List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
The following is a list of films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861–1865).
1910s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | United States | Chattanooga | Lincoln J. Carter | War. Chattanooga campaign | |
| 1913 | United States | The Girl of the Sunny South | Travers Vale | Drama. | |
| 1913 | United States | The Battle of Gettysburg | Charles Giblyn Thomas H. Ince |
Drama, War. Battle of Gettysburg | |
| 1913 | United States | The Battle of Shiloh | Joseph W. Smiley | Drama, War. Battle of Shiloh | |
| 1913 | United States | The Seed of the Fathers | Stanner E.V. Taylor | Drama, War. | |
| 1914 | United States | The Littlest Rebel | Edgar Lewis | Drama, War. Based on the play The Littlest Rebel. | |
| 1914 | United States | Dan | George Irving Jack Pratt |
Drama, War. | |
| 1915 | United States | Life of Sam Davis: A Confederate Hero of the Sixties | Drama, History. Sam Davis | ||
| 1915 | United States | 'Twas Ever Thus | Hobart Bosworth | Drama, War. | |
| 1915 | United States | Under Southern Skies | Lucius J. Henderson | Drama. Based on the play Under Southern Skies. | |
| 1915 | United States | May Blossom | Allan Dwan | Drama. Based on the play May Blossom. | |
| 1915 | United States | The Heart of Lincoln | Francis Ford | Drama, History. | |
| 1915 | United States | Barbara Frietchie | Herbert Blaché | Drama. Based on the play Barbara Frietchie. | |
| 1915 | United States | The Heart of Maryland | Herbert Brenon | Drama, History, War. Based on the play The Heart of Maryland. | |
| 1915 | United States | The Coward | Reginald Barker | Drama, History, War. Based on an unknown story. | |
| 1915 | United States | The Warrens of Virginia | Cecil B. DeMille | Drama, War. | |
| 1915 | United States | The Birth of a Nation | D. W. Griffith | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. | |
| 1915 | United States | Colonel Carter of Cartersville | Howell Hansel | Drama, History. | |
| 1916 | United States | Rose of the South | Paul Scardon | Drama, History. | |
| 1916 | United States | Peck o' Pickles | Thomas N. Heffron | Comedy, Drama. | |
| 1916 | United States | The Crisis | Colin Campbell | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Crisis. | |
| 1916 | United States | Naked Hearts | Rupert Julian | Drama. | |
| 1916 | United States | Her Father's Son | William Desmond Taylor | Comedy. | |
| 1916 | United States | The Sting of Victory | J. Charles Haydon | Drama. | |
| 1916 | United States | According to the Code | E. H. Calvert | Drama, War. | |
| 1917 | United States | Your Obedient Servant | Edward H. Griffith | Drama. | |
| 1917 | United States | Those Without Sin | Marshall Neilan | Drama. | |
| 1917 | United Kingdom | Little Women | Alexander Butler | Drama, Romance, Family. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1917 | United States | The Little Yank | George Siegmann | War, Drama. | |
| 1917 | United States | Her Country's Call | Lloyd Ingraham | Biography, Drama. | |
| 1917 | United States | The Field of Honor | Allen Holubar | Drama. | |
| 1917 | United States | The Spreading Dawn | Laurence Trimble | Drama. Based on a short fiction The Spreading Dawn. | |
| 1918 | United States | My Own United States | John W. Noble | Drama. Based on the short story The Man Without a Country. | |
| 1918 | United States | Morgan's Raiders | Bess Meredyth Wilfred Lucas |
Drama. | |
| 1918 | United States | Madam Who? | Reginald Barker | Drama. Confederate Secret Service | |
| 1918 | United States | Woman | Maurice Tourneur | Drama, War. | |
| 1918 | United States | The Last Rebel | Gilbert P. Hamilton | Drama. | |
| 1918 | United States | Little Women | Harley Knoles | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1918 | United States | Hearts of Love | J. Charles Haydon | Drama, History, War. | |
| 1918 | United States | The Scarlet Drop | John Ford | Western. | |
| 1919 | United States | Secret Service | Hugh Ford | Drama, War. Based on the play Secret Service. American Civil War spies | |
| 1919 | United States | Hay Foot, Straw Foot | Jerome Storm | Comedy. |
1920s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | United States | The Kentucky Colonel | William A. Seiter | Drama. Based on a novel A Kentucky Colonel. | |
| 1920 | United States | Held by the Enemy | Donald Crisp Wilton Welch |
Drama, War. Based on an unknown play. | |
| 1920 | United States | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Wallace Worsley | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. | |
| 1920 | United States | Hitchin' Posts | John Ford | Drama. | |
| 1920 | United States | The Copperhead | Charles Maigne | Drama. Based on an unknown novel and an unknown play. | |
| 1921 | United States | Jesse James Under the Black Flag | Franklin B. Coates | History, Western. Jesse James | |
| 1921 | United States | Johnny Ring and the Captain's Sword | Norman L. Stevens | Drama. | |
| 1921 | United States | The Highest Law | Ralph Ince | Drama. | |
| 1921 | United States | The Heart of Maryland | Tom Terriss | Drama. Based on the play The Heart of Maryland. | |
| 1922 | United States | The Heart of Lincoln | Francis Ford | War. | |
| 1924 | United States | The Warrens of Virginia | Elmer Clifton | Drama, Romance. American Civil War spies | |
