Top 5: Nazi Fighting Movies

As you're probably well aware, the American news cycle has been owned by the horrifying events in Charlottesville. And since I don't live in a bubble and can't express all of the rage I have at the Neo-Nazi and White Supremacists existence in this country, the murder of one and maiming of at least a dozen other counter-protestors with a car, and Trump's insistence that there are good people amongst white supremacists, I thought I would compile some movies that are great if you're in the mood to fight Nazis. Some fight with words, others with fists, and some with weapons, but these are all movies about fighting*Spoilers abound*

#5 The Great Dictator

This was Charlie Chaplin's first talkie and it remains one of the most painfully funny and powerful films ever put on screen. In an era where Hollywood was avoided Nazi Germany and promoted isolationism, Chaplin decided to make a movie that openly mocked Hitler, portrayed the dangers to minorities, and delivered one of the best and moving humanist monologues of all time.

#4 Inglourious Basterds

Revenge fantasies don't come much bloodier than this Quentin Tarantino joint about a vengeful Jewish cinema operator and a team of American Jews sent behind enemy lines to kill Nazis and eventually assassinate the entire German high command. Though there's arguably less Nazi fighting than you might like in a movie with this premise, there's something oddly satisfying about watching a pair of Jews overkill Hitler with machine gun fire.

#3 X-Men First Class

This one works exceptionally well because it's all about tracking down Nazis that are trying to hide. Though hiding is a bit hard when you're being tracked by a master of magnetism with a grudge. A great deal of this movie may be about team building, but the driving force for Magneto from beginning to end is revenge against the Nazis that killed his family and that knife scene in Argentina...*whistle*

#2 Raiders of the Lost Ark

I'm sure other people will choose The Last Crusade over the original film but I have to choose Indy's first ride against the Third Reich for the finale. Why? Because a team of arrogant Nazis is melted, blown apart, and electrocuted for disrespecting the Hewbrew God and daring to lay eyes upon the word of God. Hard to beat that...no matter how many nightmares it gave me in my youth.

#1 Captain America: The First Avenger

While you could argue that this movie doesn't feature too many fights against actual Nazis, Cap and friends are fighting H.Y.D.R.A., but the ideal American spirit and what it's willing to fight for is alive and well in this movie. Taking up the allied caused because "I don't like bullies," Steve Rodgers insists that he doesn't want to fight anyone, but he can't stay idle while evil men hurt innocent people. And thankfully for the audience, he gets the strength to stop the Red Skull and his goons from destroying that ideal.