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1. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 333,911 | Gross: $198.68M

2. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper

Votes: 26,313 | Gross: $10.00M

3. The Undefeated (1969)

Passed | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldiers heading for a new life in Mexico run into ex-Union cavalrymen selling horses to the Mexican government but they must join forces to fight off Mexican bandits and revolutionaries.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel

Votes: 7,552

4. Dallas (1950)

Approved | 94 min | Western

A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey

Votes: 1,516

5. Horizons West (1952)

Approved | 81 min | Western

Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the law in post-Civil War Texas.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson, Judith Braun

Votes: 1,166

6. Three Violent People (1956)

Approved | 100 min | Western

When Confederate officer Colt Saunders returns to his Texas ranch after the war he finds his lands wanted by carpetbaggers and by corrupt provisional government commissioners Harrison and Cable.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Tom Tryon

Votes: 1,577

7. The Outcasts (1968–1969)

60 min | Western

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.

Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano

Votes: 180

8. Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Western

In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Charles McGraw

Votes: 947

9. The Texans (1938)

Passed | 92 min | Western

After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan

Votes: 364

10. The Vanquished (1953)

Approved | 84 min | Western

After the Civil War, unscrupulous and corrupt civilian administrators, backed by the Union Army, run Southern towns like despots, causing public outrage.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger

Votes: 231

11. The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Western

Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Michael Landon, Jo Morrow, Jack Hogan, Richard Rust

Votes: 269

12. The Raiders (1963)

Approved | 75 min | Western

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Brian Keith, Robert Culp, Judi Meredith, Jim McMullan

Votes: 228

13. Best of the Badmen (1951)

Approved | 84 min | Western

The outlaws of the Clanton and Younger gangs are the heroes of this fictionalized biography.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston

Votes: 697

14. Hi-Yo Silver (1940)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, Family, Western

Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews, George Cleveland

Votes: 84

15. Bad Men of Missouri (1941)

Passed | 71 min | Western

The Younger brothers, Cole (Dennis Morgan), Bob (Wayne Morris) and Jim (Arthur Kennedy), return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick (Victor... See full summary »

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 338

16. Cattle Town (1952)

Approved | 71 min | Western

Post-civil-war Texas sells lands to wealthy Northerners but some of them are crooks bent on cheating the locals, prompting an investigation headed by the governor's envoy.

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Philip Carey, Amanda Blake, Rita Moreno

Votes: 221

17. The Conquering Horde (1931)

Passed | 75 min | History, Western

Not long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem: the Union Pacific railroad is bypassing their state and making it nearly impossible to get their cattle to ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Claude Gillingwater, Ian Maclaren

Votes: 68

18. Acquasanta Joe (1971)

94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.

Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli

Votes: 270

19. Brillante porvenir (1965)

93 min | Drama

Antonio, a young man with a modest job in a small town, lives a monotonous existence until he is transferred to Barcelona to work in an architecture company. From that moment on, a new life... See full summary »

Directors: Vicente Aranda, Román Gubern | Stars: Germán Cobos, Serena Vergano, Josefina Güell, Arturo López

Votes: 35

20. Thundering Trails (1943)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

In 1871, the Rangers are disbanded due to lack of funds so Monroe County sets up it's own police force. All ranchers must pay for protection, but those who do not are quickly robbed and/or ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Nell O'Day

Votes: 77

21. My Fighting Gentleman (1917)

Drama, History

A southerner who fought with the Union army regains the confidence of his his community after the war.

Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, Charles Newton, John Vosper

22. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: Alligator King (1969)

60 min | Western

When Jemal tries to help his Indian blood brother get his land back from swindlers, he has to face shifting ideas of identity, both his and his friend's. What makes a man who he is? How does he discover the answer?

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, William Wintersole, John Lawrence

Votes: 11

23. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: The Night Riders (1968)

60 min | Western

On a stormy night, Corey and Jemal reach their destination, a small farm owned by an old friend. But the farm has been taken over by a band of southern sympathizers who want to recruit ... See full summary »

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Steve Ihnat, Larry Gates

Votes: 12

24. 3 Things Must Die! (2021– )
Episode: Styxhexenhammer666 Says the United States No Longer Has a Free Press? (2021)

Documentary, Horror, News

Stephen Cathy-Newmans all over the argument of Styxhexenhammer666.

Star: Stephen Spurling

25. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: Thick as Mud (2012)

TV-MA | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After the plan to steal Mags' money fails, Dewey finds him himself in a life or death situation in a last-ditch attempt to make money. Meanwhile, after Devil's attempted betrayal, Boyd decides to retaliate on his enemies.

Director: Adam Arkin | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,584

26. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: The Man Behind the Curtain (2012)

TV-MA | 38 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Quarles prepares to corner the oxy market in Harlan, he gets a visit from the boss' son. Meanwhile, Raylan's interest in the enterprise gets him in trouble with the FBI.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,414