Watching that ship crack in half and splatter down into the ocean still gets me every time. But 1996’s lovable Independence Days shows the U.S. flipping the bird to alien invaders while a tongue-in-cheek Will Smith* zooms around saving the world in space ship. If you want a movie you can cheer for, hop on over to Independence Day, where the highly-paid hero always saves the day.
*Can also substitute with Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Bill Paxton, Tom Cruise, etc.