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1. Zoolander (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell
Votes: 291,732 | Gross: $45.17M
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight
Votes: 253,498 | Gross: $219.96M
3. The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
TV-14 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers. Together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Lautner
Votes: 53,607
4. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Votes: 26,331 | Gross: $10.00M
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: 29,992 | Gross: $11.54M
6. House of Wax (1953)
GP | 88 min | Horror
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 20,241 | Gross: $23.75M
7. The Lazarus Man (1996)
60 min | Mystery, Western
A former bodyguard of President Lincoln digs his way out of a grave but has amnesia. He gets involved with a group of Civil War veterans who want to assassinate Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Stars: Robert Urich, Isabelle Townsend, Wayne Grace, Natalija Nogulich
Votes: 259
8. Killing Lincoln (2013 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Adrian Moat | Stars: Tom Hanks, Regen Wilson, Billy Campbell, Jesse Johnson
Votes: 2,389
9. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
G | 90 min | Drama
Sunn Classics "speculative fiction" film proposing a theory that the killer of Abe Lincoln escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Bradford Dillman, John Dehner, Whit Bissell, Robert Middleton
Votes: 180 | Gross: $12.21M
10. 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
11. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Biography, Drama, War
An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 1,709
12. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,575
13. They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, History
The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.
Director: Robert Guenette | Stars: Richard Basehart, Joseph Leisch Jr., Robert Leonard, Robert Prosky
Votes: 38
14. The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
April 14, 1865. As four year of Civil War draw to a close, our country again faces unforgettable tragedy: the assassination of the President. Starring Lance Henriksen as the Great ... See full summary »
Director: John Gray | Stars: Rob Morrow, Lance Henriksen, Donna Murphy, Jean Louisa Kelly
Votes: 385
15. The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History
Country doctor Samuel Mudd is unfairly punished by the U.S. Government after he unwisely shelters a wounded John Wilkes Booth during the night after Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Susan Sullivan, Richard Dysart, Michael McGuire
Votes: 180
16. Prince of Players (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey
Votes: 448
17. Lincoln (1992 TV Movie)
240 min | Biography, History
Famous actors and actresses read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Directors: Peter W. Kunhardt, James A. Edgar | Stars: Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Glenn Close, Richard Widmark
Votes: 341
18. Bullyparade: The Movie (2017)
100 min | Comedy
Feature film adaptation of the German sketch comedy show, in which comedians present five parodies of popular films.
Director: Michael Herbig | Stars: Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Rick Kavanian, Sky du Mont
Votes: 3,702
19. Black Fox: Good Men and Bad (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Western
A man seeks revenge on the bigot who shot his wife to death in 1860s Texas.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kim Coates, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey
Votes: 226
20. Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main
Votes: 673
21. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: George A. Billings, Danny Hoy, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig
Votes: 35
22. April 1865 (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, War
APRIL 1865 examines the extraordinary series of events that changed the course of history in 30 brief days. In that one month, Petersburg fell, Richmond fell and burned, General Lee ... See full summary »
Stars: Bob Bosler, Allen Brenner, Bill Ciampa, Benny Gibson
Votes: 61
23. The Lincoln Assassination (1995 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary
An examination of the conspiracy to assassinate the beloved American president, Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Louise Mudd Arehart, Tom Berenger, James O. Hall, Harold Holzer
Votes: 33
24. Lincoln (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator with a reputation as an eloquent opponent of slavery, shocked many when he overcame several more prominent contenders to win ... See full summary »
Director: Vikram Jayanti | Stars: Harold Holzer, Andrew Solomon, Gore Vidal, Jacob Cowley
Votes: 53
25. The Man in the Barn (1937)
Passed | 11 min | Short, History, Mystery
Questioning accepted history, this speculative drama asks if John Wilkes Booth didn't die by gunshot while trapped in a burning barn surrounded by troops just days after Lincoln's assassination, but rather escaped to live another 38 years.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Ernie Adams, Erville Alderson, Virginia Brissac
Votes: 238
26. Secrets of the Secret Service (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Stars: Rob Naughton, Michael A. Sheehan, Joseph Funk, Joseph Petro
Votes: 45
27. The Persistence of Dreams (2005)
4 min | Short, Drama, History
Three days before his death, Abraham Lincoln dreamt of his assassination. Shot in real-time, this film portrays the last conscious moments of Lincoln's life.
Director: Erik Courtney | Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Rosemary Knower, Sean Hagan, Jane Beard
Votes: 44
28. The Hunt for Lincoln's Assassin (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
Director: Mike Loades | Stars: Philip Banks, Karl Bittner, Bruce Blauer, Mike Brown
Votes: 22
29. The Lincoln Bell: Following the Lincoln Funeral Train Through Ohio (2015 Video)
55 min | Documentary, History
The Lincoln Funeral Train in Ohio.
Stars: David G. Brown, Karl Busam, Robert Brugler, Tim Daley
30. A Sobbing of the Strong-the Passion of Our Father Abraham in Three Acts (2014)
180 min | Documentary, History, Musical
The incredible story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April of 1865.
