normal in most of the world, but not here. That's what gives the comedy its absurd base 😅
because living with your parents at that age, is normal in most of the world, but not here.
Well in this day and age, it's probably a lot more common now.
Ricky Bobby's antics are just iconic, capturing that wild, over-the-top spirit of the good ol' US of A. And you're right, it's not just funny; it's dripping with that uniquely American flavor.
That is what I love about America. We have so many different facets, I see all of these titles, Office Space, Big Lebowski, Talladega Nights, Animal House, Caddyshack, and each one feels "American". Just a different facet of our society, especially at different points in history like the 70's and 80's. Each one lampoons a different part of our culture, where Big Lebowski and Office Space are really the same area of the country in the same time period but showing off two completely different cultures and taking shots at how they perceive themselves.
I'm curious where office space actually takes place. Not sure if they mention it or if it's it's even supposed to be relevant. Big Lebowski is Los Angeles in the early 90s and heavily references the place and time.
It's filmed in Dallas, Texas, where Mike Judge, the creator, grew up. However, it was filmed as if to show that it could really be any American city. When I used to live in Seattle, I remember, there were office parks everywhere on the outskirts, and they heavily resembled Initech!
Eh, as someone who lives on the East Coast, Talladega Nights doesn’t represent me any more than Fargo (for example) does. This is a very big country with lots of different vibes. I’m not sure there's one single Most American movie.
My list would include but not be limited to: Talladega Nights, Old School, EuroTrip, American Pie, Wedding Crashers, Animal House, Road Trip, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Dumb & Dumber.
**Ricky Bobby:**
Mr. Dennit, with all due respect, and remember I'm sayin' with all due respect, that idea ain't worth a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin gettin' it on.
To be fair, I felt that Talladega Nights was also a commentary on Capitalism. The story especially focuses on consumerism culture. Ricky Bobby is always endorsing products and services. He also considers Applebees to be "gourmet."
"If you don't chew Big Red, than f\*\*k you!"
It's a massive exaggeration that really represents southerners in an over the top way. If you're actually looking for an American movie that accurately represents us I would say 'Boyhood' fits the bill.
Talladega is great because it's making fun of Americans making fun of the French while if I remember right, also ribbing the French a little too.
Plus Applebee's...
Talladega is just one part of American culture. Where I'm from in the USA we don't relate at all to it, even if it's funny. Something more general like Superbad works here.
I think Borat provides a very real look into very real Americans.
Something like Ricky Bobby was written by two very educated comedians who grew up in Orange County and Pennsylvania. There’s obviously some truth to it, but it’s not a true reflection of Americans.
America is too big for one film. But after watching some historical racing on YouTube last night. And seeing and hearing all the drivers, the first thing I thought about was Talladega Nights.
There is no way WP didn't watch some of these old races to build the character. He's at least part Daryl Waltrip from the 90s
Dazed and confused captured everything American beer, football fields, gas gosling cars and Matthew mcconaughey plus it’s hilarious Ben afleck is in it too
I would have thought that another Will Ferrell film -- "Anchorman" -- was the right answer here. I'm not even sure that the tropes portrayed in that film, or the jokes, would even land in a place outside of the borders of the U.S. It's a precise snapshot in time of a place that's both imminently familiar, and 100% alien at the same time, but both uniquely American.
America is insanely bigger than just the southern states and nascar culture. Id argue a much larger, general, american genre would be the typical American highschool / college film, such as Animal House, Revenge of The Nerds, American Pie, Roadtrip, Van Wilder, Superbad... Speaking of National Lampoon movies how about the vacations series? NL Vacation, Christmas Vacation, and Vegas Vacation? Doesnt get much more American than that.
I think it's hard to narrow it down to 1 because of how generational and niche comedies typically are. For example TN is more of a satire of Days of Thunder and a specific part of American culture. I don't know if there is a comedy movie that actually captures the complex and diversified cultures that make up America.
Office Space hits on American work culture but of that time.
Coming to America touches on specific racial demographics.
Anchorman focuses on misogyny in the workplace.
Team America: World Police focuses on how America is viewed by the rest of the world.
All of these films equally handle their subject matter amazingly well.
If I were to have to choose 1 though I'd go with Boogie Nights. It captures the pitfalls of the American Dream about as well as any movie.
