Favorite Civil war movie

[Dorklord]

Instantly popping into my brain is 'Glory'.

[karlpilkington4PM]

The General (1926)

[MPeriolat]

Glory for a movie, North and South for a television series.

And honorable mention for Ken Burns's doc.

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[Member-275053]

Originally Posted by Glockguy

I enjoy anything civil war...or as we in the south call it, "The war of northern aggression" anyhooo...whats your favorite CW flick? mine is God's and generals, excellant movie

Oh, please!

[Dbuck64]

The Conspirator......cause I'm in it.

Not really my favorite, though.

The best is Ken Burns documentary, but it's not a movie.

I have a very soft spot for Gettysburg. I do have to laugh at some of the fat reenactors portraying the soldiers, and it's a PG war movie, pretty clean and bloodless, but I enjoy the film quite a bit, warts and all.
Glory is a great movie, but I've watched Gettysburg more often.
Shenandoah is pretty darn good, in a clean cut family kind of way.
The directors cut of Gods and a Generals is better than the theatrical, but it's still not really a good movie.
Cold Mountain has a few good scenes, but it's a Homerian Odyssey rather than a proper civil war movie.
The Red Badge of Courage is okay, should have been better.
Lincoln was very good, but it's a behind the scenes civil war movie.
Ride with the Devil has a great cast, but it's a big meh from me.
Gone with the Wind is a soap opera set during the civil war with incredibly inaccurate dresses. Drive my wife nuts to see them even though she loves the movie. Not much war onscreen, but does actually show carpetbaggers.
The Horse Soldiers is an okay flick.
The Great Locomotive Chase is a Disneyfied adventure film based on a true story. Kind of like watching the Davy Crockett stuff.....cause it has Davy Crockett.
Wicked Spring is a low budget movie made by someone who really wanted authentic type clothing and gear but could only have a few people in the woods telling a mediocre story while wearing said gear.

And lastly, my absolute favorite is: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. It's not really a proper civil war movie, but it actually got quite a bit of Glorietta Pass correct in it's western garb.

[pksmith74]

Glory

Gettysburg

Although not a movie, I have been enjoying the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies. Is this Civil War or Revolution? Not really a US history buff.

[SethRex]

Gods and Generals. It really is a pity we won't get the conclusion of that fantastic trilogy of Civil War films, The Last Full Measure.

[dancerslegs]

Glory is undeniably very well-made. Unfortunately, it suffers from "white audience pandering" syndrome, when the story of the 54th really should be told from an African-American perspective in order to truly do justice to the real thing. It's also blunted by some pretty weak writing and acting in spots.

But damn is it well-staged and photographed!

[aiman04]

Star Wars

[Gizz]

Glory
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Gods and a Generals

Are my favourites.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Does captain America civil war count?

How original!

I love it when people don't bother to read anything in the entire thread before posting.

[L.J.]

Glory is probably my favorite movie. The Civil War piece I liked the most tho is the mini series North and South. One of the very few that gives fair treatment to both sides. If you haven't seen it check it out.

[AronofskyFan]

Ken Burns Civil War is a an amazing piece of work, I have watched it a few times. If you haven't seen it, do it.

[hagios]

The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Virginia City
Rocky Mountain
Santa Fe Trail
They Died with Their Boots On
Gods and Generals
Gettysburg
The Shadow Riders
Love Me Tender
Dances with Wolves
Escape from Fort Bravo
Glory
Hatfields & McCoys
How the West Was Won
The Horse Soldiers
The Jayhawkers!
Kansas Raiders
Kansas Pacific
The Littlest Rebel
Major Dundee
The Man from Colorado
The Red Badge of Courage
Ride with the Devil
Rio Lobo
Silver River
Springfield Rifle
The Undefeated
Young Bill Hickok

[Coenskubrick]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Captain America

Just popped in to see how many thanks this had.

[doctor_who]

The Patriot, extended

[TheLaughingMann]

Originally Posted by pksmith74

Glory

Gettysburg

Although not a movie, I have been enjoying the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies. Is this Civil War or Revolution? Not really a US history buff.

Turn is American Revolution. The opener dictates it's set around 1776-77. =P Washington was President number one. Civil War was much later during the 1860s.

Some I'd go for: Glory, Gettysburg, Lincoln, Gods and Generals (though it's inferior to how well Gettysburg was done, being the second movie)...

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

My first thought as well, however, speaking of Clint, really enjoyed The Beguiled as well:

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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

My first thought as well, however, speaking of Clint, really enjoyed The Beguiled as well:

I'm not familiar with The Beguiled. And, I'm not so much a fan of his movies anymore, mainly just his earlier work.