The Best 50 American Civil War Movies of All-Time - Page 2

The Civil War doesn't often get the Hollywood treatment as a direct subject. Whereas World War II or Vietnam movies frequently go into the heart of battle, those with Civil War themes tend to skirt around the event altogether. A number of classic Westerns, for example, focus instead on the frontier battles between cavalrymen and Native Americans. It would appear that Apache warriors and other tribes made for more palatable common enemies to the audiences of yore. Then again, it could just be that Americans killing Americans in droves—or conjuring the ghosts of slavery—hasn't historically made for good box-office business. Thus, a number of the best movies set during the Civil War are really set "around" the Civil War. It could even be argued that Civil War-based classics like "Glory" or "Gettysburg" are outliers. Here are Stacker's picks for the best 50 films set during the American Civil WAr