 | Gods & Generals
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $1.41 In spite of what several critics say, I think this is the best and most accurate Hollywood movie on the subject.
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 | Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.95 Sequel to "Gods and Generals". A faithful rendition of Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels".
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 | The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns
Buy used from: $29.75 The greatest historical documentary ever made!
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 | Andersonville
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $4.95 Very well done and mostly accurate movie about the horrors of Andersonville prison.
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 | Wicked Spring
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.54 Excellent indie movie about common soldiers in the Battle of the Wilderness. Very realistic and authentic.
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 | The Birth of a Nation
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $5.50 First full length feature picture. The second half (Reconstruction) is rather disturbing, but the first half (the war years) is pretty good.
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 | The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $9.49 A bit cheesy at times, but it means well. A good introduction to the war.
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 | Drums in the Deep South
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.43 Again: cheesy, but it means well. West-Point friends find themselves on opposite sides of an artillery duel.
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 | Ride with the Devil
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.75 An interesting look at bushwackers.
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 | Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.88 Excellent depiction of the Battle of the Crater and life during the war.
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 | The General
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $1.99 Classic silent comedy loosely based on a true story of the war.
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 | Glory (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $4.28 The story of the first African American regiment in U.S. history. Great depiction of battle.
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 | Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $5.34 Interesting docu-movie about a Massachussetts war hero. Rather low-scale battles, but there's a good Ball's Bluff sequence.
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 | The Red Badge of Courage
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $6.74 Short, but classic tale of courage and cowardice during battle. Based on Stephen Crane's novel.
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 | Shenandoah
Buy used from: $6.28 An enjoyable, underrated Civil War movie with Stewart searching for his son, mistakenly captured by Union soldiers.
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 | The Horse Soldiers
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.96 Fictionalized look at Benjamin Grierson's raiders. A bit of fun.
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 | Gangs of New York (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.18 Though not technically a Civil War movie, this is a great Civil War-ERA movie with several references to the war and an outstanding New York Draft Riots finale.
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 | Blood and Honor
Buy used from: $1.88 The worst Civil War movie ever made! Bad acting, bad script, bad costumes, bad makeup, bad music. Kind of fun to laugh at though.
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