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1. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 334,484 | Gross: $198.68M

2. Cold Mountain (2003)

R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 156,149 | Gross: $95.64M

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: 144,544 | Gross: $26.83M

4. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)

PG | 60 min | Western

The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.

Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal

Votes: 2,409

5. The Conspirator (2010)

PG-13 | 122 min | Crime, Drama, History

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline

Votes: 30,016 | Gross: $11.54M

6. American Outlaws (2001)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Western

5 Southern friends return home when the war ends 1865. But Yankee soldiers and Pinkerton are busy helping a railroad baron grab land from farmers along the planned railroad west. The 5 friends fight back.

Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht

Votes: 17,532 | Gross: $13.26M

7. The Texan (1958–1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.

Stars: Rory Calhoun, Regis Parton, Duncan Lamont, James Drake

Votes: 332

8. Ride with the Devil (I) (1999)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeremy W. Auman

Votes: 14,564 | Gross: $0.63M

9. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror

Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Connie Mason, William Kerwin, Jeffrey Allen, Shelby Livingston

Votes: 5,287

10. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott

Votes: 5,162 | Gross: $0.67M

11. Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, War

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Michael Krebs, Jake Lawson, Sean Marquette, David Arquette

Votes: 2,110

12. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The planet Prysmos - post-technological loss. Two groups rise to dominance from the devastation to wage war upon each other. One is controlled by honest and law-abiding people and the other... See full summary »

Stars: Susan Blu, Roscoe Lee Browne, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings

Votes: 1,285

13. Acquasanta Joe (1971)

94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.

Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli

Votes: 269

14. Journey to Shiloh (1968)

Approved | 101 min | Drama, War, Western

At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Director: William Hale | Stars: James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott, Don Stroud

Votes: 1,075

15. Saving Lincoln (2013)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Mr. Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.

Director: Salvador Litvak | Stars: Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison

Votes: 459

16. The Outcasts (1968–1969)

60 min | Western

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.

Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano

Votes: 182

17. StarCraft (1998 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.

Directors: Matt Samia, Mark Schwarz, Duane Stinnett, Chris Metzen, Glenn Stafford | Stars: Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding, Lani Minella

Votes: 5,508

18. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)

113 min | Drama, War

The movie, adapted from Allan Gurganus' 1989 book of the same name, chronicles the life of Lucy Marsden, a ninety-nine-year-old North Carolina woman who, at the age of fourteen, married a ... See full summary »

Stars: Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Amber Brooke, Anne Bancroft

Votes: 582

19. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

Approved | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 1,698

20. Tap Roots (1948)

TV-PG | 109 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1860s Mississippi, the Dabneys, founders of the Dabney plantation in Levington, experience tragedy and turmoil when they refuse to join either side of the American Civil War.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London

Votes: 432

21. Kansas Pacific (1953)

Approved | 73 min | Western

With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon

Votes: 805

22. The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)

R | 96 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Robert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north. As they met, the Civil War was upon them.

Directors: Julian Adams, A. Blaine Miller | Stars: Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway, Amy Redford

Votes: 510

23. Judge Priest (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall

Votes: 2,520

24. Across Five Aprils (1990)

Drama, History, War

This story begins with the farming family in Illinois shortly before the American Civil War begins. Brothers are divided in their opinions as to which side is "right". Then the story ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Meyer | Stars: Todd Duffey, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, John Touchstone, Hollis McCarthy

Votes: 63

25. Drango (1957)

Approved | 92 min | Western

A participant in Sherman's March becomes governor of a Southern city directly affected by the destruction - and they have yet to learn of his involvement.

Directors: Hall Bartlett, Jules Bricken | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London, Donald Crisp

Votes: 393

26. The Dirty Outlaws (1967)

R | 103 min | Drama, Western

An outlaw masquerades as the son of a blind man in order to find a cache of gold located in a vacated town.

Director: Franco Rossetti | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Rosemary Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Dana Ghia

Votes: 429

27. Crazy Like a Fox (2004)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Comedy

This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of land speculators from Washington, D.C. ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Squires | Stars: Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Chloe Squires, Cody Wisker

Votes: 181 | Gross: $0.01M

28. The Colt (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 80 min | Action, Drama, History

During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, ... See full summary »

Director: Yelena Lanskaya | Stars: Ryan Merriman, Steve Bacic, William MacDonald, Darcy Belsher

Votes: 567

29. Pony Express Rider (1976)

G | 100 min | Drama, Western

In 1861 Texas, the son of a poor farmer vows to avenge his father's murder committed by the spoiled son of a rich cattleman.

Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Buck Taylor, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 157

30. The Battle of Shiloh (2012 Video)

175 min | Documentary, History, War

The Battle of Shiloh documentary takes the viewer to the fields of western Tennessee. They are filled with soldiers. Thousands of soldier reenactors set up camps and cook on open fires. ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Clark | Stars: Bruce Clark, Brad Clark, Mary Clark

Votes: 8

31. Uncivil War Birds (1946)

17 min | Comedy, Short

After initially joining the Union army, Moe and Larry switch allegiances to their Southern home state and Confederate brother Curley.

