Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bowie-knife"

1. Tombstone (1993)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton

Votes: 166,539 | Gross: $56.51M

2. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

R | 128 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 238,677 | Gross: $82.52M

3. Jennifer's Body (2009)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons

Votes: 151,470 | Gross: $16.20M

4. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer

Votes: 232,638 | Gross: $100.24M

5. The Mask of Zorro (1998)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A young thief seeking revenge for his brother's death is trained by the once-great, aging Zorro, who is pursuing his own vengeance.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, José María de Tavira

Votes: 197,958 | Gross: $94.10M

6. Young Guns (1988)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Western

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen

Votes: 68,115 | Gross: $45.66M

7. 48 Hrs. (1982)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae

Votes: 85,372 | Gross: $78.87M

8. House of Wax (2005)

R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt

Votes: 134,112 | Gross: $32.06M

9. Young Guns II (1990)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Western

Billy the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater

Votes: 39,067 | Gross: $44.14M

10. Seraphim Falls (2006)

R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

After the end of the American Civil War, a former Confederate colonel hunts down a former Yankee officer with whom he has a grudge.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston, Michael Wincott

Votes: 34,558 | Gross: $0.42M

11. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.

Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison

Votes: 30,548

12. The Alamo (1960)

Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon

Votes: 17,738 | Gross: $17.26M

13. The Missing (I) (2003)

R | 137 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd

Votes: 38,252 | Gross: $26.90M

14. The People That Time Forgot (1977)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie

Votes: 3,515

15. Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo

Votes: 60,874 | Gross: $109.31M

16. The Alamo (2004)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric

Votes: 22,320 | Gross: $22.41M

17. Mojave (2015)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.

Director: William Monahan | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Cletus Young

Votes: 5,570

18. The Mountain Men (1980)

R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht

Votes: 2,609

19. Enemy Gold (1993)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime

While on a mission to stop a drug operation, three Federal agents accidentally discover gold from the Civil War. With the aid of a corrupt agent, a ruthless criminal kingpin will hunt them down, one by one.

Director: Christian Drew Sidaris | Stars: Bruce Penhall, Mark Barriere, Suzi Simpson, Tanquil Lisa Collins

Votes: 1,059

20. Red White & Blue (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.

Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Jon Michael Davis, Nick Holden

Votes: 6,148

21. Red Dead Revolver (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in the 1880s, you as a bounty hunter must stop a gang of outlaws from the Wild West. You need to also find and kill the man who murdered your parents in order to avenge them. On your path you will be aided by those willing to help you.

Stars: Robert T. Bogue, Carrie Keranen, Benton Greene, Lloyd Floyd

Votes: 1,540

22. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror

A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.

Directors: Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell | Stars: Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins

Votes: 15,221

23. Gun (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gun takes gamers to the untamed West of the late-1800s where greed, lust and murder are rampant.

Stars: Thomas Jane, Lance Henriksen, Brad Dourif, Ron Perlman

Votes: 2,543

24. The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, David Ogden Stiers

Votes: 743

25. The First Texan (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Biography, History, Western

Eastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas. At the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins the decisive battle against the Mexican army to gain Texas independence.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford

Votes: 602

26. The Last Command (1955)

Passed | 110 min | History, War, Western

Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Anna.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt

Votes: 941

27. The Iron Mistress (1952)

Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk

Votes: 983

28. Aalavandhan (2001)

Not Rated | 177 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Nandu and Vijay are brothers, who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.

Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Kitu Gidwani

Votes: 2,983

29. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)

30 min | Adventure, Western

The adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.

Stars: Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing, Joyce Vanderveen

Votes: 278

30. Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History

"From personal heartbreak to the epic fight for liberation, the glory of the Old West is captured in this grand life story of Sam Houston, the man whose bravery and vision led to the creation of Texas." -- from back of box

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian, Devon Ericson, Michael C. Gwynne

Votes: 454

31. Texas (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Adventure, History, Western

In the beginning of the 19th Century, many white Americans are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Maria Conchita Alonso, Benjamin Bratt, Frederick Coffin, Patrick Duffy

Votes: 572

32. Savate (1995 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Western

1865. A young French officer, travelling the U.S. in search of the murderer of his best friend, gets involved in a struggle between poor farmers and a rich landowner. To help the farmers, ... See full summary »

Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Ian Ziering, Ashley Laurence, Michael Palance

Votes: 906

33. American Samurai (1992)

R | 94 min | Action

An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza" - Japanese mafia - drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.

Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, Mark Dacascos, Valarie Trapp, Rex Ryon

Votes: 2,133

34. Choodalani Vundi (1998)

148 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In Calcutta, a man searches for his son who has been kidnapped by his father-in-law.

Director: Gunasekhar | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri, Prakash Raj

Votes: 508

35. Commune (2005)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary

A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.

Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer

Votes: 431

36. Fighting with Kit Carson (1933)

Passed | 250 min | Western

A pack train led by Kit Carson is attacked by Kraft and his Mystery Riders, who want a government shipment of gold carried by the wagons. Matt Fargo manages to hide the gold, but Carson ... See full summary »

Directors: Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Betsy King Ross, Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 78

37. Oregon Passage (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western

An army officer tries to help the Indians placed in his charge, but finds himself interfering with their way of life.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: John Ericson, Lola Albright, Toni Gerry, Edward Platt

Votes: 128

38. Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, History, War

The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Sam De Grasse, Allan Sears, Walter Long, Alfred Paget

Votes: 205

39. Cole Justice (1989 Video)

90 min | Action, Drama, Western

A school teacher seeks revenge after one of his students is killed by a drug overdose.

Director: Carl Bartholomew | Stars: Carl Bartholomew, Keith Andrews, Nick Zickefoose, Michael Shamus Wiles

Votes: 55

40. Deadly Kitesurf (2008)

88 min | Adventure, Crime

While on vacation in Kenya, some young kite-surf enthusiasts become involved in a tragic massacre by a group of drug dealers.

Director: Antonio De Feo | Stars: Giulio Berruti, Alessio Di Clemente, Marguerite Sikabonyi, Lavinia Guglielman

Votes: 38

41. The Kangaroo Kid (1950)

Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Tex Kinnane (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney), posing as a stage driver, goes to Australia to investigate a series of robberies at Goldstar. He makes friends at the saloon with Baldy Muldoon... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Veda Ann Borg, Guy Doleman, Martha Hyer

Votes: 68

42. With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)

Passed | 60 min | Biography, History, Western

Focuses on Davy Crockett before & during his time at the Alamo as one of the defenders, and ultimately, one of those who gave their lives.

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Cullen Landis, Kathryn McGuire, Edward Hearn, Fletcher Norton

Votes: 23

43. East Lynne with Variations (1919)

20 min | Short, Comedy

It's all there - the deserted mother with her child in her arms, followed all around by a fiendish wicked snow storm, the heroine lashed to the rails by the scoundrelly villain, the young ... See full summary »

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ben Turpin, Marie Prevost, Heinie Conklin, Tom Kennedy

44. History Civil War: Secret Missions (2008 Video Game)

Action, Drama, History

Take the role of both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting behind enemy lines in legendary battles that took place during the American Civil War.

Star: Frank Welker

Votes: 30

45. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)
Episode: The Birth of the Blade (1956)

26 min | Adventure, Western

An encounter with an unfriendly she-bear nearly becomes fatal for Jim Bowie when his rifle misfires. Realizing the need for a simpler and more reliable weapon, he approaches master ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Scott Forbes, Walter Sande, Helen Wallace, Robert Foulk

Votes: 39

46. Custer (1967)
Episode: To the Death (1967)

60 min | Western

Chief Yellow Hawk is captured by the 7th. Later he manages to escape and begins a campaign to draw Custer into a personal battle to the death.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 13

47. Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode: Forbidden Island (1960)

60 min | Adventure, Western

A group of Cajuns hijack part of the Enterprise's cargo while it makes a stop for wood. Two crewmen are killed during the incident, not by the Cajuns, but by a group led by an unscrupulous ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Darren McGavin, Burt Reynolds, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert

48. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Gang Tech (2005)

TV-G | Documentary, History, Western

Explores the life of some of the most famous gang of the West, showing their lives and the technology that helped them commit their crimes.

Stars: David Carradine, Jacqui Allen, Matt Annecharico, John Boessenecker

Votes: 14

49. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Alamo Tech (2004)

TV-G | 45 min | Documentary, History, Western

Studies the technology behind the famous 1836 siege of the Alamo, showing both the tools and the tactics used by both sides.

Director: Amy Huggins | Stars: David Carradine, Bill Chemerka, Terry Ike Clanton, Drew Gomber

Votes: 6

50. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Gambling Tech (2004)

TV-G | Documentary, History, Western

Details about gamblers, gambling games, and methods of cheating in the west are described from the early days to its evolution toward the end of the 19th century. Gambling was an addition practiced by almost everyone in the west.

Director: Donna E. Lusitana | Stars: Keith Carradine, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Marshall Fey, James A.E. Fuentez

Votes: 8