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1. The Young Riders (1989–1992)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The adventures of the riders of the Pony Express.

Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Ty Miller, Gregg Rainwater

Votes: 2,485

2. Soldier Blue (1970)

R | 112 min | Drama, War, Western

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson

Votes: 6,279 | Gross: $0.51M

3. Jonah Hex (2010)

PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 61,811 | Gross: $10.54M

4. The Unforgiven (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon

Votes: 9,737

5. Comanche (1956)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, Western

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon

Votes: 712

6. Nevada Smith (1966)

Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Western

A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 9,112 | Gross: $14.17M

7. Chato's Land (1972)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Western

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland

Votes: 6,266 | Gross: $0.42M

8. Black Fox: The Price of Peace (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Western

In 1860s Texas, a man whose abused wife fell in love with a Kiowa organizes a hunting party to recapture her.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey

Votes: 227

9. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)

30 min | Family, Western

Rusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.

Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Rin Tin Tin II, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 857

10. DreamKeeper (2003)

TV-PG | 174 min | Drama, Fantasy

The legends of the Native American nations come to life in this epic new miniseries, as two generations--a century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy--embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: August Schellenberg, Eddie Spears, Gary Farmer, John Trudell

Votes: 1,725

11. The Scalphunters (1968)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis

Votes: 4,383

12. Billy Two Hats (1974)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western

After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden, David Huddleston

Votes: 1,733

13. Eagle's Wing (1979)

PG | 111 min | Western

A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran

Votes: 926

14. Fighting Caravans (1931)

Passed | 92 min | Western

A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

Directors: Otto Brower, David Burton | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall

Votes: 722

15. Silent Tongue (1993)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Western

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Talbot awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't burn her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with him.

Director: Sam Shepard | Stars: Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $0.06M

16. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest

Votes: 3,141 | Gross: $1.45M

17. Winnetou (1963)

91 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

When violent conflict breaks out between greedy railroaders and a tribe of Mescalero Apaches, only two men, destined to be blood brothers, can prevent all-out war: chief's son Winnetou and German engineer Old Shatterhand.

Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Marie Versini, Mario Adorf

Votes: 4,608

18. The Outcasts (1968–1969)

60 min | Western

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.

Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano

Votes: 182

19. They Rode West (1954)

Approved | 84 min | Drama, Western

A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn, Philip Carey

Votes: 705

20. Santa Fe Passage (1955)

Passed | 91 min | Western

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

Director: William Witney | Stars: John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens

Votes: 527

21. Run of the Arrow (1957)

Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western

When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 2,421

22. Apache Uprising (1965)

Approved | 90 min | Western

Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 504

23. War Arrow (1953)

Passed | 78 min | Romance, War, Western

Major Howell Brady arrives in Indian Territory in hopes of recruiting peaceful, relocated Seminoles to help the army fight rampaging Kiowas.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire, Suzan Ball

Votes: 919 | Gross: $1.40M

24. Masterson of Kansas (1954)

Approved | 73 min | Western

In Kansas, fearing another Indian War, Sheriff Bat Masterson, Marshal Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday join forces to defuse tensions over grazing lands between Indians and greedy cattlemen.

Director: William Castle | Stars: George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith, Jean Willes

Votes: 410

25. The Legend of Custer (1968)

94 min | Drama, Western

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and ... See full summary »

Directors: Norman Foster, Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 116

26. Bad Jim (1990)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Western

A cowpoke buys Billy the Kid's horse and, upon riding it, becomes an incorrigible outlaw himself.

Director: Clyde Ware | Stars: James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable, Harry Carey Jr.

Votes: 246

27. 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

28. Prairie Thunder (1937)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western

To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Dick Foran, Janet Shaw, Smoke, Frank Orth

Votes: 113

29. Branded (1965–1966)
Episode: The Wolfers (1966)

22 min | Western

Jason comes upon a woman, a white Indian, tied up and rescues her. She tells him three wolfer brothers had kidnapped her and done unspeakable things to her. Jason attempts to take her back ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Chuck Connors, Bruce Dern, Zeme North, Morgan Woodward

Votes: 30

30. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: West of the River (1956)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Cheyenne is asked to lead a group of guardhouse prisoners on a mission to rescue two girls taken captive by the Kiowa. He questions the odds or whether the girls will want to return. The mission starts okay but his fears may be true.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, Lois Collier, Trevor Bardette, Stephanie Griffin

Votes: 135

31. Custer (1967)
Episode: Suspicion (1967)

60 min | Western

Custer's team is ambushed by a small group of Indians. Custer is furious the Indians knew the nature of his mission, and decides he needs to get to the bottom of how the Indians found out and who is the traitor in his unit. When the troops learn that one of their lieutenants is a Kiowa, suspicion falls on him.

