Merry Christmas: The 30 Best Movies of the 21st Century

The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson · Dec 26, 2025 · 38m · transcript

Hollywood and Media Bias:

Cruz argues that the NYT list prioritizes political messaging over storytelling and entertainment.

He claims the list reflects elitist, left-leaning Hollywood values and ignores popular, inspirational, or patriotic films.

Alternative Film List:

Cruz presents his own list of 30 films from the past 25 years that he believes are more representative of quality cinema.

His selections include:

Gladiator, The Patriot, A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings, Saving Private Ryan, American Sniper, Hidden Figures, Top Gun: Maverick, and Avatar.

He emphasizes true stories, war…