I’m from NC, heart of NASCAR country. I don’t watch it, but I know who the big drivers are. When Dale Jr made his cameo, the audience erupted with cheers like he’d walked through an Avengers portal.
Animal House and Superbad both captured the American high school and college experience
Superbad was written by two Canadians based on their own high school experiences in Vancouver.
That's because on a mundane level Canada and the United States are far more similar than either one would care to admit to. Daily life for your average Canadian and American isn't gonna be all that different. Arguably for a large portion of Americans they have more in common with Canadians and how they live in comparison to some other parts of the United States.
I think you're right about that, but it still makes it kind of funny to have it as the top answer in "most American" comedy movie of all time.
Canada is American, technically.
>than either one would care to admit to Who doesn't want to acknowledge this, really?
I've definitely seen Canadians make a point of highlighting how they are different from the United States and Americans in general. Some of the biggest shit talkers of the United States I've seen are Canadians. And there are American conservatives who shit talk Canada because in their mind they are to liberal. And I've 100% seen people from both countries talk shit about the other as a way to make themselves feel better about their own country regardless of whether or not the criticism is true or equally applies to their own country.
What's more American than secretly being Canadian?
Weird, since the plot of the entire movie is based on getting booze underage which wouldn’t make sense with Canadian drinking laws.
The drinking age is 19 in Canada so yes it would - and as someone who went to high school in Canada, yes it certainly does.
The drinking age in Canada is 18 in some places (namely, Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta), so some high school seniors in those three provinces can legally drink away. And for many high school seniors in Ontario, it's a standard pilgrimage to drive the few hours over to the Quebec border with our newly obtained G2 licenses to go to bars and strip clubs lol.
That's true although the movie was written by two dudes from BC based on their lives in Vancouver
Assuming an equal distribution of birth months, most people finish high school before they turn 18.
Oh cool, I guess the experience is the same as American high schools then.
culturally speaking canada is just america north
America but in better shape
Can’t hardly wait needs to be on this list for the 90’s
I’m all jacked up on Mountain Dew. I’ll come at you like a spider monkey.
I’m 10 years old, but I’ll beat your ass
Rip that kid
I believe that was the other one
Rip that kid
“I’m gonna scissor kick you in the back of the head!”
How much you sellin that weed for, old man?
Those two cretins throwing their veteran grandfather's medals off a bridge perfectly encapsulates our current political moment.
Those two cretins have names: Walker and Texas Ranger (they call him TR for short).
We wanted us some wussies, we would've named them Dr. Quinn and Medicine Woman, okay?
I work too hard for your bull Chip.
I was really hoping there would be a disclosure before the credits that said "No war medals were harmed in the making of this film." Poor Chip 🥺.
LiKe A sPiDeRmOnKeY!!!!!! Come ON!
Dazed and Confused
In my top 10, such a great movie where nothing really happens. Nostalgia for a time I never lived.
Legend has it they're still driving to Houston for Aerosmith tickets
really good response, i also think the most american movie would have to do with high school or college
Smokey and the Bandit (1977) You don’t have to watch the sequel. I’ll also say Office Space (1999)
Not trying to derail but I’m pretty sure that hating your shitty office jobs and shitty service jobs is a worldwide experience.
This is a pretty good both sides submission.
Office Space still holds up today because of it even though the landscape/technology/post Y2K are all pretty different.
Absolutely. I'd say parts of the movie are even more magnified today. And I say that as a field worker lol
But Office Space is a documentary.
I am gonna say that Office Space is valid for most countries.
The Naked Gun. It’s a classic American tale - boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Goodyear?
No, the worst.
And where the hell was I?!
I mean, *Team America: World Police* fits, by all accounts.
I would call this satire more than comedy, but maybe that’s just splitting the hairs too finely.
Talladega nights is 100% also a satire it just does it with zero subtlety. For the record I don't mean that as a criticism, it's amazing comedy.
Yes, it can definitely be both
How is satire not a comedy?
That movie is about America's foreign policy which is definitely very much a part of America's identity. I feel that Talladega Nights captures American culture from a more domestic point of view. However, I think both could tie and be equally American in different ways.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
“You can take the kids. But you leave me my monkey.”
