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1. Cold Mountain (2003)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 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.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 156,104 | Gross: $95.64M
2. 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: 272,705 | Gross: $182.21M
3. Amistad (1997)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 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 free.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 82,814 | Gross: $44.18M
4. 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: 18,564
5. The Long Song (2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
An adaptation of the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, following the trials, tribulations and survival of July and her odious mistress Caroline on a sugar plantation.
Stars: Tamara Lawrance, Hayley Atwell, Ayesha Antoine, Doña Croll
Votes: 1,777
6. Amazing Grace (2006)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai
Votes: 25,696 | Gross: $21.21M
7. North and South, Book II (1986)
95 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of two friends and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
Stars: Kirstie Alley, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Mary Crosby
Votes: 6,210
8. Grey Knight (1993)
R | 82 min | Horror, War
Slave 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 ... See full summary »
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Adrian Pasdar, Ray Wise, Cynda Williams
Votes: 824
9. The White Slave (2016– )
TV-MA | 60 min | History
In Colombia in 1821, a Spanish plantation gets burned down, and only the planters' baby is spared. She gets sent to Spain, but concocts a plan to return home and become an abolitionist.
Stars: Cristina García, Paola Moreno, Nerea Camacho, Federico Nieto-El' Gazi
Votes: 650
10. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,177 | Gross: $0.20M
11. The House of Dies Drear (1984 TV Movie)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio, and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they ... See full summary »
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Shavar Ross, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn
Votes: 232
12. Souls at Sea (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Adventure, History
Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 862
13. The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood.
Directors: Henry Levin, George Sherman | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 549 | Gross: $3.00M
14. Peace, War and 9/11 (2023)
TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, History
In a wide-ranging interview filmed six months before his passing, eminent scholar and lifelong peace activist Graeme MacQueen shares his final words on 9/11 and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Directors: Richard Heap, Ted Walter | Stars: George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, John Gross, Richard Hamburger
Votes: 34
15. Gold Coast (2015)
114 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1836 the Danish romantic visionary Wulff travels to Africa to create plantations on the Gold Coast, but his best intentions and belief is soon confronted with a harsh reality dominated by slave trade and unbelievable brutality.
Director: Daniel Dencik | Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Danica Curcic, John Aggrey, Luise Skov
Votes: 711
16. Slavery by Another Name (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Turron Kofi Alleyne, Michael Bacon, Douglas A. Blackmon
Votes: 309
17. Lions Among Men (2011)
22 min | Short, Action, Adventure
After masking her identity as a woman and joining the British Royal Navy in 1808, Victoria finds herself shipwrecked on an unknown island with the Lieutenant who betrayed her, the slave ... See full summary »
Director: Traci Hays | Stars: Johanna Watts, Dayo Okeniyi, Crispian Belfrage, Jonah Priour
Votes: 35
18. Dear America: A Picture of Freedom (1999 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family, History
Living on a Southern plantation before the Civil War, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write, and determines to teach others.
Director: Helaine Head | Stars: Shadia Simmons, Alison Sealy-Smith, Erica Luttrell, Jason Burke
Votes: 87
19. The Underground Railroad (1999 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Underground Railroad.
Director: Jeff Lengyel | Star: Alfre Woodard
Votes: 39
20. Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries (2018)
108 min | Documentary, History
Activists say they stand on the shoulders of their Quaker forebears as they plan non violent action campaigns. They speak coming out of a gathered silence in hopes of building the kingdom ... See full summary »
Director: Janet P. Gardner | Stars: Richard Nurse, Andrew Muir, Sandra Rose Timson, Jason Cutts
Votes: 12
21. How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (2007 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
An overview of the making of Amazing Grace (2006) and a look at the historical facts behind the film.
Stars: Michael Apted, David Arnold, Paul Bates, Jenny Beavan
Votes: 26
22. El procedimiento (2023)
4 min | Animation, Short
Director: Laura Klassen | Star: Eduardo Verástegui
23. Abolition (1988)
153 min | Documentary
A documentary, mostly in color, but with historical photography and pictures in black and white. It marks 100 years of abolition (Abolicao) of slavery in Brazil. It describes the many ... See full summary »
Director: Zózimo Bulbul | Stars: Camila Amado, Benedita da Silva, Abdias do Nascimento, Gilberto Freyre
Votes: 58
24. A Time to Be Remembered (A Juneteenth Story) (1997)
58 min | History
A Time to be Remembered is a documentary film about slavery in America and the people and events that led to slavery's abolition. Included in the film is the history of famous real people ... See full summary »
Director: Hank Gray | Stars: Carry Farley, Mary Galde, Gail Fisher, Etha Gray
25. Their Future in Your Hands (2006)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A moving introductory exploration of society's use of animals. By presenting facts about animals' rich emotional complexity and drawing parallels between the animal rights movement and ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Gold | Star: Carol Royle
Votes: 9
26. Daughters of the New Republic: Sarah Bradford and Harriet Tubman (2016 TV Movie)
73 min | Documentary, Biography, History | Completed
Today, Harriet Tubman is an icon for the struggle for freedom in the United States. Her story might have been lost to history except for one woman, Sarah Bradford, who agreed to write her ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Robertson | Stars: J.G. Hertzler, Beatrice Carson, Helen McCabe, Ritchie Smith
27. CNN Runs Out of Legitimate Roy Moore Fodder and Publishes a Smear Piece (2017 Video)
19 min | Short, News
Styx dislikes Roy Moore, but feels compelled to defend him against CNN's hit piece.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
28. The Journey to Lincoln (2013 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short
The cast and crew of Lincoln (2012) discuss how and why the film was conceived, with emphasis on the choice to narrow its focus to the passage of the 13th Amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives in early 1865.
