What’s the best movie to watch on the Fourth of July?

The obvious move is to go with , but you should also consider the second time Will Smith saved the world from an alien invasion in a movie released over the Fourth of July weekend: The gold standard for late-’90s special effects comedies, Men In Black. What’s more Americana than a movie that climaxes with CGI fireworks on the grounds of the 1964 New York World’s Fair—whose entire setup puts an intergalactic spin on the feel-good myth of the American melting pot? All that, plus Smith’s boundless “Gettin’ Jiggy With It”-era energy playing off of bone-dry turns from Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Fiorentino, and Vincent D’Onofrio acting his ass off from beneath “a brand new Edgar suit.” [Erik Adams]