The Second Civil War is a satirical black comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997.

Directed by Joe Dante, the film is a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.The film stars James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Peña, and Denis Leary as reporters for a CNN-like cable network, "News Net" (referred to in on-screen graphics as "NN"); Phil Hartman as the U.S. President; James Coburn as his chief political advisor; and William Schallert as the Secretary of Defense. Brian Keith portrayed a general in one of his final movie roles.