Mr. Thomas West of Yardbarker has picked his “20 Best Movies of the Civil War.”
Here’s his list:
- Major Dundee (1965)
- Gangs of New York (2002)
- Little Women ( 2019)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- The Horse Soldiers (1959)
- The General (1926)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- Andersonville (1996)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956)
- Shenandoah (1965)
- Ride with the Devil (1999)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- Dances with Wolves (1990)
- ‘CSA: Confederate States of America’ (IFC Films )
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Emancipation (2022)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Lincoln (2012)
- Glory (1989)
- Gettysburg (1993)
Here’s mine
- The Civil War – Ken Burns series (1990)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Gods and Generals (2003)
- Lincoln (2012)
- Glory (1989)
- Andersonville (1996)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Free State of Jones (2016)
- North and South (1986)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956)
- The Conspirator (2011)
- Ride with the Devil (1999)
- Shenandoah (1965)
- Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Emancipation (2022)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
- The Hunley (1999)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- What are your favorites?