Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1864"

1. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham

Votes: 349,845

2. Cold Mountain (2003)

R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 156,090 | Gross: $95.64M

3. Oculus (2013)

R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.

Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 139,753 | Gross: $27.70M

4. The Beguiled (2017)

R | 93 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell

Votes: 61,746 | Gross: $10.58M

5. Free State of Jones (2016)

R | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell

Votes: 62,451 | Gross: $20.76M

6. Soldier Blue (1970)

R | 112 min | Drama, War, Western

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson

Votes: 6,278 | Gross: $0.51M

7. Jane Got a Gun (2015)

R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Western

A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 23,843 | Gross: $1.51M

8. Copper (2012–2013)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama

In the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.

Stars: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Ato Essandoh

Votes: 11,026

9. Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Drama, Romance

An innocent cowboy convicted with three robbers, fresh out of Yuma Territorial Prison, travels with them to get a share of their hidden loot.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: John Hodiak, John Derek, David Brian, María Elena Marqués

Votes: 601

10. Raintree County (1957)

Approved | 182 min | Drama, Romance, War

A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick

Votes: 4,274

11. The Warrant (2020)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After fighting in the Civil War, two Union Army buddies find themselves on opposite sides of the law with the post-war peace at risk.

Director: Brent Christy | Stars: Neal McDonough, Steven R. McQueen, Casper Van Dien, Gregory Cruz

Votes: 789

12. Ludwig (1973)

R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History

The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano

Votes: 6,001

13. Major Dundee (1965)

PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn

Votes: 8,827 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Little Women (1933)

Passed | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver

Votes: 7,932 | Gross: $4.58M

15. 1864 (2014)

TV-14 | 460 min | Drama, History, War

When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.

Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Bent Mejding, Marie Tourell Søderberg

Votes: 4,092

16. The Story of Adele H (1975)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley

Votes: 8,974

17. Virginia City (1940)

Passed | 121 min | Western

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart

Votes: 2,963

18. Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, War

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Michael Krebs, Jake Lawson, Sean Marquette, David Arquette

Votes: 2,111

19. Andersonville (1996)

167 min | Drama, History, War

The story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War.

Stars: Paul Andre Gibbons, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux

Votes: 2,097

20. Killing Lincoln (2013 TV Movie)

Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Director: Adrian Moat | Stars: Tom Hanks, Regen Wilson, Billy Campbell, Jesse Johnson

Votes: 2,389

21. The Hunley (1999 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Drama, History

During the siege of Charleston of 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley becomes the first submersible to sink an enemy warship in wartime.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Armand Assante, Donald Sutherland, Alex Jennings, Chris Bauer

Votes: 1,307

22. Juarez (1939)

Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains

Votes: 2,555

23. South of St. Louis (1949)

Passed | 88 min | Western

The friendship of three Texas ranchers whose ranch is destroyed by Cottrell, of the Union army, and his band of outlaw raiders. The working title was "Distant Drums", and south of St. Louis was a term used to describe Civil War deserters.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 580

24. The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.

Director: Matthew Holmes | Stars: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin

Votes: 2,341

25. The Siege at Red River (1954)

Approved | 86 min | Western

Cavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone

Votes: 586

26. Alvarez Kelly (1966)

Approved | 116 min | Western

During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's hungry men force Kelly to change his customers.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal

Votes: 2,737

27. Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)

102 min | Western, Adventure

Crooked Captain Verdoja captures Sternau and tortures him to reveal the whereabouts of the Aztec treasure. At the same time scheming Count Rodriganda has got that information from the rightful heiress and enters the pyramid of the sun god.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Michèle Girardon

Votes: 570

28. Westbound (1958)

Passed | 72 min | Western

In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Dante

Votes: 1,503

29. The Raid (1954)

Approved | 83 min | War, Western

A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans, Vermont. To get the lay of the land, their leader spends a few ... See full summary »

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin

Votes: 1,031

30. Macho Callahan (1970)

R | 99 min | Drama, Western

Macho Callahan breaks out of a Confederate military prison, intent on revenge against the man who conscripted him into the army. Before he gets started, he kills another man in a petty dispute and is in turn pursued by the vengeful widow.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb, James Booth

Votes: 481

31. Two Flags West (1950)

Approved | 92 min | War, Western

Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde

Votes: 1,202

32. The Retrieval (2013)

R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

On the outskirts of the U.S. Civil War, a boy is sent north by his bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.

Director: Chris Eska | Stars: Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott, Keston John, Bill Oberst Jr.

Votes: 2,737 | Gross: $0.05M

33. Lost in the Bush (1973)

64 min | Drama, Thriller

Three small farm kids are lost for eight days in 1864 in Victoria.