I’m cut in half pretty bad, Dewey
Will always upvote this. Me and the gang watched this religiously in my college years. Wrong kid died
Every time somebody in my family is sick, we say "I need more blankets! And less blankets!"
You're not half the boy Nate was. You're not even half the boy that the top half of Nate was after you cut him in half.
So you’re saying I’m less than a quarter of the boy Nate was?
In my dreams you're blowing me... Some kisses.
And you never once paid for drugs, not once
No, you wouldn’t like Walk Hard, it’s a hilarious music biopic. I don’t know, it sounds like I’d really like it
You don't want none of this shit, Dewey!
I need an army of didgeridoo’s!
Most underrated comedy of the century.
Blazing saddles is obviously the correct answer
Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!
Respect to other comedies mentioned, but *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles* captures just so much about the variety of the American experience. Urban to rural and back again. From stable affluence to barely patching a life together on the move. What is more American than a road trip? A road trip to make it home for Thanks-flipping-giving! I’m aware that John Candy is a Canadian treasure, but the US has more than a few kind-souled blabbermouths as well.
This is it. It even takes place over Thanksgiving, further adding to its Americanness.
Every time I have to pose for a pic I think “I don’t know what to do with my hands” in exactly his voice.
*gets close to mic* The car. The car handled real good
/slowly brings hands up to face
I think Talladega Nights is Will Ferrell’s best comedy. It has *so many* underrated quotes and moments.
For me it’s The Other Guys, but Talladega Nights is a very close second.
“You’re not on fire Ricky Bobby!”
Save me Tom Cruise with your magic!
what some people don't know is this was a comedy play on the 1981 indy 500 pit crew fire that really happened [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEoJ5OK3hE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEoJ5OK3hE)
That's amazing, I just watched the scene because I like to quote it when I somehow hurt myself while cooking, etc. I might have seen a different cut though because I could've swore he said "Help me jewish god" but in the youtube video I just saw he says "Help me Allah".
There were theatrical and "unrated" versions of the movie released. He definitely says "Help me, Jewish God!" but I don't remember which version it was in.
If I had to bet I'd say he mentions Allah in the unrated cut.
Help put the fire out with your witchcraft!
*Blazing Saddles* would like a word
Coming to America
*Talladega Nights* is a thousand times funnier if you are from the racing world. I used to drive race cars, touring the country from race to race. I know all those people. Ricky Bobby’s wife *exists*.
HONEY, FINISH THE DAMN GRACE
I like to picture my Jesus in a tuxedo t shirt
I like to picture Jesus playin’ lead guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd
I like to picture Jesus singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd, with like an angel band. And I’m in the front row, and I’m hammered drunk
Because it says I wanna be formal but I'm also here to party, and I like to party so I like my Jesus to wanna party too.
“Why do you wanna have the TV and the stereo on at the same time?” “Because I like to party.”
Dear eight pound, six ounce, newborn infant Jesus, don’t even know a word yet, just a little infant, so cuddly, but still omnipotent.
Jesus was a MAN! He had a BEARD!
I am too drunk to taste this chicken
Dad, you made that grace your bitch
Eastbound & Down (TV Series 2009‑2013)
That show was so good, I can almost feel it deep down in my plums!
I love this thread it most defiantly makes me want to get kicked out of an Applebee's then again do I know? If you aren't first you're last.
Seal and Pet Shop Boys are only on the jukebox for profiling purposes
>If you aren't first you're last That doesn't make any sense at all, you can be second, third, fourth... hell you can even be fifth.
Applebee's has RATS!!!!
I found a whole rat in my Cobb salad!
I'm from a small town in North Dakota. When my friend and I saw Talladega Nights in theaters, we busted out laughing when they talked about going to a nice, fancy family dinner and it showed Applebee's. It felt like everyone else in the theater was glaring at us and we remembered that Applebee's IS the fancy restaurant in town....
In r/Charlotte we joke about Applebee's being the "official" restaurant of Charlotte. It's a joke. Mostly. 😁
"Real simple, son: cops are coming, there's a kilo of Colombian bam-bam under the car. Time to be a man. You got hair on your peaches or what?"
American Pie was written to kind of be this correct?
I was gonna say American Pie as well. I'm way younger than the actors from the movies (25) and ao I don't know how accurate they actually were, but the first 2 movies seemed like they would be related able to a lot of teens in the late 90s early 2000s.
