Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?

Isn't it a little xenophobic?Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?There are also many bad guys who are American in foreign movies too, especially Russian movies. :D

It's normal, because American movies target at American audience, and these movies have to satisfy them. There's usually a bad side and a good site. No one wants to be in the bad side. So in American movies, usually good guys are American, and bad guys are foreigners.

The same happens in other countries!!!!Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?
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Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?Ummmm....have you not watched all of the American movies that had American bad guys? Or all of the foreign films that have had Americans as the bad guys and their country as the good guys? It's not xenophobic, just you making outlandish accusations over nothing.Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?
its a hollywood conspiracy to represent villians of current war era to promote subliminal hatred and biased feelings towards the enemy. The 60's and 70's had communist, 80's all the bad guys were asian, example movies "Rambo", "Delta Force". The 90's and currently its trendy to make villians of middle eastern discent like "True Lies" "Boure Utimatum".

As for Americans being the good guy, is cause as sense of purpose Americans have always had the mentality of being the hero. Also point out that all heros are usually male caucasian.Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?Ummmm stereotyping perhaps?

Everybody is the film industry the World over is guilty of it.Why are SO MANY bad guys in American movies foreigners while good guys are usually Americans?
Of course it goes with the time period. Every era has it's enemy. I think also, and this is going way back to the silent era, Hollywood used Dark skin, facial hair and dark clothing to represent the "bad guy" while light clothing and light features represented the "hero". Racist? yes. Xenophobic? yes. Unfortunately it's the way we think on a primal level. Us and Them.
Actually, the reason for that goes back to the early days of writing which employse the use of things that are distant to make them more credible because the audience's level of knowledge is lower and therefore most things those characters do is credible.