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1. 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: 161,642 | Gross: $37.52M
2. Harriet (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
Votes: 30,717
3. The Underground Railroad (2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.
Stars: Thuso Mbedu, Chase Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Reshonnah Harvey
Votes: 8,424
4. Butter (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.
Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 22,452 | Gross: $0.07M
5. Underground (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, History
With the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever. Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom.
Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Alano Miller
Votes: 5,533
6. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young family moves into a historic house in Georgia and learns that they're not the house's only inhabitants. They find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground that threatens to bring down anyone in its path.
Director: Tom Elkins | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 18,249
7. Emperor (2020)
PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
Director: Mark Amin | Stars: Mykelti Williamson, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Kat Graham
Votes: 1,538
8. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott
Votes: 5,162 | Gross: $0.67M
9. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, War, Western
In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 4,156
10. Roots: The Gift (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., LeVar Burton, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew
Votes: 666
11. The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
R | 85 min | Comedy
An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.
Director: Jonathan Kesselman | Stars: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Judy Greer, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 5,087 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Union Bound (2016)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Drama, History
Sergeant Hoover went to war to preserve the Union. After being captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp, he understood what it was to be kept against his will. Together with a friend he escaped and, aided by slaves, made it to freedom.
Director: Harvey Lowry | Stars: Sean Stone, Randy Wayne, Tank Jones, Christian Fortune
Votes: 177
13. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,516
14. The Journey of August King (1995)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama
A multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need ... See full summary »
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston
Votes: 1,054
15. The House of Dies Drear (1984 TV Movie)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio, and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they ... See full summary »
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Shavar Ross, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn
Votes: 231
16. A Woman Called Moses (1978)
240 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 415
17. Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, History
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Falconer Abraham, Dwight Bacquie, Janet Bailey, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 189
18. Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
True story from the 19th century about an English actress who marries a US plantation owner. Appalled by slavery, she dedicates her life to oppose it and her husband and help her husband's slaves in any way possible, including escaping.
Director: James Keach | Stars: Jane Seymour, Keith Carradine, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Janet-Laine Green
Votes: 297
19. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996 TV Movie)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
A wealthy Black woman in Canada gets kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South.
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Kate Nelligan, Ruby Dee, Peter Outerbridge
Votes: 276
20. Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom (2022)
54 min | Documentary
Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a ... See full summary »
Directors: Stanley Nelson, Nicole London | Stars: Jayson Andrews, Noel Davis, Allen Enlow, Tyler Hanna
Votes: 46
21. Friendly Persuasion (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Richard Kiley, Shirley Knight, Clifton James, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 35
22. Underground (I) (2020)
Short, Drama
In the extravagant whaling city of 1850s New Bedford, MA, one family is conflicted and divided by the treatment of African Americans during the height of slavery in pre-civil war America. ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Garcia | Stars: Arissa Page, Jose Guns Alves, Thomas Grower, David Pridemore
23. The Underground Railroad (1999 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Underground Railroad.
Director: Jeff Lengyel | Star: Alfre Woodard
Votes: 39
24. Brothers of the Borderland (2004)
Drama, Short
From dusk to dawn "Alice" runs for her life, she's aided by "John Parker" an African American member of The Underground Railroad who helps her across the Ohio river, his counterpart the ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Brooke Bobbitt, Barrett Clark, Dan Davidson, Christopher Dressler
Votes: 17
25. A Time to Be Remembered (A Juneteenth Story) (1997)
58 min | History
A Time to be Remembered is a documentary film about slavery in America and the people and events that led to slavery's abolition. Included in the film is the history of famous real people ... See full summary »
Director: Hank Gray | Stars: Carry Farley, Mary Galde, Gail Fisher, Etha Gray
26. Flight to Freedom (1995)
120 min | Documentary, History
Directors: John Overlan, Ann Spurling | Stars: Cicely Tyson, David Sluberski, Betty Browne, Paul Cyr
27. Goldenrod (2022)
18 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
When her abolitionist father joins the Union army, seven year old Clara learns how to hold not only her own family together, but other families as well. Based on the historical route of the Underground Railroad through Cattaraugus, NY.
Director: Marjorie DeHey | Stars: Ryker Overacker, Harper Holmes, Briana León, Stella Coviello
Votes: 30
28. Scarecrow (I) (2009)
16 min | Short, Drama, History
Director: Patrick Knipe | Stars: Brandon Carroll, Nikki Muller, Jamie Burton-Oare, Amanda KC
Votes: 27
29. Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad (2016)
53 min | Documentary
Dawn of Day is a historical documentary about the Underground Railroad in Kansas that brings to light Wabaunsee County's unsung heroes who traversed one of the most turbulent times in our ... See full summary »
Director: Rusty Earl | Star: Richard Pitts
31. Station Hope: A Conversation (2019)
26 min | Short
"Station Hope: A Conversation" captures the artistic process of artists discussing the politics, frustrations, celebrations and hope as they devise a theatrical event at the site of an authenticated stop on the Underground Railroad.