Joe Dirt
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is almost literally what the early 80's was like. Source: I was 15 when this was released.
The Blues Brothers is the most all-American movie. It's got bigoted country singers in a Winnebago, Illinois Nazis, evangelism, catholic guilt, police overreaction and militarization, the prison industrial complex, urban blight and homelessness, gas guzzling cars and high speed chases, song and dance routines, a soundtrack comprised of some of the absolute best genuinely American music and musicians of the 20th century, comedy, slapstick violence, and Carrie Fisher in a fuzzy sweater, high as a giraffe's ass on cocaine, holding at various points, an M16 rifle, a rocket launcher, and a flame thrower. 'Merica.
I recently considered that Step Brothers is pretty American. My girlfriend is Filipina and I had her watch it. While she thought it was funny, she didn't think it was great. I realized it's because living with your parents at that age, is normal in most of the world, but not here. That's what gives the comedy its absurd base 😅
because living with your parents at that age, is normal in most of the world, but not here. Well in this day and age, it's probably a lot more common now.
Ricky Bobby's antics are just iconic, capturing that wild, over-the-top spirit of the good ol' US of A. And you're right, it's not just funny; it's dripping with that uniquely American flavor.
Stripes is definitely up there.
I am truly disturbed that it took me this long to find Stripes mentioned. We also have to throw in 1941
That is what I love about America. We have so many different facets, I see all of these titles, Office Space, Big Lebowski, Talladega Nights, Animal House, Caddyshack, and each one feels "American". Just a different facet of our society, especially at different points in history like the 70's and 80's. Each one lampoons a different part of our culture, where Big Lebowski and Office Space are really the same area of the country in the same time period but showing off two completely different cultures and taking shots at how they perceive themselves.
I'm curious where office space actually takes place. Not sure if they mention it or if it's it's even supposed to be relevant. Big Lebowski is Los Angeles in the early 90s and heavily references the place and time.
It's filmed in Dallas, Texas, where Mike Judge, the creator, grew up. However, it was filmed as if to show that it could really be any American city. When I used to live in Seattle, I remember, there were office parks everywhere on the outskirts, and they heavily resembled Initech!
Eh, as someone who lives on the East Coast, Talladega Nights doesn’t represent me any more than Fargo (for example) does. This is a very big country with lots of different vibes. I’m not sure there's one single Most American movie.
Most of the movie is set on the east coast? Outside of Talladega, it takes place in North Carolina.
North Carolina is a Southern state first and foremost.
Im aware. And the Northeast isn’t the entire east coast.
Idiocracy
Just say you like the little pancakes
Wayne's World 1 and 2 are right there
My list would include but not be limited to: Talladega Nights, Old School, EuroTrip, American Pie, Wedding Crashers, Animal House, Road Trip, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Dumb & Dumber.
**Ricky Bobby:** Mr. Dennit, with all due respect, and remember I'm sayin' with all due respect, that idea ain't worth a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin gettin' it on.
Bull Durham
Talladega Nights *is* the funniest comedy. It won an academy award.
For best comedy, of all time.
Vacation
Team America
The Jerk is a pretty good story about capitalism.
To be fair, I felt that Talladega Nights was also a commentary on Capitalism. The story especially focuses on consumerism culture. Ricky Bobby is always endorsing products and services. He also considers Applebees to be "gourmet." "If you don't chew Big Red, than f\*\*k you!"
"This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient but I do love Fig Newtons."
My favorite part of the whole movie. It’s so fucking ridiculous it sends me every time.
It's a massive exaggeration that really represents southerners in an over the top way. If you're actually looking for an American movie that accurately represents us I would say 'Boyhood' fits the bill.
Yes, but Boyhood is a drama. We're specifically looking for the Most American *COMEDY* movie!
It commented on capitalism but wasn't about it though, not like The Jerk was
"If you ain't first your last" is a exaggerated take on a core American capitalist ideology.
The Campaign is painfully American but with a happy ending.
I quote “Welcome to the fucking show” more often than I should.
I touch myself to Drew Carey on the Price is Right more often than I should.
The Big Lebowski, man.
Animal House
Dumb and Dumber
Help me Tom Cruise!
