Empire magazine ranks Top 10 cheesiest movies

The rousing presidential speech in Independence Day has been named the cheesiest movie moment of all time.

US audiences may have cheered when Bill Pullman called his countrymen to arms against alien invaders with the stirring words: “Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!” But it tops a list of cringe-making scenes compiled by Empire.

The magazine describes it as “a cornball speech that sounds like Shakespeare rewritten by kindergarteners”.