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1. Dark Command (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers
Votes: 3,061
2. Victoria & Abdul (2017)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Votes: 38,370 | Gross: $22.25M
3. Skin Game (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Western
In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
Directors: Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes
Votes: 1,932 | Gross: $0.74M
4. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott
Votes: 5,167 | Gross: $0.67M
5. Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
G | 94 min | Drama
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Sidney Poitier
Votes: 1,089
6. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 2,556
7. 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: 462
8. 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: 1,717
9. Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Western
Two adventurers save the life of a man who has a tattooed treasure map on his back. The second needed map is on the back of a sheriff. The hunt begins.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Frank Wolff, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo
Votes: 263
10. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart
Votes: 1,314
11.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Alan Brady Show Presents
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
It's the first Christmas presentation of The Alan Brady Show where he turns the spotlight upon his talented staff to entertain the TV public.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 301
12.
The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
Episode:
The Night Raiders
(1964)
60 min | Drama
A recounting of the events leading to John Brown's disastrous raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Jack Klugman, Torin Thatcher, James Westerfield, Walter Burke
13.
Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode:
Dead Heat
(1974)
75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
Hec suspects foul play when a young man dies of heart failure.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 24
14.
Monkey in the Morning (2017– )
Episode:
Well... F*ck
(2019)
News, Talk-Show
16.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The American Civil War: Part 1
(2020)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The American Civil War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 40
17.
Rifftrax Shorts (2007– )
Episode:
A Trip to the Moon
(2013)
13 min | Comedy
At last, the ORIGINAL faked moon landing is available as a RiffTrax. A Trip to the Moon is the most famous film by French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès (aka, the dude from Hugo) but somehow... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson
18.
Your Welcome (2017– )
Robert Barnes
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Malice, Robert Barnes
19.
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