Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor.

American Confederate

2019

English

2.4

♡ 3

Christopher Forbes Director

Jerry Chesser as Captain

Ponch Hall as Federal Sergeant

Parker Stevenson as General Sherman

John Hudson as Parrish

A look at a group of Union and Confederate cavalry from late 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Free State of Jones

2016

English

6.9

♡ 168

48%

Gary Ross Director

Kerry Cahill as Mary / Yeoman Farmer

Kirk Bovill as Merchant

Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight

Keri Russell as Serena

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.

Grey Knight

1993

English

4.6

♡ 3

George Hickenlooper Director

Dean Cameron as Borne

Alexis Arquette as Cpl. Dawson

Billy Bob Thornton as Langston

A.J. Langer as Thomas, the drummer boy

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies of both Union and Confederate soldiers creating an army of its own bent on conquest.

Juarez

1939

English

6.9

♡ 4

71%

William Dieterle Director

Mickey Kuhn as Agustín de Iturbide y Green

Gilbert Roland as Colonel Miguel Lopez

Martin Garralaga as Negroni

Jason Robards Sr. as (uncredited)

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Abraham Lincoln

1930

English

5.7

♡ 11

75%

D.W. Griffith Director

Edgar Dearing as Armstrong

Henry B. Walthall as Colonel Marshall

Jason Robards Sr. as Herndon

E. Alyn Warren as Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

English

6.6

♡ 4

55%

John Sturges Director

William Campbell as Cabot Young

Eleanor Parker as Carla Forester

Forrest Lewis as Dr. Miller

John Roy as Trooper

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Red Mountain

1951

English

6.1

♡ 3

25%

John Farrow Director

John Ireland as Gen. William Quantrill

Dan White as Jim Braden, Assayer

Carleton Young as Lt. Morgan

Francis McDonald as Marshal Roberts

Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed.

Love Me Tender

1956

English

6.2

♡ 16

58%

Robert D. Webb Director

William Campbell as Brett Reno

Barry Coe as Mr. Davis

Robert Adler as Train Engineer

Richard Egan as Vance Reno

At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.

House of Seven Belles

1979

English

4.4

♡ 1

Andy Milligan Director

Dolores Barcia as Aunt Alice

Peter Barcia as Jonathan Harker

Hal Borske as Judd

Joe Downing as Willy

The seven sisters of the outcast LeFleur family try to survive in a post-Civil War Deep South. The movie was unable to be completed, thus, it may be left to the viewer to imagine the ending to his screeching, sinful epic.

Deliverance Creek

2014

English

5.7

♡ 3

50%

Jon Amiel Director

Skeet Ulrich as

Lauren Ambrose as Belle Gatlin Barlow

Christopher James Baker as Cyril

Riley Smith as Toby

At the end of the Civil War, Belle Gatlin Barlowe, a widowed mother of three, faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt local bank pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the stakes become personal, setting off a chain of events that force her to question whether it's better to be lawful or to survive.

The Old Maid

1939

English

7.4

♡ 7

75%

Action

american civil war

based on novel or book

brother

Drama

orphanage

philadelphia, pennsylvania

romantic rivalry

Edmund Goulding Director

Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell

Donald Crisp as Dr. Lanskell

William Hopper as John

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Band of Angels

1957

English

6.5

♡ 2

60%

Raoul Walsh Director

Harry Fleer as Aide

John Roy as Auction Guest

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Lt. Ethan Sears

Jack Williams as Runaway

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

Two Flags West

1950

English

6.7

♡ 3

30%

transport of prisoners

War

Western

Robert Wise Director

Joseph Cotten as Col. Clay Tucker

Robert Adler as Hank

Dale Robertson as Lem

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Simpkins

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

Belle Starr

1941

English

5.7

♡ 5

33%

Irving Cummings Director

Juanita Moore as Dressed-up Freed Slave

Herman Hack as Raider

Edward Fielding as Undetermined Secondary Role

Elena Verdugo as Young Girl

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024

English

6.6

♡ 94

51%

Kevin Costner Director

James Landry Hébert as Flagg

Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison

Michael Rooker as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan

Sam Worthington as Trent Gephart

In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.

Custer of the West

1967

English

5.8

♡ 9

25%

george armstrong custer

Robert Siodmak Director

Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Benteen

Kieron Moore as Chief Dull Knife

Robert Shaw as Gen. George Armstrong Custer

Robert Ryan as 'Mulligan'

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

The Dead Don't Hurt

2023

English

6.4

♡ 36

86%

Viggo Mortensen Director

Garret Dillahunt as Alfred Jeffries

Viggo Mortensen as Holger Olsen

Danny Huston as Rudolph Schiller

Vicky Krieps as Vivienne Le Coudy

In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger decides to go fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War, Vivienne must fend for herself, which isn't easy in a town controlled by a corrupt mayor.