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Eleanor Counts

Votes: 437

32. No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

Tells the story of the Confederacy's last great invasion of the north, in July 1864, and the subsequent attack on Washington, D.C. that almost brought the northern war effort to its knees. ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Cyril Augustin, Robert Blumenstein, Paul Boccadoro, Bob Bosler

Votes: 90

33. The Coward (I) (1915)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, History, War

Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience.

Directors: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Frank Keenan, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Patricia Palmer

Votes: 333

34. The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Drama

Mark Twain tale of cowardly Confederate soldiers.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Joseph Adams, Gary McCleery, Roy Cockrum, Harry Crosby

Votes: 52

35. The History of Jones County (2016 Video)

18 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

The vocalization of Jones County's history and interviews with residents and descended family members remembrances of Newton Knight and the formation of the Knight Company.

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Joseph Hosey, Kensley Keys, Jim Kelly

Votes: 259

36. Native Americans of the Civil War (2006)

75 min | Documentary, History, War

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Director: Stan Armstrong

37. Warriors of Honor (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

This documentary places the war in its historical and cultural context, guiding the viewer through the causes and the major battles of the Civil War while providing insight into the lives of two stalwart men who fought for the South.

Director: Brian Barkley | Stars: Russell Buchanan, Richard Fatherley

Votes: 57

38. U.S. Grant

Biography | Announced

Ulysses S. Grant, the iconic Civil War general and former U.S. President, battles with cancer. Mark Twain steps in to assist his friend in writing his memoirs, a race against time to secure his family's future.

39. The Warrens of Virginia (1915)

50 min | Drama, War

As the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union army. He is later protected and saved from death by Agatha in spite of her loyalty to the South.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Blanche Sweet, James Neill, Page Peters, Mabel Van Buren

Votes: 24 | Gross: $0.09M

40. Gettysburg: Darkest Days & Finest Hours (2008)

Documentary, Biography, Drama

This impressive and epic commemoration of the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg tells the story of the pivotal 1863 battle from the soldier's point of view. All new dramatic ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Dana Joel Bogdanski, Dan De Luca, Mike Fensterer, Jared Frederick

Votes: 35

41. Fort Doom (2004 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A new start in the post Civil War era old west bring a young budding photographer and four women together as they try to establish a new life in Fort Doom. They soon find out that the natives are the least of their worries.

Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Billy Drago, Joshua Park, Jennifer Lauren Grant, Debbie Rochon

Votes: 105

42. Forgotten Battle of Fort Pillow and the Birth of the Ku Klux Klan (2000 Video)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1864 Conferderate General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave orders to his all white army battalion to pursue and kill retreating African American troops from the Union north at Fort Pillow, ... See full summary »

Directors: Stan Armstrong, John Barrett

43. The Ballad of Crowfoot (1969)

10 min | Documentary, Short, History

A musical telling of the life of the Blackfoot Chief and the betrayal and fall of his tribe with the White conquest of the Canadian West.

Director: Willie Dunn

Votes: 92

44. The Conquering Horde (1931)

Passed | 75 min | History, Western

Not long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem: the Union Pacific railroad is bypassing their state and making it nearly impossible to get their cattle to ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Claude Gillingwater, Ian Maclaren

Votes: 69

45. The Girl of the Sunny South (1913)

Drama

When a Southern belle chooses one suitor over another, the loser plots revenge on his rival by causing him to desert the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Director: Travers Vale | Stars: Louise Vale, George Morgan, Herbert Redding, Eugene Barrington

46. Dan (1914)

Drama, War

Loyal slave of the aristocratic Dabney family, Dan is overjoyed when Raoul becomes engaged to Northerner Elsie Hammond and his sister Grace becomes engaged to Elsie's brother John. When the... See full summary »

Directors: George Irving, Jack Pratt | Stars: Lew Dockstader, Hal Reid, Gail Kane, Lois Meredith

Votes: 19

47. Cailloux (2020)

35 min | Documentary, Short

The American Civil War was a time of great unrest and uncertainty. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the lives of free people of color in New Orleans. As they watched their rights ... See full summary »

Director: Dane Moreton

48. When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March (2015 TV Special)

60 min | Documentary

For 37 weeks in 1864, General William T. Sherman made Georgia his battleground.

Director: Bruce Burkhardt | Stars: Morgan Bruni, Stephen Davis, Cameron Francis, W. Todd Groce

49. Are You from Dixie? (2019)

68 min | Comedy, Drama

In this drama about race and social justice set in Louisiana, two brothers fight the racism and controversy caused by their involvement in a Confederate monument removal.

Director: Art Arutyunyan | Stars: Drake Malone, Armand Petri, Holly Bonney, Jordan Smith

Votes: 10

50. Granddad (1913)

29 min | Short, Drama

Mildred loves her grandfather, Civil War veteran Jabez Burr, but her new stepmother wants her to be rid of his influence, because of his drinking.

Director: Jay Hunt | Stars: J. Barney Sherry, Mildred Harris, Frank Borzage, William Desmond Taylor

Votes: 92