Navy SEALs are as bad*ss as they come. As cliché as it sounds, we can’t even imagine some of the sh*t they do to keep this great nation safe. Enter "Act of Valor," a film about a Navy SEAL team fighting terrorism. Not too original, but there’s the hook: The team is entirely portrayed by active duty SEALs and servicemen.

 
The official website calls it a "fictionalized account of real life Navy SEAL operations.” And according to a Q&A with the directors and one of the SEALs just before an advance screening I attended last week, everything depicted in the movie has actually been done in combat. Knowing that going in made a huge difference, as did seeing it in a theater full of NYPD, FDNY, and members of the Armed Services.

There’s no question casting these guys to essentially play themselves added authenticity to the action scenes, which really are the primary reason to see this movie. And call me a d*ck, but I’m a sucker for a good terrorist headshot (rough estimate: 60 percent of hostiles meet their end via headshots). Perhaps just as important, I never doubted that they could shoot like that. And the shaky, right-in-the-fray style of cinematography used in the action scenes really did build suspense.
 
But let’s set expectations straight: These guys are not actors. Problem is, the directors tried to force scenes that required, you know, acting. There’s a good amount of that, and mostly what you’d expect: Dramatic goodbyes to wives and unborn children, give-this-letter-to-my-family sort of stuff. Time your bathroom breaks with the scenes shot stateside, it’s hard to sit through some of these parts. I’m sure these moments happen regularly in real life, and in no way do I want to belittle the challenges our servicemen and women face on the home front after extended periods of separation. But real life rarely translates to Hollywood and much of the sappy stuff was over the top.
 
Still, the movie is definitely worth seeing. There were moments during the action scenes I really wanted to stand up and yell, "That’s what you get for f*cking with America!" Which then got me thinking: What other movies get my patriotic juices bubbling to the point of jubilation?
 
So here’s my top 10 “F*ck Yeah, America!” movies. But let’s set the criteria. These are movies that get you out of your seat cheering for our country. We’re talking front row at the dunk contest, “I’m sick of these motherf*ckin’ snakes on this motherf*ckin’ plane!”-type cheering. So there are some somber, excellent war movies and miniseries -- "Black Hawk Down," "Saving Private Ryan," "Band of Brothers" -- and American classics like "Forrest Gump" that may trigger patriotic emotions, but aren’t included because they didn’t have that cheer factor.
 
Spoiler alert! This slideshow contains scenes from each movie, sometimes the final scenes. Proceed with caution. Add your own favorites in the comments.