Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1861"

1. 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: 156,161 | Gross: $95.64M

2. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

R | 105 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie

Votes: 161,710 | Gross: $37.52M

3. The Leopard (1963)

PG | 186 min | Drama, History

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa

Votes: 28,852

4. The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Fin has to go back in time to rejoin his shark-battling friends to stop the first Sharknado and save humanity.

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Judah Friedlander

Votes: 5,126

5. 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: 17,214 | Gross: $12.87M

6. Tesla (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 10,530

7. The Lions of Sicily (2023– )

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History, Romance

Follows the Florio family where brothers Paolo and Ignazio turn a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that becomes an economic empire, but the arrival of a strong and intelligent woman disrupts the entire family's life.

Stars: Michele Riondino, Miriam Leone, Massimo De Lorenzo, Liz Burnette

Votes: 586

8. The General (1926)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley

Votes: 98,214 | Gross: $1.03M

9. I Married a Witch (1942)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward

Votes: 9,534 | Gross: $0.31M

10. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,061

11. American Friends (1991)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Reverend Francis Ashby (Sir Michael Palin), a senior Oxford don on vacation alone in the Alps, meets vacationing American Miss Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her companion Miss Elinor ... See full summary »

Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: Bryan Pringle, Fred Pearson, Michael Palin, Alfred Molina

Votes: 863

12. Sacred Ground (1983)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Western

In 1861 Oregon, a mountain man and his Native American wife live in a cabin built on a Paiute burial site, leading to a violent dispute with the local tribe.

Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Tim McIntire, L.Q. Jones, Jack Elam, Mindi Miller

Votes: 260

13. Men Go to Battle (2015)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Men Go To Battle is the story of two brothers struggling to hold their crumbling estate together outside a small Kentucky town in the fall of 1861.

Director: Zachary Treitz | Stars: Timothy Morton, David Maloney, Rachel Korine, Kate Lyn Sheil

Votes: 370 | Gross: $0.02M

14. 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: 4,062

15. Sex Through the Ages (1974)

88 min | Comedy

Comic look at the history of prostitution.

Director: Stanley A. Long | Stars: Charles Gray, Lloyd Lamble, Gloria Maley, Olive McFarland

Votes: 96

16. Arizona (1940)

Passed | 125 min | Drama, Western

In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall

Votes: 1,491

17. 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

18. Great Day in the Morning (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Western

A Confederate drifter wins a hotel saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol

Votes: 1,038

19. The Tall Target (1951)

Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson

Votes: 2,339

20. Ironclads (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 94 min | War

A naval battle between two large ships: the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack".

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Alex Hyde-White, Reed Diamond, Philip Casnoff

Votes: 311

21. Lincoln (1988)

188 min | Drama, History, War

After arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency.

Stars: Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Mulligan, Deborah Adair

Votes: 451

22. Column South (1953)

Approved | 84 min | Western

Before the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Audie Murphy, Joan Evans, Robert Sterling, Ray Collins

Votes: 730

23. We Believed (2010)

205 min | History

The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.

Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Raffaele Di Florio, Francesca Inaudi, Andrea Bosca, Edoardo Natoli

Votes: 631

24. San Antone (1953)

90 min | Drama, Western

A Texas cowboy is in-love with the fiancee of a despicable Confederate officer whose life he must save after the Civil War when the officer, fighting as a mercenary in Mexico, is captured by Mexican revolutionaries.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado

Votes: 191

25. 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

26. Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957)

Approved | 73 min | Western

At the start of the Civil War, the soldiers manning Fort Laramie are split between Yanks and Confederates but the real threat is the warpath Sioux surrounding them all.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm, Don Gordon

Votes: 439

27. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

28. Eighty Acres of Hell (2006 TV Movie)

94 min | History

Unprepared for a protracted war, the huge number of prisoners of war overwhelmed both sides ability to hold them. Coupled with the bitter animosity toward the enemy this lead to inhuman ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Foreman | Stars: Thomas Y. Cartwright, William C. Davis, Joseph G. Dawson, David Dixon

Votes: 26

29. Confederate Honey (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Nett Cutler (Elmer Fudd) romances Crimson O'Hairoil in this send-up of Gone With the Wind (1939).

Directors: Friz Freleng, Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: John Deering, Jim Bannon, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner

Votes: 261

30. The Battle (1911)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Action, Drama

Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Blanche Sweet, Charles Hill Mailes, Spottiswoode Aitken

Votes: 375

31. 1861: l'Italia s'è desta. L'unità e le sue celebrazioni (2021 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary

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Director: Pasquale D'Aiello

32. Conquering the Continent: The Retracing of John McDouall Stuart's Transcontinental Expedition (1992 Video)

62 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

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Star: Kelvin Hogarth

33. Stuart's South to North Crossing 150th Anniversary Adventure (2011 Video)

76 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

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Stars: Frankie J. Holden, Michelle Pettigrove

34. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: His Brother's Keeper (1960)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Six months after his brother assassinated President Lincoln, Edwin Booth arrives in Downieville to perform a Shakespearean show against wishes of the town's bully and his followers.

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Harry Townes, Alan Baxter, Don Grady, William Vaughn

Votes: 26

35. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Hero of Apache Pass (1966)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

After a settler's son is stolen during an Apache raid, an Army doctor leads a small band on a near impossible mission to rescue a group of wounded soldiers and the child.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Charles Bateman, Phillip Pine, Don Keefer, Michael Pate

Votes: 29

36. Explorers (1975)
Episode: The Story of Burke and Wills (1975)

53 min

The Royal Society of the Colony of Victoria chose Robert O'Hara Burke to explore the centre of Australia.

Director: Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon | Stars: David Attenborough, John Bell, John Cuffe, Tim Elliott

37. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode: Dangerous Orders (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

A Union army captain is given orders to carry through Indian country. But can he be trusted with these critical orders seeing as he is from Virginia?

Director: John English | Stars: Mark Stevens, Jack Elam, Willis Bouchey, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 38

38. Charité (2017– )
Episode: Eiserne Lunge (2021)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

East Berlin in the summer of 1961: Dr. Ella Wendt is transferred from Senftenberg to the Charité to ensure health care. Doctors and nursing staff are leaving the GDR en masse for West Berlin.

Director: Christine Hartmann | Stars: Nina Gummich, Nina Kunzendorf, Philipp Hochmair, Franz Hartwig

Votes: 86

39. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Money (2006)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

This program tells the story of the transformation of American coinage and currency from a haphazard mess that stunted economic growth to the advanced technology operated by the United ... See full summary »

Votes: 16

40. The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady (1959)
Episode: Storm Over Sumter (1959)

Documentary, History, War

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Star: Allyn Edwards

41. The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady (1959)
Episode: Mr. Lincoln's Politics (1959)

Documentary, History, War

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Star: Allyn Edwards

42. Bozena (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2021)

TV-PG | 86 min | Biography, Drama, History

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Director: Lenka Wimmerová | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Jan Hájek, Jan Budar, Martin Mysicka

Votes: 11

43. North and South, Book II (1986)
Episode: June 1861 - July 21, 1861 (1986)

94 min | Drama, History, Romance

June 1861 - July 21, 1861.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Kirstie Alley, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Mary Crosby

Votes: 210

44. North and South, Book II (1986)
Episode: July 1861 - Summer 1862 (1986)

95 min | Drama, History, Romance

The ebb and flow of war has begun with victories and defeats on both sides. Brett and Semiramis make it safely back to Mont Royal, after a dangerous encounter with Northern troops. When ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Kirstie Alley, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Mary Crosby

Votes: 196

45. Great Canadian Rivers (2001– )
Episode: Stikine River (2001)

22 min | Documentary

The Stikine River traverses the spectacular wilderness of northwestern British Columbia. Its headwaters are in the vast Spatsizi Plateau, known for its concentrations of wildlife, including... See full summary »

Stars: Theresa Abou, Ray Collingwood, Tom Jackson, Dan Pukula

46. Lock 'N Load with R. Lee Ermey (2009– )
Episode: Artillery (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Vietnam War veteran and actor R. Lee Ermey "The Gunny" shows us the dynamics of field artillery. He covers how artillery evolved throughout the years from the Three Pound Gun of the ... See full summary »

Star: R. Lee Ermey

Votes: 28

47. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: The Gruesome Truth About Pavlov's Dogs (And How His Findings are Commonly Misinterpreted) (2021)

16 min | Documentary

Ivan Pavlov was studying digestion, for which he won a Nobel prize, rather than behavior when he noticed the salivation of his canine lab animals in response to stimuli. That led him to a ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

48. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Confederate Conundrum (2009)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Rick looks at a Chuck Berry guitar, a civil war saber, a totem, and a cash register. Big Hoss bets the Old Man he can sell a Rolex for $5,000.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell

Votes: 103

49. Half as Interesting (2017– )
Episode: How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill (2021)

6 min | Documentary, Comedy, Talk-Show

The Kim Il Sung regime in North Korea, having acquired all the technology required, managed to produce counterfeit hundred dollar bills incorporating the various anti-counterfeiting ... See full summary »

Star: Sam Denby

50. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Old Man's Gamble (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

The owner of a Harley Davidson drive a hard bargain and Chumlee wants it. Then Big Hoss drives a hard bargain on a Kiss pinball machine.

Director: Emerson St. John | Stars: Emily Bossak, Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison

Votes: 83