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1. Lincoln (2012)

PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 272,590 | Gross: $182.21M

2. Wild Wild West (1999)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek

Votes: 167,274 | Gross: $113.81M

3. Grant (2020)

TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Stars: Justin Salinger, Francis Chouler, Carel Nel, Gabriel Harry Meltz

Votes: 2,160

4. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Approved | 140 min | War, Western

A 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.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin

Votes: 6,906

5. North and South, Book I (1985)

TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance

Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.

Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff

Votes: 11,896

6. The Civil War (1990)

TV-14 | 76 min | Documentary, History, War

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.

Stars: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards

Votes: 18,457

7. Jonah Hex (2010)

PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 61,786 | Gross: $10.54M

8. 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: 26,336 | Gross: $10.00M

9. The Blue and the Gray (1982)

TV-PG | 381 min | Drama, History, War

America just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent.

Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell

Votes: 1,866

10. Silver River (1948)

Passed | 110 min | Romance, Western

After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 1,538

11. Son of the Morning Star (1991– )

PG-13 | 187 min | Biography, History, Western

The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.

Stars: Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Stanley Anderson, Edward Blatchford

Votes: 1,059

12. 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

13. 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: 449

14. 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

15. Hell on the Border (2019)

R | 106 min | Adventure, Biography, Western

Arkansas, 1875, After shooting 5 men to save a judge and then going into Indian Territory after a lethal outlaw, Bass Reeves becomes the first black deputy marshal west of Mississippi.

Director: Wes Miller | Stars: David Gyasi, Ron Perlman, Frank Grillo, Manu Intiraymi

Votes: 1,960

16. Sitting Bull (1954)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western

A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel

Votes: 895 | Gross: $1.50M

17. 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

18. Lincoln (1974–1976)

300 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Abraham Lincoln is told in episodic parts.

Stars: Hal Holbrook, Sada Thompson, Michael Cristofer, James Carroll Jordan

Votes: 116

19. Drum Beat (1954)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Western

In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith

Votes: 1,137

20. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The 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.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,360

21. 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

22. Johnny Shiloh (1963 TV Movie)

90 min | Adventure, Family, War

Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other countries theatrically as one film and is on ... See full summary »

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Kevin Corcoran, Don C. Harvey, Darryl Hickman, Eddie Hodges

Votes: 90

23. The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western

The last solo-starring feature film Bill Elliott made for Columbia, as his next eight westerns for Columbia featured Tex Ritter as his co-star. Young Dave Crockett and his sidekick ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor, Kenneth MacDonald

Votes: 61

24. 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

25. 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.

26. The Heart of Maryland (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance

"The Heart of Maryland" (1927) is a silent costume Vitaphone drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello in the title character and features Jason Robards, Sr.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Dolores Costello, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Helene Costello

Votes: 26

27. The Littlest Rebel (1914)

Drama, War

Herbert Carey discharges the Dudley brothers, Joe and Jim, from their positions as overseers on his plantation and thereby incurs their enmity. War is declared and Carey, after bidding his ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar Lewis | Stars: E.K. Lincoln, William Sorelle, Estelle Mardo, Mimi Yvonne

28. 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

29. The Lazarus Man (1996)
Episode: Awakening: Part 1 (1996)

44 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.

Director: Johnny E. Jensen | Stars: Robert Urich, Elizabeth Dennehy, David Marshall Grant, John Diehl

Votes: 14

30. The Lazarus Man (1996)
Episode: Awakening: Part 2 (1996)

44 min | Mystery, Western

After being taking in by a family and nursed back to health, Lazarus bonds with a young boy and comes to the aid of his family against a group of corrupt former soldiers.

Director: Johnny E. Jensen | Stars: Robert Urich, Elizabeth Dennehy, David Marshall Grant, John Diehl

Votes: 9

31. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Death-Maker (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Jim and Arte stop a plan to assassinate President Grant devised by a bitter officer who was stripped of his command.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Wendell Corey, Angel Tompkins

Votes: 142

32. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Jim and Arte must stop Torres - a dangerous man in black more metal than flesh, with superhuman strength, the power of hypnosis, and a taste for revenge - from killing President Grant.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, John Dehner, Sue Ane Langdon

Votes: 220

33. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: The Cause (1861) (1990)

TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, History, War

Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin. Whereas it would take one person a day to produce a pound of clean ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Barbara Fields, Ed Bearss

Votes: 493

34. North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1985)

TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance

1842, Orry Main leaves Mont Royal, the cotton plantation near Charleston (South Carolina) he's heir to, on his way to West Point for two years of officer's training. On the way he stops a ... See full summary »

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff

Votes: 317

35. 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

36. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Abominations (2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends find themselves fighting for survival against Confederate zombies in the Civil War.

Director: Michael A. Allowitz | Stars: Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh

Votes: 2,299