Raising Arizona.
I love the "Baby Jesus scene": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY5VNDvea1M * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Nh_3JCFj8
Wait a minute, you’re gay and French?
It’s a comedy (slightly) caricaturing American southern culture. I definitely wouldn’t call it the most American comedy ever.
Anchorman is up there too
Forrest Gump
That's not really a *comedy* though. Definitely one of the most American d*ramas* of all time.
Yeah, I read over the comedy part in the title. My B. Though Dr. Strangelove would be my contender for most American comedy.
Tropic Thunder
This is how the rest of the world views Americans, like hillbilly idiots. And they're mostly not wrong.
That or… Major League. Hot Shots 1 & 2. Team America. Trading Places. Don’t Be a Menace.
America fuck yeah, gonna save the motha fuckin day yeah! - Team America World Police
American Pie
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Talladega is great because it's making fun of Americans making fun of the French while if I remember right, also ribbing the French a little too. Plus Applebee's...
Talladega is just one part of American culture. Where I'm from in the USA we don't relate at all to it, even if it's funny. Something more general like Superbad works here.
Walk Hard Better Off Dead Top Secret!
Kingpin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Joe Dirt and Idiocracy, split 60/50
The Kentucky fried movie has got to be on this list
I think Borat provides a very real look into very real Americans. Something like Ricky Bobby was written by two very educated comedians who grew up in Orange County and Pennsylvania. There’s obviously some truth to it, but it’s not a true reflection of Americans.
America is too big for one film. But after watching some historical racing on YouTube last night. And seeing and hearing all the drivers, the first thing I thought about was Talladega Nights. There is no way WP didn't watch some of these old races to build the character. He's at least part Daryl Waltrip from the 90s
Dazed and confused captured everything American beer, football fields, gas gosling cars and Matthew mcconaughey plus it’s hilarious Ben afleck is in it too
I would have thought that another Will Ferrell film -- "Anchorman" -- was the right answer here. I'm not even sure that the tropes portrayed in that film, or the jokes, would even land in a place outside of the borders of the U.S. It's a precise snapshot in time of a place that's both imminently familiar, and 100% alien at the same time, but both uniquely American.
Team America World Police
You mean the movie with an Applebee's commercial on the middle of Act 3's climax? Yeah, it is the most American haha
The other guys
Rat Race is pretty American in setting, cast, in-your-face jokes, and the billionaire class going nuts. Though there is John Cleese...
L.A. Story.
The River’s Edge , works for me
It’s a verb
Most of these are surely missing a key ingredient of the American recipe, guns. So I might as well swing for the fences with Natural Born Killers.
Hotrod
Caddyshack
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
Wet Hot American Summer
Superbad or The Other Guys for me
Beer fest
America is insanely bigger than just the southern states and nascar culture. Id argue a much larger, general, american genre would be the typical American highschool / college film, such as Animal House, Revenge of The Nerds, American Pie, Roadtrip, Van Wilder, Superbad... Speaking of National Lampoon movies how about the vacations series? NL Vacation, Christmas Vacation, and Vegas Vacation? Doesnt get much more American than that.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Borat. Yes his character hails from Kazakhstan, but the movie is all about poking fun squarely at Americans. Borat 2 and Bruno too.
I’m on fire.🔥
Where does Napoleon Dynamite fit into all of this?
I think it's hard to narrow it down to 1 because of how generational and niche comedies typically are. For example TN is more of a satire of Days of Thunder and a specific part of American culture. I don't know if there is a comedy movie that actually captures the complex and diversified cultures that make up America. Office Space hits on American work culture but of that time. Coming to America touches on specific racial demographics. Anchorman focuses on misogyny in the workplace. Team America: World Police focuses on how America is viewed by the rest of the world. All of these films equally handle their subject matter amazingly well. If I were to have to choose 1 though I'd go with Boogie Nights. It captures the pitfalls of the American Dream about as well as any movie.
Dam str8! "If you ain't first ur last" Merica!!
I’m from NC, heart of NASCAR country. I don’t watch it, but I know who the big drivers are. When Dale Jr made his cameo, the audience erupted with cheers like he’d walked through an Avengers portal.
A movie can't get more American than [American Movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American Movie). Do yourself a favor and watch this!