Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sierra-nevada-mountains"

1. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.

Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill

Votes: 205,497 | Gross: $376.85M

2. Tremors (1990)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross

Votes: 150,636 | Gross: $16.67M

3. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.

Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche, Don Alder

Votes: 51,206 | Gross: $41.83M

4. White Heat (1949)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly

Votes: 35,771

5. Ravenous (1999)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies

Votes: 43,264 | Gross: $2.06M

6. The Claim (2000)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Ron Anderson, Marty Antonini

Votes: 6,618 | Gross: $0.67M

7. The Donner Party (2009)

R | 95 min | Drama

After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of trapped settlers join together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.

Director: Terrence Martin | Stars: Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Michele Santopietro, Mark Boone Junior

Votes: 1,193

8. The Motel Life (2012)

R | 85 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

Directors: Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Doc Divecchio, Nancy Youngblut

Votes: 3,793

9. Susan Slept Here (1954)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 2,168

10. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

Approved | 83 min | Western

In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott

Votes: 1,506

11. Kit Carson (1940)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, Western

Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber

Votes: 624

12. Roughshod (1949)

Passed | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman Jr., John Ireland

Votes: 798

13. High Voltage (1929)

Passed | 63 min | Drama

A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley

Votes: 432

14. Three Secrets (1950)

Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Three women who secretly gave up their newborn sons for adoption in 1945 wonder if the 5-year-old survivor of a plane crash, named in the the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy

Votes: 671

15. The Painted Hills (1951)

G | 68 min | Drama, Family, Western

An intrepid dog comes to the rescue when a boy's life is put at risk by the greed inflamed by a gold strike.

Director: Harold F. Kress | Stars: Pal, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling, Gary Gray

Votes: 1,255

16. Tahoe Joe 2: The Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Conspiracy (2024)

74 min | Horror

After a popular social media influencer goes missing in the Tahoe National Forest, filmmakers Michael Rock and Dillon Brown set out on a rescue mission, but get more than they bargained for... See full summary »

Directors: Dillon Brown, Michael Rock | Stars: Michael Rock, Nicolas Bullentini, Nancy Anne Ridder, Leonora Scelfo

Votes: 110

17. The Sheriff (1971 TV Movie)

73 min | Crime, Drama

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Ossie Davis, Kaz Garas, Kyle Johnson, Edward Binns

Votes: 90

18. Sequoia (1934)

G | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Toni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, ... See full summary »

Directors: Chester M. Franklin, Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Hurst

Votes: 275

19. Cadillac Desert (1997– )

270 min | Documentary, History

The amazing transformation of the American Southwest in the 20th century, from desert to oasis.

Stars: Alfre Woodard, Robert Towne, Barry Goldwater, Floyd Dominy

Votes: 76

20. The Prospector (1998)

28 min | Romance, Short, Western

The year is 1850... A gold prospector, seeking his fortune, finds more than he bargained for when he befriends a stranded woman on his journey through the California Sierras. When their ... See full summary »

Director: Owen Renfroe | Stars: Tim DeKay, Bruce Hart, Elisa Taylor, Brian Wasiak

Votes: 12

21. To Parsifal (1963)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short

A short experimental film documenting "Parsifal" set to the score by Richard Wagner.

Director: Bruce Baillie

Votes: 145

22. My Kidnapper (2010)

83 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage in Colombia. One year after his release one of his kidnappers contacted him by email. Now he's going back to meet him and finally close this chapter in his life.

Directors: Mark Henderson, Kate Horne

Votes: 78

23. A Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916)

50 min | Drama

A teenage girl lives with two grizzly bears in a cave in the California Sierras and plays with rabbits and birds. When gambler Jim Hamilton and his mistress try to interest wealthy Bob ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Powell | Stars: Mae Marsh, Wilfred Lucas, Mazie Radford, Olga Grey

24. Secret Yosemite (2007 TV Movie)

Documentary

Following Aristotle's elements as a theme this program describes the formation of the wonders of Yosemite.

Votes: 65

25. Discovering Yosemite: The Violent History that Led to the Discovery of Yosemite (2018)

26 min | Documentary, Short

Presented in stunning restored imagery and rich new detail. Discovering Yosemite tells the story of the violence between the native tribes and between the tribes and the gold seekers, ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Chase Cook | Star: Jonathan Chase Cook

26. A Phyllis of the Sierras (1915)

50 min | Drama

Young Lord Mainwaring leaves England for California in order to regain his health and to attend to business matters for his father. He becomes the guest of John Bradley, a lumberman, with ... See full summary »

Director: George E. Middleton | Stars: Beatriz Michelena, William Pike, Andrew Robson, Earle Emlay

27. Wilderness: A Survival Adventure (1984 Video Game)

Adventure

Your plane has crashed in a remote region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Rescue? Forget it. You're on your own. Your only chance of surviving is to reach a distant ranger station ... See full summary »

Director: Wesley Huntress

Votes: 8

28. Raging Planet (1997– )
Episode: Flood (1997)

60 min | Documentary

This program tells the story of several unexpected floods that arose so suddenly that people in their paths had hardly any time to react to reach safety.