Stars: Rick Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Tommy Lee Jones
Votes: 35
30. Kanbrik (2005)
8 min | Short, Drama
A young man is thinking about his dead lover. The Atlas Mountains landscape and the muezzin chants give rhythm to this parable of vanished desire.
Director: Hervé Joseph Lebrun
Votes: 18
31. Bellringer by Linqua Franqa (feat. Jeff Rosenstock) (2022 Music Video)
Music
Paying homage to the 90s hip-hop legends, Bellringer is an aggressive stomper with hard-hitting lyrics and masterful storytelling bound up in a cinematic experience that explores ... See full summary »
Director: Nolan Huber-Rhoades | Stars: Linqua Franqa, Mariah Parker, Serena Scibelli
32.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
John Brown's Holy War
(2000)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary on the life of American abolitionist John Brown.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Rene Auberjonois, Melendy Britt, Scott Cleverdon, Richard Doyle
Votes: 49
33.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Frederick Douglass
(1996)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
The life, times, and accomplishments of American abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.
Director: Craig Haffner | Stars: Thomas Battle, David W. Blight, Peter Graves, William Gwaltney
Votes: 108
34.
The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Death Trap
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The guys are transported to February 1861 to a barn where a group of conspirators led by Jeremiah plots to kill Abraham Lincoln. They have developed a time bomb but are surprised by a raid of governmental agents. Tony flees with Jeremiah.
Director: William Hale | Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Scott Marlowe, Ford Rainey
Votes: 188
35.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Abortion Wars
(2019 Podcast Episode)
52 min | News, Talk-Show
Star: Ben Shapiro
36.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #3.11
(2020)
94 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
This morning Jeremy asks his guests and the viewers - Do you support Harry and Meghan? Should the House of Lords be abolished? Should schools ban packed lunches?
Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Nina Wadia, Amanda Lamb
37.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #3.35
(2020)
94 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Today Anne asks - Are the Government's new immigration plans too tough? Would you abolish the monarchy? Do you need permission before reclining your seat on an aeroplane?
Director: Bee Badik | Stars: Anne Diamond, Storm, Nigel Clarke, Amanda Prowse
38.
Dates That Made History (2017–2020)
Episode:
The American Independence (July 4, 1776 A.D.)
(2020)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History
The Declaration of Independence set in motion a political experiment still alive today. The pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness was not easily achieved. To this day Democracy's fragile nature relies on the strength of a united purpose.
Director: Denis van Waerebeke | Stars: Patrick Boucheron, Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Votes: 6
39.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
Prohibition
(2020)
TV-14 | 33 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The Prohibition, in the USA.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 34
40.
How the States Got Their Shapes (2011–2012)
Episode:
Church and States
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Ever since the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower, what we believe and how we believe has shaped the American map. Could Utah have been bigger than Texas? How did religion shatter New England ... See full summary »
Director: David Konschnik | Stars: Brian Unger, Mark Stein, Kerry Altenbernd, Chuck Magerl
Votes: 30
41.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #6.7
(2023)
210 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Jeremy asks - Have you fallen out of love with Prince Harry? Is the Govt failing on strikes? Would you go on a date on Zoom? Storm asks - Should the monarchy be abolished? Make well-off pay to see a GP? Would you support a teachers strike?
Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Eve Pollard, Ayesha Hazarika
42.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Left Demands That We Surrender Our Families and Communities to Violent Criminals
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
43.
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode:
Tea Parties, Revolution and Anarchy
(2013)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
The origin of the gangs that dominated crime and invented their own codes of conduct. A look at the roots of organized crime starting with the American Revolution to the prohibition of alcohol.
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke
Votes: 5
44.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Long Distance Revolutionary
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Larry Hamm, Chris Hedges
45.
Dickinson (2019–2021)
Episode:
Because I Could Not Stop
(2019)
TV-14 | 36 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Emily's attempt to publish a poem sparks backlash.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Toby Huss, Adrian Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov
Votes: 1,059