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1. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,152 | Gross: $1.59M
2. Cimarron (1960)
Approved | 147 min | Drama, Romance, Western
The Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.
Directors: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 3,432
3. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,528
4. Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Two-part series on U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt looking at his work as a progressive reformer as well as his contradictions such as being a passionate conservationist who also hunted animals.
Stars: Shane John Kruger, Rufus Jones, Marco Mintaka, Greg Kriek
Votes: 474
5. Rough Riders (1997)
16+ | 240 min | Action, Drama, History
Undersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War.
Stars: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey, Brad Johnson
Votes: 2,285
6. Pursued (1947)
Passed | 101 min | Western
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger
Votes: 3,834
7. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen
Votes: 2,504
8. 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, War
In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Baler, the Philippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire, to prevent rebellious natives from recovering their ... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Calvo | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 3,594
9. Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Music
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 963
10. The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Director: David Butler | Stars: June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 587
11. El Presidente (2012)
162 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The life story of the first Philippine President. The story of the man who led the Filipino people to victory against its Spanish conquerors.
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Cristine Reyes
Votes: 139
12. The Bowery (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In New York's Bowery during the Gay Nineties, a saloon owner and a rebel share a rivalry.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray
Votes: 615 | Gross: $4.36M
13. I Loved a Woman (1933)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin, Robert Barrat
Votes: 441
14. Raza (1942)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
When the Spanish Republic is declared in 1931, three brothers go separate ways. One, a priest, is killed by leftists. One, a member of the government, betrays his family's traditional ... See full synopsis »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Alfredo Mayo, Ana Mariscal, José Nieto, Blanca de Silos
Votes: 686
15. Santiago (1956)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance
A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills
Votes: 321
16. Baler (2008)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, War
Baler is a love story between Feliza, the daughter of a rebel commander and Celso, a half-Spanish soldier, set during the twilight years of the Spanish regime in the Philippines. The young ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Jericho Rosales, Anne Curtis, Andrew Schimmer
Votes: 103
17. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
An 1890s widow has two daughters and two sons. The daughters fall in love with the same gentleman.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter
Votes: 340
18. Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
"Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one."
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley
Votes: 2,065
19. El invierno de las anjanas (2000)
90 min | Drama, History, Romance
A young worker enjoying an affair with an upper class beauty, Adelaida, is drafted by the Spanish Army to fight in the Cuban War of Independence. After Adelaida receives an unusual ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Telechea | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Elena Anaya, Elvira Mínguez, Juan Diego
Votes: 199
20. Yellow Jack (1938)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, History, Mystery
In the fever-stricken areas of Cuba, a brave band of scientists, doctors, and U.S. Marines fight a losing battle against the deadly plague of 'Yellow Jack' until the great heroic risk taken by an Irish sergeant brings victory.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine
Votes: 292
21. Sweet Adeline (1934)
Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks
Votes: 317
22. The Arizona Ranger (1948)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Western
Bob Morgan returns home but alienates his father by not staying at his ranch. Instead he becomes the head of the new Arizona Rangers. Matters get worse between father and son when when his ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin
Votes: 191
23. Los últimos de Filipinas (1945)
99 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the time of the Spanish-American War, the commandant of a Spanish detachment in Baler, in the Philippines, realizes that the native people of his district are planning an ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Armando Calvo, José Nieto, Guillermo Marín, Fernando Rey
Votes: 200
24. El Paso Stampede (1953)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Western
The cattle that are being rustled apparently vanish as no one is able to find them. But Rocky Lane, in his last B western, is on the job and he is assisted as usual by Nugget Clark.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Eddy Waller, Phyllis Coates
Votes: 67
25. Cuba (I) (2002)
Drama, Romance
Director: Pedro Carvajal | Stars: Ana Álvarez, José Antonio Rodríguez, Eloy Azorín, María Elena Jiménez
Votes: 54
26. Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898)
Not Rated | Short, War
The film consists of a single shot of a hand tearing down a Spanish flag.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 106
27. The Denial (1925)
50 min | Drama
Beautiful Mildred Hucks is in love with young Lyman Webb, but her mother is determined to marry her off to an elderly millionaire. When the Spanish-American War breaks out in 1898, Lyman ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, William Haines, Lucille Ricksen
28. The Spanish-American War: First Intervention (2007 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The wars for Cuban Independence began long before the arrival of the Americans, however, on the night of February 12, 1898, 266 American lives were lost when the United States Battleship ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Tuckett | Stars: Mike Agresta, Jack Amos, Damon Bonetti, Ethan Cadoff
Votes: 18
29. The Rough Riders (1927)
137 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Noah Beery, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, Charles Emmett Mack
Votes: 50 | Gross: $0.38M
30. I Am an American (1944)
Approved | 16 min | Short, History
A hypothetical married Polish couple arrives in New York in the early 1840's and walks to Ohio where they settle and prosper and raise children. The man loses an arm in the Civil war, and ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gary Gray, Gordon Hart, Dick Haymes
Votes: 126
31. Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (2022)
61 min
It tells the story of Buffalo Soldiers, the name given to African-American regiments who fought in the U.S. military in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Director: Dru Holley | Stars: Ayanna Berkshire, Darrell Millner, Quintard Taylor, Anthony L. Powell
Votes: 56
32. Surrender of General Toral (1898)
Documentary, Short, News
The white flag of truce is prominent in the center of the picture. Shafter and Wheeler are on the left, conferring with staff officers. Toral hands his sword to General Shafter, who returns it with a courteous bow.