Director: Simone Barros | Stars: AdeOlomo, Wesley Allen, Ashley Aquilla, Kelly Aughenbaugh
32. The Quest for Freedom (1992 TV Movie)
32 min | Biography, Drama, Family
She was 29 years old, and a slave. She'd never been to school and could not read or write. She had been beaten, abused, and humiliated. Except for the few square miles around her home, she ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Holmes | Stars: Summer Selby, David King, Reg Grant, Chris Messersmith
Votes: 10
33. Mattie, Johnny and Smooth White Stones (2004)
20 min | Drama, Short
Mattie and Johnny are two slaves who are in love. They decide to runaway when they secretly learn that Johnny is going to be sold. Johnny plots their course along the Underground Railroad. ... See full summary »
Director: Cassandra Hollis | Star: Cassandra Hollis
34. Daughters of the New Republic: Sarah Bradford and Harriet Tubman (2016 TV Movie)
73 min | Documentary, Biography, History | Completed
Today, Harriet Tubman is an icon for the struggle for freedom in the United States. Her story might have been lost to history except for one woman, Sarah Bradford, who agreed to write her ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Robertson | Stars: J.G. Hertzler, Youdlyn Moreau, Beatrice Carson, Jordan Youngman
36. Adams County Pride (1989 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A video tour of rural, scenic Adams County, Ohio.
Director: Sharyn P. White | Star: Kenton L. Gulley
37. Columbus Neighborhoods: Downtown & Franklinton (2012 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
A history and profile of the two oldest neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio. Franklinton was the original pioneer settlement, established near the west bank of the Scioto River by Lucas ... See full summary »
Director: Cindy Gaillard | Star: Jonathan Putnam
38.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Liberators
(1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A slave convinces a young man to help him escape to Canada, so he poses as the boy's slave to do so. They meet other escaping slaves and help them get to the Underground Railway in Ohio, where they are helped by a Quaker.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, Cynthia Dale, Renée Jones
Votes: 64
39.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Alan Pinkerman was a Scotish immigrant who escaped the slums of Glasgow to found the first, and for a time, the world's most prominent detective agency in the United States. His many ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Perkins, Allan Pinkerton
40.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Frederick Douglass
(1996)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
The life, times, and accomplishments of American abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.
Director: Craig Haffner | Stars: Thomas Battle, David W. Blight, Peter Graves, William Gwaltney
Votes: 108
41.
Adderly (1986–1988)
Episode:
Debbie Does Dishes
(1987)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Greenspan's new maid turns out to be a fugitive with a secret past, leading Adderly to an employment agency that is a front for an underground railroad system.
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Winston Rekert, Jonathan Welsh, Dixie Seatle, Ken Pogue
42.
Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2009)
Episode:
Faith
(1997)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Annie is saddened when her faith-devoted neighbor Ruth passes away, and wonders whether faith is really wroth it because of that. Plato tries to convince her that it is very much worth it ... See full summary »
Stars: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Cummings, Tony Jay
Votes: 35
43.
A Different World (1987–1993)
Episode:
Success, Lies and Videotape
(1990)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
Mrs. Clair Huxtable, Denise's mother, comes to videotape and interview Hilman's students while Freddie finds part of the underground railroad.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Lou Myers
Votes: 40
44.
Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Episode:
Created Equal
(1982)
TV-G | 49 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Arriving in ancient Rome, Phineas and Jeffrey must save the slave Spartacus so that he can lead the revolt in Capra. They also meet a young Sam Clemens and help Harriet Tubman escape.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Ed Bakey, Leigh Hamilton
Votes: 71
45.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
(1990)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A chronicle of the organized efforts to help slaves find freedom in the north.
Director: Orlando Bagwell | Star: Ruby Dee
Votes: 24
46.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The American Civil War: Part 1
(2020)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The American Civil War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 39
47.
Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode:
Family Secrets
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Mother and daughter psychics, Caprice and Jordi, along with two teen psychic sisters, Peyton and Riley, attempt to solve the puzzle of a mysterious girl ghost at an inn dating to the revolutionary war.
Director: Elizabeth Wade | Stars: Michelle Babiarz, Chip Coffey, Edy Nathan
48.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
The Color Yellow
(2010)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
While searching for an admirable ancestor for a class project, Lisa discovers the story of a relative named Eliza Simpson, who may or may not have helped a slave escape to freedom.
Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Raymond S. Persi | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,384
49.
What's Eating Harlem (2014– )
Episode:
Sacred History
(2021)
TV-G | News
Playwright Allan Harris's stage play Cross that River focuses upon on a complicated chapter in American history, the black cowboy, while Stacey Toussaint's Slavery and Underground Railroad Tour burrows into slavery's impact on New York.
Director: Paul Phillips | Stars: Allan Harris, Jenn Jade Ledesna, Stacey Toussaint, Tabitha Williams
50.
What's Eating Harlem (2014– )
Episode:
Joey Harris
(2021)
TV-G | News
Belle Harlem delivers maximum culinary satisfaction in a unique and cozy setting, C.E.O. Joey Harris's impressive music portfolio defies belief, while Stacey Toussaint paints a vivid picture of how slavery infected historical America.
Director: Paul Phillips | Stars: Darryl Burnett, Joey Harris, Jenn Jade Ledesna, Stacey Toussaint