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1. The Spoilers (1942)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Western

In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 3,252

2. Haunted Gold (1932)

Passed | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

John and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.

Directors: Mack V. Wright, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: John Wayne, Duke, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods

Votes: 762

3. Vengeance (1976)

R | 94 min | Drama, Western

Tom's parents are killed by Mexicans after their leader (Van Cleef) rapes his mother as he watched. He sets out to exact revenge and is ultimately helped by a successful gold prospector who has been robbed by the same group.

Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, John Marley, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 655

4. The Trail of '98 (1928)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane, Harry Carey

Votes: 446

5. Gold Fever (2013– )

Documentary, Western

History documentary about the discovery of gold in the west. The hardships and hardwork which was put into building San Franscisco.

Stars: Ryan Wesley Gilreath, Brian Ibsen, Cameron Asay, Jared Shipley

Votes: 118

6. 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

7. The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928)

70 min | Comedy, Romance

Strong-willed Kathleen O'Hara, believes in equality of sexes, makes a pact with her sweetheart, Jim Donahue, when they become joint owners of a California gold mine. According to the ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Bebe Daniels, James Hall, Harry T. Morey, William Austin

Votes: 12

8. The Spoilers (1923)

80 min | Drama, Western

In this lost adaptation of the 1903 novel, Roy Glennister and Cherry Malotte fight against crooked politicians to keep a gold mine.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Milton Sills, Anna Q. Nilsson, Barbara Bedford, Robert Edeson

Votes: 14 | Gross: $0.31M

9. Western Vengeance (1924)

50 min | Action, Western

Claim-jumpers Santag (Jim Corey) and Dick Sterling (Mack V. Wright) are after the gold mine belonging to Jack Caldwell (Franklyn Farnum), and his kid sister Helen (Doreen Turner). ... See full summary »

Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Marie Walcamp, Doreen Turner, Jim Corey

10. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

Passed | 62 min | Western

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold ... See full summary »

Director: Otho Lovering | Stars: Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Monte Blue

Votes: 35

11. West of Wyoming (1950)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western

With a crew of killers masquerading as ranch hands, Simon Miller runs a large ranch near Mesatown, while his henchmen carry out his plan to steal all of gold-bearing property of his ... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis, Myron Healey, Dennis Moore

Votes: 32

12. Clancy of the Mounted (1933)

Passed | 225 min | Adventure, Drama

A Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in his brother, who was framed for the murder of a gold mine owner.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Julie Bishop, Earl McCarthy, William Desmond

Votes: 28

13. Fighting for Gold (1919)

50 min | Western

Jack Kilmeny, the heir to a British dukedom, owns a gold mine in the American west with his partner Curly Brandon, another English nobleman. Lord Farquar, the owner of a powerful British ... See full summary »

Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Tom Mix, Teddy Sampson, Sid Jordan, Jack Nelson

14. The Iron Strain (1915)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When San Francisco social butterfly Octavia Van Ness falls into decline, on a physician's advice her grandfather, mining king Ezra Whitney, takes her to Alaska, hoping that she will regain ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Enid Markey, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum

Votes: 26

15. The Law Rides (1936)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Hank Davis kills Jack Lewis to get his gold mine. Bruce Conway brings him in, then realizes that Davis is the only one who knows where the mine is. Bruce and his pal Whitey rescue Davis ... See full summary »

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Buck Connors, Charles King

Votes: 56

16. Overland Trails (1948)

Passed | 58 min | Western

Johnny Murdock, who hasn't seen his father for some time, learns at Gold Flats that he has been killed by road agents, according to mining engineer Carter Morgan of Brandon Enterprises. He ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Bill Kennedy

Votes: 13

17. With the Enemy's Help (1912)

Short, Western

The discouraged prospector is about to give up his search for the coveted ore, when he hears his two little children praying, "Please, God, help papa find gold." Their faith gives him new ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Lucas | Stars: Charles West, Blanche Sweet, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes

18. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode: The Tenderfeet (1949)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

A murder is pinned on two cowboys who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.

Director: George B. Seitz Jr. | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Ray Bennett, Rand Brooks

Votes: 90

19. The Rough Riders (1958–1959)
Episode: The Highgraders (1959)

30 min | Western

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Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Kent Taylor, Jan Merlin, Peter Whitney, Russ Conway

20. For All Mankind (2019– )
Episode: Rules of Engagement (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A dispute on the moon prompts NASA officials to consider arming astronauts. Ed's past comes back to haunt him.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten

Votes: 1,815

21. Gold Rush (2010– )
Episode: Twist of Fate (2011)

TV-PG | 46 min | Reality-TV

The Hoffmans have to find gold and fast. The crew arrives in Porcupine Creek reinvigorated and in record time, they are on the gold. But just they celebrate their best clean out ever, "... See full summary »

Director: Tim Dalby | Stars: Paul Christie, Chris Doumitt, Earle Foster, Mike Halstead

Votes: 61

22. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Murdoch of the Klondike (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While in a self-imposed exile in the Yukon as a prospector at the end of the Gold Rush, Murdoch prospects for gold as in his absence Crabtree works on a Toronto homicide.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Georgina Reilly

Votes: 379

23. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: All That Glitters (2015)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The suspicious death of a land surveyor just outside Murdoch's station house sends him and Crabtree to rural Northern Ontario to investigate both the crime and his mysterious dying words.

Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 291