Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mary-todd-lincoln-character"

1. Lincoln (2012)

PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 272,614 | Gross: $182.21M

2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight

Votes: 253,552 | Gross: $219.96M

3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

R | 105 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie

Votes: 161,639 | Gross: $37.52M

4. The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

TV-14 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers. Together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Lautner

Votes: 53,614

5. North and South, Book I (1985)

TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance

Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.

Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff

Votes: 11,898

6. 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: 26,337 | Gross: $10.00M

7. The Conspirator (2010)

PG-13 | 122 min | Crime, Drama, History

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline

Votes: 30,000 | Gross: $11.54M

8. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,060

9. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan

Votes: 9,177

10. 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

11. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)

G | 90 min | Drama

Sunn Classics "speculative fiction" film proposing a theory that the killer of Abe Lincoln escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Bradford Dillman, John Dehner, Whit Bissell, Robert Middleton

Votes: 179 | Gross: $12.21M

12. Saving Lincoln (2013)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Mr. Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.

Director: Salvador Litvak | Stars: Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison

Votes: 459

13. Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Passed | 96 min | Biography, Drama, War

An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne

Votes: 1,710

14. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron

Votes: 2,575

15. They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, History

The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.

Director: Robert Guenette | Stars: Richard Basehart, Joseph Leisch Jr., Robert Leonard, Robert Prosky

Votes: 38

16. The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

April 14, 1865. As four year of Civil War draw to a close, our country again faces unforgettable tragedy: the assassination of the President. Starring Lance Henriksen as the Great ... See full summary »

Director: John Gray | Stars: Rob Morrow, Lance Henriksen, Donna Murphy, Jean Louisa Kelly

Votes: 385

17. Lincoln (1974–1976)

300 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Abraham Lincoln is told in episodic parts.

Stars: Hal Holbrook, Sada Thompson, Michael Cristofer, James Carroll Jordan

Votes: 116

18. Prince of Players (1955)

Approved | 102 min | Biography, Drama

A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey

Votes: 448

19. Lincoln (1992 TV Movie)

240 min | Biography, History

Famous actors and actresses read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Directors: Peter W. Kunhardt, James A. Edgar | Stars: Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Glenn Close, Richard Widmark

Votes: 341

20. The Gandhi Murder (2019)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History

This is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop ... See full summary »

Directors: Karim Traïdia, Pankaj Sehgal | Stars: Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Om Puri

Votes: 192

21. Army of Frankensteins (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

A young man travels back in time, finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins.

Director: Ryan Bellgardt | Stars: Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, John Ferguson, Eric Gesecus

Votes: 682

22. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: George A. Billings, Danny Hoy, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig

Votes: 35

23. The Persistence of Dreams (2005)

4 min | Short, Drama, History

Three days before his death, Abraham Lincoln dreamt of his assassination. Shot in real-time, this film portrays the last conscious moments of Lincoln's life.

Director: Erik Courtney | Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Rosemary Knower, Sean Hagan, Jane Beard

Votes: 44

24. Cybill (1995–1998)
Episode: It's for You, Mrs. Lincoln (1996)

TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy

Cybill's debut as an understudy doesn't go off without a hitch. Meanwhile, Maryann and Ira have trouble being hospitable after their breakup; Kevin and Rachel continue to quarrel and Zoey's roommate moves out.

Director: Andrew D. Weyman | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Christine Baranski, Dedee Pfeiffer, Alicia Witt

Votes: 70

25. The Lazarus Man (1996)
Episode: Awakening: Part 1 (1996)

44 min | Mystery, Western

A former bodyguard of President Lincoln digs his way out of a grave but has amnesia. He gets involved with a group of Civil War veterans who want to assassinate Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

Director: Johnny E. Jensen | Stars: Robert Urich, Elizabeth Dennehy, David Marshall Grant, John Diehl

Votes: 14

26. The Lazarus Man (1996)
Episode: Awakening: Part 2 (1996)

44 min | Mystery, Western

After being taking in by a family and nursed back to health, Lazarus bonds with a young boy and comes to the aid of his family against a group of corrupt former soldiers.

Director: Johnny E. Jensen | Stars: Robert Urich, Elizabeth Dennehy, David Marshall Grant, John Diehl

Votes: 9

27. TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
Episode: How Chance Made Lincoln President (1955)

30 min | Drama

The story of five events that propelled Lincoln into the White House.

Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Hugh Reilly, Michael Fox, Richard Gaines, Robert Griffin

28. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode: Beautiful Dreamer (1998)

TV-G | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Tess becomes a teacher at a school in Washington D.C. with young children. One child turns in an essay about wanting to be a hit man when he grows up. Tess tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to the students, giving them insight into life.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Christine Healy

Votes: 55