Gettysburg movie

Stacker presents the 50 best movies set during or around the Civil War, according to their IMDb ratings.

You don't have to be a history buff to enjoy a good Civil War movie. The American Civil War began almost 160 years ago, but the silver screen is still paying homage to that era of the blue and the gray. Why not? It was, after all, a huge turning point in this nation's trajectory

The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal point during the American Civil War. It's been the location of countless ghostly tales ever since.

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Stephen Lang as Major General George E. Pickett in Gettysburg (1993).

The following movies dig deeper into the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.

Patrick Gorman as Confederate Major General John Bell Hood in the movie Gettysburg

Martin Sheen and Tom Berenger as Lee and Longstreet in Gettysburg, 1993

Tom Berenger and Martin Sheen in Gettysburg (1993)