Director: Alex March | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 14

32. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Journey (1965)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Two cavalry officers have very different attitudes about the treatment of their Indian prisoners. A showdown occurs after an escape.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Robert J. Wilke, Michael Keep, Steven Marlo

Votes: 33

33. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Kiowa (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

When Ed Vail's daughter is kidnapped by Indians, Ed and his sons set out to find the girl. But Ed will have to come to grips with himself before rescuing his daughter.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 167

34. Kung Fu (1972–1975)
Episode: The Ancient Warrior (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Ancient Warrior, an aged Native American accompanied by Caine, seeks burial in his sacred, ancestral land. But the burial site is located dead center in a violent, Native American-hating town called Purgatory. Gary Busey guest stars.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: David Carradine, Chief Dan George, Victor French, Denver Pyle

Votes: 189

35. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: A Time of Darkness (1969)

60 min | Western

Caught in a heavy thunderstorm, Earl and Jemal seek shelter in a small cave. But they soon discover it's an Indian burial cave. They battle superstition, each other, and outside Indians who... See full summary »

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, A Martinez

Votes: 12

36. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: Alligator King (1969)

60 min | Western

When Jemal tries to help his Indian blood brother get his land back from swindlers, he has to face shifting ideas of identity, both his and his friend's. What makes a man who he is? How does he discover the answer?

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, William Wintersole, John Lawrence

Votes: 11

37. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: How Tall Is Blood? (1969)

60 min | Western

Just as Corey and Jamal arrive in town they help out two Native Americans who are being beaten by some roughnecks. This leads them to guarding the wagon shipments from the tribe's lucrative... See full summary »

Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Philip Bruns, H.M. Wynant

Votes: 10

38. The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode: Yellow Hair (1959)

Approved | 25 min | Western

A mortally wounded soldier stumbles into Johnny's camp. Before he dies, he says only one thing: "Fort Concho." Johnny rides to the fort and discovers it empty of soldiers. The sole survivor... See full summary »

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Nick Adams, Royal Dano, Rodolfo Acosta, Eddie Little Sky

Votes: 65

39. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode: The Long Shadow (1961)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Major Will Sinclair is delivering the possessions of a soldier that has died under his command. On his way someone tries to ambush him and his companion. When he arrives at the boy's house, he is not well received.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Scott Marlowe, Roberta Shore

Votes: 33

40. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)
Episode: The Magic Box (1955)

30 min | Family, Western

A reporter arrives at the fort. The Indians refer to his camera as "The Magic Box".

Director: Robert G. Walker | Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Rand Brooks, Robert Bice

Votes: 18

41. Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode: The Yellow Apron (1978)

TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the early 1800s, French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel lives in the Rockies with Clay Basket and has children with her; he later travels to St. Louis to visit his wife Lise who is raising their daughter.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad

Votes: 145

42. Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode: The Wagon and the Elephant (1978)

TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the mid 1800s, Levi Zendt, a Mennonite, leaves Pennsylvania with his new wife Elly; the two head west for Oregon and along the way cross paths with Alexander McKeag.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 146

43. The Great Indian Wars 1540-1890 (1991– )
Episode: The Indians (1991)

Documentary

For the most part the Plains Indians were very diverse in their cultures which are profiled in some detail. But a common aspect was their horse culture made possible when the Spanish, ... See full summary »

Votes: 6

44. Man vs. Wild (2006–2020)
Episode: Alabama (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Reality-TV

In Alabama Bear rides river rapids in yet another sinking raft. But it's the wild pig he snares that is almost more than he can handle. Then it off to the swamp where Bear get stuck in the mud before facing a forest fire.

Director: Nicholas White | Star: Bear Grylls

Votes: 66