Director: Peter Dodds | Stars: Gabrielle Bulle, Colin Freckleton, Richard McClelland, Adrian Crick

Votes: 25

34. Ramona (1916)

Drama

On the estate of Senora Moreno in Southern California, the senora's adopted daughter Ramona lives. She falls in love with Alessandro, an Indian of noble heritage. When her adoptive mother ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Adda Gleason, Mabel Van Buren, Ann Dvorak, Monroe Salisbury

Votes: 22

35. The Great Heart (1938)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography

Carey Wilson tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on Molokai Island.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Carey Wilson, Tom Neal

Votes: 180

36. Forgotten Battle of Fort Pillow and the Birth of the Ku Klux Klan (2000 Video)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1864 Conferderate General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave orders to his all white army battalion to pursue and kill retreating African American troops from the Union north at Fort Pillow, ... See full summary »

Directors: Stan Armstrong, John Barrett

37. Ghost Treasure (1941)

Approved | 10 min | Short

Rumors of a rich vein of gold embedded in rose quartz persist for Death Valley. Here are three stories from the nineteenth century: in 1843, Mariano Arguello and three other Spanish ... See full summary »

Director: Will Jason | Stars: Carey Wilson, Roman Bohnen, Henry Brandon, Manuel París

Votes: 68

38. Mä oksalla ylimmällä (1954)

88 min | Drama, History, Music

A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.

Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Maaria Eira, Martti Katajisto, Ture Ara, Kaarlo Halttunen

Votes: 40

39. The Ballad of Crowfoot (1969)

10 min | Documentary, Short, History

A musical telling of the life of the Blackfoot Chief and the betrayal and fall of his tribe with the White conquest of the Canadian West.

Director: Willie Dunn

Votes: 92

40. Secret Missions of the Civil War (2005 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary, History, War

Two hour special on "secret" missions during the Civil War including The Great Locomotive Chase, Mosby's Raid on Fairfax, and the Attempted Burning of New York City.

Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: David Ackroyd, Ulf Bjorlin, Allen Brenner, Mike Brown

Votes: 14

41. Otevrený kruh (1973 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama

The last decades of the life of the now world-renowned painter Karel Purkyne and his struggle for the possibility of creative expression. After studying in Paris, he returned to Prague. He ... See full summary »

Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Karel Höger, Jana Hlavácová, Hana Maciuchová

42. Jesse James: Legend-Outlaw-Terrorist (2005 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography

Add a Plot

Director: Dean Alioto | Stars: Beng Spies, Bob Brewer, Gary Chilcote, Michael Fellman

Votes: 47

43. Secret Yosemite (2007 TV Movie)

Documentary

Following Aristotle's elements as a theme this program describes the formation of the wonders of Yosemite.

Votes: 65

44. The Triumphant Union and the Canadian Confederation: 1863-1867 (1969)

59 min | Documentary, History

As the United States struggles not to fall apart during the Civil War, Canada struggles to pull itself together and become a Confederation.

Directors: Ronald Dick, Pierre L'Amare | Star: J. Frank Willis

45. Dreamtown (2014)

30 min | Animation, Short

A Western (animated) movie like you have never seen. 1864. Battle of Nashville. A confederate officer runs from the battle. On his travel to somewhere else, he makes a halt in a town - Be ... See full summary »

Director: Rik van der Linden | Stars: Mefune Akira, Alutt, Dulci, Johnny Ex

46. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode: Massacre at Sand Creek (1956)

73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The story of the Sand Creek massacre, an 1864 massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Richard Joy, Everett Sloane, John Derek, Gene Evans

Votes: 40

47. Investigating History (2003– )
Episode: The Lost Battle of the Civil War (2004)

Documentary, History

Realing from strategic defeats in the East, Confederate forces plan a flanking attack on the Western frontier in an attempt to draw Union forces to the west and relieve the pressure on ... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Schenk | Star: Bill Kurtis

48. Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode: Captured in Mexico (1959)

30 min | Western

Although six months of searching has failed to turn up any evidence regarding two troopers who disappeared during a raid in Mexico, Colonel Mackenzie is convinced they are still alive. ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Tom Drake, Britt Lomond, Gail Kobe

Votes: 8

49. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: All In (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A down-on-his-luck former poker champ, forced to now work as a bookie's collector, shoots and kills a man who owes money, but the gun was supposed to be filled with blanks. Who is responsible for the incident, and why?

Director: David Manson | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Aaron Stanford

Votes: 269

50. Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009– )
Episode: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (2009)

Documentary, Comedy

Comedy's nerds, jerks and oddballs are given the spotlight.

Director: Michael Kantor | Stars: Billy Crystal, Amy Sedaris, Judd Apatow, Hal Kanter

Votes: 68