US Civil War Movies
War Movies about the United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War Films of the Silent Era (1913,1915)
Sometimes you just have to go back, and I mean *way* back for some interesting war movie action. Well, maybe not action so much, but the 2000 issue of Civil War Films of the Silent Era takes us back to the time before World War I, before the notion of a “war movie” had even... »
The Red Badge of Courage (1974)
Two words. Skip it! Wait for the 1951 version of this starring Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin to come around on the tube, or something. Just avoid this at all costs. Stephen Crane’s classic novel, “The Red Badge of Courage“, about a boy who becomes a man through the trials of his experience in the... »
Glory (1989)
The US Civil War is a period that hasn’t received as much attention as World War II, or Vietnam, but the few films or miniseries that have come out about it have been nothing short of great. 1989’s Glory continues that legacy. Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman, its the... »
