Twelve patriotic films

Patriotic plot: This classic coming-of-age kids' movie is saturated with American nostalgia, depicting a summer full of swimming in the public pool, telling ghost stories at treehouse sleepovers, and playing baseball by the light of Fourth of July fireworks. Directed by David M. Evans, "The Sandlot" starred Tom Guiry as new kid on the block Scott Smalls and Mike Vitar as baseball guru "Benny the Jet" Rodriguez.