Director: Mick Rhodes | Star: Randall Lee Rose

Votes: 12

29. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Flume to the Mother Lode (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Bat and his partners fleece an unscrupulous businessman out of half the profits in a gold mine. He exacts revenge by buying up the timber they need to shore up the mine walls, then tries to kill the men with an explosion in the mine.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Gene Barry, Paul Lambert, Jerome Cowan, Miranda Jones

Votes: 35

30. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Other Side of the Mountain (1968)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Wagonmaster Lassen faces an unruly mob when he tries a new route to California in the 1840s and is overheard saying he may be lost.

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Michael Witney, Kimberly Allen, John Carter, Hal Baylor

Votes: 25

31. Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode: The Mine (1952)

30 min | Drama, Mystery

Outlaws trapped by a posse in an abandoned mine discover a fresh vein of gold.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: James Bush, Russ Conway, Ned Glass, Lee Marvin

32. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Over the Edge (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

Lake Tahoe investigators spent two and and a half years building a case of premeditated murder against wealthy Peter Bergna, claiming he staged the accident that left his wife, Rinette ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Murray | Stars: Dominick Dunne, John Henry Kurtz, James Beltron, Peter Bergna

Votes: 10

33. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode: Mayday! Mayday! (1981)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Mayday! Mayday! is the distress call given by pilot Lou Parker just before the small plane carrying Lou and his family is forced to make a crash landing in the high Sierras. With Lou ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Chenault | Stars: Brad Savage, Heather McAdam, Don Fenwick, Hersha Parady

Votes: 27

34. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: Lady Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

We look at female serial killers that targeted victims across the US including Jolly Jane Toppan, black widow Betty Lou Beets, and death nurse Genene Jones who murdered over 60 infants and children.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Katherine Ramsland, Eric Hickey, Steven A. Egger, Frederic Reamer

Votes: 16

35. SciShow (2012– )
Episode: Geological Misfits: 4 Small Weird Places (2021)

12 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Baby volcanoes, a miniature mountain ranges and a tiny dessert aren't what they appear to be. A closer look or a broader view reveals aspects of these geological features that aren't so ... See full summary »

Star: Hank Green

36. Outside Beyond the Lens (2019– )
Episode: East Side Colors (2019)

The east side of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains is home to high deserts and towering peaks. Each fall, this region's aspen groves greet visitors with infinite color enticing landscape photographers from all around the globe.

Director: Jeff Aiello | Stars: Jeff Aiello, David Boomer, Kevin Durbin, Sara Durbin

37. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: Yosemite (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History

The dispute between John Muir and Josiah Whitney over how the Yosemite Valley formed is settled with a 200 million year long story more complex then either imagined.

Director: Rachel Scarrott | Stars: Corey Johnson, Shelton Johnson, Bryan Law, Allen Glazner

Votes: 24

38. Planet California (2022– )
Episode: Rivers of Gold (2022)

Documentary

California's wildlife adjusts to a world where drought, dams, and fire pose dire threats to an ecosystem connected by rivers on land, in the air, and in the sea.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Amy Cordalis, Jeff Davis, Tom Stephenson, Valerie Zavala

Votes: 8

39. Thomas SowellTV (2021– )
Episode: Facts in Geography Never Taught in Schools (2022)

21 min | Documentary, History

Geographical location has a major impact on civilization. Mountains have a major impact on rainfall and hence agricultural. Coastal people generally have contact with other cultures and tend to grow technologically.

40. Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
Episode: Faszination Erde - Der Wilde Westen (2012)

Documentary, History

Traditionally, American Indians are believed to have arrived by frozen land bridge from Siberia, but recent finds show people arrived millennia earlier, apparently by sea from Asia. Old ... See full summary »

Star: Dirk Steffens

41. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode: Sierra Nevada (2023)

45 min | Documentary, Adventure

Ben meets snowboarding legend Mike Basich who left professional sport to reconnect with nature in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Director: Gareth Prescott | Stars: Mike Basich, Ben Fogle

Votes: 11

42. Files of the Unexplained (2024– )
Episode: File: Missing Yuba County Five (2024)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

In 1978, five men vanished Yuba County. Disturbing evidence fueled a series of questions: Did they get lost - or was something more sinister at play?

Stars: Brian Bernardis, Cynthia Gorney, Jack Huett Sr., Claudia Huett

Votes: 109

43. Clever Girl (2015– )
Episode: The Petersburg Girl (2015)

19 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

Denise believes she may have learned something very disturbing about her older boyfriend Chris. Could such a terrifying thing be true?

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Kip Bennett, Brenna Biggs, Adriana Day, Amberly Day

44. The Missing Evidence (2014)
Episode: Nevada Triangle (2014)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary

The Sierra Nevada has one of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes in America. It is a land of extremes - from mountain peaks to scorching deserts - and the ultimate destination for ... See full summary »

Directors: Renny Bartlett, Martin Pupp | Stars: Bill Schroeder, William Ogle, Steve Fossett, Bill Birnes

Votes: 27

45. America's National Parks (2015–2016)
Episode: Yosemite (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary

Yosemite National Park, set within California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and designated a World Heritage Site, is home to hundreds of wildlife species, and is famed for its iconic mountain vistas, water falls, and giant sequoia groves.

Director: Oliver Goetzl | Star: C.T. Taylor

Votes: 45