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101. The Girl of the Golden West (1938)

Passed | 121 min | Musical, Romance, Western

A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 463

102. Valerie (1957)

Approved | 82 min | Western

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Peter Walker

Votes: 393

103. Amongst Vultures (1964)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace between settlers and Indians.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Pierre Brice, Götz George, Elke Sommer, Stewart Granger

Votes: 1,825

104. Land of Fury (1954)

90 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell, Inia Te Wiata

Votes: 277

105. Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut (1956–1970)

60 min | Drama

A historical drama set in the 1880s in the growing settlement of Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, where a love triangle involves the powerful but miserly mayor, the woman forced into marrying him, and the beau with whom she shares a deep love.

Stars: Jean-Pierre Masson, Andrée Champagne, Gabriel Gascon, Yvon Leroux

Votes: 101

106. New Frontier (1939)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones

Votes: 698

107. Pocahontas: Princess of the American Indians (1997)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure

In her journey, Pocahontas and her spiritual companion Hopi Ho, get the chance to become acquainted with the different ways of living of the different American Indian tribes that they visit.

Stars: Teresa Pascarelli, Francis Pardeilhan, Gregory Snegoff, Emanuela Pacotto

Votes: 55

108. The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western

During the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue, Lyle Bettger, Peter Whitney

Votes: 363

109. Ramona (1936)

Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick

Votes: 370

110. Ermak (1997)

Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.

Stars: Viktor Stepanov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Nikita Dzhigurda, Irina Alfyorova

Votes: 166

111. Seven Angry Men (1955)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, History, Western

Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Larry Pennell

Votes: 398

112. Eden (I) (2001)

91 min | Drama, Romance, War

Is the story of Samantha and Dov Ernst, American Zionists who emigrated to Palestine. Kalkofsky, a German Jew and bookseller, left behind his family in Europe. He accommodates Silvia, a young revolutionary against British rule.

Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Samantha Morton, Thomas Jane, Luke Holland, Daphna Kastner

Votes: 295

113. Lapu-Lapu (2002)

125 min | Action, Biography, War

A semi-fictonal account about the life of Filipino hero Lapu-Lapu before, during, and after the fateful Battle of Mactan

Director: William Mayo | Stars: Lito Lapid, Joyce Jimenez, Dante Rivero, Vic Vargas

Votes: 47

114. ...and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986 TV Movie)

80 min | Documentary

After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Lenwood Johnson, Boris Lyoskin

Votes: 523

115. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Approved | 263 min | Western

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Silver Chief, Duncan Renaldo

Votes: 142

116. The Timeless Land (1980)

55 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A miniseries about European settlement and exploration of Australia produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Robin Stewart, Brian Hinzlewood, Michael Craig

Votes: 49

117. Simba (1955)

Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Donald Sinden

Votes: 471

118. Operation Eichmann (1961)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, History

With the defeat of Germany that ends World War II in Europe, the Allies discover the true horror of more than six million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis - and the fact that one of the ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Werner Klemperer, Ruta Lee, Donald Buka, Luis Van Rooten

Votes: 314

119. The Persuader (1957)

Approved | 72 min | Western

Oklahoma Territory rancher Mark Bonham is killed for his law-and-order convictions in a community that is terrorized by rancher Bick Justin and his gang of henchmen. Minister Matt Bonham, ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Ross | Stars: William Talman, James Craig, Kristine Miller, Darryl Hickman

Votes: 44

120. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)

Unrated | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Director: Pare Lorentz | Stars: Thomas Chalmers, Bam White

Votes: 753

121. Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966)

91 min | Western

Daniel Boone leads a party of settlers into Kentucky to found the town of Boonesborough. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a lovely, red-haired servant named Rebecca and must vie with the gambler, Jim Santee for her affection.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Armando Silvestre

Votes: 84

122. Eureka Stockade (1949)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing

Votes: 212

123. This Savage Land (1969 TV Movie)

G | 97 min | Drama, Western

Ohio widower Ben Pride moves to Kansas with his parents and children shortly after the Civil War. When they arrive in Lawrence they are harassed by Confederate marauders.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Glenn Corbett, Kathryn Hays, Andrew Prine

Votes: 122

124. South Seas Adventure (1958)

Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Romance

The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues---and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. The first one involves ... See full summary »

Directors: Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Francis D. Lyon, Walter Thompson, Basil Wrangell | Stars: Diane Beardmore, Marlene Lizzio, Tommy Zahn, Igor Allan

Votes: 173

125. Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God (1972)

101 min | Western

Two con artists wind up helping the members of a small-town church keep from losing their money to a gang of crooks.

Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Alberto Dell'Acqua, Ron Ely, Uschi Glas, Ezio Marano

Votes: 170

126. The Lady of the Dugout (1918)

60 min | Drama, Western

Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Al J. Jennings, Frank Jennings, Corinne Grant, Ben Alexander

Votes: 157

127. Plotlands (1997– )

50 min | Drama

Escaping with her children from her abusive husband, Chloe Marsh acquires a plot of land on a rural site where the residents construct their own basic houses.

Stars: Saskia Reeves, Richard Lintern, Amanda Abbington, Rebecca Callard

Votes: 17

128. The Last Frontier (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Western

Impoverished by the Civil War and eager to replenish his fortune in the West, Colonel Halliday, his wife, and his daughter, Beth, proceed toward Salina, Kansas by wagon train, at the ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 25

129. The Rugged O'Riordans (1949)

Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country. In addition to being beset with the obstacles and difficulties with the... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, Tommy Burns, John Unicomb

Votes: 92

130. Dear America: A Journey to the New World (1999 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family, History

The story of a twelve-year-old Pilgrim girl's first few months at Plymouth Colony.

Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Alison Pill, Andrew Airlie, Brenda Bazinet, Susannah Hoffmann

Votes: 53

131. Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills (1982 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Iron Maiden performs in the music video "Run to the Hills" from the album "The Number of the Beast" recorded for EMI Records. The music video features the band performing on a darkened ... See full summary »

Director: David Mallet | Stars: Iron Maiden, Clive Burr, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris

Votes: 61

132. The Lightning Warrior (1931)

Passed | 250 min | Drama, Family, Western

A Rin-Tin-Tin serial presented in 12 episodes. The mysterious Wolf Man is terrorizing settlers in a western town. With the help of Rinty, young Jimmy Carter unmasks the Wolf Man and foils his evil plot.

Directors: Benjamin H. Kline, Armand Schaefer | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Frankie Darro, Hayden Stevenson, George Brent

Votes: 111

133. Cow Country (1953)

Passed | 82 min | Western

In 1875, the collapse of the world beef market creates hardships for Texas cattle growers. In Garnet Basin, many cattlemen are forced to sell their cattle for low prices. Processed in ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane

Votes: 222

134. Torn Allegiance (1984)

92 min | Drama, Family, History

Set during 1901 amid the Anglo-Boer War, the plight of the woman and children poignantly told. Left defenseless while their men fought a doomed commando war against "the elite" of the British Army. Not gentlemen - looters, rapists, really.

Director: Alan Nathanson | Stars: Shelagh Holliday, Jonathon Morris, Marius Weyers, Ron Smerczak

Votes: 38

135. Burning Daylight (1928)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An Alaskan real estate tycoon who's visiting San Francisco loses his fortune to a group of investment sharks.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 69

136. Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2010)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History

Inventing Our Life examines the 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, one of the world's longest running and most successful experiments in pure communism. Recreating its glorious ... See full summary »

Director: Toby Perl Freilich

Votes: 25 | Gross: $0.01M

137. The Massacre (1912)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, War

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Alfred Paget

Votes: 358

138. North to the Klondike (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

Two friends in the Klondike come to the aid of settlers who are being terrorized by an outlaw gang.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 69

139. Thunder Pass (1954)

76 min | Drama, Western

A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Dane Clark, Dorothy Patrick, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr

Votes: 133

140. Vikings: Journey to New Worlds (2004)

40 min | Documentary, Short, History

They came from the North and soon the legend would say that they didn't know fear. For hundreds of years, they were another name for "terror." They were warriors, slavers, traders, ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Fafard | Stars: Jean-Sebastien Fortin, Jean-Sébastien Fortin, Martin Gauthier, Andrew Létourneau

Votes: 102

141. Pack Train (1953)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Baddies McLain and Riker charge settlers what the traffic will bear for supplies. When Autry attempts to help out, the outlaws go after him.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Kenne Duncan

Votes: 80

142. Disney's Animated Storybook: Pocahontas (1995 Video Game)

Drama, Family, History

Interactive storybook game based on of Disney's Pocahontas (1995). Follow the story from the animated movie or play four simple mini-games such as archery, hide and seek and placing animals in their habitat.

Stars: Irene Bedard, Corey Burton, David Ogden Stiers, Frank Welker

Votes: 32

143. White Renegade (1931)

Passed | 66 min | Drama, Western

On a caravan to California, Dr. Holt Ezra punishes his wife Hetty for flirting with young men. The caravan stops in the town of Independence.

Director: Jack Irwin | Stars: Tom Santschi, Blanche Mehaffey, Philo McCullough, Reed Howes

Votes: 21

144. The Junction (2003)

57 min | Documentary, War

The Junction is an obscure crossroad in the Gaza Strip, separating the Israeli settlement of Nezarim from the Palestinian refugee camp of Nussierat. Ringed by a teeming Palestinian ... See full summary »

Director: Ilan Ziv | Stars: Abdel Hamid Abdelrazzak, Amne Abou Ammouneh, Bahia Abou Ammouneh, Fahmi Abou Ammouneh

145. Fort Dodge Stampede (1951)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

Outlaws took $30,000 from the Adams Bank, but one of them double crossed everyone and hid the money in old Fort Dodge, Nevada. As old Fort Dodge is out of his jurisdiction, Rocky takes a ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Chubby Johnson, Mary Ellen Kay

Votes: 45

146. Guerriers et captives (1989)

99 min | Drama

In 1880s Patagonia, Argentina, Colonel Garay is put in charge of securing the new railroad that will help the European colonization effort. The local tribes rebel and plan an attack. Garay's misfit wife tutors a captured tribeswoman.

Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Federico Luppi, Leslie Caron, China Zorrilla

Votes: 45

147. Up the Convicts (1976)

55 min | Comedy

Jeremiah Shirk, is a typical Frankie Howerd character - and the usual double-entendres, associated with this actor, are generously sprinkled throughout this series.

Stars: Frankie Howerd, Frank Thring, Lee Young, Carol Raye

Votes: 10

148. My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)

Approved | 19 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

A panoramic view of American history from the Pilgrims to 1950 utilizing archival footage.

Stars: Marvin Miller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chester W. Nimitz, George S. Patton

Votes: 167

149. Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)

92 min | Western

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane team up to stop the gunrunners and help bring peace between the Sioux and the homesteaders.

Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent | Stars: Rik Van Nutter, Adrian Hoven, Gloria Milland, Francisco Sanz

Votes: 70

150. Man with the Steel Whip (1954)

Passed | 167 min | Western

Saloon owner Barnet wants the Indian reservation land on which he knows there is gold, and organizes a gang, aided by some renegade Indians, to raid and terrorize close-by settlers, hoping ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Dick Simmons, Barbara Bestar, Dale Van Sickel, Mauritz Hugo

Votes: 80