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1. Zoolander (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell
Votes: 291,796 | Gross: $45.17M
2. Bedazzled (2000)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor
Votes: 112,234 | Gross: $37.88M
3. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight
Votes: 253,543 | Gross: $219.96M
4. The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
TV-14 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers. Together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Lautner
Votes: 53,610
5. 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
6. 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: 17,202 | Gross: $12.87M
7. The Conspirator (2010)
PG-13 | 122 min | Crime, Drama, History
Mary 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.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline
Votes: 29,997 | Gross: $11.54M
8. Killing Lincoln (2013 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Adrian Moat | Stars: Tom Hanks, Regen Wilson, Billy Campbell, Jesse Johnson
Votes: 2,389
9. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
G | 90 min | Drama
Sunn Classics "speculative fiction" film proposing a theory that the killer of Abe Lincoln escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Bradford Dillman, John Dehner, Whit Bissell, Robert Middleton
Votes: 179 | Gross: $12.21M
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,575
14. They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, History
The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.
Director: Robert Guenette | Stars: Richard Basehart, Joseph Leisch Jr., Robert Leonard, Robert Prosky
Votes: 38
15. 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
16. The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History
Country 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.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Susan Sullivan, Richard Dysart, Michael McGuire
Votes: 180
17. Prince of Players (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey
Votes: 448
18. 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
19. The Gandhi Murder (2019)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History
This is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop ... See full summary »
Directors: Karim Traïdia, Pankaj Sehgal | Stars: Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Om Puri
Votes: 192
20. Army of Frankensteins (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young man travels back in time, finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins.
Director: Ryan Bellgardt | Stars: Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, John Ferguson, Eric Gesecus
Votes: 682
21. 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
22. The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln (2011 TV Movie)
66 min | Documentary, History
Director: Tom Jennings | Stars: Jamie Hanes, Frederic L. Borch, James M. McPherson, Kate Clifford Larson
Votes: 44
23. Booth (II) (2005)
18 min | Short, Drama
Set in the immediate post-civil war era, John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators: Dutch, Paine and Herald, plan the simultaneous assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State.
Director: Mark Freiburger | Stars: Jim Babel, Annamarie Gatto, R. Keith Harris, Colin Key
Votes: 39
24. The Man in the Barn (1937)
Passed | 11 min | Short, History, Mystery
Questioning accepted history, this speculative drama asks if John Wilkes Booth didn't die by gunshot while trapped in a burning barn surrounded by troops just days after Lincoln's assassination, but rather escaped to live another 38 years.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Ernie Adams, Erville Alderson, Virginia Brissac
Votes: 238
25. The Persistence of Dreams (2005)
4 min | Short, Drama, History
Three days before his death, Abraham Lincoln dreamt of his assassination. Shot in real-time, this film portrays the last conscious moments of Lincoln's life.
Director: Erik Courtney | Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Rosemary Knower, Sean Hagan, Jane Beard
Votes: 44
26.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Holy Crap
(1999)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
Peter seeks divine inspiration when his retired father comes to visit and makes life troublesome; Chris suffers a gastrointestinal impasse.
Directors: Neil Affleck, Peter Shin, Roy Allen Smith | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Lori Alan
Votes: 2,585
27.
Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode:
Beautiful Dreamer
(1998)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Tess becomes a teacher at a school in Washington D.C. with young children. One child turns in an essay about wanting to be a hit man when he grows up. Tess tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to the students, giving them insight into life.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Christine Healy
Votes: 55
28.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Back There
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
At a prominent club in Washington, D.C., a socialite argues about whether it would be possible to change history by traveling back in time. When he leaves the club he finds himself in 1865, on the night that President Lincoln will be shot.
Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: Russell Johnson, Paul Hartman, Bartlett Robinson, John Lasell
Votes: 2,832
29.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Ghost
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A U.S. Marshal is bringing a wanted man to Laredo when the man is killed by a sniper. In his dying words he tells the Marshal he is after John Wilkes Booth. The Marshal must find out if he is really alive.
Director: Robert Morgan | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Alexander Davion, Lane Bradford, Henry Brandon
Votes: 17
30.
Conspiracy? (2004– )
Episode:
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2004)
Documentary
The leading alternative to the theory that John Wilkes Booth and a few others conspired to murder Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and William Seward is a Confederate conspiracy. The details... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Kane, William Davis, Kevin Ging, Charles Higham
Votes: 11
31.
Investigating History (2003– )
Episode:
Lincoln: Man or Myth?
(2004)
Documentary, History
Program presents Abraham Lincoln, the most photographed politician of his day, as a highly image conscious politician. His image helped propel him to the presidency. But was it also a fatal... See full summary »
Star: Jason Louis Kladiva
Votes: 6
32.
Ghost Lab (2009– )
Episode:
John Wilkes Booth
(2009)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV
The Klinge brothers investigate Granbury Opera House in Granbury Texas, believed to be where John Wilkes Booth's alias John St. Helen performed after the assassination of President Abraham ... See full summary »
Director: Sumithrin David | Stars: Barry Klinge, Brad Klinge, Mike Rowe, Arlan H. Boll
Votes: 10
33.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–2011)
Episode:
Mitefall!
(2011)
TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Bat-Mite tries to make the show so horrible it has to be cancelled.
Directors: Ben Jones, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Dee Bradley Baker, John DiMaggio, Ted McGinley
Votes: 242
34.
Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode:
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2016)
Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The team debates whether to prevent President Lincoln's assassination when they learn that Flynn has ties to John Wilkes Booth.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph
Votes: 2,087