Director: James H. White | Stars: William Rufus Shafter, José Toral y Vázquez, Joseph Wheeler
Votes: 37
33. Buffalo Soldiers: A Quest for Freedom (2018)
85 min | Documentary
A century and a half ago, Black soldiers, known as "Buffalo Soldiers", changed the face of the military forever. Despite their astonishing achievements in the face of heartbreaking ... See full summary »
Director: Jurian Isabelle | Stars: D’arby, David Isabelle, Jeremy Isabelle
Votes: 13
34. Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Biography, Drama
In a series of short scenes, key periods in Theodore Roosevelt's political life are dramatized beginning in 1895 with his time as New York City police commissioner and later as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Vice President and President.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Pierre Watkin, Theodore von Eltz, Arthur Loft
Votes: 274
35. Divers at Work on the Wreck of the 'Maine' (1898)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Drama, News
The battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbor during the Spanish-American War.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 678
36. Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine' (1898)
Documentary, Short, News
"Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels. The warped and twisted remains show how thoroughly this ... See full summary »
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley
Votes: 137
37. End of the Trail (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, War, Western
In the battle of San Juan Hill, Rough Rider Dale Brittenham saves the life, at the expense of losing the sight of one eye, of Bob Hildreth. Invalided to a hospital they meet nurse Belle ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jack Holt, Louise Henry, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 16
38. Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War (1999 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Historical documentary on the Spanish-American war, the events surrounding it, and the people involved. Highlights events in Cuba and the Philippines.
Director: Daniel A. Miller | Stars: Emilio Aguinaldo, Gilberto Arribas, Paul Austin, Robert L. Beisner
Votes: 41
39. Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, the Range Busters, enlist in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the ... See full summary »
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 46
40. Presentation of Nation's Sword to Admiral Dewey (1899)
Short, News
"By Secretary Long at Washington, showing President McKinley, the Admiral and many other celebrities. Clear, sharp and lifelike."
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith | Stars: George Dewey, John Davis Long, William McKinley
41. Battle of Manila Bay (1898)
Short, War
Reenactment with miniatures of the battle in the Philippines.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 28
42. Major General Shafter (1898)
Short, News
"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general air of avoirdupois."
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley | Star: William Rufus Shafter
Votes: 101
43. Filipinos Retreat from Trenches (1899)
1 min | War, Short, Drama
Reenactment of action in the Spanish-American War.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 130
44. Governor Roosevelt and Staff (I) (1899)
Documentary, Short, News
"Taken during the land parade in honor of Admiral Dewey, just before the turn into 72nd street, with Grant's Tomb and decorated residences in the background. This entire series has a very ... See full summary »
Star: Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 78
45. Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' (1898)
2 min | Short, News
"First comes the famous Marine Band of the 'Brooklyn,' with the mascot goat beside the bass drum. The 300 marines follow in rapid marching order, a sixteen file front in each company."
Votes: 77
46. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Officers of His Staff (1898)
Short, News
"This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters, where he dismounts and walks into his ... See full summary »
Stars: Theodore Roosevelt, John C. Greenway
Votes: 59
47. The story of the Panama Canal (1927)
28 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: George Goethals, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
48. Across the Pacific (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Romance, War
Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Phillipines. To do this, he must romance Roma, a cabaret spy working ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Monte Blue, Jane Winton, Myrna Loy, Charles Stevens
Votes: 40
49. Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb (1898)
2 min | Short, News
New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 92
50. Burial of the 'Maine' Victims (1898)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley
Votes: 127