Best American Revolution Movies/TV Shows
by muybueno16 | created - 13 Oct 2018 | updated - 04 Feb 2019 | PublicEntertainment documenting the uprising against British rule in 1760s to 1780s.
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1. TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, War
A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
Stars: Jamie Bell, Heather Lind, Samuel Roukin, Daniel Henshall
Votes: 23,408
2. John Adams (2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 36,547
3. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins
Votes: 6,789 | Gross: $1.00M
4. The Scarlet Coat (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the Revolutionary War, American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders, Anne Francis
Votes: 768
5. The Crossing (2000 TV Movie)
89 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roché, Steven McCarthy
Votes: 2,190
6. The Patriot (2000)
R | 165 min | Action, Drama, History
Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs
Votes: 293,255 | Gross: $113.33M
7. The Rebels (1979)
240 min | Drama, History, War
Philip Kent takes part in the American Revolution and the newly formed Congress.
Stars: Andrew Stevens, Don Johnson, William Conrad, Doug McClure
Votes: 234
8. The Bastard (1978)
240 min | Drama, History, Romance
When Phillipe Charboneau, the illegitimate son of an English duke, travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Stevens, Olivia Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Mark Neely
Votes: 359
9. Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, History
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding ... See full summary »
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Jane Brennan, Laura Brennan, Anthony Brophy, Frank Coughlan
Votes: 538
10. Andrew Jackson (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Through interviews, visits to historical locations and vivid reenactments, this History Channel production details the life of Andrew Jackson. It illuminates his early years as well as his ... See full summary »
Directors: Jim Lindsay, Harlan Glenn | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Peter Kiklowicz, Ryan Proffitt, Nathan Wiederman
Votes: 39
11. Beyond the Mask (2015)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A British East India Trading Company assassin seeks to redeem his past by thwarting a plot against a young nation's hope for freedom.
Director: Chad Burns | Stars: Andrew Cheney, John Rhys-Davies, Kara Killmer, Alan Madlane
Votes: 3,733 | Gross: $1.23M
12. Johnny Tremain (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Family, War
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 1,948
13. The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, History, War
Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal
Votes: 1,263
14. The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, History, Romance
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Directors: Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott
Votes: 2,870
15. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich
Votes: 780
16. Mary Silliman's War (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, History, War
Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Nancy Palk, Richard Donat, Diane D'Aquila, Paul Boretski
Votes: 71
17. All for Liberty (2009)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, History, War
It is 1775. Henry Felder, a Swiss-German colonist, lives with his family in the British colony of South Carolina. After many years of struggling with corrupt British rulers, Felder is urged... See full summary »
Director: Chris Weatherhead | Stars: Bettina Beard, Delfloria Brown, Halle Brown, Richard Bryant
Votes: 67
18. Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (1957)
37 min | Short, Drama, History
This is a 37-minute orientation film, filmed in the spring of 1956, for visitors to historic Colonial Williamsburg, and photographed in the area restored by the Rockefeller Foundation. The ... See full summary »
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Jack Lord, Leora Dana, Margery Maude, Richard Striker
Votes: 158
19. George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986 TV Movie)
190 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of George Washington as the first President of the United States of America and his 8 years running his country. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Patty Duke, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Bekins
Votes: 209
20. The Adams Chronicles (1976)
50 min | Drama, History
This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels
Votes: 213
21. Revolution (1985)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright
Votes: 7,548 | Gross: $0.36M
22. Taking Liberty (1995 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Independent Nell Prescott gets involved in intrigue and heroism during the American Revolution and meets Benjamin Franklin along the way.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Sophie Ward, David Warner, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Carter
Votes: 74
23. George Washington (1984)
480 min | Biography, Drama, History
The early life and career of the American General and President through his participation in the Revolutionary War.
Stars: Barry Bostwick, Patty Duke, David Dukes, Jaclyn Smith
Votes: 526
24. The Broken Chain (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama, War, Action
The story of two Iroquis brothers caught in the midst of the Revolutionary War.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 426
25. The Book of Negroes (2015)
265 min | Drama, History, War
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century.
Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco
Votes: 2,268
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