Director: David George | Stars: Christina Roman, Will Barnet, Katey Parker, Karr Washington
31. The Toll of War (1913)
30 min | Short, Drama, History
Edith Eldridge, daughter of Colonel Eldridge, disguises herself as a boy to enlist with her two brothers in the Confederate array. Her identity is discovered and she is rejected. Federal ... See full synopsis »
Director: Francis Ford | Stars: Francis Ford, William Clifford, Ethel Grandin
32. The Power of Love (2003)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short
In the spring of 1859, John Wilkes Booth was fired from a Philadelphia theater company after a reviewer criticized him for "lack of confidence." While seeking solace in the arms of a ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Amundson | Stars: Jennifer K.D. Hughes, Kevin Viol
33. Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In this action adventure, both a sequel to Wild Wild West (1999) and very loose remake of The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966), Artemus Gordon and Jim West must stop a mysterious assassin known only as The Bull before she can kill President Grant.
Stars: Jim Ward, Andre Ware
Votes: 8
34.
Days That Shook the World (2003–2005)
Episode:
Terror: Made in America - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln & Oklahoma City Bombing
(2004)
30 min | Documentary, History
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVay are profiled.
Director: Dan Clifton | Stars: Peter Guinness, Jim Babel, Cathy Scearce, Donald William Jayroe
Votes: 14
35.
Unsolved History (2002–2005)
Episode:
Plots to Kill Lincoln
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The multiple plots and conspiracies to assassinate President Lincoln before that of John Wilkes Booth.
Directors: Robert M. Wise, Dan Gagliasso | Stars: Heather Burton, Gregory A. Gale, Dan Galiaso, Dale Gibson
Votes: 14
36.
One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Day the World Wept-The Lincoln Story
(1960)
Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln has a dream in which he foresees his own death. His wife Mary has a similarly fatalistic vision but other, ordinary Americans who have never met Lincoln, ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: John Newland, Barry Atwater, Jeanne Bates, Robert Carson
Votes: 83
37.
Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
(1956)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Raymond Bailey, William 'Billy' Benedict, Paul Bryar
38.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
Downwind from Gettysburg
(1992)
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Walter Bayes creates a likelike animatronic Abraham Lincoln, and a man named Booth "assassinates" the robot to gain notoriety.
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Howard Hesseman, Robert Joy, Kelly Johnson, Roy Bonnell
Votes: 100
39.
Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode:
Beautiful Dreamer
(1998)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Tess becomes a teacher at a school in Washington D.C. with young children. One child turns in an essay about wanting to be a hit man when he grows up. Tess tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to the students, giving them insight into life.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Christine Healy
Votes: 55
40.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Back There
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
At a prominent club in Washington, D.C., a socialite argues about whether it would be possible to change history by traveling back in time. When he leaves the club he finds himself in 1865, on the night that President Lincoln will be shot.
Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: Russell Johnson, Paul Hartman, Bartlett Robinson, John Lasell
Votes: 2,833
41.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Passersby
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
While headed home, a Confederate soldier meets an anguished woman at the end of the Civil War.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: James Gregory, Joanne Linville, Rex Holman, David Garcia
Votes: 2,644
42.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
Lincoln Lover
(2006)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Stan doesn't realize until it's too late that he's befriended a group of gay Republican men.
Directors: Brent Woods, Ron Hughart, Anthony Lioi | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 882
43.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2009)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Will Patton, Guy Gane, Jason Roberts, Alexander Fedorchak
Votes: 106
44.
Mystery Files (2010– )
Episode:
Abraham Lincoln
(2010)
TV-G | 24 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Over time, Abraham Lincoln's status has risen to almost mythic proportions, but what's the real story behind the legend?
Director: Kate Haddock | Stars: Iain Kitching, Struan Rodger, Harold Holzer, William Huw
Votes: 65
45.
Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode:
Rick's Bad Day
(2009)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Deals don't work out as Rick pays too much for a clock and his good purchase results in damage to the store. Big Hoss gets a distasteful delivery job.
Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell
Votes: 73
46.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)
Episode:
Episode #19.9
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Director: Anthony Caleca | Stars: Jay Leno, Rickey Minor, Morgan Freeman, Eric Stonestreet
47.
Conan (2010–2021)
Episode:
The Silvery Thistles of St. Lispmoor
(2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Harrison Ford, Marisa Miller
Votes: 19
48.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can find some happiness again. Just days later, he is shot to death.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Holly Hunter, David McCullough, David Morse
Votes: 36
49.
Copper (2012–2013)
Episode:
Beautiful Dreamer
(2013)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln shatters any hope of a smooth post-war recovery for the people of New York City and the United States at large. Detective Kevin Corcoran is on... See full summary »
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Ato Essandoh
Votes: 104
50.
Copper (2012–2013)
Episode:
The Place I Called My Home
(2013)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama
In the wake of President Lincoln's assassination, the country is reeling. As Detective Kevin Corcoran mourns with Robert Morehouse and Doctor Matthew Freeman, the three men decide to join a... See full summary »
Director: Larysa Kondracki | Stars: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Ato Essandoh
Votes: 119