Movies by Lists - The Birth Of A Nation - The Civil War (1750-1865) (72 [103]) 
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| Abe Lincoln in IllinoisHumble 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. | 1940 | John Cromwell | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (1.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Abraham LincolnAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States. | 1930 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 5.7 (1.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Mark Twain, TheThe dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned. | 1944 | Irving Rapper | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Mark Twain, TheTom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet. | 1985 | Will Vinton | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (2.9K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| AmistadIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally | 1997 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (75.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| AndersonvilleThe story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War. | 1996 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Drama, History, War | 7.4 (2K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Band of AngelsAmantha Starr grows up as a privileged southern Belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers her mother was black. | 1957 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Drama | 6.6 (2.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Beguiled, TheWhile imprisoned in a Confederate girls' boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him. | 1971 | Don Siegel (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 7.2 (17.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Birth of a Nation, TheThe 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 K | 1915 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, History, War | 6.2 (24.2K votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| Blue and the Gray, TheAmerica just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent. | 1982 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, History, War | 7.5 (1.8K votes) | 35 | 20231013 |
| C.S.A. - The Confederate States of AmericaThrough 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. | 2004 | Kevin Willmott | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.4 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| CentennialThe economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid 1700s to the late 1970s. | 1978 | Virgil W. Vogel, Paul Krasny, Harry Falk, Bernard McEveety | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western | 8.3 (3.7K votes) | 1 | 20240910 |
| Cold MountainIn 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. | 2003 | Anthony Minghella | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 7.2 (155.3K votes) | 154 | 20240219 |
| Conspirator, TheMary 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. | 2010 | Robert Redford (*) | Crime, Drama, History | 6.9 (28.7K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Dark CommandIn Kansas, during the Civil War opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders. | 1940 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Western | 6.8 (2.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Day Lincoln Was Shot, TheApril 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 Emancipator and Rob Morrow as assassin John Wilkes... | 1998 | John Gray | Biography, Drama, History | 7.0 (384 votes) | 95 | 20240313 |
| Drums In The Deep SouthTwo old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain. | 1951 | William Cameron Menzies | Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 5.8 (376 votes) | 87 | 20220531 |
| Escape from Fort BravoDuring 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. | 1953 | John Sturges (*) | Western | 6.7 (2.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Field of Lost ShoesA 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. | 2015 | Sean McNamara | Action, Drama, War | 5.8 (1.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| General, TheAfter 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 | 1926 | Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War | 8.1 (88.5K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| GettysburgIn 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War. | 1993 | Ron Maxwell | Drama, History, War | 7.7 (28.7K votes) | 271 | 20211228 |
| GloryRobert 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. | 1989 | Edward Zwick (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.8 (131.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Gods and GeneralsThe 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. | 2003 | Ron Maxwell | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.3 (16.1K votes) | 219 | 20211228 |
| Gone with the WindThe manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. | 1939 | Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.1 (306.3K votes) | 238 | 20211228 |
| Great Locomotive Chase, TheDuring 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. | 1956 | Francis D. Lyon | Action, Adventure, Family, War, Western | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Grey KnightSlave traders bring back an evil voodoo entity that is accidentally freed by the Confederate army during the Civil War. The entity possesses the bodies of the dead soldiers to create an army of its own bent on conquest, using the ... | 1993 | George Hickenlooper | Horror, War | 4.6 (762 votes) | 82 | 20221116 |
| Hatfields and McCoysDramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War. | 2012 | Kevin Reynolds | Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 8.0 (26.2K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Hearts in BondageBest friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them. | 1936 | Lew Ayres | Drama, History, Romance, War | 5.5 (203 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| HellgateA man is framed and sent to toughest prison in the territory. | 1952 | Charles Marquis Warren | Western | 6.4 (414 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Horse Soldiers, TheIn 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks. | 1959 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Romance, War, Western | 7.1 (10.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| How the West Was WonA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads. | 1962 | John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Western | 7.1 (20.3K votes) | 164 | 20211228 |
