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1. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 291,704 | Gross: $184.21M
2. Free State of Jones (2016)
R | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell
Votes: 62,622 | Gross: $20.76M
3. Glory (1989)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 144,923 | Gross: $26.83M
4. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 142,064 | Gross: $40.49M
5. Gettysburg (1993)
PG | 271 min | Drama, History, War
In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Director: Ron Maxwell | Stars: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan
Votes: 31,388 | Gross: $10.77M
6. Harriet (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
Votes: 30,833
7. Emancipation (2022)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor
Votes: 27,396
8. The Beguiled (1971)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While recuperating in a Confederate girls' boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 19,276
9. Gods and Generals (2003)
PG-13 | 219 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.
Director: Ron Maxwell | Stars: Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Donzaleigh Abernathy
Votes: 17,237 | Gross: $12.87M
10. The Dinner (I) (2017)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two sets of wealthy parents meet for dinner to decide what to do about a crime their sons have committed.
Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman, Steve Coogan, Charlie Plummer
Votes: 9,619 | Gross: $1.32M
11. Rise of the Ronin (2024 Video Game)
M | Action
After three centuries of Shogunate rule, the Black Ships of the West descend upon Japan's borders and the country falls into a state of turmoil. As a masterless samurai - a Ronin, take up ... See full summary »
Directors: Fumihiko Yasuda, Camille Thoman | Stars: Eiji Hanawa, Yasuyuki Kase, Yui Ishikawa, Fairouz Ai
Votes: 140
12. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western
During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest
Votes: 3,156 | Gross: $1.45M
13. The Story of Adele H (1975)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley
Votes: 8,996
14. The Love Letter (1998 TV Movie)
Unrated | 99 min | Fantasy, Romance
20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 2,392
15. Bad Company (1972)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston
Votes: 4,614
16. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 6,139
17. Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Liz Mikel, Marcus M. Mauldin, Kendrick Sampson
Votes: 2,180
18. The Desperadoes (1943)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A wanted outlaw arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up! His past and his friendship with the sheriff land them both in trouble.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes
Votes: 1,633
19. 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: 2,511
20. Savannah (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family, History
Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.
Director: Annette Haywood-Carter | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 1,774 | Gross: $0.04M
21. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Family
During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton
Votes: 1,379
22. Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
While the Civil War rages on, President Abraham Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task - destroying the Confederate Undead.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Kent Igleheart, Rhianna Van Helton, Brennen Harper
Votes: 4,229
23. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
Not Rated | 104 min | Western
A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O'Keefe, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 373
24. The List (I) (2007)
PG | 105 min | Thriller
A lawyer inherits an interest in a mysterious secret society following his father's death. He is then courted by members of the shady organization and uncovers the sinister secrets and deceit that exists at the heart of the organization.
Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Chuck Carrington, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Pat Hingle
Votes: 1,783 | Gross: $0.13M
25. Juarez (1939)
Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,558
26. Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that... See full summary »
Director: Rémi Chayé | Stars: Salomé Boulven, Alexandra Lamy, Alexis Tomassian, Jochen Hägele
Votes: 719
27. The Old Maid (1939)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp
Votes: 4,066
28. Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Western
Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element--with help from an old pal, Jesse James.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, Victor Jory, Jane Nigh
Votes: 548
29. Samurai Sensei (2018)
93 min | Comedy
A samurai imprisoned in 1863 falls asleep and awakens in today's Japan.
Director: Kazushi Watanabe | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Yukijirô Hotaru, Shûgo Oshinari, Toshiya Nagasawa
Votes: 136
30. Yellowneck (1955)
Passed | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, War
5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.
Director: R. John Hugh | Stars: Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Berry Kroeger, Harold Gordon
Votes: 258
31. Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
Passed | 79 min | Biography, Western
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry
Votes: 306
32. Samurai Sensei (2015– )
54 min | Comedy
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai of Tosa domain who campaigned for the expulsion of foreigners, unwittingly travels 150 years in time from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate to present day ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryô Nishikido, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Manami Higa, Ryusei Fujii
Votes: 71
33. Courage of the West (1937)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rangers go after bandits holding up Wells Fargo offices.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bob Baker, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lois January, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 49
34. The Blue Wolves of Mibu (2024– )
Animation, Action, History | Pre-production
In 1860s Japan, an idealistic young boy joins a group of revolutionaries to change his land for the better.
Stars: Shuichiro Umeda, Tomokazu Sugita, Kenshô Ono, Yôhei Azakami
35. Whistler's Mother (2018)
15 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
The artist James Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art. Not to create a masterpiece, but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch.
Director: Robbie Robertson | Stars: Jennifer Christa Palmer, Barbara Hawkins-Scott, Bryce Harper, Samuel R Moody
Votes: 29
36. Year 1863 (1922)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
Director: Edward Puchalski | Stars: Ryszard Sobiszewski, Stanislawa Chrzanowska, Maria Hryniewicz, Helena Marcello-Palinska
Votes: 32
37. Valtiopeli 1863 (2013 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Atro Lahtela | Stars: Arttu Kapulainen, Ilkka Koivula, Kai Vaine, Maija Rissanen
Votes: 11
38. Secret Missions of the Civil War (2005 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, History, War
Two hour special on "secret" missions during the Civil War including The Great Locomotive Chase, Mosby's Raid on Fairfax, and the Attempted Burning of New York City.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: David Ackroyd, Ulf Bjorlin, Allen Brenner, Mike Brown
Votes: 14
39. The Triumphant Union and the Canadian Confederation: 1863-1867 (1969)
59 min | Documentary, History
As the United States struggles not to fall apart during the Civil War, Canada struggles to pull itself together and become a Confederation.
Directors: Ronald Dick, Pierre L'Amare | Star: J. Frank Willis
40. The Friendly Fifties and the Sinister Sixties: 1850-1863 (1968)
59 min | Documentary
Canada expands west and founds new provinces like Manitoba and Alberta. Meanwhile, Civil War looms across the United States.
Directors: Ronald Dick, Pierre L'Amare | Star: J. Frank Willis
41. Heavy Metal: The Evolution of the Naval Warship (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. ... See full summary »
Votes: 13
42. Gettysburg: The Turning Point (1986 Video Game)
History, War
Turn-based strategy simulation game of the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 that was critical for the outcome of the American Civil War.
43. Gettysburg! (1997 Video Game)
History, War
Sid Meier's Gettysburg recreates the key battle of the American Civil War in real-time, over the exact terrain the soldiers faced. You can take control of the forces of either side, in ... See full summary »
Stars: Jerome Atherholt, Steve Carpenter, Del Driver, Brad Ganson
Votes: 37
44.
BattleField Detectives (2003– )
Episode:
Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
A number of historians believe the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg was determined on the first of the three days of battle when the Confederate's were confident they were winning. This ... See full summary »
Stars: Allen Brenner, Shaun C. Grenan, Kevin R. Hershberger, Dan C. Johnson
Votes: 8
45.
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode:
Lincoln's Doctor's Dog
(1955)
Drama
During the dark days of the Civil War, a doctor gives President Lincoln a puppy to buoy his spirits.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Richard Long, Willis Bouchey
Votes: 71
46.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Trial
(1960)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Josh expects a $400 bounty for bringing in Daniel Trenner but finds his prisoner stolen from him by the sheriff. Four ex-army personnel want to stage an illegal mock trial accusing their former lieutenant of dereliction of duty.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Steve McQueen, Paul Burke, James Coburn, John Pickard
Votes: 132
47.
Pushing Daisies (2007–2009)
Episode:
The Fun in Funeral
(2007)
TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Emerson asks Ned to bring the funeral director he killed back to life, knowing that it will expose the secret about why Chuck is still alive. Olive also learns about Ned and Chuck's secret while delivering a pie to Chuck's aunts.
Director: Paul A. Edwards | Stars: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale
Votes: 899
48.
Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006– )
Episode:
Gettysburg Gospel
(2007)
Documentary, History
Professor Gabor Boritt discusses his new book, "Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows".
Directors: David Cannek, Andrew Edeker | Stars: Gabor Boritt, Ryan Yantis
49.
A Dinner of Herbs (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2000)
Drama, Thriller
Roddy Greenbank is brought by his father to Northumberland in 1807, and orphaned shortly after their arrival when his father meets a brutal death. Adopted by Kate Makepiece, Roddy forges friendships with Hal Roystan and Mary Ellen Lee.
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Tom Goodman-Hill, Jonathan Kerrigan, Melanie Clark Pullen, Bill Fellows
Votes: 22
50.
The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady (1959)
Episode:
Mr. Lincoln's Politics
(1959)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Allyn Edwards