For about as long as movies have been around, Hollywood has been churning out patriotic American movies that make the country, and some of its most notable figures, look like larger than life icons.

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It was named the greatest American western by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it placed 12th on the same organization's 2007 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time ...

(Image credit: 20th Century Fox) Patton (1970) One of the great American icons of the 20th century, General George S. Patton was instrumental in the Allies winning World War II.