| Hunley, TheDuring the siege of Charleston of 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley becomes the first submersible to sink an enemy warship in wartime. | 1999 | John Gray | Action, Drama, History, War, Western | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 94 | 20240625 |
| Jayhawkers! , TheBefore the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy. | 1959 | Melvin Frank | Western | 6.4 (663 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| JezebelIn 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back. | 1938 | William Wyler (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (13.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Journey to ShilohAt the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army. | 1968 | William Hale | Drama, War, Western | 5.6 (1K votes) | 101 | 20231109 |
| Last of Mrs. Lincoln, TheAfter the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, his widow Mary Todd Lincoln's life becomes more difficult at every turn. | 1976 | George Schaefer | Drama | 7.5 (67 votes) | 130 | 20231213 |
| Last Stand at Saber RiverAfter the Civil War, a returning Confederate veteran must reclaim his Arizona land and homestead from the Yankee carpetbaggers who illegally occupy it. | 1997 | Dick Lowry | Action, Drama, Western | 6.9 (1.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| LincolnAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. | 2012 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (255.5K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Major DundeeIn 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts. | 1965 | Sam Peckinpah (*) | Adventure, War, Western | 6.7 (7.8K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Mark Twain and MeDorothy Quick, a young girl, befriends the famous writer, Samuel ""Mark Twain"" Clemens, during the final years of his life. | 1991 | Daniel Petrie | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (193 votes) | 93 | 20240622 |
| North & South [North and South]Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War. | 1985 | Richard T. Heffron | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.0 (11.6K votes) | 2 | 20231013 |
| Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, TheCountry 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. | 1980 | Paul Wendkos | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (169 votes) | 145 | 20230619 |
| Outlaw Josey Wales, TheMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family. | 1976 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Western | 7.8 (71.4K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Tribute, TheThis is a period piece about how Lincoln came to write the Gettysburg Address. It's fictionalized to show the points of view of both North & South, and unlike most Civil War films, it doesn't take sides. While the opinions of the ... | 1991 | Jack Bender | Drama | 6.3 (131 votes) | 100 | 20240622 |
| Pharaoh's ArmyDuring the American Civil War, a Union Army captain leads his rag-tag cavalry troop up a misty creek to a remote farm to appropriate enemy (Confederate) livestock. The farm is worked by Sarah Anders, whose husband is away fighting... | 1995 | Robby Henson | Western | 6.7 (626 votes) | 90 | 20220731 |
| Prince of PlayersA 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 Lincoln by Edwin's brother, John Wilkes Booth. In | 1955 | Philip Dunne | Biography, Drama | 6.7 (409 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Prisoner of Shark Island, TheThe story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865. | 1936 | John Ford (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (2.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Quantrill's RaidersA Civil War guerilla gang plans an attack on a Kansas arsenal. | 1958 | Edward Bernds | Western | 5.4 (293 votes) | 68 | 20230619 |
| Raintree CountyA student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the on-set of the Civil War. | 1957 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Drama, Romance, War, Western | 6.4 (3.8K votes) | 182 | 20211228 |
| Red Badge of Courage, TheTruncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle. | 1951 | John Huston (*) | Drama, War | 7.2 (4.3K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Ride with the DevilDuring the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy. | 1999 | Ang Lee (*) | Drama, Romance, War, Western | 6.7 (13.6K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Rio LoboAfter the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the two traitors whose treachery caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend. | 1970 | Howard Hawks (*) | War, Western | 6.8 (12K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| RootsA dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. | 1977 | Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.4 (17.1K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Roughing ItA teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the ""Gold Rush"" days in search of fortune and his destiny. | 2002 | Charles Martin Smith | Drama | 7.0 (345 votes) | 185 | 20240427 |
| Santa Fe TrailIn 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. | 1940 | Michael Curtiz (*) | War, Western | 6.3 (3.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Saving LincolnThe 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 | 2013 | Salvador Litvak | Biography, Drama, History | 5.5 (373 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Seven Angry MenRise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist. | 1955 | Charles Marquis Warren | Biography, History, Western | 6.5 (362 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| ShenandoahDuring the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral, but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue. | 1965 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, War, Western | 7.3 (8.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| SlaversAs the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits. | 1978 | Jürgen Goslar | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 4.7 (148 votes) | 102 | 20220315 |
