Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1863"

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: 290,843 | Gross: $184.21M

2. 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: 144,527 | Gross: $26.83M

3. 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: 27,217

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: 141,732 | 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: 31,319 | 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: 30,743

7. 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: 62,487 | Gross: $20.76M

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: 19,224

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: 17,214 | 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: 9,596 | 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: 122

12. 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: 8,979

13. 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: 2,389

14. 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: 2,504

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: 4,603

16. 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: 2,165

17. 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: 6,127

18. 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: 1,771 | Gross: $0.04M

19. 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: 1,374

20. 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: 2,555

21. 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: 1,784 | Gross: $0.13M

22. 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: 3,141 | Gross: $1.45M

23. 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: 4,227

24. 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

25. 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: 1,619

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: 711

27. 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: 303

28. 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: 135

29. 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: 368

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. 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

32. 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: 28

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Valtiopeli 1863 (2013 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary, Drama, History

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Director: Atro Lahtela | Stars: Arttu Kapulainen, Ilkka Koivula, Kai Vaine, Maija Rissanen

Votes: 11

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. Year 1863 (1922)

93 min | Drama, History, Romance

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Director: Edward Puchalski | Stars: Ryszard Sobiszewski, Stanislawa Chrzanowska, Maria Hryniewicz, Helena Marcello-Palinska

Votes: 32

41. 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

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. 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

44. 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

45. 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: 898

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady (1959)
Episode: Gettysburg (1959)

Documentary, History, War

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Star: Allyn Edwards

50. North and South, Book II (1986)
Episode: September 17, 1862 - Spring 1864 (1986)

94 min | Drama, History, Romance

By September 1862, the South appears to be on the verge of victory. President Lincoln wants to emancipate all slaves but recognizes he needs a victory on the battlefield before he can do so... See full summary »

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

Votes: 193