| 1924 | United States | Barbara Frietchie | Lambert Hillyer | Drama, War. Based on the play Barbara Frietchie. | |
| 1924 | United States | Abraham Lincoln | Phil Rosen | Biography, Drama, History. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1926 | United States | Hands Up! | Clarence G. Badger | Action, Comedy, War. | |
| 1926 | United States | The General | Clyde Bruckman Buster Keaton |
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War. Based on a memoir The Great Locomotive Chase. Great Locomotive Chase | |
| 1927 | United States | Jesse James | Lloyd Ingraham | Western. | |
| 1927 | United States | The Heart of Maryland | Lloyd Bacon | Action, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the play The Heart of Maryland. | |
| 1928 | United States | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Alfred Santell | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. | |
| 1928 | United States | Court Martial | George B. Seitz | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. | |
| 1928 | United States | The Overland Telegraph | John Waters | Western. | |
| 1929 | United States | The California Mail | Albert S. Rogell | Western. | |
| 1929 | United States | Morgan's Last Raid | Nick Grinde | Adventure, Romance, War, Western. |
1930s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | United States | Only the Brave | Frank Tuttle | Action, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, War. American Civil War spies | |
| 1930 | United States | Abraham Lincoln | D. W. Griffith | Biography, Drama, War. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1931 | United States | Secret Service | J. Walter Ruben James Anderson |
Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. Based on an unknown play. American Civil War spies | |
| 1933 | United States | Little Women | George Cukor | Drama, Family, Romance, War. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1934 | United States | Operator 13 | Richard Boleslawski | Drama, History, Musical, Romance, War, Western. Based on an unknown novel. American Civil War spies | |
| 1935 | United States | So Red the Rose | King Vidor | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel So Red the Rose. | |
| 1935 | United States | The Littlest Rebel | David Butler | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, War. Based on the play The Littlest Rebel. | |
| 1936 | United States | The Prisoner of Shark Island | John Ford | Biography, Drama, History. Samuel Mudd | |
| 1936 | United States | Trailin' West | Noel M. Smith | Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1936 | United States | Hearts in Bondage | Lew Ayres | Drama, History, Romance, War. List of naval battles of the American Civil War | |
| 1936 | United States | General Spanky | Fred C. Newmeyer Gordon Douglas |
Comedy, Family, War. | |
| 1937 | Sweden | John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads | John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads | Gustaf Edgren | Biography, Drama, History, War, Western. John Ericsson |
| 1937 | United States | Western Gold | Howard Bretherton | Action, Music, Western. | |
| 1937 | United States | Wells Fargo | Frank Lloyd | Drama, History, Western. | |
| 1938 | United States | Of Human Hearts | Clarence Brown | Drama, Western. | |
| 1939 | United States | Southward Ho | Joseph Kane | Western. | |
| 1939 | United States | Swanee River | Sidney Lanfield | Biography, Drama, Musical. Stephen Foster | |
| 1939 | United States | Frontier Pony Express | Joseph Kane | Drama, Music, Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1939 | United States | The Arizona Kid | Joseph Kane | Drama, Music, Western. | |
| 1939 | United States | The Old Maid | Edmund Goulding | Drama. Based on the play The Old Maid. | |
| 1939 | United States | Gone with the Wind | Victor Fleming | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel Gone with the Wind. |
1940s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | United States | Arizona | Wesley Ruggles | Drama, Western. | |
| 1940 | United States | Young Bill Hickok | Joseph Kane | Drama, Music, Western. | |
| 1940 | United States | Colorado | Joseph Kane | Drama, Music, Western. | |
| 1940 | United States | The Man from Dakota | Leslie Fenton | Drama, History, War, Western. Based on a novel Arouse and Beware. | |
| 1940 | United States | Virginia City | Michael Curtiz | Drama, Western. | |
| 1940 | United States | Dark Command | Raoul Walsh | Drama, Western. Quantrill's Raiders | |
| 1941 | United States | Belle Starr | Irving Cummings | Drama, Western. Belle Starr | |
| 1941 | United States | They Died with Their Boots On | Raoul Walsh | Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western. George Armstrong Custer | |
| 1942 | United States | Tennessee Johnson | William Dieterle | Biography, Drama. Andrew Johnson | |
| 1943 | United States | The Desperadoes | Charles Vidor | Western. | |
| 1944 | United States | Oklahoma Raiders | Lewis D. Collins | Drama, Music, Western. | |
| 1944 | United States | Raiders of Ghost City | Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor |
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western. | |
| 1946 | United States | Renegade Girl | William Berke | Drama, Western. | |
| 1947 | United States | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Roy Rowland | Romance, Western. Based on a novel The Romance of Rosy Ridge. | |
| 1948 | United States | Son of God's Country | R. G. Springsteen | Drama, Western. | |
| 1948 | United States | Silver River | Raoul Walsh | Drama, Romance, Western. Based on an unknown story. | |
| 1948 | United States | Tap Roots | George Marshall | Drama, Romance, War, Western. Newton Knight | |
| 1948 | United States | A Southern Yankee | Edward Sedgwick | Comedy, History, War, Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1948 | United States | The Man from Colorado | Henry Levin | Romance, Western. | |
| 1949 | United States | Fighting Man of the Plains | Edwin L. Marin | Western. Quantrill's Raiders | |
| 1949 | United States | Law of the Golden West | Philip Ford | Drama, Western. | |
| 1949 | United States | Little Women | Mervyn LeRoy | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1949 | United States | South of St. Louis | Ray Enright | Western. |
1950s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | United States | The Eagle and the Hawk | Lewis R. Foster | Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1950 | United States | The Outriders | Roy Rowland | Western. | |
| 1950 | United States | Kansas Raiders | Ray Enright | Drama, Western. | |
| 1950 | United States | Two Flags West | Robert Wise | War, Western. Galvanized Yankees | |
| 1950 | United States | Rocky Mountain | William Keighley | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | The Great Missouri Raid | Gordon Douglas | Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | Red Mountain | William Dieterle John Farrow |
Drama, Western. Quantrill's Raiders | |
| 1951 | United States | Silver Canyon | John English | Drama, Music, Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | Best of the Badmen | William D. Russell | Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | The Redhead and the Cowboy | Leslie Fenton | Drama, Romance, Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | Drums in the Deep South | William Cameron Menzies | Western. Based on an unknown story. | |
| 1951 | United States | The Last Outpost | Lewis R. Foster | Drama, Western. | |
| 1951 | United States | The Red Badge of Courage | John Huston | Drama, War. Based on a novel The Red Badge of Courage. | |
| 1951 | United States | Springfield Rifle | Andre de Toth | Thriller, War, Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1952 | United States | Hangman's Knot | Roy Huggins | Drama, Western. | |
| 1952 | United States | Behind Southern Lines | Thomas Carr | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Western. | |
| 1953 | United States | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Andre de Toth | Drama, War, Western. Based on the short story Yankee Gold. | |
| 1953 | United States | Rebel City | Thomas Carr | Drama, Western. | |
| 1953 | United States | Woman They Almost Lynched | Allan Dwan | Western. | |
| 1953 | United States | Jack McCall, Desperado | Sidney Salkow | Drama, Western. | |
| 1953 | United States | Kansas Pacific | Ray Nazarro | Western. Kansas Pacific Railway | |
| 1953 | United States | Escape from Fort Bravo | John Sturges | Drama, Romance, Western. | |
| 1954 | United States | Border River | George Sherman | Drama, Western. | |
| 1954 | United States | Siege at Red River | Rudolph Maté | Drama, Western. | |
| 1954 | United States | The Black Dakotas | Ray Nazarro | Western. | |
| 1954 | United States | The Raid | Hugo Fregonese | Drama, War, Western. Based on an unknown book. St. Albans Raid | |
| 1955 | United States | Prince of Players | Philip Dunne | Biography, Drama. Based on the book Prince of Players. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | |
| 1955 | United States | Yellowneck | R. John Hugh | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. | |
| 1955 | United States | Apache Ambush | Fred F. Sears | Drama, Western. | |
| 1955 | United States | Five Guns West | Roger Corman | Drama, Western. | |
| 1956 | United States | Great Day in the Morning | Jacques Tourneur | Drama, Western. Based on a novel Great Day in the Morning. | |
| 1956 | United States | The Great Locomotive Chase | Francis D. Lyon | Action, Adventure, Family, War, Western. Great Locomotive Chase | |
| 1956 | United States | Love Me Tender | Robert D. Webb | Drama, Musical, Romance, Western. | |
| 1956 | United States | Friendly Persuasion | William Wyler | Drama, Family, Romance, War, Western. Based on a novel The Friendly Persuasion. | |
| 1957 | United States | Ride a Violent Mile | Charles Marquis Warren | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Western. | |
| 1957 | United States | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | George Marshall | Action, Romance, War, Western. Based on a short story Petticoat Brigade. | |
| 1957 | United States | Drango | Hall Bartlett Jules Bricken |
Western. | |
| 1957 | United States | Run of the Arrow | Samuel Fuller | Drama, Western. | |
| 1957 | United States | Revolt at Fort Laramie | Lesley Selander | Western. | |
| 1957 | United States | Band of Angels | Raoul Walsh | Drama. Based on a novel Band of Angels. | |
| 1957 | United States | Raintree County | Edward Dmytryk | Drama, Romance, War, Western. Based on a novel Raintree County. | |
| 1958 | United States | Quantrill's Raiders | Edward Bernds | Western. | |
| 1959 | United States | Westbound | Budd Boetticher | Drama, Western. | |
| 1959 | United States | The Legend of Tom Dooley | Ted Post | Drama, Western. Based on the song Tom Dooley. Tom Dula | |
| 1959 | United States | The Horse Soldiers | John Ford | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western. Based on a novel The Horse Soldiers. Grierson's Raid |
1960s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | United States | 13 Fighting Men | Harry W. Gerstad | Drama, War, Western. | |
| 1960 | United States | Young Jesse James | William F. Claxton | Action, Adventure, War, Western. | |
| 1961 | United States | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. Based on a novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. | |
| 1962 | France | In the Midst of Life | Au cœur de la vie | Robert Enrico | Drama, War. Based on the stories by Ambrose Bierce. |
| 1962 | United States | How the West Was Won | Henry Hathaway John Ford George Marshall |
Western. | |
| 1963 | United States | Red Runs the River | Katherine Stenholm | Drama, History, War. Richard S. Ewell, First Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Bull Run | |
| 1964 | United States | Advance to the Rear | George Marshall | Comedy, War, Western. Based on a novel Company of Cowards. | |
| 1965 | Spain United States |
Finger on the Trigger | Sidney W. Pink | Drama, Western. | |
| 1965 | United States | Arizona Raiders | William Witney | Western. | |
| 1965 | United States | Major Dundee | Sam Peckinpah | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. | |
| 1965 | United States | Shenandoah | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel Fields of Honor. | |
| 1966 | Italy | Three Graves for a Winchester (Three Bullets for Ringo) |
3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo | Emimmo Salvi | Drama, Western. |
| 1966 | United States | Incident at Phantom Hill | Earl Bellamy | Western. | |
| 1966 | United States | Alvarez Kelly | Edward Dmytryk | Drama, Western. Beefsteak Raid | |
| 1966 | Italy Spain West Germany |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo | Sergio Leone | Adventure, Western. Based on an unknown story. |
| 1967 | Italy | Day of Violence | I giorni della violenza | Alfonso Brescia | Drama, Western. |
| 1967 | Italy Spain |
Red Blood, Yellow Gold | Professionisti per un massacro Los profesionales de la muerte |
Nando Cicero | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. |
| 1967 | United States | Mosby's Marauders | Michael O'Herlihy | Action, Adventure, History, War, Western. | |
| 1967 | United States | The Fastest Guitar Alive | Mickey Moore | Western. American Civil War spies | |
| 1967 | United States | A Time for Killing | Phil Karlson | Drama, Western. Based on a novel The Southern Blade. | |
| 1968 | Italy Spain |
I Want Him Dead | Lo voglio morto Lo quiero muerto |
Paolo Bianchini | Western. |
| 1968 | Italy Spain |
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone | Ammazzali tutti e torna solo | Enzo G. Castellari | Action, Western. |
| 1968 | United States | Arizona Bushwhackers | Lesley Selander | Drama, Romance, Western. | |
| 1968 | United States | Journey to Shiloh | William Hale | Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel Journey to Shiloh. | |
| 1969 | United States | The Desperados | Henry Levin | Western. | |
| 1969 | United States | The Undefeated | Andrew V. McLaglen | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western. Joseph O. Shelby |
1970s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | United States Mexico |
Rio Lobo | Howard Hawks | War, Western. | |
| 1971 | United States | The Beguiled | Don Siegel | Drama, Thriller, War. Based on a novel A Painted Devil. | |
| 1972 | Sweden | The New Land | Nybyggarna | Jan Troell | Drama, Western. Based on a novels The Emigrants. |
| 1972 | Italy France West Germany Spain |
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire | Tonino Valerii | Drama, Western. |
| 1972 | United States | No Drums, No Bugles | Clyde Ware | Drama, War. | |
| 1973 | Italy Spain |
Fasthand | Mi chiamavano "Requiescat"... ma avevano sbagliato Mano rápida |
Mario Bianchi | Western. |
| 1973 | United Kingdom United States |
Charley One-Eye | Don Chaffey | Western. | |
| 1975 | Hungary | American Torso | Amerikai anzix | Gábor Bódy | Drama. |
| 1976 | United States | The Outlaw Josey Wales | Clint Eastwood | Western. Based on a novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales. | |
| 1977 | United States | The Lincoln Conspiracy | James L. Conway | Drama. Based on the book The Lincoln Conspiracy. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | United States | Rebel Love | Milton Bagby | Drama, Romance, War. | |
| 1989 | United States | Glory | Edward Zwick | Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on the books Lay This Laurel, One Gallant Rush and Robert Gould Shaw letters. 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Second Battle of Fort Wagner |
1990s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | United States | Across Five Aprils | Kevin Meyer | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Across Five Aprils. | |
| 1990 | United States United Kingdom |
Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | Adventure, Drama, Western. Based on a novel Dances with Wolves. | |
| 1993 | France United States |
Sommersby | Jon Amiel | Drama, Mystery, Romance. | |
| 1993 | United States | Gettysburg | Ronald F. Maxwell | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Killer Angels. Battle of Gettysburg | |
| 1994 | United States Canada |
Little Women | Gillian Armstrong | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1995 | United States | Ozarks: Legacy & Legend | Kieth Merrill | History, Western. | |
| 1995 | United States | Pharaoh's Army | Robby Henson | Western. | |
| 1999 | United States | Ride with the Devil | Ang Lee | Drama, Romance, War, Western. Based on a novel Woe to Live On. |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | United States | Blood and Honor | Donald Farmer | Action, Drama, War. | |
| 2001 | United States | American Outlaws | Les Mayfield | Action, Western. | |
| 2002 | United States | Wicked Spring | Kevin Hershberger | Drama, War, Western. Battle of the Wilderness | |
| 2002 | Italy United States |
Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | Crime, Drama. Based on the book The Gangs of New York. New York City draft riots | |
| 2003 | United States | Gods and Generals | Ronald F. Maxwell | Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Gods and Generals. Stonewall Jackson | |
| 2003 | United States Italy Romania United Kingdom |
Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel Cold Mountain. | |
| 2004 | United States | Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny | Robert Child | Action, Drama, History, War. Battle of Gettysburg | |
| 2004 | United States | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | Kevin Willmott | Comedy, Drama, War. | |
| 2005 | United States | The Battle of Aiken | Christopher Forbes | Action. Battle of Aiken | |
| 2005 | United States | My Brother's War | Whitney Hamilton | Drama, Romance, War. | |
| 2006 | United States | Prairie Rose | Rebecca Sutera Tulloch | Drama. Camp Douglas | |
| 2007 | United States | Johnny | R. David Burns | Biography, War. John Clem | |
| 2007 | United States | Freedom | Rick McVey | Drama, History, War. | |
| 2007 | United States | Sons of Virginia | Dale Jackson | Action, History, War. | |
| 2007 | United States | The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams | A. Blaine Miller | Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. | |
| 2008 | United States | The Notorious Colonel Steel | Christopher Forbes | Drama, Western. |
2010s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | United States | The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek | Wendy Jo Cohen | Comedy, History, War. | |
| 2010 | United States | Lost River: Lincoln's Secret Weapon | Rachel Gordon Jason Urban |
History. Anna Ella Carroll | |
| 2010 | United States | The Conspirator | Robert Redford | Crime, Drama, History. Mary Surratt, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2010 | United States | Dog Jack | Edward T. McDougal | Drama, War. Based on the book Dog Jack. | |
| 2011 | United States | The Civil War on Drugs | Zach Cregger Trevor Moore |
Comedy, History, War. | |
| 2012 | United States | Civil Love | Bryan Carzan | Drama, Romance. | |
| 2012 | United States | Cole Younger & The Black Train | Christopher Forbes | Western. James–Younger Gang | |
| 2012 | United States | Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood | Fred Olen Ray | Drama, Western. Hatfield–McCoy feud | |
| 2012 | United States | War Flowers | Serge Rodnunsky | Drama, History, War. | |
| 2012 | United States India |
Lincoln | Steven Spielberg | Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on the book Team of Rivals. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2013 | United States | The Light of Freedom | Kim Robinson | Drama, Family, History. | |
| 2013 | United States | The Retrieval | Chris Eska | Adventure, Drama, Western. | |
| 2013 | United States | Saving Lincoln | Salvador Litvak | Biography, Drama, History. Ward Hill Lamon | |
| 2013 | United States | Copperhead | Ronald F. Maxwell | Drama. Based on a novel The Copperhead. | |
| 2014 | United States | Confederate Cavalry | Christopher Forbes | War. | |
| 2014 | United States | Field of Lost Shoes | Sean McNamara | Action, Drama, War. Battle of New Market | |
| 2014 | United States | The Keeping Room | Daniel Barber | Drama, Western. | |
| 2014 | United States | Firetrail | Christopher Forbes | War, Western. | |
| 2015 | United States | Men Go to Battle | Zachary Treitz | Comedy, Drama, War. | |
| 2015 | United States | Perfect Disguise | Christopher Forbes | Western. | |
| 2016 | United States | Josephine | Rory Feek | Drama, History. | |
| 2016 | United States | The War Riders | Christopher Forbes | War. | |
| 2016 | United States | Union Bound | Harvey Lowry | Action, Drama, History. | |
| 2016 | United States China |
Free State of Jones | Gary Ross | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western. Newton Knight, Jones County | |
| 2017 | United States | The Last Gunslinger | Christopher Forbes | Western. | |
| 2017 | United States | Without a Country | Brad Clark | Adventure, Drama, History. | |
| 2017 | United States | The Beguiled | Sofia Coppola | Drama, Thriller, War. Based on a novel The Beguiled. | |
| 2018 | United States | The Confederate | Christopher Forbes | History. | |
| 2018 | United States | Union | Whitney Hamilton | Drama, History, War. | |
| 2019 | China United States |
Harriet | Kasi Lemmons | Action, Biography, Drama, History. Harriet Tubman | |
| 2019 | France Canada Belgium |
The Savage State | L'État sauvage | David Perrault | Drama, Western. |
| 2019 | United States | American Confederate | Christopher Forbes | Western. | |
| 2019 | United States | Little Women | Greta Gerwig | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 2019 | United States | A Rebel Born | Christopher Forbes | Action. Nathan Bedford Forrest |
2020s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | United States | The Burning of Atlanta | Christopher Forbes | Action, History. Battle of Atlanta | |
| 2021 | United States | Foxhole | Jack Fessenden | Drama, War. | |
| 2021 | United States | Vivandière | James R. Temple | Action. | |
| 2021 | United States | Kill Cavalry | Christopher Forbes | War. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick | |
| 2021 | United States | Hampton's Legion | Christopher Forbes | Action, War. Wade Hampton III | |
| 2022 | United States | Civil War Saint | Ashley Hays Wright | War. | |
| 2022 | United States | Emancipation | Antoine Fuqua | Action, Thriller. | |
| 2022 | United States | Submerged | Christopher Forbes | War. Sinking of USS Housatonic | |
| 2022 | United States | Band of Rebels | Christopher Forbes | Western. | |
| 2022 | United States | Jesse James: Unchained | Henrique Couto | Western. | |
| 2022 | United States | Freedom's Path | Brett Smith | Drama, History, War. | |
| 2023 | United States | Hampton's iron scouts | Christopher Forbes | ||
| 2023 | United States | Jesse James and Quantrill's Raiders | Christopher Forbes | Jesse James, Quantrill's Raiders | |
| 2023 | United States | Treasure Train | Christopher Forbes | Based on the book The Treasure Train. | |
| 2023 | United States | Letters to Freedom | Joshua Williams | Drama, Romance, War. | |
| 2023 | United States | Storm Over Georgia | Christopher Forbes | Drama, History, War. | |
| 2023 | Mexico Canada Denmark |
The Dead Don't Hurt | Viggo Mortensen | Drama, Western. | |
| 2024 | United States | Sherman’s March through the Carolinas | Christopher Forbes | Carolinas campaign | |
| 2024 | United States | The War Between | Deborah Correa | Western. | |
| 2024 | United States | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Kevin Costner | Drama, Western. | |
| 2024 | United States | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 | Kevin Costner | Drama, Western. |
Upcoming films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | United States | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3 | Kevin Costner | Drama, Western. | |
| United States | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 4 | Kevin Costner | Western. | ||
| United States | 1000 Miles | Hanelle Culpepper | Biography, Drama, Thriller. | ||
| United States | Last Ride to Tanner's Outpost | Jeff Wagner | Western. | ||
| United States | The Red Man's View | Thomas R. Bond II | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. | ||
| United States | The Private | John A. Coulter | War. | ||
| Johnny Reb | Thadd Turner | Action, Drama. | |||
| The Renegade Ghouls of Kaplan's Swamp | Joel M. Reed | Horror. | |||
| The Red Badge of Courage: A Soldier's Tale | Drama, War. | ||||
| United States | Call Black Horse | ||||
| United States | Americana | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western. | |||
| Untitled John Brown Project | Biography. | ||||
| The Red Badge of Courage | Drama, War. | ||||
| Booth | Biography, Drama, Thriller. | ||||
| U.S. Grant | Biography. |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Soviet Union | Mysterious Island | Таинственный остров | Eduard Pentslin | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Family. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. |
| 1961 | United Kingdom | Mysterious Island | Cy Endfield | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. | |
| 1973 | Spain France |
The Mysterious Island | L'Île Mysterieuse La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo Die Geheimnisvolle Insel |
Juan Antonio Bardem Henri Colpi |
Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. |
| 1987 | United States | From a Whisper to a Scream | Jeff Burr | Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. | |
| 1993 | United States | Ghost Brigade | George Hickenlooper | Horror, War. | |
| 2004 | United States | Dead Birds | Alex Turner | Horror, Thriller, Western. | |
| 2005 | United States | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Brian James Egen | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Based on a short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. | |
| 2011 | Canada | Exit Humanity | John Geddes | Drama, Horror. | |
| 2012 | United States | Jules Verne's Mysterious Island | Mark Sheppard | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. | |
| 2012 | United States | Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies | Richard Schenkman | Action, Comedy, Horror. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2012 | United States Russia |
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Timur Bekmambetov | Action, Fantasy, Horror. Based on a novel Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2013 | United States | Shroud | David Jetre | Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western. | |
| 2014 | United States | Army of Frankensteins | Ryan Bellgardt | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi. | |
| 2015 | Germany | Dead or alive | Tot oder Lebendig | Jochen Taubert | Action, Horror, Western. |
| 2016 | United States | Dead South | Craig Ross Jr. | Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller. | |
| 2017 | United States | Dead Again in Tombstone | Roel Reiné | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Western. | |
| 2020 | Germany | Scalped alive | Lebendig skalpiert | Jochen Taubert | Comedy, Horror, Western. |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | United States | Little Women | Ernest Colling | Family, Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1958 | United States | Little Women | William Corrigan | Musical, Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1960 | United States | The Renegade | Rudolph Maté | Adventure. | |
| 1963 | United States | Johnny Shiloh | James Nielson | Adventure, Family, War, Western. John Clem | |
| 1970 | United States | Menace on the Mountain | Vincent McEveety | Drama, Family, History, War, Western. | |
| 1970 | United States | The Andersonville Trial | George C. Scott | Drama. Based on the play The Andersonville Trial. Henry Wirz | |
| 1971 | United States | They've Killed President Lincoln! | Robert Guenette | Drama, History. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1971 | United States | The Last Rebel | Denys McCoy | Western. | |
| 1974 | United States | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | John Korty | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. | |
| 1974 | United States | The Red Badge of Courage | Lee Philips | Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel The Red Badge of Courage. | |
| 1975 | Yugoslavia | Andersonville - Death Camp | Андерсонвил — Логор смрти Andersonvil — Logor smrti |
Sava Mrmak | Drama, History, War. Based on the play The Andersonville Trial. Henry Wirz |
| 1975 | United States | The Hatfields and the McCoys | Clyde Ware | Action, Drama, Western. Hatfield–McCoy feud | |
| 1975 | United States | Friendly Persuasion | Joseph Sargent | Drama. Based on the novels The Friendly Persuasion, Except for Me and Thee. | |
| 1978 | United States | The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance | Russ Mayberry | Adventure, Drama, Family. | |
| 1979 | Canada United States |
One of the Missing | J.D. Feigelson | Drama. Based on a short story One of the Missing. | |
| 1979 | United States | Love's Savage Fury | Joseph Hardy | Drama, Western. | |
| 1979 | United States | The Legend of the Golden Gun | Alan J. Levi | Fantasy, Western. William Quantrill | |
| 1980 | United States | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Paul Wendkos | Biography, Drama, History. Samuel Mudd | |
| 1981 | West Germany United States |
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | Peter H. Hunt | Comedy, Drama. Based on short stories The Private History of a Campaign That Failed, The War Prayer. | |
| 1984 | United States | Booker | Stan Lathan | Biography, Drama, Family. Booker T. Washington | |
| 1990 | United States | Traitor in My House | Nell Cox | Drama, Family. Elizabeth Van Lew | |
| 1990 | United States | The Rose and the Jackal | Jack Gold | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western. American Civil War spies, Allan Pinkerton, Rose O'Neal Greenhow | |
| 1991 | United States | The Perfect Tribute | Jack Bender | Drama. Gettysburg Address | |
| 1991 | United States | Ironclads | Delbert Mann | War. Battle of Hampton Roads | |
| 1992 | United States | Lincoln and the War Within | Calvin Skaggs | Drama. Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward. | |
| 1993 | United States | For Love and Glory | Roger Young | Drama. | |
| 1993 | United States | Class of '61 | Gregory Hoblit | Action, Drama. | |
| 1995 | United States | Tad | Rob Thompson | Drama, History. Tad Lincoln | |
| 1996 | United States | Andersonville | John Frankenheimer | Drama, History, War. Andersonville Prison | |
| 1998 | United States | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | John Gray | Biography, Drama, History. Based on an unknown book. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1998 | United States | The Tempest | Jack Bender | Drama. Based on the play The Tempest. | |
| 1999 | United States | The Hunley | John Gray | Action, Drama, History, War, Western. Based on an unknown story. Sinking of USS Housatonic | |
| 2000 | United States | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | James Keach | Biography, Drama. Fanny Kemble | |
| 2004 | Canada | The Unsexing of Emma Edmonds | Pepita Ferrari | Biography. Sarah Emma Edmonds | |
| 2005 | United States | The Colt | Yelena Lanskaya | Action, Drama, History, War, Western. Based on the short story Zherebyonok. | |
| 2005 | United States Thailand Germany |
Mysterious Island | Russell Mulcahy | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. | |
| 2006 | United States | Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories | Don Maxwell Brian James Egen |
Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on stories One Kind Of Officer, Story Of A Conscience, An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge. | |
| 2006 | United States | No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington | Kevin Hershberger | Action, Drama, War. Valley campaigns of 1864 | |
| 2014 | United States | Deliverance Creek | Jon Amiel | Drama, Romance, Western. | |
| 2015 | United States | Point of Honor | Randall Wallace | Drama. | |
| 2016 | United States | Rebel | Luke Cook | Action, Adventure, Romance, Western. Based on a novel The Starbuck Chronicles. |
TV Series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | United States | The Lincoln Cycle | John M. Stahl | Biography, Drama, History. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1938 | United States | The Lone Ranger | William Witney John English |
Drama, Family, Western. Based on the radio program The Lone Ranger. | |
| 1950-51 | United Kingdom | Little Women | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | ||
| 1951 | United States | Mysterious Island | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Action, Family, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. | |
| 1957-58 | United States | The Gray Ghost | Hollingsworth Morse | Adventure, War, Western. John S. Mosby | |
| 1958 | United Kingdom | Little Women | Alan Bromly | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1958-60 | United States | The Texan | Western. | ||
| 1961 | United States | The Americans | Action, War. Based on a novel The Valiant Virginians. | ||
| 1970 | United Kingdom | Little Women | Paddy Russell | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1974-76 | United States | Lincoln | George Schaefer | Biography, Drama, History, War. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1976-79 | United States | How the West Was Won | Drama, Western. | ||
| 1977 | United States | Roots | Marvin J. Chomsky John Erman David Greene Gilbert Moses |
Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. | |
| 1978-9 | United States | Centennial | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western. Based on a novel Centennial. | ||
| 1978 | United States | Little Women | David Lowell Rich | Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 1979 | United States | Little Women | Drama. Based on a novel Little Women. | ||
| 1980 | United States | Beulah Land | Virgil W. Vogel Harry Falk |
Drama. Based on the novels Beulah Land, and Look Away, Beulah Land. | |
| 1981 | United States | Manions of America | Joseph Sargent Charles S. Dubin |
Drama. | |
| 1982 | United States | The Blue and the Gray | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, History, War. | |
| 1985-94 | United States | North and South | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novels North and South. | ||
| 1986 | United States | Dream West | Dick Lowry | Biography, Drama, Western. Based on a novel Dream West. | |
| 1988 | United States | Lincoln | Lamont Johnson | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1991 | United States | Son of the Morning Star | Mike Robe | Biography, History, Western. Based on the book Son of the Morning Star. | |
| 1993 | United States | Alex Haley's Queen | John Erman | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel Queen: The Story of an American Family. | |
| 1994 | United States | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Ken Cameron | Drama, War. Based on a novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. | |
| 1995 | Canada New Zealand |
Mysterious Island | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi. Based on a novel The Mysterious Island. | ||
| 1998 | United States | The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer | Matthew Diamond | Comedy, History. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2012 | United States | Hatfields & McCoys | Kevin Reynolds | Drama, History, Romance, War, Western. Hatfield–McCoy feud | |
| 2012-13 | United States | Copper | Action, Drama. | ||
| 2013-14 | United States | 1863 | Robert Tinnell | History. | |
| 2015-16 | United States | To Appomattox | Mikael Salomon | Biography, Drama, History, War. | |
| 2016 | United States | Roots | Bruce Beresford Thomas Carter Phillip Noyce Mario Van Peebles |
Drama, War. Based on a novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. | |
| 2016-17 | United States | Mercy Street | Drama, History. Based on the memoir Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars. | ||
| 2017 | United Kingdom United States Ireland |
Little Women | Vanessa Caswill | Drama. Based on a novel Little Women. | |
| 2024 | United States | Manhunt | Carl Franklin John Dahl Eva Sørhaug |
Drama, History, Thriller. Based on the book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Stanton, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | |
| 2024 | United States | The Gray House | Roland Joffé | Drama. American Civil War spies |
Documentaries
- The Battle of Gettysburg (1955)
- The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS from September 23 to Thursday, September 27, 1990)
- The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV series 1994)
- Sherman's March (1986)
- Civil War Combat (TV Series 2000-2003)
- Gettysburg: 3 days of Destiny (2004)[citation needed]
- 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed Women (2006), TV, recounting the Battle of Antietam
- Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom (2006)[citation needed]
- The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War.
- Gettysburg (broadcast on History in 2011)