| South of St. LouisThe friendship of three Texas Ranchers. Later their ranch was destroyed by Cotrell, of the Union army,and his band of outlaw raiders. The original title was "Distant Drums", this was a description of Civil War army deserters. | 1949 | Ray Enright | Western | 6.0 (480 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Springfield RifleMajor Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War. | 1952 | André De Toth | Thriller, War, Western | 6.6 (2K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Stand Up and FightIt starts in 1844 in Maryland, where Robert Taylor, plantation owner with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate and his people. Then he leaves for Cumberland, looking for a job (first time in his life), and ends up working fo | 1939 | W.S. Van Dyke (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Western | 6.4 (307 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Swanee RiverMore fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. | 1939 | Sidney Lanfield | Biography, Drama, Musical | 6.4 (180 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Tap RootsIn 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. | 1948 | George Marshall (*) | Drama, Romance, War, Western | 6.5 (384 votes) | 109 | 20220414 |
| They Died With Their Boots OnA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. | 1941 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| To the Last ManA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. | 1941 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Toast of New York, TheNotorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress. | 1937 | Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.3 (1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Uncle Tom's CabinThe life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people with whom he interacts. | 1987 | Stan Lathan | Drama | 6.2 (539 votes) | 110 | 20220414 |
| Uncle Tom's CabinSlavery tears apart a black family in the South before the start of the Civil War. | 1927 | Harry A. Pollard | Drama, History | 6.8 (441 votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Undefeated, TheAfter the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldiers heading for a new life in Mexico run into ex-Union cavalrymen selling horses to the Mexican government but they must join forces to fight off Mexican bandits and revolutionaries. | 1969 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Action, Adventure, Romance, War, Western | 6.7 (6.6K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Virginia CityUnion officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy. | 1940 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Western | 6.8 (2.6K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Young Mr LincolnA fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case. | 1939 | John Ford (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Onkel Toms Hütte | 1965 | Géza von Radványi | Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Roots: The Next Generations | 1979 | nan | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Roots: The Gift | 1988 | Kevin Hooks | Drama, History | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| A Woman Called Moses | 1978 | nan | Biography, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Queen | 1993 | nan | Biography, Drama, Romance, War | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Roots | 2016 | nan | Drama, War | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | 1994 | Don McBrearty | Drama, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ill Gotten Gains | 1997 | Joel B. Marsden | Drama, History | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | 2000 | James Keach | Biography, Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ascension Day | 2007 | Akosua Busia | Drama, History | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lincoln | 1974 | nan | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lincoln | 1988 | nan | Drama, History, War | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lincoln | 1992 | Peter W. Kunhardt, James A. Edgar | Biography, History | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Killing Lincoln | 2013 | Adrian Moat | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Scarlett | 1994 | nan | Drama, Romance | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Drango | 1957 | Jules Bricken, Hall Bartlett | Western | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Hatfields and the McCoys | 1975 | Clyde Ware | Action, Drama, Western | 5.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hatfields & McCoys | 2013 | Michael Mayer | Drama | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Louisiane | 1984 | Etienne Périer, Philippe de Broca | Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| North and South, Book II | 1986 | nan | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | 1994 | nan | Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ironclads | 1991 | Delbert Mann | War | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Class of '61 | 1993 | Gregory Hoblit | Action, Drama | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | 1994 | nan | Drama, War | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| True Women | 1997 | nan | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ride with the Devil | 1999 | Donald G. Jackson | Horror | 4.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Wicked Spring | 2002 | Kevin R. Hershberger | Drama, War, Western | 4.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny | 2004 | Robert Child | Action, Drama, History, War | 3.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | 2006 | Don Maxwell, Brian James Egen | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War | 2006 | David Padrusch | Documentary, War | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| War Flowers | 2012 | Serge Rodnunsky | Drama, History, War | 4.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |