American Civil War Movies

  • 1991
    Ironclads

    Ironclads

    Ironclads

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    Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS Virginia from the...

    Ironclads
  • 2013
    The Gettysburg Story

    The Gettysburg Story

    The Gettysburg Story

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    A documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.

    The Gettysburg Story
  • 1974
    The Red Badge of Courage

    The Red Badge of Courage

    The Red Badge of Courage

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    During the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and honor, but his first battle opens his eyes to...

    The Red Badge of Courage
  • 1956
    The True Story of the Civil War

    The True Story of the Civil War

    The True Story of the Civil War

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    Documentary short about the American Civil War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

    The True Story of the Civil War
  • 1970
    A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

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    In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new...

    A Prayer for the Dying
  • 1924
    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

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    A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • 1947
    The Fabulous Texan

    The Fabulous Texan

    The Fabulous Texan

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    A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up...

    The Fabulous Texan
  • 2008
    Walt Whitman

    Walt Whitman

    Walt Whitman

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    This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in...

    Walt Whitman
  • 2016
    The Miller Prediction

    The Miller Prediction

    The Miller Prediction

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    An American veteran travels to the Middle East searching for peace after suffering the horrors of the Civil War and the ridicule of his peers over...

    The Miller Prediction
  • 2019
    The American Dream: Europeans in the New World

    The American Dream: Europeans in the New World

    The American Dream: Europeans in the New World

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    The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss...

    The American Dream: Europeans in the New World
  • 1930
    Only the Brave

    Only the Brave

    Only the Brave

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    Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on what could be a suicide mission. He volunteers to...

    Only the Brave
  • 1919
    Secret Service

    Secret Service

    Secret Service

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    Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate lines in an attempt to lead Southern forces away from...

    Secret Service
  • 2007
    The Battle of Chickamauga

    The Battle of Chickamauga

    The Battle of Chickamauga

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    The Battle of Chickamauga proved to be one of the fiercest engagements of the American Civil War. Over a period of two days in September 1863, more...

    The Battle of Chickamauga
  • 1919
    Hay Foot, Straw Foot

    Hay Foot, Straw Foot

    Hay Foot, Straw Foot

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    Silent military romantic love triangle comedy (based on the story by Julien Josephson), about a soldier named Ulysses S. Grant Briggs, who comes from...

    Hay Foot, Straw Foot
  • 2005
    My Brother's War

    My Brother's War

    My Brother's War

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    Civil War drama directed by Whitney Hamilton. Grace Kieler disguises herself as a man and takes her brother's place in the Confederate army in an...

    My Brother's War
  • 2011
    The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln

    The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln

    The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln

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    Documentary giving the background on all of the major players involved in the planning of the assassination of President Lincoln, including the...

    The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln
  • 1975
    Friendly Persuasion

    Friendly Persuasion

    Friendly Persuasion

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    During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

    Friendly Persuasion
  • 1909
    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

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    Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a spy for the South, but escapes and hides in his...

    In Old Kentucky
  • 2011
    Lee & Grant

    Lee & Grant

    Lee & Grant

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    Produced with the cooperation of leading Civil War historian Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, Lee & Grant is a personal look at two iconic...

    Lee & Grant
  • 1937
    Under Southern Stars

    Under Southern Stars

    Under Southern Stars

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    Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate...

    Under Southern Stars