The Best US Civil War Movies Ever Made By All Genre Movies Lists [161 more lists]
A list of the best films about the US Civil War. The Civil War remains the bloodiest war in American history, resulting in the loss of 620,000 soldiers and many many more civilian casualties. Naturally, the conflict - which still echoes in contemporary US culture and politics - has provided source material for a rich variety of different films, including the iconic "Gone With the Wind" and numerous other award-winning, undisputed "classics," such as "Glory" and "Dances with Wolves."
Many of these films also have books and classic literature as their source material, including "The Red Badge of Courage" and "Gods and Generals," based on the non-fiction book "The Killer Angels."
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1993Ronald F. MaxwellDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Action, War, Epic, Film adaptation - 2
1989Edward ZwickDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Action, War, Political drama, Epic - 3
2003Anthony MinghellaDrama, Romance Film, War - 4
1999Ang LeeDrama, Period piece, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Western More - 5
1976Clint EastwoodAction/Adventure, War, Western - 6
1959John FordAction/Adventure, War, Western - 7 1966Sergio LeoneAction, Action/Adventure, War, World cinema, Western, Spaghetti Western More
- 8 2003Ronald F. Maxwell
- 9 1939Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George CukorDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Epic, Film adaptation, Roadshow theatrical release More
- 10 1965Andrew McLaglenDrama, Family, Action/Adventure, War, Western
- 11 1971Don SiegelDrama, Period piece, War
- 12 1990Kevin CostnerDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Adventure, Action/Adventure, War, Epic, Film adaptation, Western, Revisionist Western More
- 13 1985Costume drama, War
- 14 1966Edward DmytrykCostume drama, Action/Adventure, War, Western
- 15 1996John FrankenheimerCostume drama, War
- 16 1951John HustonDrama, Period piece, Action, Action/Adventure, War
- 17 1969Andrew McLaglenDrama, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, War, Western
- 18 1926Buster Keaton, Clyde BruckmanComedy, Action, Romance Film, War
- 19 1941Raoul WalshDrama, Black-and-white, Biographical film, War
- 20 1956Francis D. LyonDrama, Family, Adventure, Action/Adventure, War, Family Drama
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1971George C. Scott +Add New Item
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